and to continue where i started, the third one, Allure, Tiesto already made some decent productions for ISOS on 5 and 6 and both 2 tracks he made for the ISOS series where decent, but Power of You ft Christian Burns doesnt even come close to this.
The Vocals of Christian Burns are decent, but simply doesnt fit the track, which is also of poor quality, leave out the vocals and you get a plain boring track.
Then you also have some bad tracks that i really dont like, like:
Dokmai - Reasons To Believe Poor track, even worse Vocals, simple synth on arpaggiator, simple piano and an even more simpler lyrics, definetly the point on CD 1 to turn the damn thing off.
But thats mainly to blame on the track before of Airbase, standard vocal by, eeeh Floria Ambra, prolly some kind of new plant, with added techy sounds to give it 'The Asia feel', riiiiiight....
Though on CD1 i liked Motorcitysoul - Space Katzle(Jerome Sydenham Remix), though this track is already released in November 2007, i still think its good Tiesto didnt miss this one, cause this is one of the few tracks that has that ISOS vibe.
CD2 already starts quite awfull, Jes Vocals are done for ISOS, where she had great vocalistic tracks on ISOS 4 and 5 here on 7 her only task is to do some humming, such a waste of time for her to Coorperate with Steve Rio Forte on this intro, its completely in contrast to the rest of the CD, where in ISOS 5 you had a calm beach as intro, and on ISOS 4 where YES also opened with Like a Waterfall(one of the best Vocal tracks ever in my opinion), compared with that this is just rubbish, it doesnt introduce the kind of music you are going to listen the next 1.5 hours, it just doesnt fit.
Zoo Brazil - Crossroads, really nothing special, this has been done all over the years by Adam K & Solo, Glen Morisson, Deadmau5, Inpetto and god knows how many others. Beltek - Kenta, funny track, lacks the ISOS vibe.
Sied van Riel - Rush, love this track but seeing this track on ISOS 7 surprised me the most, Sied van Riel is known for his techtrance tracks, hard synths and great breaks, the track Sied van Riel - What you want was released in January and rush reminded me of that track, i think that one would have fitted better if im honest, the heavy Synths in this track dont feel like Asia at all, it feels like a Sied van Riel track, enough said.
Driving to Heaven(Mat Zo Remix), great track, this one deserves to be on an ISOS album.
Carl B - Just a Though, fantastic track, but not for ISOS, i would have rather seen this on one of Markus Schulz compilation albums, at this point on the album i already lost track of direction where this album is going to, 3 techy tracks after another, this pile up reminds me of Markus Schulz Ibiza 06, this would have suited that album perfectly.
Kimito Lopez - Melkweg, Trance, first thought, oh dear here we go, once you walk this path you cant come back, you have to keep this genre in the album for at least 3 tracks, and this is where Tiesto goes commercial, lets put in trance cause it reaches a more wider public, anyhow, here is where tiesto &!@#&$ it up, this track has completely nothing to do with asia or ISOS, it lacks the vibe, it lacks the ambience it lacks everything. its a plain trancer, it starts nice, couple of strings, pads and a kind of standard lead, but then the breakdown ends, the multiplieing kicks come in, there comes the lifts to build it up, and boom, nothing, completely nothing, you wait for something big and you get shit. Completely worthless track.
Jonis saves JPL track of Whenever i may find her, decent track.
Estiva ft Marnix - Casa grande, WTF ESTIVA??? this is just pure trance, great for on radio programs, BUT IM NOT GOING TO PAY FOR TRACKS THAT I CAN HEAR EVERY DAY ON THE RADIOSHOWS!!
ISOS is the kind of Compilation album you buy cause it is special, it is something you cant hear every day, this track completely ruins it, if it already hasnt been ruined by CD1 this definetly destroyes it.
Skipped through the last 4 tracks, all the same, ending track, nothing special either.
Rating 3/10, yes 3, some tracks didnt suck and Tiesto did put on some special things here, but 3/4 tracks dont make a good compilation album, all 12 to 18 tracks on both cd's should be special, and should enhamce eachother in vibe and storyline, this album lacks both, CD2 could be a regular show AH, great building up of the set, but there is nothing special too it.
you can think whatever you like of this album, but too me, its commercial crap, add some trance and all of a sudden your selling rates go up 400%.
Well done Tiesto, i bet his upcoming wedding costs alot, ISOS 7 will cover the bills.
Covecchio