Manumission - Ibiza Classics Collection - Various Artists

...to be a collage of Manumission posters within it, on a white background. Each CD and the sleeve has the same artwork. The individual cases only list the songs there is a separate sleeve that lists the date of release, producers etc.. This is slightly annoying if you do not wish to keep the cardboard sleeve as it will not fit into the CD cases.

CD1
1.: Saturday Night Sunday Morning - T-Empo
2.: Music Sounds Better With ...
...Jaxx
10.: Song For Manumission (Love Island) - Fatboy Slim
11.: Want Love - Hysteric Ego
12.: Just A Little More Love (Wally Lopez remix) - Guetta, David & Chris Willis/Joachim Garraud
13.: Missing (Todd Terry club mix) - Everything But The Girl
14.: Not Over Yet (Perfecto mix) - Grace
15.: Yeke Yeke (Hardfloor mix) - Kante, Mory
16.: Sun Is Shining - Marley, Bob & Funkstar De Luxe


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This is my first review on music, so if anyone has any comments on how I might improve the review they would be more than welcome.

Manumission
The Ibiza Classics Collection.

Presentation:

It's a collection of 3 CD's (48 Tracks) that come in individual jewel cases within a cardboard sleeve. Personally I always end up throwing the sleeve away and the jewel cases are particularly thin and don't fit too well in stands etc. The artwork is pretty basic just a large M with what appears to be a collage of Manumission posters within it, on a white background. Each CD and the sleeve has the same artwork. The individual cases only list the songs there is a separate sleeve that lists the date of release, producers etc.. This is slightly annoying if you do not wish to keep the cardboard sleeve as it will not fit into the CD cases.

CD1
1.: Saturday Night Sunday Morning - T-Empo
2.: Music Sounds Better With You - Stardust
3.: Lady (Hear Me Tonight) - Modjo
4.: Lazy - X-Press 2 & David Byrne
5.: Blue Monday - New Order
6.: Dooms Night (Timo Maas mix) - Azzido Da Bass
7.: Kind Of New (Tiefschwarz dub) - Spektrum
8.: Café Del Mar (original Three 'n' One mix) - Energy 52
9.: You're Not Alone - Olive
10.: Born Slippy - Underworld
11.: Sugar Is Sweeter (Armand Van Helden mix) - Bolland, C.J.
12.: Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's dark garage mix) - Sneaker Pimps
13.: I See You Baby - Groove Armada
14.: I'm Alive - Stretch & Vern
15.: Love Story/Finally - Layo & Bushwacka
16.: Good Life - Inner City

CD2
1.: Chime - Orbital
2.: Sing It Back (Boris Dlugosch mix) - Moloko
3.: Hideaway (Deep Dish remix) - De'Lacy
4.: You See The Trouble With Me - Black Legend
5.: Hard To Beat (Axwell mix) - Hard-Fi
6.: Bomb (Three Songs Fall Into My Mind) - Bucketheads
7.: Hot In Herre - Tiga & Jake Shears
8.: Hey You What's That Sound - Les Rythmes Digitales
9.: King Of My Castle (Roy Malone's king mix) - Wamdue Project
10.: Like A Prayer (main mix) - Mad'house
11.: I Love You Baby (Dancing Divas club mix) - Original
12.: Soulshaker - Linen, Max
13.: Touch Me - Da Silva, Rui
14.: Greece 2000 - Three Drives
15.: Barber's Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten mix) - Orbit, William
16.: Man With The Red Face - Garnier, Laurent

CD3
1.: Loaded - Primal Scream
2.: Wrote For Luck - Happy Mondays
3.: Funk Phenomena - Van Helden, Armand
4.: Drop The Pressure - Mylo
5.: Pasilda - Afro Medusa
6.: Big Love - Heller, Pete Big Love
7.: Needin' U (I Need You) - Morales, David & Face
8.: Professional Widow - Amos, Tori
9.: Rendez Vu - Basement Jaxx
10.: Song For Manumission (Love Island) - Fatboy Slim
11.: Want Love - Hysteric Ego
12.: Just A Little More Love (Wally Lopez remix) - Guetta, David & Chris Willis/Joachim Garraud
13.: Missing (Todd Terry club mix) - Everything But The Girl
14.: Not Over Yet (Perfecto mix) - Grace
15.: Yeke Yeke (Hardfloor mix) - Kante, Mory
16.: Sun Is Shining - Marley, Bob & Funkstar De Luxe

I was going to individually review each CD, but I realised my comments on each would have been about the same.

There is quite a few songs I really like on here, I was quite surprised to see some of them on here, for example Blue Monday - New Order. I am very glad they were included but they were a surprise as they are not exactly what I would have thought were the kind of songs that would be included in this collection.

It is rather an eclectic mix and doesn't seem to have any reason behind the order, some of the songs don't flow into each other at all smoothly. But I generally play music on random so that doesn't particularly bother me. The songs seem to cover a period of about 20 years, from '83 to the mid '00's. Most seem to be from the mid to late 90's, in my view the golden era of dance music.

There are some of what I would call "club classics" for example, café del mar, Adagio for strings, etc.. Although I like 90% of the songs in the collection it is a collection of songs that charted in or around the top 10 and it's a bit mainstream for my liking. It is great for playing in the background, or when you have a few friends round, or in the car etc., I think most of the songs would be played in an average town centre night-club now and in the 90's, only a few are as I mentioned before, "club classics".

I think if you are a closet dance fan or a mainstream dance enthusiast, this would be a good collection of CD's, however if you are looking for the latest tunes, or some of the biggest dance anthems of the 90's you may well be disappointed.

I personally enjoyed it and would recommend it, but only at the price I paid, I wouldn't spend much more on this CD, as with most dance compilations, they seem to have a lot of the same songs, this does have a more varied mix but covers the same "Club Classics", if you are looking for some good energetic songs covering a broad period then this will be a great CD for you, however if you are looking for more "hardcore" dance tunes then there are only one or two on here, which can be found on most other dance compilations.

Having said all that, all 48 songs are good, there are none I would take off, but plenty I would add.

Price & Availability.

You can no doubt find this on ebay for a few pounds, it is currently in the 2 for £10 selection in HMV. I'm sure it is easily available in most on-line stores.

Overall

I would recommend this compilation, however I would not pay more than £10 for it. 

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