Best of Costes [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese pressing of 2004 dance/soul compilation is scheduled to include one bonus track. Details TBA. Rambling.

Best of Costes,Costes,Pioneer,Dance Collections,R&B/Soul

Tracks:

Sympathique - Pink Martini
London in the Rain - Variety Lab
Amour - Rouge Rouge
Adore - I:Cube,
My Funny Valentine - Big Muff
Latazz - The Funky Lowlives
Morenito [Bossa Mix] - Clntine, , Stane Pompougnac,
Cafe Flore [Charles Webster's Latin Lovers Mix] - Doctor Rockit
Where Do I Begin [AwayTeam Mix] - Shirley Bassey
Surround Me With Your Love [Mental Overdrive Remix] - 3-11 Porter
Night Over Manaus - Boozoo Bajou,
Mopolitain - Emanuel Santarromana,
One Night in Rio - Louie Austen
No Communication, No Love (Devastating) - Pompon, , Charles Schillings
S.O.S. (The Sounds of Silence) - Trinity FM
What It Feels Like for a Girl [Stane Pompougnac Remix] - Madonna

Album Details

Stephane Pompougnac Has Elevated the "Lounge Compilation" to a Level of Being an Artistic Audio Cocktail. With Worldwide Sales in Excess of
1. 7 Million, the "Hotel Costes" Series Has Proven to Be the Standard by which all Others Are Measured. Now, Pompougnac Transforms the Best Tracks from Volumes 1-7 on this Super Collage with an Extra Added Bonus: An Exclusive Version of Madonna's "What it Feels Like for a Girl" (From her "Music" Album) that Pompougnac Remixed Himself Expressly for this Collection. Enjoy the Creme of the Crop from all the "Hotel Costes" Compilations!

Customer Reviews:

tracks 9-12.......2007-03-07

are worth having this cd.
the rest is not bad either.
I am not huge fan of lounge music, but this seems to be an OK collection even for (as one reviewer dubbed us) the uninitiated.

Simply the "BEST".......2007-01-23

I use the "COSTES" series in my loungy restaurant, you couldn't find a better style and selection of chill tunes.

A sampler for the uninitiated.......2006-12-24

I love the Hotel Costes series so I thought the Best of Hotel Costes would be a good idea. I was a tad dissapointed but not enough to bury it in my archives and never listen to it again. It does lack some of the mixing that is part of the strength of the other Hortel Costes discs but it is still a very good compilation. As an introduction or if you don't want the others this will suffice.The opening track by the excellent Pink Martini entitled "Symathique"(taken from the disc of the same name)sets the table for the European sound. By the time you check out "Amour" by Rogue Rogue the pace will have you settled into the groove. These jazzy- soul laid back grooves are way cool. The standard "My Funny Valentine is reworked to create a dreamy sexy groove by Muff Muff that is hard to resist; it is mellow lovers mix for getting close to that special someone. Other stanouts include Shirley Bassy remixed version of "Where Do I Begin" that featurers the GoldFingeresque vocals to a syncopated downtempo beat for haunting results. The bossa nova infused songs mix with catchy songs like "One Night in Rio" that is a hilarious story. Trinity's version of the Simon and Garfunkel classic "Sounds of Silence" is updated for the I-Pod generation with nice spacey effects. The closing track is one the best by Stephanie P as she reinterprets the cover by Madonna "What it Feels Like For a Girl" to create a midtempo new classic although use of some of the other lyrics might have made it better? If you haven't heard the other Hotel Costes discs you might try this one but you'll be missing out the whole experience without the other volumes.

interesting choice..........2005-10-11

Stephane Pompougnac's (best of...) compilation of the Hotel Costes series has a few definite good choices on here (Adore, No Communication/No Love, London In The Rain) but some of the songs don't seem to qualify as 'the best', such as 'Clementine', 'Surrond me with your love' and 'S.O.S.' which are not that good (that's just my opinion) I say that 'IN BLACK OF NIGHT'(COSTES 6), 'PONGER STAR'(COSTES 5) and 'PLEASE DON'T LEAVE'(COSTES 7) should be on there instead of the other 3. Ah well... it still pretty good!

great downtempo collection.......2005-10-07

i don't have the other hotel costes cd's, but this collection is lush, stylish, and mellow. if you like chillout electronica with a european twist, then you'll enjoy this compilation. the first song, sympathique, doesn't fit the chillout genre, but is a great campy french edith-piaf-like song. the madonna remix is great as well. my favorite song is "surround me with your love" excellent groove. perfect music to unwind or to listen to as you work.