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| | Essential Mix | | | Music Artist : | | Boy George | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Sire / London/Rhino | | Release Date : | | 2001-02-20 | | Store Price : | | $17.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $17.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Girl from Ipanema - Boogie Macs
2. I Warned You Baby - Aldo Vanucci
3. See Through
4. Call It Fate - Richie Dan
5. Let Me Be Your Fantasy - Baby D vs. Trick Or Treat
6. Born Funky - Kinky Roland
7. Watcha Gonna Do - Shauna Solomon
8. Take My Hand - Tutto Matto vs. Different Gear
9. Everybody Jump - Vzions
10. Future Sound of Retro - Lee Combs
11. Some Say She's Retro - Dark Globe
12. Drop & Hope - The Armadillos
13. Spreading The Light - The Colein
14. Filthy Mind - Amanda Ghost
15. Volume 1 - Bassdubs
16. Thrust 2 - Oscar Goldman
17. Second Coming - Wavehead
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 The most underrated DJ in dance music
Submitted on: 2004-04-28 |
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| Boy George is one of those few dj's that really likes to try and take you on a trip of his many different tastes on every one of his mixes. He spins straight from his gut and doesn't usually play tracks as just filler or a space between tracks, everyone is an essential piece to the mix. This cd begins in an almost dublike raggae place goes through some hip hoppy break beats and rampages through house and spins you through trance. What a refreshing mix to hear after dj's like Paul Oakenfold are so up on themselves they seem to have forgetten djing is about getting other people off instead of yourself. |
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 Worth it
Submitted on: 2001-07-06 |
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| I usually listen to deep house, down-tempo house, electronica and techno but after this CD I'm starting to appreciate vocal house. I didn't like it at first but after a few listens I found myself singing along to the irresistably uplifting, positive vocals. This is what I would call a girl's CD but guys, try it out. You'll be singing along with "call it fate," "let me be your fantasy," "born funky" and others. |
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A Sonically Scenic Ride Through Space and Time
Submitted on: 2001-04-24 |
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| Is it no wonder that Versace has used Boy George's talent as a DJ to spin his own musical mix for many of their most recent fashion shows in Milan. In his current iteration as DJ, Boy George takes his listeners on on a musical journey creating a lush landscape in the dance genre that transcends both the ubiqutous pounding of today's techno-pop and time itself. Opening this volume of the Essential Mix series with a newly rendered mix of "Girl From Ipanema," (a classic example of early Bosa Nova Jazz,) the Boy travels from the cocktail tinged sound of the 1960's straight into the beat driven 21st century, stopping to sample the 70's and 90's along the way. He is even found briefly revisiting the 1980's with a new cut by Culture Club, aka Cultural Diversion. It was, in fact, this updated version of the Boy's former persona of pop crooner that left me feeling somewhat forelorn--as it recalled to mind the immense talent this soulful balladeer has when it comes to phrasing a song, leaving me wanting to hear more of his lilting voice. Fortunately, it resurfaces on a later track with The Colein. Nevertheless, while it would be a joy to hear the Boy reinvent himself as a 21st century Dance Torch Diva, as BoyDJ--the trip he takes us on delivers us to new and exciting places. |
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 must have been the stuff i was taking that made me buy this
Submitted on: 2001-04-18 |
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| the first time i dropped, boy george was on his american tour promoting this cd. (i saw him at his los angeles show at Giant). i dug that nite so much that i went to the record store the first day it came out and got this album at an outrageous price. i get home and start listening to it, and its not cool at all! (it must have been the stuff i was taking!) the first ten tracks are goofy and chessy sounding and its not till the later half of the album that it gets into some ok club music. a lot of people here said that they liked this album, so i guess i'm not into the same stuff; im more into the progressive trance stuff of pete tong, judge jules, and mark tabberner. some of the stuff on here is ok, so tahts why i gave it two stars. the stuff on this album is too much like 80s dance music rather than the new stuff that is coming out, even the stuff on the latter half of the album that i think is (merely)ok. i wish i had not bought this album. |
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My first dance CD ever... I loved it!
Submitted on: 2001-03-29 |
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| I am more a fan of Boy George than dance music in general but after lisening to this I will definitely expand my horizons. This is a really fun, upbeat CD and Boy George sounds great! |
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