Section X [Digipak] - Beyond Twilight

Advantages: Awesome Tracklisting, Great Flow
Disadvantages: None

...Any Trance fans out there will know Above and Beyond and will probably know they are behind the AnjunaBeats label. Well this album was released to celebrate the 100th release on Anjunabeats. This album is 2 CD's showcasing the best Anjunabeats releases out of those 100, so naturally there are some excellent tracks on this album, some of the best include - Helsinki Scorchin by Super8 & Tab, the beautiful Alone Tonight by Above & Beyond and (one of my favourite tracks ever) Air For Life by Above & Beyond and Andy Moor. The 1st CD is very good but even better - the whole 2nd CD of this album is brilliant! With not one bad track, it has an excellent flow to it starting off with some smooth chilled trance and working through the a cracking finale. This album is a must for any Trance fan. :-)... Read review

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Advantages: So different to other songwriters
Disadvantages: Some of the tracks end too abruptly

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Advantages: leaves us with some of his best work
Disadvantages: some songs are not what he would have finished with

...with "Pretty Ugly Before", an electric strum along with demonstrates his love for Beatles esque melodies. Often touted as the albums biggest triumph I think this grossly under estimates how many decent tracks are on this album. The album shows the extremes of his style. "Twilight" is a sad, ballad in the same vain as "Let's get lost" only the acoustic is strum and it feels like your listening to a man that is on the edge emotionally. Similarly "Memory Lane" details the story of rehab, isolation etc and the almost corniness of it all. Perhaps there are deeper issues with some of his lyrics but there is a certain uplifting smile to be raised when hearing "do what people say and lie in bed all day, absolutely horrified, I hope your satisfied". The other extreme is the obvious need for Smith to make an album that has songs that at first appear... Read review

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