Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Can't Get Enough - StoneBridge
2. I Love You My Hope - Hird Feat. Yukumi
3. I Wanna Know - Nars
4. The Rest Of Me - Late Night Alumni
5. Tell Me All About It - Treena Rose
6. Do It For You - Miguel Migs
7. Safe - Kaskade
8. Shining - Kiko Navarro Feat. Isis
9. You Are My Everything - UJ Project
10. I Got Love - Mood II Swing
11. Breather - Afterlife
12. Behind - Lacquer

Disc 2:

1. Aurora - Organika
2. Ever After - Bonnie Bailey
3. I'll Rise - Peyton
4. Will I (Discover Love) - DJ Chus & Concha Buika
5. Vida Mia - Malena
6. Love Forgotten - A Man Called Adam
7. This Is Your Life - Moony
8. Pacific State - Julius Papp
9. Flower Power - Flower Power
10. Heaven - Ian Pooley
11. Happy - Max Sedgley
12. So Excited - M People

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #94759 in Music
• Released on: 2004-07-19
• Number of discs: 2

Album Description
Another stone-cold classic from the Hed Kandi label, Beach House is one of the grooviest dance collections of the year. Featuring cuts from artists including A Man Called Adam, Organika, StoneBridge and M People, this double album will keep your toes tapping and your head nodding into the early hours. Stick it on your stereo, pour yourself a tequila sunrise, climb into your beach hammock and enjoy.

Customer Reviews

Dark...very dark
This is a very good album, but don't expect it to be like the previous beach houses. It is much darker and deeper, some of the tracks wouldn't sound out of place on the deeper collections.

Very nice. Not as nice as volume 3.
I don't think it's been mentioned yet, so to clarify, This is the 5th volume in Hed Kandi's Beach House series.
I bought this because it's Kandi and I can't help it. It's a great CD though - you can't expect them all to be as good as the best.

There are some interesting ones on this CD though. For example, Fatboy Slim's remix of the hugely popular Max Sedgley track 'Happy'. It's downright odd. Curious? You should be.
And ordinarily the sight of M-People on a track list would (heehee) be a black mark. But this is a Judge Hules remix. Wibble.

If you have the rest and you want more "soullful sundrenched summer listening" then it's a must buy. For a first forray, go for "Beach House 2" or "beach house 04.02" (volume 3) and if they hook you then you'll be back for more.

One small note of warning: gratuitous overuse of kandi regulars. If they weren't great, that'd be a problem.

"Beach House 04.04" Stays the Course
2004's "Beach House" offers more of what we expect from this Hed Kandi series: summery, often percussion heavy house. The best of these 24 unmixed tracks can be found on disc one, with delectable selections like Kaskade's "Safe," Nars & Emma's "I Wanna Know," and "Tell Me All About It" by Treena Rose. Miguel Migs, a DJ whose style of house fits perfectly into this compilation, is represented on "Do It For You." But disc 2 is where the magic nearly unravels. While a handful of the cuts on this disc may warrant a replay, it ultimately loses both a bit of steam and focus. It kicks off promisingly with Eric Kupper's sensual "Auora" and Peyton's "I Rise," one of the few house tracks on this set with a male vocal. But some other selections don't work, such as a flat cover of 808 State's "Pacific" and Max Sedgeley's "Happy," which isn't even house. Warts and all, though, "Beach House 04.04" is far from a misfire. The first disc is a winner, while the second disc is split between interesting jams and filler cuts.