Ski (Oakenfull)* - Life Changes
Label:
Catalog#:
COL 4987762, 4987762000
Format:
CD, Album, Digipak
Country:
France
Released:
Jul 2000
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Downtempo,
Deep House,
Disco
Tracklist
| 1 | Fifths | 4:42 | ||
| Bass - Mike Lines | ||||
| 2 | Running Thru My Mind | 4:02 | ||
|
Featuring -
Marc Anthoni*
Guitar - Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick* | ||||
| 3 | Where Did The Love Go? | 5:13 | ||
|
Featuring -
Earl Zinger
Voice - Shizuka | ||||
| 4 | Serotonin | 5:28 | ||
| 5 | Undercover | 5:44 | ||
| 6 | Life Changes | 5:55 | ||
| Featuring - Rose Smith | ||||
| 7 | Come With Me | 4:05 | ||
|
Bass -
Mike Lines
Drums [Additional] - Andy Treacey | ||||
| 8 | Keep On Moving | 4:20 | ||
|
Bass -
John Fortis
Featuring - Rose Smith | ||||
| 9 | Soul Vibration | 3:26 | ||
| 10 | Drop It | 4:42 | ||
| 11 | On My Way | 4:57 | ||
| Featuring - Nina Madhoo | ||||
| 12 | Take Off | 5:13 | ||
| Percussion - Spry* | ||||
Credits
Mastered By -
Stuart Hawkes
Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By - Ski Oakenfull
Vocals, Performer [All Other Instruments By] - Ski*
Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By - Ski Oakenfull
Vocals, Performer [All Other Instruments By] - Ski*
Notes
SACEM/SDRM + BIEM | Fabriqué en Autriche | ℗ & © 2000 Sony Music (France) S.A.
LC 00162
All tracks produced, recorded and mixed at Primaudial Studios, London except track 3 vocals recorded at The Blue Room, London and track 7 additional drums recorded at Alien Studios, London.
Published by Chrysalis Music Ltd. except track 3 and track 11 published by Copyright Control / Chrysalis Music Ltd.
Mastered at Metropolis Studios, London.
Barcode: 5099749877627
Comes in a digipak with 'slotted' cardboard slipcase and sticker.
Track timings taken from computer.
LC 00162
All tracks produced, recorded and mixed at Primaudial Studios, London except track 3 vocals recorded at The Blue Room, London and track 7 additional drums recorded at Alien Studios, London.
Published by Chrysalis Music Ltd. except track 3 and track 11 published by Copyright Control / Chrysalis Music Ltd.
Mastered at Metropolis Studios, London.
Barcode: 5099749877627
Comes in a digipak with 'slotted' cardboard slipcase and sticker.
Track timings taken from computer.
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Reviews & Discussion
Criminally underrated album. Ski Oakenfull's LIFE CHANGES is a strong example of how jazz, house and techno can be blended successfully. "Fifths," with its seemingly simple structure, quickly establishes a funky future jazz groove, while "Running Thru My Mind" and "Where Did the Love Go?" lets us know that some house will be the main flavor of the day. "Serotonin" punches the drum beats, but in service of the guitar stabs. "Come With Me" and "Drop It" edge into deep terrority. And while the lyrics on "Undercover" and "Soul Vibration" might be weak, the contributions by Rose Smith quickly overshadow those flaws. The quiet beauty of "Life Changes" gathers power as it layers the instruments (a quiet piano, some plaintative horns, the subdued rhythm) with Smith's contemplative lyrics. And "Keep On Moving" contrasts this by putting the lyrics to use in fine house form. While the album isn't groundbreaking in any way, as an album of dance music, it deserves a second chance. Life does change, after all.