CD-Charts Position 1

Da Bottom, Vol. 5

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by: Jermaine Dupri, DJ Ideal

Release Date August 02, 2005

CD-Charts Position 2
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Fox Island Afternoon

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by: John Neal

Release Date September 01, 1997
I bought this album from the Artists website and it is great. This is what contemporary classical / New Age music is all about. this is what Beethoven would have written if he had owned a Korg keyboard.

Fox Island Afternoon is charged with emotion. The music creates atmosphereic landscapes and ranges from extremely powerful and driving to soft and romantic.

John Neal's skills as a composer set him a level above most popular New Age artists and I think this would appeal to a much wider audience. This is not the waterd down stuff the New Age community seems to be big on these days.

Shawna Haley, who sings solo on one of the songs has a powerful voice and I wouldn't be surprised to see her doing more solo ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 3
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Platinum on Black: The Final Chapter

Search: Motivation
by: Various Artists

Release Date January 13, 1998
I bought this on the whim that it might be good since Orbital was included in the mix. I can say one positive thing...it IS well mixed, like one continuous, long song. And let me tell you, for the first 6 (count 'em, six) songs, it IS LONG! These first six tunes are absolute trash! It amazes me that someone actually thought they were good enough to be on a mix!

Song 7 (Lithium's "Ride a Rocket") starts to show some promise, working into a nice groove, only to ebb away near the end of song 8. Songs 9 and 10, again are utter garbage, annoying at best! The album FINALLY gets better in song 11. ...And songs 12 through 14 are fantastic, ending solidly with...you guessed it, a clipped version of Orbital's "Sinner."
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CD-Charts Position 4
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Enclosure Two: Harry Partch

Search: Motivation
from: INNOVA

Release Date December 06, 2000
I bought this on the whim that it might be good since Orbital was included in the mix. I can say one positive thing...it IS well mixed, like one continuous, long song. And let me tell you, for the first 6 (count 'em, six) songs, it IS LONG! These first six tunes are absolute trash! It amazes me that someone actually thought they were good enough to be on a mix!

Song 7 (Lithium's "Ride a Rocket") starts to show some promise, working into a nice groove, only to ebb away near the end of song 8. Songs 9 and 10, again are utter garbage, annoying at best! The album FINALLY gets better in song 11. ...And songs 12 through 14 are fantastic, ending solidly with...you guessed it, a clipped version of Orbital's "Sinner."
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