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Music : Cafe Del Mar - Volumen Ocho (Vol. 8)
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Cafe Del Mar - Volumen Ocho (Vol. 8) by: Various Artists List Price: £13.99 CD-Charts Price: £9.98 You Save: £4.01 (29%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0731458605928 Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London) Manufacturer: Mercury Records Ltd (London) Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Mercury Records Ltd (London) Release Date: June 18, 2001 Running Time: 68 minutes Studio: Mercury Records Ltd (London) Sales Rank: 30797 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Music lovers can always tell the summer's here because the market gets bombarded by a wealth of 'chill out'compilations but none so esteemed as the Café Del Mar series. One the first ever "Balearic" comps to emerge into the dance market, it's imaginative and considered song selections have ensured it has remained one of the finest too. Conjuring up the mood of Ibiza's more gentle side beautifully, the series features enigmatic combinations of downtempo beats, gorgeous guitar strums, wistful flute and lush strings. This 8th excursion is once again akin to sinking into a hot, scented bubble bath after a hard days work, with supine sonics from respected artists such as Goldfrapp ("Utopia"), Dido ("Worthless"), Afterlife ("Sunrise"), Illumination ("Cookie Raver"), Ben Onono ("Tattouage Blue"), Digby Jones ("Pina Colada") and Scriptiure ("Apache"). As we've come to expect from the Café Del Mar series, this album provides the perfect backdrop to any relaxing summer day. --Paul Sullivan Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Chill-out without the funk....A great album to sip sangria to. Not a 'jazzy' as the latest Vol.9 but offers a warm blend of subtle head-calmindg tunes and 'beaty' vibes. Recommended for the rainy nights in and sunny beach-days out. Rating:  - Time to lay this old dog to restThere is an easy explanation as to why this volume of Cafe del Mar is such a huge disappointment - it's related to the others in name and not by nature. The Cafe del Mar series truly ended when Jose Padilla stopped compiling them with Volume 6. He was the true essence of Café del Mar but left stating people only went there because they were told to and it had lost it's original beauty - i.e. it had got to commercial - just like the island of Ibiza itself. Bruno compiled Volume 7, which wasn't bad but still not a patch on what had come before. So on to Volume 8. Manifesto have such faith in the 2 DJ's that compiled this that they are not even given a mention on the front - only in small print on the back. The track selection ... Read More: Rating:  - The supremo chillout albumThis has been the most suprisingly good cd I've heard all summer, addictive, and each time I play it, someone either wants to borrow or buy it, good sign. Café del Mar 8 has the créme de la créme of chill out and electronica artists and producers, and makes a mockery of all the other rip off cd's in this genre trying to achieve the same depths of chill and style. Highlights for me are Illumination's "Cookie Raver", a mixture of Sueno Latino and deep Future Sound of London type beats and vibe, Illumination's remix of Mari Boine, "Gula Gula", and the Lamb anthem "Gabriel". Thanks Café del Mar, and keep up the good work with cutting edge acts like these. Rating: - If music were a big hammock..................Considered by many to be the benchmark in ambient/chillout compilations the Cafe Del Mar series always has a lot to live up to, particularly after Jose Padilla decided he'd had enough and passed the job of compiling to Bruno for Vol.7. Well, the batton has been passed again to Luke Neville & Ben Cherrill with great results.... Vol.8 steers away from quick fix chill-out music and delivers something a little special. Tracks tend to creep-up on you, the build-up on Dido's Worthless being a good example. As a result this album gets better and better with each listen. Depending on taste you might not like every track as the musical origins are wide and varied as usual, but as a whole this is another classic from the 'can do no wrong' Cafe Del ... Read More: Rating:  - DisappointingAs an avid fan and collector of the Cafe del Mar series, i found vol.8 to be very disappointing in its lack of tune-full and melodic sounds found in the other volumes. Rather than painting the Sunny picture this series is renound for, i actually found this grey and, dare i say it, boring! Jose Padilla brought warmth, happiness and love to the series. In his absence, vol.7 shone brighty, unfortunately number 8 did not follow suit. I'm afraid i won't be buying number 9 (if there is one!) without throughly sampling it at someone elses expense! I'm thankful that Mr Padilla has continued to release 'my kind of music' on his new albums (hapiness returns!) |
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