Paul Van Dyk — The Best of Paul Van Dyk

Releasedate: 12-06-2009; Label: Island (Universal)
By: Nina Mende

Paul van Dyk is a grammy-award nominated artist, and one of the world’s leading electronic dance music DJs and producers. He was named “World’s No.1 DJ” by DJ Magazine in 2005, and in 2006. He has remained in the “Top 10” since 1998. As of 2007, he has sold over 3 million albums worldwide. A trance producer in the early-late 1990s, Paul quickly achieved popularity with his famous remix of “Love Simulation” by Humate in 1993, and his hit single, For an Angel, but in recent times he no longer likes to describe his music as trance, but rather simply as electronic dance music.

Listening to this album kept me busy for an entire evening, because there are many many songs that all are quite long. But it was a nicely spent evening since Paul Van Dyk’s remixes are really good and never get boring or annoying, not even the longest ones. The remixes are mostly sounding like chill out music but also great to dance along. I am sure you know quite many songs of the album from the clubs or from the radio. Many of the remixes you also know the original version off. Some of the remixes are very melodic and dreamy which doesn’t mean that others are not melodic, but just not as fairytale like as others. On the second CD I was quite impressed how well one song blends into the next although the album starts out with remixes by for example Justin Timberlake or Britney Spears. Some other remixes are without lyrics. When listening to Paul Van Dyk’s Volume you drift off and just enjoy the here and now. You stop worrying about everything. A very long album which is worth hearing all the way through.

CD 1 1. For An Angel 2009 2. Home 3. Let Go 4. White Lies 5. Nothing But You 6. Another Way 7. Forbidden Fruit 8. Together We Will Conquer 9. New York City 10. A Magical Moment 11. Words (For Love) 12. Tell Me Why (The Riddle) 13. The Other Side 14. We Are Alive 15. Time Of Our Lives 16. Wir sind Wir

CD 2 1. What Goes Around…Comes Around 2. Elevation 3. Martyr 4. Pictures 5. Spooky 6. Love Stimulation 7. Playing With The Voice In Germany 8. Guide Me God 9. Rendezvous 10. 36grad 11. Say Hello 12. 10 in 01 13. Synaesthesia (Fly Away) 14. Flaming June 15. How We Used To Live 16. Alleine sein 17. Gimme More

CD 3 (Special Edition / DVD) 1. White Lies 2. For An Angel 3. Let Go 4. Talk In Grey 5. Time Of Our Lives 6. Nothing But You 7. For An Angel 8. Forbidden Fruit 9. Tell Me Why (The Riddle) 10. We Are Alive 11. Another Way (Cd-Rom) 12. Nothing But You 13. Time Of Our Lives 14. Crush 15. The Other Side 16. Wir sind Wir 17. White Lies 18. Let Go 19. For An Angel td>

Links:
Paul van Dyk MySpace
Paul van Dyk Official