Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Across the World - Ross Couch
2. Esplendor [Original Mix]
3. I Told You [Jay-J's Shifted Up Mix] - Mandy Edge, Soularis
4. Only 4 U [Original Mix] - Atwater Syndicate
5. Crazy 4 U [Kid Massive Dub Mix]
6. Penthouse Bitch [Marquito & Pane's Thaigarden Mix] - Matt Caseli & Slide
7. Only You [Johnny Fiasco Dub]
8. My Light - Scott Wozniak
9. Hold On - Department of Social Sound
10. Cuban Blues [Sunrise Dub] - Pearl Mae
11. Touch [Original Mix]
12. So Let the Wind Come - Kerri Chandler

Disc 2:

1. Tarzan [Âme Remix] - Roy Ayers
2. No More Love [Dub Mix] - Quentin Harris, Carla Prather
3. Body Resonance - Pastaboys Inspiration Manocalda
4. Insomnia [Âme Remix] - Claudia Franco, Rodamaal
5. 640 [JCMH Original Mix] - Jon Cutler, Matthias Heilbronn
6. Rockstone [Bugz in the Attic Remix] - Colonel Red, Daz-I-Kue
7. What You Gonna Do [Original Mix] - Behind The Groove, Carla Prather
8. Human Wave [Original Mix] - Afromento
9. Runaway Love [Marquito's Classic Rework] - Bobby d'Ambrosio, Lasala
10. Dutty Funk (We Can Do) - Barbara Tucker, Timmy Vegas
11. Change the World - K.T. Brooks Sr., Dennis Ferrer
12. No Way Back [Chi-Town Mix] - Jihad Muhammad
13. Leave My Head Alone Brain [Luke Solomon Remix] - Henrik Schwarz
14. Take Me by the Hand - Sharlene Hector, Knee Deep

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #319800 in Music
• Released on: 2006-09-19
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .29 pounds

Album Description
The second in the color-themed bargrooves albums for 2006 sees the label continue their mission to bring you only the very finest in house music with that special cherry-picked touch. Bargrooves Citrus comes freshly squeezed by label boss Ben Sowton and New York DJ/ Producer Matthias Heilbronn, containing some exclusive tracks from Seamless' own singles labels and bigger cuts that have been staples in Ben and Matthias' boxes over the past few months. Features 26 tracks from Roy Ayers, Ross Couch, The Department Of Social Sound, Afromento, Jihad Muhammad and others. Seamless.

Customer Reviews

Sweet and Sour
This volume of Bargrooves, a series that promises to offer nothing more than a soundtrack for flirtin' and sippin', starts off excellently with Couch's ambiently funky "Across the World." The rest of disc one is a line-up of adequately groovy house ("Esplendor" and "Hold On" being the stand-outs), some wily electric jazz ("Cuban Blues"), and even a little techno-tinted electronica ("Body Resonance" and "Insomnia"). Everything is undergirded by the standard four-time beat, the swollen spine of forward-moving bass.

The set regresses in the last third or so, however, when it relies on several cheesy R&B numbers that are mixed with only a hint of the house-groove found on the rest of the records. Don't get me wrong; there's nothing wrong with R&B when it's done well. However, much of whats found here is just goofy. Consider "Rockstone" (with its nutty chorus), "Runaway Love" (a diva ditty that's so poppy and gangly it sticks out in this line-up like a pickle in a bowl of ice cream), and "Change the World" (a ridiculous anthem about how "one man can't change the world" -- I guess Dennis Ferrer has never heard of Martin Luther King, Jr., or Gahndi, or Jesus -- that's far too self-righteous for its shoddy and predictable harmonies).

While these later segments end up pushing away the idea of ambience (or even grooviness) the rest of the record works valiantly to make up for it. It's not a complete success, but it does well enough. A little surgery and some artful stitching, and this would be a stellar album.