Track Listing

1. Imagine
2. Going Wrong
3. Unforgiveable
4. Face To Face
5. Hold On To Me
6. In And Out Of Love
7. Never Say Never
8. Rain
9. What If
10. Fine Without You
11. Intricacy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8353 in Music
• Released on: 2008-06-09
• Number of discs: 1

CD Description
'Imagine' is the third studio album by Dutch trance master Armin Van Buuren. Lauded for his DJ sets, remixes and effortless production skills, this records highlights an artist atthe height of his powers. Melodic trance is fused with pop here and the quality of the guest collaborations shine through. It's an uplifting and bright record which includes the single 'Going Wrong' featuring Chris Jones.

Customer Reviews

Armin's best yet
Some people will probably disagree with this, but in my humble opinion this is defiantely Armin's best artist album. Maybe I'm a little biassed as it brings back good memories for me from Armin Only, but even if I hadn't been to that amazing night I'm sure my opinion of the album would still be the same.

There seems to be an unwritten rule these days that a trance artis't album has to be made up largely of non-trance "album versions" of tracks that will later be released as proper 12" versions, which is all well and good in some respects, but often lead to albums that don't really give you what you wanted when you bought them. While there are a couple of slightly more downtempo tracks on this album, on the whole this unwritten rule has been ignored and instead Armin has opted to stick to what we love him for- good honest beautifully produced trance. Not that this means the album is samey or repetative, far from it, each track is unique, drawing from the diverse range of sounds that make up trance as it stands today.

What really makes this album stand out from his previous outings is the quality of the vocal tracks (which make up 8 out of the 11 tunes on the album). While I've always liked armin's previous vocal work, it's always seemed to lack a bit of the depth compared to the likes of Above & Beyond, but that's certainly not the case here. Each one has a different vocalst- some familiar names, some you'll never have heard of before, and again this just adds to the diversity and quality of the album.

Highlighs for me are the incredible journey of an opening track (and album title track) "Imagine", the sing-along anthem "Going Wrong", and "Hold On To Me" beautifully sung by Audrey Gallagher of "Big Sky" and "Holding Onto Nothing" fame. These are my highlights but there are no low-points as far as I'm concerned, another factor that makes this album stand out compared to Armins previous work.

If you want evidence of why Armin is currently voted the world's number 1 DJ, buy this album.

Return of the master
Im typing this on my first listening to this album and what a whopper it is... again Armin has created a masterpiece of trance! Im totally enthralled!!! ;-)

Trance now has musical credibility
This album, along with Solarstone's "Rain Stars Eternal" and OceanLab's "Sirens Of The Sea" should prove that dance/electronica/trance, whatever you wish to call it, is THE premier music style of this era. However, mainstream radio stations will probably just ignore it for lacklustre guitar groups and boybands as usual. Killer tracks on this fantastic album are "Unforgivable" and "In and Out of Love", brilliant vocals, lush production and NON cheesy lyrics give rise to hugely accessible music which is uplifting and classy all at once. Trance seems to be in a better state now than it was during the boom time of the late 90s early 00s. Perhaps less mainstream now but all the better for it. The producers and DJs are all older now with perhaps more worldly experience which is giving rise to less commercial lyrics and sound which has happily reduced the amount of commercial dross from the dance music scene. I've been in and around the dance music scene since the days of acid house so take it from me that this album is worth buying.