Machine Soul: An Odyssey Into Electronic Dance Music (2000)

About this title: An effective compilation of electronic pop with a narrow scope and an overly safe track listing but with plenty of highlights, Machine Soul: An Odyssey Into Electronic Dance sets out to cover the goal stated in the title. As such, the two-disc set begins with the logical choice: Kraftwerk. From there, the album moves into disco (the Giorgio Moroder-produced "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer), synth-pop (Sparks, OMD, Gary Numan), industrial electronics (Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire), electro (Afrika Bambaataa, Newcleus), and Detroit techno (Juan Atkins' Cybotron, Derrick May's Rythim Is ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Robots [Hutter/Schneider/Ba]
2. Warm Leatherette [Miller]
3. I Feel Love [Moroder/Bellotte/Su]
4. The Number One Song in Heaven [Mael/Mael/Moroder]
5. Electricity [Humphreys/McCluskey]
6. Cars [Numan]
7. Adrenalin [Carter/Christophers]
8. Yashar [Kirk/Mallinder]
9. Planet Rock [Baker/Bambaataa/Wil]
10. Jam on Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song) [Cenac]
11. Clear [Atkins]
12. Blue Monday [Sumner/Hook/Morris/]
13. Strings of Life [May/James]
14. Pump Up the Volume [Radio Edit] [Young/Young]
15. Big Fun [Saunderson/Grey/Pen]
16. Enjoy the Silence [Single Mix] [Gore]
17. What Time Is Love? [Live at Trancentral Mix] [Cauty/Drummond/Bell]
18. Little Fluffy Clouds [Dance Mix Mk I Edit] [Paterson/Glover]
19. Go [Moby]
20. Move Any Mountain [I.R.P. in the the Land of Oz Remix] [Angus/Mister C/Sham]
21. James Brown Is Dead [7" Version] [Slemming]
22. Charly [Alley Cat Mix] [Howlett]
23. Rez [Emerson/Hyde/Smith]
24. Life Is Sweet [Rowlands/Simons/Bur]
25. Absurd [Mighty Dub Katz Vox Mix] [Fluke]
26. 2 Kool 4 Skool [Short] [Wiles/Bambaataa/Wil]
27. For an Angel [PVD Angel in Heaven Radio Mix] [VanDyk]
28. Godspeed [BT Edit Mix] [Transeau]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.