2000 remix album by Shirley Bassey
The Remix Album...Diamonds Are Forever Released 28 August 2000[ 1] Label
The Show Must Go On (1996)
The Remix Album...Diamonds Are Forever (2000)
The Greatest Hits – This Is My Life (2000)
US album cover
The Remix Album...Diamonds Are Forever is a remix album by Welsh singer Shirley Bassey , released in 2000. It contains some of Bassey's most popular songs, along with lesser-known Bassey tracks, remixed by contemporary DJs and producers such as Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez , Kurtis Mantronik , Nightmares on Wax , Groove Armada , Mark Brydon from Moloko (under the alias DJ Skymoo), and Propellerheads , who had collaborated with Bassey three years earlier on their single, "History Repeating ".
The awayTEAM remix of Bassey's 1971 hit, "Where Do I Begin ", was released as a single, reaching number 100 in the UK Singles Chart in 2000.[ 2]
Critical reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 3]
In a review for AllMusic , Mark Keresman gave The Remix Album...Diamonds Are Forever two out of five stars, writing that the album "is not for old-school fans of unadulterated Bassey, but club denizens will find a lot to groove to here."[ 3]
Track listing
US version extra tracks Title Writer(s) 11. "Moonraker " (Superfunk Mix) 4:24 12. "Diamonds Are Forever" (Mantronik Diamond Cut Club Mix) 6:07 13. "Light My Fire" (Twelftree's Full Mix) Morrison Krieger Densmore Manzarek 8:40
Personnel
Musicians (track 1)
Andrew Currie – trombone
Simon Currie – saxophone
John Hoare – trumpet
Denny Ilett – horn arrangement
Andrew Kremer – double bass
Duncan McNaughton – trumpet
Ian Smith – trumpet
Martyn Sumner – trombone
Mike Wills – saxophone
Production
Ralph Alfonso – US design
AP – art direction & design
awayTEAM – remix & additional production (track 1)
Steven Barkan – mix engineer (track 3)
Mark Brydon – remix (track 10)
Albert Cabrera – edits (track 4)
DJ E.A.S.E. – additional production (track 5)
DJ Spinna – remix (track 8)
Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez – re-edit (track 3)
Groove Armada – remix & additional production (track 6)
Andrew Heermans – mixer (track 4)
Jak – engineer and remixer (track 9)
Kurtis Mantronik – producer, mixer (track 4)
Ciara Nolan – project manager, cover image design
Propellerheads – remix & additional production (track 2)
Oscar Ramirez – assistant engineer (track 3)
Nick Robinson – A&R
Wild Oscar – remix & additional production (track 7)
Bram Ttwheam – cover image design
Robin Twelftree – remix & additional production (track 9)
Bruce Wood – engineer (track 5)
Charts
References
External links
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