The Clubber's Guide To Trance: Mixed By Atb - ATB

Clubber’s Guide to Trance celebrates the year when trance came of age…. 1999. It features all the tunes that after many years of trying to break the charts have finally succeeded and this CD is based on the tracks that succeeded that year. To mark the breakthrough Ministry of Sound released this CD which subsequently went to no1 in the compilation charts, as all Ministry compilations tend to do. Both CD’s are mixed by Andre Tanneberger or as he’s known to us ATB. I have to say it’s mixed quite badly. Some tracks don’t have the beats matching and some fade out with the next tune fading in. In one instance there is actually no ...  Read the complete review

Believe it or not, there was once a time where the Ministry Of Sound's "Clubber's Guide To.." series was actually quite good. Rather than the more recent outings of "2000", "2001", and the "UK Garage" edition; back in the glorious summer of 1999, and still now to a certain degree, this was actually considered pretty good. Although capitalising on the big-name draw that was ATB, after his number one chart hit "9pm..", he actually does a pretty good job, and rather than looking like every other "Ibiza"/"Trance" compilation around the time, this may have put some people off with ...  Read the complete review

Well this album is very good, if you want typical trance hits, and tunes, mixed in a standard fashion. If you're looking for something inspirational then look elsewhere. It isn't the best album in the world ever, but if you need something that you can listen to and hear the kind of trance you'd hear on the radio then this could be it. Thus choose this wisely, as if you do want the kind of stuff you'd find in the Global Underground collections, or similar then this won't satisfy you. Also, check the track listings to make sure you don't already own 90% of the songs on here, as it is a distinct possibility. ...  Read the complete review