Review: V/A ‘Acid House Anthems’

 

25 years ago, the UK witnessed the birth of a Generation,  the so-called ‘second summer of love’, Acid House came to these shores, from its roots in the US of A it got the injection it needed from British youth and attitude, this in turn led to a series of infamous illegal warehouse parties all over the country which eventually took over and replaced all that had gone before.
This disc is filled with floor fillers from back in the day – you may not know the names of the tracks but you will certainly have heard them before. It’s actually jam-packed full with tunes; from subtle numbers to floor fillers and back again.
Split into three sections, there’s Anthems – big bold tunes from Frankie Knuckles and Steve Silk Hurley, Njoi and Expansions – all the club classics, In the Beginning is the early stuff – slightly Dark and moody, Phuture, Fast Eddie, Armando – the Acid house sounds we all know started here and then there is Balearic Beats , Orbital, Primal Scream, Happy Mondays with the sounds of Ibiza and the beach beyond. It is impossible not to dance or even move when this is playing.
What is it then – its fifty essential(said in the Pete tong voice) tracks of acid house, sure you may not know them all, there are a few i don’t think i ever heard played and a few i would like to have had on the compilation but everyone’s view is different depending on where and when you went clubbing. In short – if you were there and you remember even some of it then you must have this. I have it on permanent play in the car

Full tracklisting:
CD1: ANTHEMS
1. Frankie Knuckles feat. Jamie Principle – Your Love
2. Steve “Silk” Hurley – Jack Your Body
3. Coldcut – People Hold On
4. Inner City – Big Fun
5. Alison Limerick – Where Love Lives
6. N-Joi – Anthem
7. Xpansions – Move Your Body
8. Farley “Jackmaster” Funk & Jesse Saunders feat. Darryl Pandy – Love Can’t Turn Around
9. Ten City – That’s The Way Love Is
10. Raze – Break For Love
11. A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray
12. The Nightwriters – Let The Music Use You
13. Kariya feat. Todd Terry – Let Me Love You For Tonight
14. Bomb The Bass – Beat Dis
15. Sterling Void – Runaway Girl
16. Guru Josh – Infinity
17. Jungle Brothers – I’ll House You
18. D-Mob feat. Gary Haisman – We Call It Acieed

CD2: IN THE BEGINNING
1. Rhythim Is Rhythim – Strings Of Life
2. Marshall Jefferson – Move Your Body (The House Music Anthem)
3. Ce Ce Rogers – Someday
4. Frankie Knuckles Presents Satoshi Tomiie – Tears
5. Fingers Inc. – Can You Feel It
6. Phuture – Acid Trax
7. Mr Fingers – Washing Machine
8. Fast Eddie – Acid Thunder
9. Maurice – This Is Acid
10. Baby Ford  – Oochy Koochy (F.U. Baby Yeh Yeh)
11. Pierre’s Pfantasy Club – Dream Girl
12. Kenny “Jammin” Jason Feat. Fast Eddie – Can U Dance
13. Royal House – Can You Party
14. The House Master Boyz & The Rude Boy Of House – House Nation
15. Armando – Land Of Confusion
16. Jolly Roger – Acid Man

CD3: BALEARIC BEATS
1. 808 State – Pacific State
2. Orbital – Chime
3. Primal Scream – Loaded
4. Happy Mondays – W.F.L (Paul Oakenfold Mix)
5. St Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart
6. Bass-O-Matic – Fascinating Rhythm
7. James – Come Home (Andrew Weatherall Mix)
8. T Coy – Carino
9. A Man Called Adam – Barefoot In The Head
10. Joe Smooth – Promised Land
11. The Beloved – Sun Rising
12. Electribe 101 – Talking With Myself
13. The Blow Monkeys – La Passionara
14. Sheer Taft – Cascades
15. Timmy Thomas – Why Can’t We Live Together
16. Chris Rea – Josephine (Le Version Française)