I stumbled upon this album in a music stores bargain bucket a few weeks ago and being a sucker for a bargain could not turn down a double CD album priced at £2.99, as it happens I am glad I couldn't because it is in fact a really good album. The Classic Chillout Album is an old album now and I am not 100% certain the music on it can really be classed as chilled out but I get what it means in that it is chilled out as far as dance tracks go. There are 33 tracks in total and with only three of them not appealing to me it has to have been a good buy. There are classic tracks like "missing" by Everything but the girl, "Barber's Adagio ...  Read the complete review

It seems as though hundreds of Chillout CD compilations have been released over the last year or so, and at first I thought “what a great idea”, but I have to say I’m not so sure anymore. First off, as with any of these things (‘Ibiza’ compilations are another example) they’re very much a bandwagon thing, and the contents are not always that brilliant. Second, one person’s idea of ‘chillout’ music is not always the same as the next. “The classic chillout album” is one of the mainstream chillout compilations, a collection of ‘safe’ tracks. In fact, the choice of tracks is not just ...  Read the complete review

2001 wasn't really the year for "chillout" music, but some of those old classics kept being dragged back onto thousands of new compilations. The best of these being "The Classic Chillout Album (1)". To really get you relaxed, the first song (Slip Into Something More Comfortable by Kinobe) starts with the sound of gentle waves. Next, is Groove Armada's "At The River", which must be the ultimate chillout track. Track 3 livens up slightly with a remix of Everything But The Girl's "Missing". Not too sure why this is on here, but good never the less. I Monster's very unusual ...  Read the complete review