Y2k: Beat the Clock Version 1.0

Y2k: Beat the Clock Version 1.0

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
With the exception of the title track, "Beat the Clock," these songs have absolutely nothing thematically to do with the impending millennium, nor is this compilation a particularly good choice if you are looking for music that is going to whip your New Year's party into a dance-floor frenzy. Too many of these tracks are blockbuster dance hits that have saturated mainstream media, from soundtracks to commercials ("Rockafeller Skank," "Busy Child," "Born Slippy"), and when 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 1999, rolls around, you'll most likely want to be listening to something a little more meaningful, or at least a little fresher. If the Y2K bug actually does cause your CD player to glitch out on the eve of the new millennium, do you really want the last song you hear to be the background music for a Gap ad? --Beth Massa

Tracks:

The Rockafeller Skank (Full Version) - Fatboy Slim
Renegade Master (Fatboy Slim Old Skool Mix) - Wildchild
Out Of Space - The Prodigy
Blisters On My Brain - Lo Fidelity Allstars
Elektrobank (Full Length) - The Chemical Brothers
Busy Child - The Crystal Method
Bang On! - Propellerheads
Lost In Space: Theme (Single Version) - Apollo Four Forty
Joga (Alec Empire 'Empire State Of Emergency' Remix) - Bjork
Toxygene (Edit) - Orb
Born Slippy (NUXX) - Underworld
Beat The Clock - Sparks

Amazon.com

With the exception of the title track, "Beat the Clock," these songs have absolutely nothing thematically to do with the impending millennium, nor is this compilation a particularly good choice if you are looking for music that is going to whip your New Year's party into a dance-floor frenzy. Too many of these tracks are blockbuster dance hits that have saturated mainstream media, from soundtracks to commercials ("Rockafeller Skank," "Busy Child," "Born Slippy"), and when 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 1999, rolls around, you'll most likely want to be listening to something a little more meaningful, or at least a little fresher. If the Y2K bug actually does cause your CD player to glitch out on the eve of the new millennium, do you really want the last song you hear to be the background music for a Gap ad? --Beth Massa

Customer Reviews:

A great find for a DJ.........2000-12-27

As a DJ, I was happy to find these rare tracks (rare on vinyl at least). I'm not sure what these other people's problem is. Though these tracks have been collaborated together before and played out in the mainstream, they are nearly all classics..

Old Skool.......1999-12-04

These were great tracks when they came out, but what is the point in bringing a compilation out of 2 year old tracks? None of which are obscure remixes. Totally pointless album, unless you've been in outer mongolia for the last 3 years!

Fisher-Price: My First Techno Album.......1999-10-21

What is the point of ever making this CD? I've had most of these songs for at least a year. Columbia, what are you thinking?

Good, as far as intro compilations go.......1999-10-11

Yes, a terribly obvious collection of songs, and I pretty much program out Fatboy Slim (and the awful title track) when I play this CD. But the pacing and selection of the remaining songs are better than most comps, with Lo-Fidelity, Prodigy, Orb, Chem Bros, Crystal Method and Propellerheads all flowing together nicely. I prefer this to the other compilations with which this overlaps heavily, like MTV's Amp2. Nothing earthshattering, but decent and very danceable.

Electronica's Best Compilation.......1999-08-09

I don't know why Amazon.Com gave this album such a negative review. All the songs kick lots of a**, especially the Propellerheads', the most underrated band in existence. Granted, it may not be the best for parties. It might not have the dance-able beats. But, sh**, who cares? And what's wrong with Gap commercials?

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