Review, buy Compilations: Chill Out, Virtual Audio Project: Mystery, Global Underground 011:Budapest, Take Control, Words and Beats, Eclectica, 70's Smash Hits Vol.2, The Sessions Vol.1: Mixed By Tony Humphries [VINYL], Best Classical Album in the World - Ever [CASSETTE], Cafe del mar, Just Make That [12" VINYL], The Love Album Vol.1, Chill Out, Dance Nation Part 3 [CASSETTE], Now That's What I Call Music Vol.47 [MINIDISC], Keep Hope Alive, Gregorian Chill Out, UK Garage: The Album, Global Underground 8: Nick Warren In Brazil, Ponga

It's a testament to the success of the Now That's What I Call Music series that this is the 47th instalment in the ever-popular series. Its combination of all that makes the British pop charts great is its winning formula, and one that it certainly doesn't stray from here. On the pure pop front there are scene leaders Robbie Williams ("Rock DJ"), Ronan Keating ("Life Is A Rollercoaster"), Steps ("Stomp") and Britney Spears ("Lucky"); and keeping the rock flag flying are U2 ("Beautiful Day"), David Gray ("Babylon") and Bon Jovi ("It's My Life"). The two leading lights of the dance scene-2-Step and trance-are well represented with Architects ("Body Groove") and Craig David ("7 Days") on a 2-Step trip and trance masters Storm ("Time To Burn") and Darude ("Feel The Beat") There is also a smattering of R&B thrown in for good measure courtesy of Sisqo ("Unleash The Dragon") and Melanie B ("Tell Me"). In fact there is something of a plethora of Spice Girls present-Posh and Melanies C and B all have solo work featured, and they all team up with Emma for "Holler". In a world where the Number One single seems to change every week, Now 47 proves that there is life in the pop charts yet. -Helen Marquis.

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Keep Hope Alive (Serial Diva)

Publisher: Ministry of Sound
Release date: 1997-01-06
RRP: ~~£4.99~~
Price: £1.69

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Review Rossbach/Gregorian Chants / Gregorian Chill Out

Gregorian Chill Out (Rossbach/Gregorian Chants)

Publisher: 3D
RRP: ~~£20.74~~
Price: £48.86

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UK Garage: The Album (Various Artists)

Tracks UK Garage: The Album

Flowers [Sunship Mix] - Sweet Female Attitude
Got Your Money [DJ Dee Kline and Ed209 Breakbeat Mix] - Kelis, Ol' Dirty Bastard
Let Me Be Your Fantasy [Mc Tails RMX] - Baby D
Thinking of You [B-15 Project Dub] - Kele Le Roc, Curtis Lynch, Jr., Red Rat
Beautiful [Dubaholics Deeper Dub] - Matt Darey's Mash Up, , Marcella Woods
Why? [Matt "Jam" Lamont/ DJ Face Classic Vox Mix] - Mis-Teeq
Love Shy [Club Asylum Edit] - Kristine Blond
Thong Song [Artful Dodger RMX] - Sisqó
Celebrate Life [El-B RMX] - Brasstooth
Bump 'N' Grind [Breakbeat Funk Y3k Mix] - Lady Saw, , ,
Out of Your Mind [12" Mix] - Victoria Beckham, Dane Bowers, True Steppers
Forgive Me [Artful Dodger Dark Dub] - Lynden David Hall
Down on Me [Original Mix] - Wookie
Dooms Night [Timo Maas Rmx] - Azzido Da Bass
Outta Space [DJ Dee Kline RMX] - Mellow Trax
138 Trek [Original Mix] - DJ Zinc
Oh No (Sentimental Things) [Radio Mix] - Lisa Maffia, , Megaman, Romeo, So Solid Crew
Summer of Love [Radio Edit] - Lonyo
Energy [Stanton Warriors Dub Mix] - Astrotrax
Joy [Instrumental Mix]
What's It Gonna Be [Sticky Y2K Mix]
Little Bit of Luck [Original Mix] - DJ Luck, MC Neat
Dynamite (Dancehall Queen) [Original Mix]
Woman Trouble [Full Length Version] - Robbie Craig, Craig David, The Artful Dodger
Everyone Falls in Love [Masterstepz Vocal] - Devonte, Tanto Metro,
Call It Fate [Full Vocal] - Richie Dan
Nicole's Groove [Original Mix] - Phaze 1
Girls Like Us [Original Mix] - Crissy D, Lady G, B-15 Project
Bound 4 da Reload (Casualty) [Original Mix] - Neutrino, , Oxide & Neutrino
Rise [Artful Dodger RMX] - Gabrielle
Something in Your Eyes [K Warren Mix] - Ed Case
7 Days [Sunship RMX] - Craig David
Bad Habit [Stanton Warrior Vocal Mix] - OnePhatDeeva
Imagine [The Asylum RMX] - Shola Ama
Movin' Too Fast [Original Mix] - The Artful Dodger, Romina Johnson
Sorry (I Didn't Know) [David Howard RMX] - Rick Denzien, Monsta Boy
We Come Again [Original Mix]
Right Before My Eyes [RMX/ Mc Neat] - Kallaghan,
Ain't No Stoppin' Us [Oracles Mix] - DJ Luck, JJ, MC Neat
Do It to Me Again [Artful Dodger RMX] - Soulsearcher
I Don't Smoke [Original Mix] - DJ Dee Kline
Biggin' up the Massive [Original Mix] - Oris Jay,
Freak Like Me [Original Mix] - Dub Conspiracy, True Faith
Re-Rewind the Crowd Say Bo Selecta [Wideboys Mix] - The Artful Dodger

Publisher: Ministry of Sound UK
Release date: 2000-11-28
RRP: ~~£28.99~~
Price: £20.95

Review UK Garage: The Album / Various Artists:

The year 2000 was when garage came into its own. This compilation is probably the most accurate reflection of the mood on UK dance floors at the time. CD1 is entitled "The Light Mix", and rightly so. Silky smooth vocals, flirty snares and a KY Bassline are shared components of most tracks on this disc. Highlights include Kristine Blonde's anthem "Loveshy", Sunship's mix of "Flowers" by Sweet Female Attitude and the inimitable MC Luck and DJ Neat's, "With a Little Bit of Luck". CD2 is presented as "The Dark Mix" and as you might expect it features the harder drum & bass/tech sounds that are the roots from which the two-step movement evolved. This is not at all moody, with plenty of uplifting tracks and a large dollop of humour, for example DJ Dee Kilne's "Don't Smoke the Reefa". Other tracks that stand out include Mellotrax "Outta Space" and DJ Zinc's "138 Trek". The beauty of this album is that it covers the entire spectrum of garage without sounding disjointed or cheesy. -Mary Anna Wright.

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Review Nick Warren / Global Underground 8: Nick Warren In Brazil

Global Underground 8: Nick Warren In Brazil (Nick Warren)

Tracks Global Underground 8: Nick Warren In Brazil

Your Beautiful - Madagascar (1)
Kill City - Hybrid (1)
Aquaphonic - Nickelson
Psychout (Thing) - Slacker
Acushla - Origin (1)
Rise And Fall - Yin & Yunk
Boiler - Pob
Dreamscape - Serpico (1)
Tequila Flange - PMT (1)
Equilibrium - DJ Anthony & Georgio
Breathe In - Tekara
Sequenza - DJ Gogo
Marching Powder - PMT (1)
No One In The World - Locust (1)
All I Am - Capricorn (4)
Equilibrium - Anthony & Georgio
India - E-Razor
Cafe Del Mar - Energy 52
Aquaphonic - Nickelson
Cafe Del Mar - Energy 52
Pressure - Propulsion
Pressure - Propulsion
Dreamscape - Serpico (1)
Your Beautiful - Madagascar (1)
Northern Lights - Conscious
Boiler - Pob
Ya Yae Ya Yo Yo Yo - Forth
Ya Yae Ya Yo Yo Yo - Forth
Miralaca - Junk Project
Psychout (Thing) - Slacker
New Sunset - Stone Factory
Lose It (To The Sound) - Desert
Breathe In - Tekara
Reality Detached - Forth
Tranceillusion - VFR
Indica - Pink Bomb
Indica - Pink Bomb
Reality Detached - Forth
Kill City - Hybrid (1)

Publisher: Global Underground
Release date: 1998-07-20
RRP: ~~£17.99~~
Price: £14.48

Review Global Underground 8: Nick Warren In Brazil / Nick Warren:

Nick Warren, acid house pioneer and Way Out West stalwart, proved long ago he knows how to have a party. So when he decided to take his record box to Brazil, home of the biggest Carnival in the World, the result was hardly surprising. The first CD of this double album makes immediate ripples, plunging into the icy melodies of Locusts' "No One in the World" before submerging itself completely in the liquid trance of Origin's "Tidle Protaxis". Less riotous is the start of the second disc: a diverse range of house and breakbeat shrewdly woven into a swirl of sweeping techno and leftfield madness including Energy 52's superb "Café Del Mar". Impeccable, both technically and creatively, 008 Brazil will only serve to further Nick Warren's unblemished reputation. -George Lees.

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