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Ski Oakenfull - Life Changes


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Label: Columbia
Catalog#: COL 498776 2
Format: CD, Album
Country:France
Released:Jul 2000
Genre: Electronic
Style: Deep House, Downtempo, Disco
Credits: Mastered By - Stuart Hawkes
Notes:Double Pack Vinyl Available
Also released in other countries, including Germany, Norway, USA (Sony Imports) etc
..in UK on Ngenda Records
Rating: 3.80/5 (5 votes) Rate It
17 have this / 5 want this
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Tracklisting:

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*
User Reviews:
scoundrel, Oct 17, 2005

Criminally underrated album. Ski Oakenfulls 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 Smiths contemplative lyrics. And "Keep On Moving" contrasts this by putting the lyrics to use in fine house form. While the album isnt groundbreaking in any way, as an album of dance music, it deserves a second chance. Life does change, after all.

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