Release Yourself Vol.4 (Compiled And Mixed By Roger Sanchez) [Digipak] - Various Artists

Advantages: Track selection, genre representation
Disadvantages: Rubbish mixing

...The tracks chosen are fantastic. If you wanted a definitive guide to hard trance and know nothing about the genre then this is a great place to start. The representation is great of the sounds of hard trance and full credit goes out on that point. Most of the good points in my mind are from the track selection to be honest. The mixing is rubbish to say the least. I wouldn't consider this to be a particularly "commercial" mix collection, and therefore I wouldn't necessarily expect it to be a rushed attempt to get a CD put together for money with no thought put into the mixing. How disappointed I was! I don't like to use the word "shoddy" but I feel compelled to on this occasion on the account that anyone with even an hour's mixing experience could do better. The artwork is completely unoriginal also and alone doesn't fill me... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Box set, great variety of music, 3 CD's, some awesome tracks
Disadvantages: None, if you like dance music you'll love this

...Dynamic - Calinda 17. Kujay Dada - Young Hearts 18. Hughes & Spier - Idiot Box 19. Myko - Paradise (A Greek Salad Mix) 20. Bent - Stay The Same (Planet Funk Remix) 21. Alex Gold - Electric Places Bonus CD3 1. Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now 2. Basement Jaxx - Romeo 3. Roger Sanchez - Another Chance 4. Moloko - Sing It Back (Boris Musical Mix) 5. Shakedown - At Night 6. X-Press 2 feat David Byrne - Lazy 7. Paul Johnson - Get Get Down 8. Bob Sinclar - I Feel For You 9. Static Revenger - Happy People 10. Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 11. Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar (Armands Dark Garage Mix) 12. Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Timo Maas Remix) 13. Rui Da Silva feat Cassandra - Touch Me 14. iio - Rapture (Riva Mix) 15. Chicane feat Bryan Adams - Don’t Give Up 16. Delerium feat Sarah Mc... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Some good tracks
Disadvantages: Some Terrible Tracks

...that takes us back to Trainspotting. Excellent Tune. 15 - Zombie Nation - Kern Craft 400 16 - Storm - Time To Burn Again one of those tracks that you listen to on Friday afternoon on your way home in the car and it gives you that Friday feeling and you just want to go out. 17 - Darude - Sandstorm 18 - Ian Van Dahl - Castles in the Sky 19 - Delirium - Silence 20 - System F - Out of the Blue 21 - ATB - 9pm Til I Come CD3 1 - Daft Punk - One More Time 2 - David Morales - Needin You 3 - Paul Johnson - Get Get Down 4 - Moloko - Sing It Back Never liked it and still don't now. Thought it was pretty boring and pointless. 5 - Roger Sanchez - Another Chance Love it and again for me this is one of the best tracks on the album. A somewhat mellow dance track that takes me back. 6 - Fatboy Slim - Praise You... Read review

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