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Choice: A Collection of Classics | 
 enlarge | Artist: Danny Tenaglia
Label: Ultra Records
Category: Music
List Price: $21.98
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 113081
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 1139
UPC: 617465113925
EAN: 0617465113925
ASIN: B0000787F0
Release Date: January 28, 2003
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Condition: FREE 1st class upgrade - cut in spine
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Was Dog A Doughnut (Cat Stevens) | | • | Changes (Imagination) | | • | Shine | | • | As One | | • | Love Me Forever Or Love Me Not | | • | You Gotta Believe (Fierce Ruling Diva) | | • | Not Gonna Do It (Vicky Martin) | | • | I Can't Forget (Mr. Lee) | | • | I Wanna Give You Devotion (Nomad) | | • | Make It Right (Christian Falk) | | • | Elevation (Blaze Project) | | • | Just Us (Two Tons O' Fun) |
Disc 2
| • | Atmosphere (Cloud One) | | • | Outta Limits (Mission Control) | | • | On The Floor (Tony Cook) | | • | Don't Go Lose It Baby (Hugh Masekela) | | • | Give Me Your Love (Sylvia Stryplin) | | • | Independent Woman (Adeva) | | • | Rushin' (Loni Clark) | | • | The Whistle Song (Frankie Knuckles) | | • | I Wanna Thank You (Alicia Meyers) | | • | Por Favor (Uno Mas) | | • | Make My Body Rock (Jomanda) |
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Amazon.com
The third release in a series already made noteworthy by legendary DJs Frankie Knuckles and Francois K, Choice concentrates on the classics. Perhaps no DJ on Earth is better equipped to decide what deserves that status than Danny Tenaglia. As the extensive and fascinating liner notes for this two-CD collection make clear, his breadth of knowledge sweeps up electro, soul, Afrobeat, and everything else under the sun that falls under house music's broad domain. The history lesson is taught against the background of Tenaglia's early memories: first hearing Cat Stevens's "Was Dog a Doughnut" on a Larry Levan mix tape, having his mind blown at 10 years old by African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. But Tenaglia has limited use for pointy-headed name dropping, and so succeeds brilliantly with the task at hand using a mix of wide-ranging moods, textures, and genres. He may just be cleaning out his closets, but a man of Tenaglia's exceptional taste leaves few scraps for the local Goodwill. --Matthew Cooke
Album Description
Subtitled - A Collection Of Classics. Choice brings together some of dance music's leading DJs and producers to compile the tracks that have influenced them professionally and personally. Features classic and hard-to-find house, disco, soul, and techno tracks. Includes 10 pages of Danny's thoughts on 23 tracks that have influenced his career. Slipcase. Ultra Records. 2003.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Brilliant July 2, 2008
Boony (West Side)
The mixing really is what makes this 'choice' so different from the rest. The styles vary, yet the album feels so complete.
Incredible selection.
Tracks that stand the test of time, and put together in such an amazingly perfect way.
As one reviewer said it on here, you have to really "KNOW your house music" to understand how brilliant this compilation is.
Danny is the best, plain and simple.
:)
 Better than I imagined it would be February 27, 2008
Christopher Culver
Danny Tenaglia is an old-timer in the world of DJing, having begun as a teenager in the mid-1970s. It seemed a matter of course that he would produce a set for the Choice series, in which DJs are invited to mix their favourite tracks of all eras of their career.
I know what you are thinking, "Do I really want to revisit early 1980s clubland?" Well, the tracks here surprisingly fresh. A slow beginning with a Cat Steven track ("Was Dog a Doughnut") gives way to a series of tracks by short-term pop wonders such as Imagination and Nomad, as well as little-known producers like Vicky Marin and Designer Loops. Of course, Tenaglia includes a Frankie Knuckles track to capture a golden age of American house, and the set also includes Cloud One - "Atmosphere Strut", a track from all the way back to 1976 that was Tenaglia's earliest favourite. The vocals of Adeva's "Independent Woman" will be familiar to those who AFTC's "OnePhatDiva" on Tenaglia's London mix.
Tenaglia did much editing of the tracks with ProTools in order to ensure a fairly seemless mix and cut down on solos or fade-outs that go on too long. The liner notes include a biography of Tenaglia as well as the DJ's own comments on the tracks he has chosen.
If I give this three stars in the end, it's only because I always been more of a fan of the progressive scene in dance music (Sasha and Digweed and heirs) than the house scene. Nonetheless, if you absolutely love Tenaglia's other mixes, such as his ATHENS and LONDON retrospectives from Global Underground, this is worth seeking out.
 not much energy on this one...subdued tenaglia May 19, 2005
Daniel W. Kelly (Long Island, NY United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A dance mix that begins with a slow groove by Cat Stevens? This is not a best of Danny Tenaglia mixes, it's a best of Danny Tenaglia's favorite dance tracks, from over 3 decades. He mixes and segues the varying style quite well, but this stuff just isn't a great house party.Some scratching and popping is noticed on a few of the records he spins as well (after all, some of the records are probably nearly 20 years old) It does include some big names in dance music-Mr. Lee, Nomad, Two Tons o Fun, Adeva, Frankie Knuckles, Jomanda, but do expect for the styles to be over the map. Track times are:
CD1:
1) was dog a doughnut (4:13)
2) changes (6:51)
3) shine (7:01)
4) as one (4:55)
5) love me forever or love me not (6:25)
6) I believe (7:20)
7) not gonna do it (7:59)
8) I can't forget (5:05)
9) I Wanna Give you Devotion (6:27)
10) Make it Right (5:03)
11) elevation (7:03)
12) just us (4:54)
CD2:
1) outta limits (4:29)
2) on the floor 7:40)
3) don't go lose it baby (7:39)
4) give me your love (6:44)
5) independent woman (5:58)
6) rushin (7:42)
7) the whistle song (8:15)
8) I want to thank you (4:31)
9) por favor (1:16)
10) make my body rock (6:27)
 Time warp... September 28, 2004
A. Ort (Youngstown, Ohio)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
First key to loving this. Don't expect Athens, don't expect London. This is old school. Think early 80s. Think Rapper's Delight. Think Afrika Bambaata. Think the roots of hip-hop meet the children of disco meet the roots of the club sound. It's subtitled 'A Collection of Classics' for a reason. You remember the sound - a simple drum machine beat, repetitive, simple. Yet, this is classics with a twist, as only Mr. Tenaglia can. It's layered, textured, subtle and smooth.
I didn't like this at first. But I forced myself to listen to it. Glad I did. Leave your expectations behind and just listen and see if you don't find yourself tapping your toes and bouncing just a little bit. Retro with a twist, classics with a smile. A nice mix.
 Are you serious? October 14, 2003
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
These are the worst CD's I have ever bought. The only reason I gave it a star is because I couldn't rate it any lower. If I had to explain these CD's in one word it would be... TRASH...
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