Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Andorra: Marta Roure - Jugarem A Estimar-Nos
2. Albania: Anjeza Shahini � The Image Of You
3. Austria: Tie Break - Du Bist
4. Bosnia And Herzegovina: Deen � In The Disco
5. Belgium: Xandee - 1 Life
6. Belarus: Alexandra & Konstantin - My Galileo
7. Switzerland: Piero & The Music Stars - Celebrate!
8. Serbia & Montenegro: Zeljko Joksimovic & Ad Hoc Orchestra � Lane Moje
9. Cyprus: Lisa Andreas � Stronger Every Minute
10. Germany: Max � Can�t Wait Until Tonight
11. Denmark: Tomas Thordarson � Shame On You
12. Estonia: Neiok�s� - Tii
13. Spain: Ram�n - Para Llenarma De Ti
14. France: Jonatan Cerrada - A Chaque Pas
15. Finland: Jari Sillanp�� - Takes 2 To Tango
16. UK: James Fox � Hold On To Our Love
17. Greece: Sakis Rouvas - Shake It
18. Croatia: Ivan Mikuli� - You Are The Only One

Disc 2:

1. Ireland: Chris Doran � If My World Stopped Turning
2. Israel: David D�or � To Believe
3. Iceland: Jonsi - Heaven
4. Lithuania: Linas & Simona � What Happened To Your Love
5. Latvia: Formins & Kleins - Dziesma Par Laimi
6. Monaco: Maryon - Notre Plan�te
7. Malta: Julie & Ludwig - On Again...Off Again
8. Macedonia: Tose Proeski � Life Is A Book
9. The Netherlands: Re-Union � Without You
10. Norway: Knut Anders S�rum - High
11. Poland: Blue Caf� � Love Song
12. Portugal: Sofia Victoria - Foi Magia
13. Romania: Sanda - I Admit
14. Russia: Julia Savicheva � Believe Me
15. Sweden: Lena Philipsson - It Hurts
16. Slovenia: Platin � Stay Forever
17. Turkey: Athena � For Real
18. Ukraine: Ruslana � Wild Dance

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #110073 in Music
• Released on: 2004-04-26
• Number of discs: 2

Amazon.co.uk Review
The 2004 Eurovision Song Contest--held in Instanbul and watched by an estimated music-loving audience of 100 million--was so astonishing that not even this thoroughly comprehensive double CD compilation can hope to do the event justice. Featuring the songs of all 36 international finalists, it's entertaining and infuriating in equal measure. Bravo for German entrants Max whose "Can't Wait Until Tonight" (sort of Paul Weller meets Van Morrison) was really rather good. And Lisa Andreas's beautiful Cypriot entry "Stronger Every Minute" should have won hands down. Greece invited us to "Shake It", Turkey's over-animated Less Than Jake-style ska-punk wannabees Athena sang " I wanna bring you up" as if they'd just eaten something that had disagreed with them, Sweden's lovely Lena Philipsson stroked her thighs and cooed "Ooh it hurts" in an appealingly erotic manner and somebody else, who no-one can really remember, invited us to "Get High". Sometimes the competition was unpredictable--who'd have thought the competition would be won by a drum-bashing Ukrainian dance-folk version of Siouxsie and the Banshees? And sometimes it was painful; Finland's attempt to fuse Tom Jones with Phantom of the Opera-era Andrew Lloyd Weber was an experiment which ought not to be repeated. Britain, of course, didn't do very well at all but then Britain has the Beatles so it doesn't matter. --Kevin Maidment

Album Description
This double CD features all 36 entries from the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, from Andorra to the Ukraine. Naturally it includes the UK entry, "Hold on to Our Love" by James Fox.

Customer Reviews

A Nice Collection of Songs
Ok so Eurovision has a bad reputation and this album proves that on occasion that reputation is justified. There are four truly awful tracks here: Bosnia, Switzerland, Estonia, Finland. Several that simply wash over you like Austria, Spain, United Kingdom, Monaco and Norway. Yet, some of the tracks stand head and shoulders above the rest and without the "stigma" of Eurovision attached to them would doubtless be worldwide hits - listen to Cyprus, Germany, Israel, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey and the Lene Lovich like Ukrainian entry and you will be pleasantly surprised.

Well worth buying - the vast majority of the tracks are listenable and at least eight of them are memorable. How many albums can you say that about?

Eurovision is here again...
Yes, it is that time of year again, and this year because of theintroduction of a qualifier round, there are 36 songs to listen to. Butalthough this may seem like a lot (nearly two hours of songs), there iscertainly a lot to listen to!
Let's begin with the good stuff. Germany's entry brings a bit of JamieCullum-esque jazz to the contest, Sweden maintains that Euro-pop stylethey're famous for, and Norway will probably not get nul-points this yearas their song is possibly the most chart-worthy of the bunch. The UKshould also not worry too much about a repeat of last year, as James Foxshould pick up a few votes.
Now the bad stuff. Switzerland's entry is by far the worst of the 36, andit takes a lot of building yourself up to be able to listen 3 minutes ofthis. Austria, Slovenia and Portugal sadly have rather boring songs thatwill not make an impact at the contest. There are quite a few 'OK' songsthis year, but don't let that put you off, there is something foreverybody.
If you watch Eurovision for novelty / light entertainment purposes, thenthere are certainly a few eye openers. If you like your music ethnic, thenSerbia-Montenegro's dark song should win you over and it puts fiddles andpanpipes to good usage. The Ukraine (who I hotly tip to take the title)have a frantic, rhythmic song with a little bit of yodelling in. However,Estonia will either delight or annoy. Five girls singing an odd song withan odd tune, and the translation of the Estonian word "Tii"? Yes, "Road".But it's not nearly as good as the Spanish entry's translation intoEnglish, which produces "To Fill Myself with You". Terry Wogan may have afield day...
So who's going to win? Well, it's a tough one this year. If the people ofEurope go for a ballad, Cyprus will walk it. Greece and Turkey have songsthat will make people pick up the phone, and Ireland could well be up atthe top with a song written by Bryan McFadden. I still think The Ukrainewill win however - it's a good song with a good hook.
There are so many interesting songs this year, it's possibly the mostmixed selection of songs for many years in Eurovision. And although thequality of the songs isn't always brilliant, they will definitely put asmile on your face. Where else will you hear a Belarussian woman yodellingin bad English to a background of panpipes? This CD is gold - buy it!

Great collection of different tastes in music
For the first time, this year the Eurovision song contest is split overtwo nights - with 14 countries automatically qualified for the Saturdaynight final, and 22 other countries playing on the Wednesday beforehandfor 10 other places in the final. This amazing value double-CD showcasesall 36 songs, and a great collection they are this year too! Stand-outsongs include the entries from Estonia, Belgium and - of course - the UK,who have a lot to make up for this year!