Tiesto - Elements Of Life [Album]

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Posted by iammesol on Mar-11-2007 07:07:

It's not a bad album, just filled with normalcy. Nothing stands out like for instance Walking On Clouds from Just Be. The whole album is just a bunch of regular dance tracks to fill the night.

Posted by czips on Mar-11-2007 08:24:

PROMO is out

code:
Tiesto - Elements Of Life 
Artist ............ : Tiesto 
Title ............. : Elements Of Life 
Record label ...... : Magik Muzik 
Release date ...... : Mar-10-2007 
Release type ...... : Album 
Catalognumber ..... : N/A 
Genre ............. : Trance 
Year .............. : 2007 
Source ............ : CDDA 
Encoder ........... : Lame 3.90.3 (--Alt-Preset Standard) 
Quality ........... : VBR / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo 

Tracklist:
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 01.Tiesto - Ten Seconds Before Sunrise [07:31] 
 02.Tiesto Feat JES - Everything [07:01] 
 03.Tiesto Feat Julie Thompson - Do You Feel Me [06:03] 
 04.Tiesto - Carpe Noctum [07:03] 
 05.Tiesto - Driving To Heaven [04:42] 
 06.Tiesto Feat Charlotte Martin - Sweet Things [05:42] 
 07.Tiesto - Bright Morningstar [08:19] 
 08.Tiesto Feat BT - Break My Fall [07:14] 
 09.Tiesto Feat Christian Burns - In The Dark [04:36] 
 10.Tiesto Feat Maxi Jazz - Dance4life [05:22] 
 11.Tiesto - Elements Of Life [08:25] 
 12.Tiesto - He's A Pirate (Tiesto Remix) [07:00]

Posted by Muhcow on Mar-11-2007 09:25:

5/10 album really is bad. I expected far more, but then again reconsidering what he did in the past 2-3 years, its not surprising its not good for me.

Really sad :�(

Posted by skip on Mar-11-2007 10:03:

1. crap, bland and cheesy
2. crap, cheesy vocal pap
3. mostly crap, the ending was kinda good, maybe there's gonna be some good remixes of this one
4. traffic 2? not feelin' it
5. what was that?
6. stfu woman! seriously wtf is this?
7. not bad on first listen at least, not amazing either
8. crap once again. cheesy as fuck and the tune sounds very noisy too somehow.
9. CRAP yet again. enough with the fucking vocals ffs!
10. dance 4 life, yeah it's fucking crap. maxi jazz sucks and the music sucks.
11. adagio for strings 2? fuck this.
12. yay for disney! what's next? the mickey mouse theme (ti�sto remix)? overblown gimmicky crap this one, altho the melody kinda has potential i must say.

all of the tracks seem really edited down too, they just end all of a sudden.
so in conclusion: crap poppy tracks, which are edited like fuck. so yeah, fuck you ti�sto, i will definitely not be buying this. there's no effort in this album at all. it's just crap. and i actually liked just be.

2/10

Posted by the gamemaster on Mar-11-2007 10:12:

i havent heard it yet.

im scared...

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Mar-11-2007 11:04:

quote:
Originally posted by czips
PROMO is out

Keep your 1337 release shit out of here, please.

Posted by the gamemaster on Mar-11-2007 11:27:

you just reek of coolness mrmystery

Posted by isoterra on Mar-11-2007 11:55:

meh, much hatred for multiple threads in different subforums.

here's what i posted in the other one:

quote:
Originally posted by isoterra
1. ten seconds before sunrise
lovely.. not much else i can add, beautiful uplifting trance. simple but effective

2. everything
absolutey shameless ripoff of the melody from the lucid remix of bt - dreaming (used on isos2), and quite a poppy commercial feel overall, but it's pleasant enough background music. some nice pads in there

3. do you feel me
this sounds like something else again.. maybe oxia - domino? wasn't too impressed by it, seemed to come & go without much happening. forgettable

4. carpe noctem
this was a bit shit lol.. really basic & the traffic influences were pretty obvious. would work in a club i guess, but not really album material

5. driving to heaven
much nicer.. quite floaty & euphoric. shame about the length.. hopefully there'll be extended mixes of these tracks put out, as with just be. 12" mix of this would be awesome

6. sweet things
i'd put this alongside 'everything'.. commercial & fairly straightforward, but easy enough on the ears

7. bright morningstar
the first half of this was really promising, awesome atmosphere & a kind of edgy feel to it. the second half was a bit of a letdown though.. sounded alright but lost its edge & descended into familiar territory

8. break my fall
didn't like the vocals on this, think a dub would suit it better. the backing track was decent

9. in the dark
am with the general concensus on this... probably the worst track on the album. alot of the tunes have a commercial feel but this one is the only one that really reeks of cheese. had to skip through it

10. dance4life
i still maintain that this would have been decent if it weren't for the awful lead synth stabs & maxi's voice being so intrusive. i swear the vocals are used loads more in this version too

11. elements of life
ok in all fairness, this was fucking horrible. infact actually its worse than 'in the dark', since that was shamelessly cheesy & not attempting to hide it, whereas this is trying to be all anthemic & euphoric and comes out sounding turgid & cringeworthy. i'd put this on a par with armin's 'serenity'

12. he's a pirate
now i love this, and am not ashamed to admit it i preferred the version without the orchestral stuff in the breakdown though. it has a much quirkier, more eccentric feel to it than say, 'elements of life', which gives it loads more appeal

in conclusion.. disappointed. i really liked 'ten seconds to sunrise' & 'driving to heaven', and was partial to 'sweet things', 'everything' & 'bright morningstar', but can't see me keeping any of the others (except 'he's a pirate', which i already have the superior 12" mix of). 'just be' may not have been groundbreaking but it showed a fair amount of progression when compared to 'in my memory'. compare this album to 'just be' & there's considerably less change.. he's playing it too safe & not pushing any boundaries

Posted by Ben_Lei on Mar-11-2007 13:29:

Carpe Noctum somehow reminds me of Sander van Doorn's Grasshopper VS Traffic. Not to keen on what i heard so far.

I hope Phynn's album blows Tiesto away.

Posted by MichaelBoogerd! on Mar-11-2007 14:09:

quote:
Originally posted by limin_li
Break My Fall!, This track's high hats remind me of Tiesto remix of L'Espanza by Airscape. Great track, I believe this track saved the album.

Good job you can't remember Wild Bunch - Groove Lounge then...

The beat is exact.

Just with some vocals and synth layer added.

Posted by Ted Promo on Mar-11-2007 14:31:

Listening now. I glanced at Carpe Noctum and Elements of Life and they both are blatant rip offs of Traffic and Adagio for Strings (respectively). I expect a hearty laugh besides those two, and I'm sure he shan't disappoint.

Don't mind Ten Seconds Before Sunrise though, so far.

Posted by MichaelBoogerd! on Mar-11-2007 14:43:

I'm being asked to put down my views, probably because I am usually the one supporting or defending the guy around here. So...

What can i say really. I've had faith in this album for a while. The attitude and 'voices' coming out of the Black Hole made me really truly believe we would be into In My Memory territory, or at least, somewhere OTHER than Just Be country.

How wrong i could be. You won't see me wasting time defending this one on TA or other fora. Thats for sure.

The only saving grace on this album is that most of the filler tracks have some predecessor that i related to, and loved and enjoyed. If i find the same sounds in the next year of Tiesto gigs, then i will be semi-happy. Clearly Elements Of Life is not a derivative of "these are the 4 elements in the world etc" There is no rational explanation or placing within the new Concert thematic. However. With all the older elements in these tracks - it is clearly reference to how they took samples from his previous work and cobbled together this album.

Playing the actual 'original' tracks would please me. But thats not really possible. So these updates. Will suffice. I mean suffice - because just with PoA... these tracks won't be remembered with any fondness in 5 years time like the impact IMM had.

Conclusion: The best tracks of the album, we already have known about for 6 months. How that will affect the longevity or appeal of this album for the duration of the next 12 months EoL tour. is well, beyond my thought process.

I like the tracks. But i'm not overly excited by them either.

p.s Wild Bunch - Groove Lounge & Dibaba - Hold You FTW!

Posted by kankerkop on Mar-11-2007 17:29:

lol

a pop album from a pop star imo

Posted by SMC on Mar-11-2007 17:31:

I'll paste what i wrote in the thread in music discussion.

The big weakness of this album is that there are so many recycled ideas, both his own and others, and on top of that none of them are particularly exciting. All in all the album is decent, but for someone like Tiesto that's not good, it's just proof of how overrated he is. The music is technically and artistically much weaker than In My Memory and his other "golden era" works.

There are some tracks i liked however, Ten Seconds Before Sunrise, Do You Feel Me, Break My Fall. And He's A Pirate is kinda catchy.
Others are absolutely horrible, In The Dark is a big load of cheese and Elements Of Life is a new adagio for strings with another melody, a horrible cheesy one that i really don't like. Dance 4 Life needs no introduction.

Posted by BatteryMan on Mar-11-2007 20:48:

"Do You Feel Me" sounds like nothing more than a rip-off of Oxia's "Domino" with a crappy vocal added to it.

Each time I actually give Tiesto another chance to stop sucking, he never does. He just keeps producing mediocre shite.

Can somebody explain to me how this guy is still #3 DJ in the World?

Posted by Cloud on Mar-11-2007 20:59:

quote:
Originally posted by BatteryMan
Can somebody explain to me how this guy is still #3 DJ in the World?

why do u care so much for this poll anyway?

Posted by BatteryMan on Mar-11-2007 21:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Cloud
why do u care so much for this poll anyway?

I shouldn't, you're right. But I care because so many people use that as their reference for decided who is a good DJ and who is not. Frankly, in my opinion, Tiesto shouldn't even be in the top 50 DJs in the world, much less the top 3...

Posted by SMC on Mar-11-2007 22:19:

quote:
Originally posted by BatteryMan
"Do You Feel Me" sounds like nothing more than a rip-off of Oxia's "Domino" with a crappy vocal added to it.

More than Domino it sounds like a ripoff of Patrick Chardronnet - Eve By Day.

Posted by isoterra on Mar-11-2007 22:31:

domino was supposedly a ripoff of another tune anyway... i remember someone on here saying about it a while back. charon i think?

Posted by mrcanon on Mar-11-2007 22:37:

quote:
Originally posted by isoterra
domino was supposedly a ripoff of another tune anyway... i remember someone on here saying about it a while back. charon i think?

It all began with Nathan Fake - The Sky Was Pink (James Holden Remix)

Posted by siastyle on Mar-11-2007 23:22:

Okay iv hurd the Album and lemmi tell you guyz.... Tiesto is gono make it back to the top again with these hits. The thing about it is that hes trying 2 bring a new style tho just like he did with Just be and it worked. they songs areunt TOO HIGHT up. but the vocals acaully are the best thing in 2007. The Track Carpe Noctum is like traffic but it hink he could of prefected the shit ouf it. but generalllyy its an amazing album...

Posted by siastyle on Mar-11-2007 23:25:

oh and Ten Seconds Before Sunrise is like Forever today TIMES 12

Posted by rogue on Mar-11-2007 23:28:

lolz

Posted by club_fan20 on Mar-11-2007 23:31:

The first time I listened to it.. I wasn't to fond of it.. however, now that I've listened to it a few times and I like it alot... the opening track is very good... a very good opener and very "epic" like... Also Elements of Life is a great track... Yes it is similiar to Adagio.. but not that close.. and it is a great trance track... There are a lot of great songs on this album..

Posted by siastyle on Mar-11-2007 23:32:

Defenetly have 2 agree.. I rally wish he worked on Carpe Noctum more, bcuse it owuld of been a track that u can put next to traffic

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