Product Description

Van Buuren, current #1 DJ and one of the biggest names in the dance music world, keeps raising the bar with his fresh trance sounds and cutting edge mixes. A State of Trance 2008 is the next chapter in his annual mix album series and a must have for electronic music fans. A double disc continuous mix of 2008's hottest trance tunes from a stellar line up, including Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren, DJ Shah Feat. Adrina Thorpe, Rio Addicts, Sunlounger, Albert Vorne, Michael Dow, Nic Chagall, Lost Witness, and more.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Armin Van Buuren - Unforgivable (First State Remix)
2. DJ Tatana - Spring Breeze (Martin Roth Summerstyle Remix)
3. Mike Foyle - Bittersweet Nightshade
4. M6 - Amazon Dawn
5. Andy Moor - Fake Awake (The Blizzard Remix)
6. Blake Jarrell - Punta Del Este (Beach Mix)
7. Benya feat. Penny Nixon - Serendipity
8. Ohmna - Satori Waterfalls
9. Signalrunners & Julie Thompson - These Shoulders
10. Myon & Shane 54 feat. Carrie Skipper - Vampire
11. Julian Vincent feat. Cathy Burton - Certainty (Mark Otten Dub)
12. Tenishia feat. Tiff Lacey - Burning From The Inside (Tenishia's Burning Dub)
13. Mr Sam feat. Claud9 - Cygnes
14. Lange feat. Sarah Howells - Out Of The Sky (Kyau & Albert Remix)

Disc 2:

1. Arnej feat. Josie - Strangers We've Become (Intro Tech Dub)
2. Sunlounger feat. Zara - Lost (Club Mix)
3. Offer Nissim - For Your Love (Sied Van Riel Remix)
4. Ilya Soloviev & Paul Miller - Lover Summer (Orjan Nilsen Remix)
5. Markus Schulz - The New World
6. Robert Nickson & Daniel Kandi - Rewire
7. Giuseppe Ottaviani feat. Stephen Pickup - No More Alone
8. The Thrillseekers feat. Fisher - The Last Time (Simon Bostock Remix)
9. Stoneface & Terminal - Blueprint (Club Mix)
10. DJ Shah feat. Adrina Thorpe - Back To You (Aly & Fila Remix)
11. Andy Blueman - Time To Rest (live guitar by Eller Van Buuren)
12. Thomas Bronzwaer - Certitude
13. 8 Wonders - The Return
14. Jochen Miller - Lost Connection
15. Armin Van Buuren feat. Sharon Den Adel - In And Out Of Love (Richard Durand Remix)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2916 in Music
• Released on: 2008-10-07
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Customer Reviews

Track Listing
Until Amazon fixes the track listing for this CD here it is:

CD 1 - On The Beach
01 Armin Van Buuren - Unforgivable (First State Remix)
02 DJ Tatana - Spring Breeze (Martin Roth Summerstyle Remix)
03 Mike Foyle - Bittersweet Nightshade
04 M6 - Amazon Dawn
05 Andy Moor - Fake Awake (The Blizzard Remix)
06 Blake Jarrell - Punta Del Este (Beach Mix)
07 Benya feat. Penny Nixon - Serendipity
08 Ohmna - Satori Waterfalls
09 Signalrunners & Julie Thompson - These Shoulders
10 Myon & Shane 54 feat. Carrie Skipper - Vampire
11 Julian Vincent feat. Cathy Burton - Certainty (Mark Otten Dub)
12 Tenishia feat. Tiff Lacey - Burning From The Inside
(Tenishia's Burning Dub)
13 Mr Sam feat. Claud9 - Cygnes
14 Lange feat. Sarah Howells - Out Of The Sky (Kyau & Albert Remix)

CD 2 - In The Club
01 Arnej feat. Josie - Strangers We've Become (Intro Tech Dub)
02 Sunlounger feat. Zara - Lost (Club Mix)
03 Offer Nissim - For Your Love (Sied Van Riel Remix)
04 Ilya Soloviev & Paul Miller - Lover Summer (Orjan Nilsen Remix)
05 Markus Schulz - The New World
06 Robert Nickson & Daniel Kandi - Rewire
07 Giuseppe Ottaviani feat. Stephen Pickup - No More Alone
08 The Thrillseekers feat. Fisher - The Last Time (Simon Bostock Remix)
09 Stoneface & Terminal - Blueprint (Club Mix)
10 DJ Shah feat. Adrina Thorpe - Back To You (Aly & Fila Remix)
11 Andy Blueman - Time To Rest (live guitar by Eller Van Buuren)
12 Thomas Bronzwaer - Certitude
13 8 Wonders - The Return
14 Jochen Miller - Lost Connection
15 Armin Van Buuren feat. Sharon Den Adel - In And Out Of Love
(Richard Durand Remix)

Sorry to take up space w/ this. Hope this helps!

There is something amiss with Armin's SOT 2008
Let me start by saying I own just about everything this DJ has released. Most are quite good.

A state of Trance 2008 is ok. The 1st CD is about what you would expect from Armin's "On the Beach" CD. A bit laid back. The problem is that has gone so electronica that maybe it has lost it's uniqueness. After a few listens, I find myself bypassing tracks. This is rare for me.

CD2 is just amiss. The songs are very over-produced and lack anything to grab on to and feel like "Yeah, now it's time to crank up the volume". It is very lackluster. The songs sound very generic and full of the same loops, over and over again.

Quite honestly the pose on the CD cover fits what I think Armin must be feeling. "What can I do, I need to do something different and unique". Unfortionately, this isn't the way. Believe me when I say that you will find CD1 "On the Beach" satisfying to a point. You will listen to CD2 "At the Club" several times, often asking yourself, where is the buildup to a climax. The music never builds. It feels like track 1 just kind of morphs throughout the CD and none of the songs are that great.

A State of Trance 2007 leaps over this release in many ways. Only those with money to spare should get this at the price. Wait for it to go to the bargain bin. It is simply Armin Confused 2008.

CAUTION! Before you buy this CD, know one thing....
Ok, I'm not going to drag this out, so here is the nut shell review: I live in Miami, been to Ultra every year as well as WMC. I am 23 yrs old...go to all the clubs on South beach.. I have seen every Trance artist worth seeing.. been listening to electronic music since the age of 8 and I am a complete addict.

Out of every Cd, song, remix, mash-up, set, etc. This Cd is the best compilation of Trance I have ever heard. Ever. It beats Tiesto ISOS Vol. 4 and & Anjunabeats vol. 5 - Two of the best Cd's of Trance ever. Every song is perfect...and some songs are just beyond words. If you don't get this CD you might as well give up life. I would pay easily $100 for this CD if I had too. This Cd makes all other Trance and artists obsolete and irrelevant. You will probably never hear anything better period. I am a harsh critic, so know that this is not an exaggeration. Whatever... I am listening too it as we speak.. I don't need to listen to any other Trance ever again. Who is Tiesto? Armin did it... he is perfect. The end.