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Edith Picht-Axenfeld's Last Piano Concert
Great Violinists: Ysa˙e, Príhoda, Ricci
Music: Ni Ten Ichi Ryu / Two Swords Tech / Fifth Column
Following the Sun [CD-single] [Import]
Greatest Hits [Explicit Lyrics]
Great [Box set] [Import] [Original recording remastered]
Handel: Deidamia; Il Complesso Barocco; Alan Curtis; with soloists
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Most remix albums are irrelevant or just plain awful. Fortunately, Limp Bizkit's first remix album is neither. But with high-profile remixers drawn mostly from the hip-hop world, there's not much room for error. Timbaland adds a dark industrial edge to "Take a Look Around," P. Diddy amps up the bass line on "My Way," while Butch Vig's version of "Nookie" has a decidedly 1980s electronic flavor. Best of all, though, is the Neptunes' take on "N2gether Now." Its flowered-up, old-school hip-hop presentation makes it the cheeriest thing Fred Durst's ever been involved with. In fact, the only people who don't seem to have a handle on the remixing task are those in the band: DJ Lethal's efforts--with the exception of an energetic "Counterfeit"--are irrelevant, while Durst's "Faith/Fame" remix is just plain awful. Maybe they should stick to churning out the raw material that's sold millions of albums, and leave the remixing to the professionals. --Ted Kord