Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0617465162121
Format: Live
Label: Ultra Records
Manufacturer: Ultra Records
MPN: 51621
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Ultra Records
Release Date: 2007-12-04
Studio: Ultra Records

Customer Rating:
Summary: Best Trance album in years!
Comment: Truly amazing trance albums come along so very rarely. This is one them. It's fantastic, and on par with some of the greatest of all time, like Oakenfold's Tranceport or Seven Ways by Paul Van Dyk. Armin Van Buren has almost gotten to this point before in State of Trance 2006, but this album really takes things to a whole new level.

I knew this was a special album half way through the first track "Another Day on the Terrace," when the audience first begins to cheer; I literally felt chills. The rhythm building into a crescendo of sound, and then the crowd clapping out the beat. I'm not normally a live music fan and prefer the more polished sound of studio albums, but sampling the live audience into this track was masterfully well done.

Each song builds off the last, making the CD feel seamless and like a complete work of art. Trance is best when served with more than just a great beat; its those small touches like the live audience, careful synthetic melodies in the background, songs that ebb and flow together, making them more than just individual tracks and into something more. Call it ecstatic trance, call it 'religious' trance, call it whatever you want, but this CD has that oh so hard to define 'it' that separates it from the rest of the track.

Now on my favorite CDs of all time list, Universal Religion is one of the most satisfying trance collections ever assembled. If you enjoy trance, this is a must, must MUST have.

Just buy it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: not that hot
Comment: I am a AVB fan, but this album does not sound hot. In fact, there isn't much he can do at this point to mix anything good, because there's too much garbage out there. No matter how much you mix garbage it still stinks.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent production and thought out compilation
Comment: In short, this is one of Armin's better products. It really pulls you through the whole set of tracks with gaining momentum. It is pretty hard hitting with the rhythm and some fantastic mood changes. It is hard to compare this release and A State of Trance 2007, except I would say this is more like disk 2 of A State of Trance. It pulls you right into the groove. I have this on rotation as one of my favorite CD's.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Just Buy It!
Comment: This album is so good that the first three songs give me chills when I listen to it! Yes, it's that good! Buy it and I promise you will not regret it! It's awesome knowing that the crowd it there and that they were enjoying it as much as you are... by the screams that they are making. Just wish I could have been there live myself!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Armin at his best.
Comment: No shocker here, lately Armin can do no wrong. Armin + Ibiza = Amazing CD.

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