Amber broadened her roster of collaborators for her self-titled second album, looking beyond the Berman Brothers, who had single-handedly produced her smash-hit debut album three years earlier. Despite the infusion of new talent -- including songwriters/producers Wolfram Dettki, Rick Nowels, and Billy Steinberg, who split the 12 songs with the Berman Brothers -- this album doesn't sound much different from Amber's first, again employing an archetypal late-'90s Euro-dance sound and driven primarily by huge, huge club hits: "Sexual (La Da Di)" and "Above the Clouds." The other songs aren't filler by any means but do sound a bit lackluster relative to the melodic bombast of the hits. Don't be surprised if you find yourself returning to these two hits and the bonus-track remix of "Sexual" over and over rather than playing out the album. Tommy Boy re-released Amber, originally released in late 1999, two years later as Amber + the Greatest Hits with the addition of several bonus tracks. These additional five tracks are a noteworthy bonus for sure, coupling Thunderpuss' fiery house mixes of the album's two big hits and the similarly chart-topping yet non-album "Taste the Tears" with two versions of Amber's signature song, "This Is Your Night" (the original version from 1996 and also Junior Vasquez's remix). Since Tommy Boy is able to cram all of this onto one disc, there's really no reason to bother with the original release of Amber if you can get your hands on this remix-laced bonus-track release for relatively the same price. In fact, the Thunderpuss remixes arguably top the tamer, more toned-down original mixes of the album's two big draws anyway, and "Taste the Tears" is a necessity, definitely on a par with any of Amber's hits, so you'll definitely want to look for this re-release, particularly if you're interested primarily in just the club hits. ~ Jason Birchmeier , All Music Guide