Plastic Compilation, Vol. 2

URB
Especially recommended for CD-only listeners who might have missed out on some of these tunes during their initial vinyl run.

Tracks:

Comin' Back (The Light's Southern Grit Mix) - The Crystal Method
Silence (Sanctuary Mix) - Delerium
Water From A Vine Leaf (Xylem Flow Mix) - William Orbit
Renegade Master (Fat Boy Slim Old Skool Mix) - Wild Child
Sweet Surrender ( Roni Size Mix V2) - Sarah McLachlan
Brimful of Asha ( Norman Cook Original Full-Length Remix) - Cornershop
B-Boy Stance (Freestylers Revenge Mix) - Freestylers
The Freaks - Uberzone
Ride - TPC (BT & Sasha)
Sur Tes Pas (Corny Dream Mix) - Autour De Lucie
I Think I'm in Love (The Chemical Brothers Remix) - Spiritualized

Customer Reviews:

Best in Series.......2005-04-16

As I type, there are now 6 volumes in Nettwerk's Plastic compilation series. I play this one more than the other five together.

The first three tracks aren't bad, but they don't throw you into the fire. If you want to get moving, start elsewhere.

I don't like Fatboy Slim &/or Norman Cook. He's let me down more than Chemical Brothers & Propellerheads added.

But here, he rams two fantastic remixes into my face, so I apologise for doubting him. His "old skool" remix of Wildchild is infectious, & his total butchery of Cornershop will probably have you playing the track five or six times in a row the first time you encounter it.

The requisite Sarah McLachlan mix is, well, okay -- not bad, not the best. Even with Roni Size, you'll find most Delerium cuts better, whether original or remix, & this CD already has one of those.

Once the Fatboy/Cook tracks appear, the party really starts. "B-Boy Stance" simply rocks, "The Freaks" kicks the bpm up a notch but lightens the tone, & "Ride" keeps it rolling. It's a great little set...

..before crashing into "Sur Tes Pas." Wow: trainwreck.

That final track? I thought I'd hate it. Once more, the ChemBros take an unlikely tune, remix it into something even odder, & it turns into something stunning.

Get this one. If you can appreciate both beats that spin you around & nuances that will leap out at you on the 50th listening, you'll enjoy this.

Not bad.......2002-10-31

There are several tracks that are pretty damn good, as well as a few bummers. The William Orbit track is good, as well as some Norman Cook remixes. All in all I like this disc and would purchase it again from what I know. You might like it too.

Stay up all night and drink lots of H2O.......2001-04-14

IF you're the type that enjoys watching the sun come up on Saturday and Sunday mornings, then this is a more than decent cd to have. If you are one who feels music, the beats and rhythms will go along well with your mood.

If there was just a way to erase the Cornershop remix. That is the only song on this cd that sounds like it belongs at some frat party where football players drink too much and end up telling you much more than you ever awanted to know about their past. The Delerium Silence song is a remix of Sarah McLachlan and is one of the true great conversions of a typical song into electronica.

So purchase the cd, grab your glowsticks and your vapo-rub and watch the sun rise.

A decent comp aimed for the big beat fan.......2000-05-15

This is a departure from #1, as it focuses on just two types of songs: danceable club tunes, and Fatboy Slim style big-beat stuff. Slim actually has two songs here, the beat-by-the-numbers Wildchild remix of "Renegade Master" and a better attempt on Cornershop's "Brimful of Asha"- making that song at least listenable. There's a remix of "Comin' Back" that adds swirling tones, a new breakbeat, a cowbell and more- good but not worthy of being the first track on the disc. The gem on this is the always mandatory Sarah McLachlan tune, Delerium's magnificent, throbbing crowd pleaser "Silence." You also get an older but enjoyable William Orbit piece "Water From a Vine Leaf" that follows "Silence" nicely. What else...the b-boy tune from the Freestylers, which is better than either Fatboy song, although it's Raggae-rap won't appeal to everyone. Heck, it doesn't appeal to me, but the song has an exuberance that raises it above generic big beat schlock. There's the electro/ robotic "The Freaks" by Uberzone which doesn't do much, and the electro bore by TPC (which is BT and Sasha making a huge departure from their usual fare). The end of the disc has the French-singing/guitar/d'n'b/orchestral "Sur Tes Pas" (a pleasant surprise) and the Chemical Brothers remix of "I think I'm in Love," which is an interesting foreshadow of their Surrender album.

So whether you like this album depends on if you want a cd that starts off with some good club tunes, turns to big beat halfway through, and ends with electro/wierdness. I give thee a 3.

great blend.......1999-12-26

bought this in Canada along with Tao Jones. This CD is terrific-- Roni Size remixes, Fatboy Slim, it is truly wirth every last cent. I would buy it again just to show how much I like it!

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