Very Best Of Euphoria, The (Mixed By Matt Darey) - Matt Darey

Advantages: So many classics jammed into a one album
Disadvantages: Only the 2 discs instead of the usual 3

...scene with the compilation- The Very Best Of Euphoria mixed by Matt Darey. Of all the Euphoria albums this proves to be one of the best including the best known and most loved trance and house classics ageing from back in the last decade to the current. You will find it hard to find as many classics packed into just 2cd’s with the quality mixing there is on this, so you really have to give this a thought as it’s made me real happy buying this and ...
...This Is The Very Best Of Euphoria ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MATT DAREY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Matt Darey’s been mixing from back in 1996 when Trance became much bigger and more progressive. The trance sound has helped to form the new sound to Dance in the last few years and Matt Darey has a lot to do with the success. He was the pioneer of the trance releasing his first record- Li Kwan, Point Zero. You’ll know that to be one of the Oakenfields another quality ... Read review

Advantages: Will never date, great selection of tracks
Disadvantages: Have to like dance music

...makes up for it. The very best of Euphoria is made up of two Cds. It comes in a very eye catching case as it is gold with black lettering on it. Also the cardboard sleeve that houses the cd case has a weird design on it the only way I can describe it that it is sort of reflective as when the light hits it makes it look like it is fading away. Cd 1 contains 18 tracks and also has an intro and outro whilst cd 2 contains 19 tracks as said earlier each ...
...think will appeal to a very wide range of people as it in parts is quite chilled out and does only contain popular dance anthems. Tracks on the Cd are as follows: CD1 Matt Darey Intro 1, Robert Miles, Children (dream version) 2, Chicane, Saltwater (tom ski vs. disco citizens remix) 3, Rui da Silva, Touch Me (original mix) 4, Jan Johnston, Flesh (tiesto mix) 5, Darude, Sandstorm (original mix) 6, DJ Jurgen pres. Alice Deejay, Better Off Alone ... Read review

Advantages: Complete list of the classics
Disadvantages: None!

What an album. Jam packed full of trancey classics. The list includes: Faithless, Jurgen Vries, Tiesto, Fragma, Chicane and William Orbit. Most mixes are good with only one or two seeing room for improvement. The album is mainly collective of the mainstream trance scene which i suppose is expected of 'Euphoria' but i can't help feeling that it should include some lesser known tracks to just give us something a little different. Overall i prefer ... Read review