First disc is really good, but the second disc is the killer. It has so many great tracks from beginning to end, especially starting at track 11. It's some good ol' bangin' trance, the kind you want at about 2-3am when your out of your head. The collection also has several songs that became staple hits of the genre. Many of these tracks made me seek out it's vinyl companion.

I like the intro to the second disc with the sample from James Bond's "Moonraker". Key songs are Delerium "Silence" (although thoroughly played out), The Warrior "Warrior", and my personal favorite Kundalini Rising "Kayomani". The album finishes out very nicely after these tracks too.

The first cd is what you expect from a Gatecrasher CD, uplifting trance / progressive trance. The first cd has a great track listing, and I give it 4 out of 5.

The second CD is full of the harder, faster, more boring hard trance / hard house which I am not keen on. This type of music is getting more and more common in compilations like Gatecrasher. It's a personal preference, but I prefer more 'music' in the music I listen to. 2 out of 5 for the second CD (let down by the second half - too hard/repetitive for my taste).

Average score (whole CD) 3 out of 5, brought down by the second CD not being as good as the first (but still acceptable)