| Product Summary | | Label: London/sire | | UPC: 00643443109123 | | Release Date: 5/16/2000 | | Buy.com Sku: 60489285 | | Item#: M767RL | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Summer Samba - (with Walter Wanderley) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold |  | | 2. Necessary Evil - (with Armand Van Helden) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 3. Vertigo - (Virgo Edit, with Alan Braxe) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 4. Funky Music - (with Hardy Hard) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 5. Return Of The Original Art Form - (with Major Force) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 6. Evil Kinevil - (with Ceasefire/Deadly Avenger) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 7. Metaforce - (with Art Of Noise) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 8. I'm Ready - (with Size 9) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 9. Everybody Loves A Carnival - (with Fatboy Slim) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 10. Jack It Up - (DJ Delite, with Fatboy Slim) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 11. Private Psychedelic Reel, The - (with The Chemical Brothers) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 12. Between The Eyes - (with Soul Of A Man) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 13. Funky Fresh - (with DJ Stew/The Budda Monks) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 14. Blaxxtraxx 3 (Funky Nassau) - (with Mr. Spring) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 15. 1956 - (with Mr. X/Mr. Y) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 16. Because Of You - (with Scanty Sandwich) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 17. Born Slippy - (with Underworld) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 18. At The River - (with Groove Armada) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Precession (Subtrranean EP) - (with Jaya) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 2. Baguio Track, The - (with Luzon) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 3. Spirit, The - (with The Unknown) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 4. Free - (Extended Vocal mix, with Mono Culture) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 5. Perfect State - (Original mix, with J-Jacks) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 6. Symmetry C - (Lange Breakbeat remix, with Brainchild) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 7. Another Day - (with Skip Raiders/Jada) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 8. Flesh - (Tilt mix, with Jan Janson/BT) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 9. Seven Cities - (with Solor Stone) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 10. I Want You - (with Z 2) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 11. Secret Folder Pt. 1 & 2 - (with Philippe Van Mullem) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | | | 12. Viola - (Original mix, with Moogwai) ~ Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold | |
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | This is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by Fatboy Slim and Paul Oakenfold. | | Includes liner notes by Calvin Bush. | | Essential Selection, Vol. One features the world's two most visible electronic music DJs in 2000, Fatboy Slim and Paul Oakenfold; these two DJs couldn't be any different in terms of style, but are quite similar in terms of popularity. Think of them as the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears of electronic music. On Fatboy Slim's mix, the well-known producer otherwise known as Norman Cook splices together a total of 18 quite eclectic dance tracks of varying styles. Many may sit back in wonder, listening to Cook mix from one charismatic track to the next in ways many would never attempt. But most well-seasoned electronic music listeners will realize by at least the second or third listen that Cook's approach relies heavily on novelty to wow listeners and works well the first time before the novelty wears off. | | Oakenfold takes an entirely different approach than Cook, but similarly achieves little in terms of lasting quality. The notorious trance DJ found immense fame with his Tranceport album in the U.S., where he essentially edited together the ultimate trance anthems of the late '90s into one monolithic ride through the genre's most euphoric moments. Of course, now that Oakenfold has used all the genre's best songs on previous releases, his new material sounds second-rate in comparison The supposed peak moments of Oakenfold's set will make most anyone who has been listening to trance for more than a year simply roll his or her eyes; the cliched motifs and formal characteristics of trance found in songs such as this -- warm, lingering synth notes, a re-occurring melody every few minutes, the long-awaited breakdown, the tranquil lulls -- give the genre a bad name. . So if generic products equals customer satisfaction and effective marketing equals healthy profits, this album proves that Cook and Oakenfold are the McDonald's and Coca-Cola of electronic music. ~ Jason Birchmeier | | Essential Selection, Vol. 1 signals an interesting moment in electronic music when the traditionally innovative genre reaches a state of commodity. Surely, electronic music has been pimped in the past by major labels in an effort to make a quick dollar in the mainstream with MTV Party to Go-style compilations but never to the point where artists become consumer brands charged with high equity. Essential Selection, Vol. One features the world's two most visible electronic music DJs in 2000, Fatboy Slim and Paul Oakenfold; these two DJs couldn't be any different in terms of style, but are quite similar in terms of popularity. Think of them as the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears of electronic music. On Fatboy Slim's mix, the well-known producer otherwise known as Norman Cook splices together a total of 18 quite eclectic dance tracks of varying styles. Though Scanty Sandwich's "Because of You" shares few similarities with Underworld's "Born Slippy" besides its dance-worthy qualities, Cook bridges the large gap between the Jackson 5 sample-filled former track with the lunatic-inspired intensity of the latter to create the peak moment of his roller coaster mix that then concludes with Groove Armada's "At the River." Many may sit back in wonder, listening to Cook mix from one charismatic track to the next in ways many would never attempt. But most well-seasoned electronic music listeners will realize by at least the second or third listen that Cook's approach relies heavily on novelty to wow listeners and works well the first time before the novelty wears off. There is a reason most DJs wouldn't dare follow "Because of You" with "Born Slippy": the songs carry two entirely different vibes that don't carry over and only dilute themselves, causing the epic Underworld anthem-of-anthems to sound surprisingly timid when sandwiched between a funky house track and a groovy lounge song. | | Oakenfold takes an entirely different approach than Cook, but similarly achieves little in terms of lasting quality. The notorious trance DJ found immense fame with his Tranceport album in the U.S., where he essentially edited together the ultimate trance anthems of the late '90s into one monolithic ride through the genre's most euphoric moments. Of course, now that Oakenfold has used all the genre's best songs on previous releases, his new material sounds second-rate in comparison. Tracks such as The Unknown's "The Spirit" don't come close to being as transcendental as they try in vain to be, instead sounding kitschy. Similarly, the supposed peak moments of Oakenfold's set, such as Perfect State's "Perfect State," will make most anyone who has been listening to trance for more than a year simply roll his or her eyes; the cliched motifs and formal characteristics of trance found in songs such as this -- warm, lingering synth notes, a re-occurring melody every few minutes, the long-awaited breakdown, the tranquil lulls -- give the genre a bad name. In all defense of trance, songs such as "Secret Folder" do overcome these cliches and truly inspire beautiful moments, but as a whole, anyone who has listened to their share of Global Underground or Northern Exposure albums has heard Oakenfold's set before by better DJs. So in sum, both DJs do what they are suppose to do on this album, producing generic mixes of exactly what listeners expect, want, and, unfortunately, buy. So if generic products equals customer satisfaction and effective marketing equals healthy profits, this album proves that Cook and Oakenfold are the McDonald's and Coca-Cola of electronic music. ~ Jason Birchmeier | | Pete Tong has an undisputed talent for keeping his finger on the dance music pulse, and he puts that to good effect on this, the first ESSENTIAL SELECTION of the new millennium. The winning formula remains--plenty of variety, records of huge hit potential and grooves to keep you dancing all the way through. Choice cuts abound, but several must be mentioned. The dirty beats of Armand Van Helden's "Koochy," for one, or, on a more techno vibe, Laurent Garnier's magnificent saxophone creation "The Man With The Red Face." On a two step note, the Artful Dodger excels with "Woman Trouble." But hang on, that's only the first disc! The second veers into deeper house and trance territory, and sees Tong letting rip with some more underground numbers. Of course the more popular trance of Chicane and System F hits the spot, but the inclusion of cracking tracks from James Holden, Breeder and Dea-Li is a bonus. A little something for the weekend, perhaps?! |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/16/2000 | | Original Release Date : 2000 | | Catalog ID : 31091 | | Label : Sire | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Runtime : 153m : 1s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00643443109123 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (7/20/00, pp.139-40)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...An essential definition of 2 classic turntable styles: Slim's juiced-up big beat and Oakenfold's starry-eyed emo-techno..."CMJ (5/22/00, p.30)
- "...Mr.Cook [begins] with a hard-hitting, body-moving mix of obscure gems and old standbys that run the gamut from hard house to anthemic techno....Oakie smoothes out the mood...with a mix that favors dark progressive house and blissful beats. The invasion continues." |
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