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Summary: I WOULD GIVE IT 10 STARS IF I COULD
Comment: A BLINDING CD NOT A DUFF TRACK IN SIGHT THE BEST CHILLOUT TO DATE. MUSIC TO DIE FOR. JUST SIT BACK CLOSE YOUR EYES AND THINK OF THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE STROLLING ALONG THE WHITE ISLE WATCHING THE SUN SETTING WHAT COULD BE MORE BLISSFULL (ALL THE VOLUMES OF CDM
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Summary: Great compilation
Comment: I have had this one for quite a few years now and it is still one of my favorites from the Cafe del mar series. It is an energetic easy listening mix, that facilitates work and web surfing. Thumbs up!
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Summary: Plastic Bags vs Timelessness
Comment: Now I've tried not to have any preconceptions regarding Padillo's absence, yet I just could not overlook the lack of CDM's hallmark. The music is decidedly nice, generally chilled, possibly hip. BUT there was NOTHING special in the disk. It is not enough to gather a collection of "safe tracks" and slap them together. The order, the mix and the overall combination plays a roll and this is what lets the disk down. Pitty. On to CDM 8. Luckily this doesn't put my nose out of joint quite so much because of its inclusion of some irrefutably legendary tracks (esp. American Beauty's Dancing Plastic Bag hit). But again, I felt these were quick wins, compared with Padilla's inherent skill for succesful compilation.
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Summary: Sunset memories
Comment: As the Amazon review says 'sunset soundtracks' sums this CD up for me. I can't pretend to know much about the history of these collections of music but I now what I like.This CD was the one in our Sunset Villa on Lizard Island, Australia that would be left playing for us when we returned from dinner in the evening. Listening to the tracks now makes me cry!
Beautiful sounds to match a beautiful place. Buy this and dream of summer.
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Summary: Missin the Padilla magic
Comment: We thought we'd said "Goodbye" to Cafe Del Mar with Volume 6 but this offering shows we were mistaken. We should really have left the series to rest there, for Volume 7 lacks the evocative mood, warmth, colour and flavour injected by Jose Padilla while he presided over the series. This is Cafe Del Mar by name but not by nature and it is, frankly, disappointing. That is not to say these tracks aren't worth hearing; it's just that they're not what you'd expect from Cafe Del Mar.
