Pete Tong & Boy George - The Annual III
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
House, Breaks, UK Garage, Euro House, Trance, Speed Garage
Year:
1997
Tracklist
| Closer Than Close (Mentor Remake) | 4:48 | |
| So Good (12" Vocal Mix) | 6:18 | |
| Don't Give Up (M&S Epic Klub Mix) | 5:59 | |
| Something Goin' On (Loop Da Loop Uptown Mix) | 5:18 | |
| Just Gets Better (TJR Dub) | 3:49 | |
| Moment Of My Life (Richie Jones Dub) | 3:56 | |
| RIP Groove | 4:11 | |
| Turn Me Out (Turn To Sugar) (Sol Brothers Mix) | 5:12 | |
| Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Dark Garage Mix) | 5:30 | |
| Anytime (Original Mix) | 4:17 | |
| Happiness (Extended Version) | 4:49 | |
| Flylife (Extra Mix) | 4:16 | |
| Belo Horizonti (Dino Lenny HWW Mix) | 3:53 | |
| Sunchyme (Original Mix) | 6:09 | |
| Offshore '97 (Anthony Pappa Bootleg Mix) | 3:27 | |
| Foundations II | 1:40 | |
| Get Up! Go Insane! (Moonmen's Theme) | 4:20 | |
| Breathe (Instrumental Mix) | 3:33 | |
| Basic | 2:49 | |
| Lion In The Hall | 1:51 | |
| Casual Sub (Burning Spear) (Rennie Pilgrem Mix) | 2:00 | |
| Nine Ways (Original Mix) | 3:06 | |
| You're Not Alone (Phunk Phorce Cloud 10 Mix) | 4:05 | |
| Plastic Dreams (Club Mix) | 3:28 | |
| Ecuador (Klubbheads Mix) | 3:04 | |
| Free | 3:42 | |
| Joy (Mondo's Pussycat Vocal) | 4:30 | |
| Nightmare (Phat Manhattan Mix) | 4:41 | |
| The Mighty High (Bomb Mix) | 3:29 | |
| The Big Blue | 4:11 | |
| Your Face (In The Crowd) | 4:41 | |
| Pacific Melody (Svenson Goes Amsterdam Mix) | 3:25 | |
| Magic Carpet Ride (RIP Grooves) | 2:44 | |
| Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) | 5:35 | |
| Fixation (Edit Bumps) | 2:38 | |
| Battered (Skindeep Mix) | 3:27 | |
| Remember Me (Sure Is Pure Mix) | 9:52 |
Versions
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Annual III (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) | Ministry Of Sound | ANNCD97 | UK | 1997 | |
| The Annual III (2xCD, Mixed, Ltd, Comp, Boo) | Ministry Of Sound | ANNCD97 | UK | 1997 | |
| The Annual III (2xCass, Mixed, Comp) | Ministry Of Sound | ANNMC97 | UK | 1997 | |
| The Annual III (CD, Smplr, Car) | Ministry Of Sound | ANN3 | UK | 1997 |
The Tong side isn't that bad although it is quite a compromise of styles as one can imagine (Commercial Garage/House, Early Speed Garage, Trance etc).
Boy George's mix on the other hand, is not very good at all. It has dated really badly (may not be helped by the inclusion of big beat tracks by the Monkey Mafia).
It's mixed decently but I'm sure it's not down to either Tong or George but their mixing engineers. Both had reputations for being awful technically especially before the advent of cds/laptops etc.
Was a good introduction to clubbing for the casual house listener. is it now 10 years later? Probably not.