Product Description

The second installment of Ultra's top compilation series includes the biggest dance and club hits of the past year on two CDs. Artists include Pink, Gwen Stefani, Kelly Clarkson, Mika, The Chemical Brothers, David Guetta, Yves Larock, Public Enemy vs. Benny Benassi, Tiesto, Jeckyll & Hyde, and many more.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Britney Spears Break the Ice(Kaskade Remix)
2. Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine (Stonebridge Radio Mix)
3. Metro Station - Shake It (Lenny B Remix - Radio Edit)
4. Basshunter All I Ever Wanted (DJ Alex Extended Mix)
5. Cascada Faded (Extended)
6. Annagrace You Make Me Feel(Extended Mix)
7. David Guetta & Chris Willis with Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso - Everytime We Touch
8. Flanders Behind (Callea Club Mix)
9. David Tavaré feat. 2 Eivissa Hot Summer Night (Extended)
10. Sharam feat. Daniel Bedingfield - The One (Vocal Mix)
11. Laurent Wolf No Stress (ORIGINAL CLUB MIX)
12. September Cry For You (Extended)

Disc 2:

1. No Tone feat. Inusa Dawuda - Down Down Down (Nerio s Dubwork Mix)
2. Yves Larock feat. Jaba - By Your Side (Original Extended)
3. Alex Gaudino feat. Shena - Watch Out (Extended Mix)
4. Kraak & Smaak feat. Ben Westbeech - Squeeze Me (The Trevor Loveys Skeezer Pleezer Jam)
5. Larry Tee & Princess Superstar Licky (Work It Out)(Hervé Goes Low Remix)
6. Armin van Buuren feat. Sharon den Adel- In And Out Of Love Extended)
7. Kim Sozzi - Feel Your Love
8. Benny Benassi feat. Channing - Come Fly Away (Soha & Adam K Remix)
9. Sia Buttons (Jimmy Vallance Remix)
10. Kaskade & Deadmau5 - Move For Me (Extended Mix)
11. Eric Prydz Pjanoo (Club Mix)
12. Tiësto - Driving To Heaven (Mat Zo Remix)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13054 in Music
• Released on: 2008-10-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

Customer Reviews

the series is losing its commercial appeal--and becoming repetitive
Seriously, Thrivemix and Ultra need to become more competitive rather than EXACTLY the same. Lately, there have been so many of the same tracks on both compilations that there seems little reason to buy both, unless the songs you want happen to run longer on one CD than the other. However, it should be noted that Ultra kind of gets bonus points for remaining 2-discs, while Thrivemix's latest entry, volume 5, has left us with only one disc. Each label should focus on getting more exclusive mixes that are unavailable on CD otherwise. And here's a thought. Why not release UNmixed 2-disc sets containing all FULL LENGTH versions of these songs that are not released on CD? Now THAT would be worth buying.

But on to this volume. It's fairly simply and straightforward. Disc 1 is loaded with the big crossover dance tracks that get a lot of airplay on radio, while disc 2 is a little more obscure. The sounds vary little, including disco house, electro house and euro trance. What's funny is that, half the time, when they use the "extended mix", it only runs for like 3 minutes, and at other times, when something is listed as the "radio edit", it runs for 5 minutes or more (the Metro Station and Natasha Bedingfield, for example). It is these longer times that are most appreciated, since these mixes have not made it to CD otherwise.

Other than the obvious dance happy tracks we all probably know (Britney, Natasha, Metro Station, Cascada, September), a couple of tunes are less known but deserve to be. You Make Me Feel by Annagrace is a slammin diva track--`extended' in name, but only a little over 3 minutes long. No Stress by Laurent Wolf is another killer diva track. And it's always good to have a new track by Kim Sozzi, and here, you get almost 5 minutes of her mellow dance track. But the standout tracks are few and far between. Other than those tracks and some of the bigger tracks, this is mostly background music--and why do we need that when there are SO many excellent dance songs out there that could be enjoyed in the forefront of our lives?

Disc 1 is better than disc two. Disc two is all over the place, from Spanish influenced house to instrumental trance, and `noisy' electro in the middle. Overall, this 2 disc set just doesn't have enough memorable tracks--it's kind of like the tracks DJs play early in the night BEFORE the peak hour begins. You know, in the first two hours when nobody is dancing yet?

CD1

1. break the ice (6:08)
2. pocketful of sunshine (4:28)
3. shake it (5:30)
4. all I ever wanted (4:43)
5. faded (3:40)
6. you make me feel (3:33)
7. everytime we touch (3:19)
8. behind (5:21)
9. hot summer night (5:47)
10. the one (6:58)
11. no stress (6:27)
12. cry for you (4:19)

CD2

1. down down down (5:11)
2. by your side (5:45)
3. watch out (5:22)
4. squeeze me (4:41)
5. licky (4:57)
6. in and out of love (5:15)
7. feel your love (4:55)
8. come fly away (5:19)
9. buttons (4:59)
10. move for me (5:07)
11. pjanoo (5:59)
12 driving to heaven (6:09)

Why Does Everyone Have to Hate
Ok, I know I'm not a professional reviewer, but I do know good techno and dance music! This album is actually rather excellent in my opinion. First, Ultra stuck with the double disc which I give them kudos for. Second, few songs are either mediocre or terrible. Licky (Work it Out) is probably the worst song on the album. Other than that, all songs have some good in them, and even though 3 of the songs are on both Thrivemix 5 and Ultra 2009, both compilations are excellent and have their own positive points. But, I can't believe people are so irritated with the songs placed on this compilation, considering that you can't like every song in the world and sometimes more songs on an album are negative to you than positive. But, don't say an album is so awful when someone might actually enjoy it very much. Lastly, stop complaining about the length of the songs. Why do you complain when a song is good that you want more of it? Don't you think that is rather greedy. Enjoy what you purchase considering you are fortunate that you can afford to purchase this album!

No Regrets
I bought this CD mainly for In and Out of Love. Not being a fan of Armin van Buuren, I thought and still think that this song is awesome. I did sample all of the songs from the CD before I bought it but I do miss Virgin and the ability to listen to the whole CD and not just samples.

The other songs, I was plesantly surprised. Each song was very good but the sequence of the songs leaves a bad taste in your mouth, thus minus one star.

I would definitely recommend it.