Search - Various Artists :: Global Groove: Play

Fun, but without the video...

B. Lynch | USA | 09/18/2000

(3 out of 5 stars)

"...it sounds just like a dozen other dance music CD's. Great cover art photography (a staple feature of the Global Groove CD series), and a nice selection of upbeat dance tunes here. So, it's PLAYful and fun. But the music here is so 1970's, so old hat, so been-there|done-that; GLOBAL GROOVE is in a deep rut in this department. The most frustrating aspect of the music here is the fact that nearly every song starts out with a great pulsing beat, and then degenerates midway through into late 1970's/early 1980's disco mush.More of the adventurous underground stuff; breakbeats, polyrhythmic techno and frankly, a bit faster tempo in most of the songs would all enhance sales and listener interest I suspect."