[quote name="mvu"]Gatecrasher Red, trance was really good in 99.[quote]



Alright buddy it's on.



If we're going to have a Gatecrasher war you've picked the wrong forum to cross.



Wet kicks the ARSE of Red.



THE ARSE.

It's hard to pick good dance albums as many dance acts' albums feature one or two good tunes plus a lot of fillers. Here are a few albums in the dance genre that I consider pretty good. In no particular order...



The Chemical Brothers - Surrender, Push The Button, Exit Planet Dust

Primal Scream - Screamadelica

Orbital - Green Album, Brown Album, Snivilisation, In Sides, Blue Album

Underworld - 92-02 (yeah, a compilation, but has nearly all the good stuff)

Leftfield - Leftism

Prodigy - Experience, Jilted, Fat of the Land, AONO

The Grid - Evolver

808 State - Ex:El

Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way Baby

Kraftwerk - The Mix

Yello - Pocket Universe

Apollo 440 - Getting High On Your Own Supply

Happy Mondays - Madchester EP

Sash! - It's My Life (Eurohouse at its very best, including the seminal Encore Une Fois)

Oops, forgot Moby. Play and 18 are good, but some of his earlier work is even better. Try "Everything Is Wrong".



I should also have included New Order - Substance, as a precursor of modern dance music.

I think I have that one actually, is it the one that is light blue with the raindrops effect ? If it is then I would agree it is a good album I just mentioned Gatecrasher Red cos it's the one that I have to hand and therefore listen to.

Tyler Escribi�:

...Underworld - 92-02 (yeah, a compilation, but has nearly all the good stuff)

Sorry, I completely forgot that compilation, it's the resul of a decade of Underworld's work. There are truth artists !! 8)

If this is about classics, half of those albums shouldn't have been included, unless you believe in "instant classic". I think a classic has some staying power (that has been proven by the passage of time). To me, there is no way that a compilation can be a classic, for the following reason:



To me (and I am not citing originality here), an album in it's entirety should be judged, just like it would be wrong to take elements out of a painting, or a book, and compile them in a "collage" which, may be better than the original, however is not the original intention of the piece. Songs need to be included in the context they were originally provided. This of course does not apply if a DJ mixes the album, which is a logical arrangement that requires some more fine tuning, rather than Track 1 (pause), Track 2 (pause), etc.



Therefore...



Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants

Gus Gus - Polydistortion

Fluke - Risotto

Leftfield - Leftism

Chems - Everything up through Surrender (thus far)

Kraftwerk - Frickin everything up through the Tour De France Soundtracks

Avalanches - SILY

Motorbass - Pansoul

Miss Kittin - First Album

Air - Moon Safari

Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms

Q-Burns Abstract Message - Oeuvre

Kruder & Dorfmeister - The K&D Sessions



And there are so many more.

I'll list some classic 'Oldies'



U. F. Off: The Best Of The Orb



Eon, Void Dweller



Psychic TV, Jack the Tab



Messiah, 21st Century Jesus



Deee-Lite, World Clique

toomuch'stash Escribi�:

Deee-Lite, World Clique

Ooh, good one, how could I have missed that?

it was cheesy, but nonetheless semi-revolutionary for the time.

You have all covered most of the album's I would have choosen, but I would also like to add "Felix da Housecat - Devin Dazzle and Neon Fever" and if it is allowed " St Germain - Tourist"

ohhh... The Shamen... I can't remember the name of the album, but it was ahead of it's time.



Shame one of those guys had to get loaded and try to go swimming.

toomuch'stash Escribi�:

ohhh... The Shamen... I can't remember the name of the album, but it was ahead of it's time.



Shame one of those guys had to get loaded and try to go swimming.

That would be Boss Drum.