I always buy the Ministry compilations and am never disappointed - this is no exception -Brilliant!

3 CDs packed full of trance, house and commercial dance. Probably the best Ministry of Sound annual I have ever bought, and I've got enough of them.

CD 1 focusses on a very uplifting, eurpoean flavour trance, mixing perfectly the more commercial and mainstream sounds of Try - Ian Van Dahl, Logical Song - Scooter
and Forever - N-Trance with previously more underground and less exposed tracks like Digital Reason - Ashtrax, Foreign Shore - Alex Gold and Dreaming Of You - Thrillseekers. It's the ideal sound for getting ready to go out, for driving (always within the speedimits of course) or for when the clubs close, but you're not ready to stop.

CD 2 features distincly more house/commercial sounds...the biggest dance hits of the summer such as Starry Eyed Surprise - Oakenfold, 2 Months Off - Underworld and a re-mix of the Las Ketchup song. Although generally I prefer trance, something a bit deeper which carries me away, this CD does contain my favourite track of the album- Billie Jean (White Label Mix) - Soundz Blunt. If you were out clubbing or at any dance event this summer you will have heard this. It literally exploded onto dance floors and appealed to such a wide audience, not only Jackson or x-Jackson fans, but garage lovers, deep house, funky New York style house fans - the lot. The dance floor becomes a sea of smiles.

Cd 3 brings together another stunning collection of less-commercial more trancy sounds Culture Flash - Members Of Mayday, Buck The Trend - Mauve, Forever Young - Interactive and Lollipop - DJ Aligator. Many of them are only recently receiving the exposure they deserve...and for the ones that were massive hits this year in clubs I think we can expect some great future mixes.

Maybe some of the songs are older or very commercial but that's not necessarly a bad thing. A good song
is a good song. And the old ones have recently been re-released anyway. It's not just about the track line-up either. You could buy a "NOW" CD with some of these songs on, but they are just songs. On this annual they are are mixed together skillfullyand mixed with songs I have never heard of, which are also excellent. Some CDs are packed with rubbish songs but on this one even the tracks I haven't heard of are quality and fit in perfectly...

If you don't get it for a mate this Christmas - treat yourself, you won't regret it!!