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Annie Lennox - Pavement Cracks Audio CD

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Annie Lennox Band: Annie Lennox
Title: Pavement Cracks
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Release Date: 2003-09-09
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Pavement Cracks [Mac Quayle Extended Mix] 2: Pavement Cracks [Goldtrix Club Mix] 3: Pavement Cracks [the Scumfrog Club Mix] 4: Pavement Cracks [Gabriel & Dresden Club Mix] 5: Pavement Cracks [the Scumfrog Knob Dub] 6: Pavement Cracks [Shanghai Surprise Vocal Mix] 7: Pavement Cracks [Original Version]

Thank God for Annie Lennox
The original version is beautiful, Annie's soaring voice sparingly accompanied for the first 1:20 of the song, then a slow but driving beat and her traditional soulful backup vocals drive the rest of the song. This is truly one of the most haunting songs she's ever recorded.

The remixes, especially the Mac Quayle, are phenomenal. As with other MQ remixes, the song transcends its melancholy lyric and turns into a burning and urgent dance extravaganza.

Music like this is rare; Annie Lennox is one of those artists who has always been able to take the lyrically meaningful and musically soulful and combine them both into powerhouse recordings. This song and the accompanying remixes are no exception.


AMAZON Singer/Songwriters and Sometimes Dance Divas
White Flag - Dido
2. TOP CD Singles from Singer/Songwriters & Sometimes Dance Divas

1. Forca - Nelly Furtado
3. World on Fire - Sarah McLachlin
4. Intuition - Jewel
5. Eight Easy Steps - Alanis Morrissette
6. Pavement Cracks - Annie Lennox
7. Welcome to My Truth - Anastacia
8. Voodoo - Amber (The Second Single from her fantastic "My Kind of World" CD. This track, presently being Remixed for a 2005 Release follows on the heals of the XM Radio #1 "You Move Me" (avail as a MAXI Single). Other Standout Tracks include the Pat Benatar-esque "Just Like That" and the Whitney Houston Meets Pat Benatar Power Ballad "Sacrificial Lamb").


what the?!?!?
So with much excitement, I ordered the Pavement Cracks remixes after hearing so much positive buzz. Let me start out by saying that I am a HUGE fan of Annie Lennox both with the Eurythmics and solo. What a disappointment for me. Maybe I am just not a fan of remixes but the original album track is so superior to these. All remixes have the same jumpy beat with only the 4th version using alternative vocal samples and even that is monotonous. If you like this song do yourself a favour and get the album 'Bare' - that version is beautiful and haunting.


Annie Lennox's best CD single?
The CD single includes a bevy of excellent mixes, all with top-rate production. "Pavement Cracks" was the first release off Annie Lennox's "Bare" LP, and the track became one of the top dance/club hits for 2003 - topping the chart in August of that year.

What really stands out is the song itself. Beautiful, haunting, and deeply sad - not the easiest material to work with on the dance floor. The remixers did an amazing job turning this haunting song into a dance floor smash.

My favorite mix on the CD is the Mac Quayle Extended Mix. It's the most simplistic of all the mixes, but has all the makings of a summer groove, and probably was the most popular of all the mixes when this song peaked in summer 2003. Despite the sad lyrics, this mix definitely has a party and togetherness vibe. The remix kind of says "well, life isn't going all that great right now but you know what, i'm gonna dance and party anyway". We can all relate to that from time to time!

The Shanghai Surprise mix is also a standout on this single. I was skeptical at first (hadn't heard of the production team before), but this mix turned out to be excellent. It's the most "anthemic" of all the mixes on this release: uplifting and tribal sounding, and containing some interesting vocal effects with Annie's voice.

The Goldtrix and Gabriel & Dresden mixes are both excellent - and unlike the other mixes they keep the darker vibe of the song. Both are good "after-hours" type mixes - and great for listening to in the car. The Scumfrog mix is the only one on here that was disappointing to me. Similar to some of their mixes, its more of a dub and doesn't have all the vocals. A good mix, but I wouldn't rank it as one of their best.

All in all, this is easily one of the best collections of remixes for any track to come out in 2003. Maxi-singles are becoming harder and harder to find, and it's rare to find such a great collection of mixes on one CD anymore.
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A very sad and dramatic song.
The only song from her new album that is good is pavement cracks. The remixes however are not that good. Track 6 is the best remix,it's happy and danceable. The scumfrog mixes are terrible and very dark. One good remix and the rest is awful,tragic. Buy this if you really is an annie fan like me. I have all albums from her solo/group time. I expected better so I'm little upset for the bad remixes. .


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