| Y2K: Beat the Clock Version 1.0 | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 492667
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 074646998328
EAN: 0074646998328
ASIN: B00000JH1R
Release Date: July 6, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | The Rockafeller Skank - Cook, Norman | | • | Renegade Master | | • | Out of Space - Howlett, Liam | | • | Blisters on My Brain - Lo Fidelity Allstar | | • | Elektrobank | | • | Busy Child - Jordan, Ken | | • | Bang On! - Gifford, Alex | | • | Lost in Space (Theme) - Williams, John [Fil | | • | Joga | | • | Toxygene - Hughes, Andrew | | • | Born Slippy - Emerson, Darren | | • | Beat the Clock - Mael, Ron |
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| 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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 A great find for a DJ.. December 27, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 December 4, 1999
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 October 21, 1999
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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 October 11, 1999
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 August 9, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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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