Reviewed by Dave Drodge

At last! Somebody's seen the need to provide Christendom with a low-priced (£4.99 CD/£2.99 cassette) dance music sampler that could help overcome those "I wonder if this is any good" doubts that plague the sanctified dance fan in UK Christian bookshops. Filled to the brim with 16 recent and brand new tracks (so filled in fact, that several tracks have had to be edited), this is one of the best bargains in a long time. Everything from chill-out to garage, handbag house and techno is covered from bands as diverse as Hydro, Minds Of Men, Sozo and the Raving Loonatics. Two tracks even appear from some of this year's Forefront remix singles with Rebecca St James and Geoff Moore And The Distance putting in an appearance. The World Wide Message Tribe pop up twice with "Life (Eternally)" and a "Demo Mix" of "We Don't Get What We Deserve" which is the only mix on the CD which can't be found elsewhere. That's perhaps my only quibble. I would have liked to see a few more exclusives and I'm not sure that the tracks chosen are necessarily the best ones from the given albums. But those are fairly minor points and it's perhaps worth buying just to hear the fantastic "Power In The Blood" from the 'Hymns In The House' album.

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