If you like DHT's version of "Listen to Your Heart" and fast paced dance tracks with a Euro-pop beat, you'll like this album.

Cascada is a trio made up of singer Natalie Horler, and two producers Yanou and DJ Manian. This album contains some remakes, lots of trance and a couple of pop ballads. Most people will by now have heard the hit "Everytime We Touch", which is a remake of a 1992 hit by Maggie Reilly from her solo album "Echoes", but other great tracks are "How Do You Do!" (Roxette's 1992 hit); "Miracle"; "Bad Boy"; and "A Neverending Dream"(originally by X-Perience from 1996's "Magic Fields.")

Also on this album are versions of "Kids in America" (Kim Wilde), "Truly Madly Deeply" (Savage Garden), and "Wouldn't It Be Good" (Nik Kershaw). The lyrics are simple, the beats are catchy, and this light and breezy album is great for dancing or just chilling out with friends.

Amanda Richards, March 31, 2006

Cascada's CD attracts a lot of people with ballads and strong dance tracks One thing I find odd about this CD though is the fact that 'Wouldn't It Be Good' is very much like 'Everytime We Touch' other than the key and the lyrics. Other songs seem original enough to me so I don't think the similarities between other songs are very obvious. Apart from that, a 5 star CD! =)

In a sense Cascada's sound is a throwback to the Disco era, but it's done in a very amicable fashion. It's actually cool music adopted in a style for our time. I know there are lots of Cascada fans in the U.S. as well as in Europe and it's just a matter of time til' Japan and Asia discover the Cascada sound. The "Everytime We Touch" mixes are really relaxing and "Miracle" is great as are the new other mixes. Don't think of this CD as high artistry or singer/songwriter super talent, but instead it is for this type of music what it is, it is fine dance music to relax and in this category it is very well done as it's fun to listen to.

ok, lets face it. "everytime we touch" is a mediocore vocal trance song, at best. and cascada is pretty good, but not the best in this genre. somewhere along the line, cascada and robbins ent. lucked out with a year old song breaking out. but thats a good thing. i really thought lasgo would continue making noise on radio. but its cascada thats continuing the trend.

this is a nice collection of songs. at first, they seem awesome. and they almost are, but they sound way , way too alike. and there are too many covers here. some, like kids in america, wouldnt it be good and never ending dream, are excellent. but the one that leaves me puzzled is "truly madly deeply". that is just one song that shouldnt be covered. especially in its ballad form. cascada should have turned it into a dance number. instead it's a carbon copy of the original. note for note.

"how do you do", another cover, originally by roxette, has cheese written all over it. however it is charming.

in my opinion, the best tracks on this cd are "never ending dream"(which is a cover and was covered last year by another european dance act), and the cover of nik kershaw's 80's hit--"wouldnt it be good".

yes, this cd seems rushed to me, probably to bank on the success of "everytime we touch". way too many covers. and not much difference in the structure of each song. they all bleed into each other. BUT---it is a fun cd. and the songs,for the most part are catchy. and im just glad that another dance act has released a full length.

Look, just to clarify things: I am a fan of dance, trance, and HANDZ UP music in truest truest sense. I like all dance music (except house, really commercial trance, and DnB).

I have underground, commercial, Europop, Eurodance, name it, I've got it.

The people who think Cascada is going to ruin their "underground" techno scene, are nuts. I LOVE Manian's other groups, Tune Up!, Phalanx, Siria, Plazmatek, M.Y.C., etc. I think Cascada is the best way to bring the European dance sound over to America. We all know the best stuff stays hidden in Europe, and is only brought over by tourists, and illegal downloaders. The fact that DJ Manian, Yanou & company are actually sending music over here as an ALBUM is genius.

The fact that Americans like it is a shock to me, since normally they're very resistant to dance music.

People who think techno is going to be over-commercialized and lose value are deluded. This is going to send waves through the dance industry, and spur a new revolution in sound (Cascada is SO much better than Ian van Dahl, and Eiffel 65).

If this can score well in America, maybe other artists will come over, and finally people will appreciate good dance music for what it is.

That's why I like this album so much.

Not JUST because the tracks are FREAKIN' SWEET.

Because they are more musical than other crossover groups, I give this album such high marks. The only other dance albums I have heard with ballads on them, are E-Type's albums. I REALLY like this group. They blend handz up, pop, and slow dance seamlessly into one great album. When I drive, I listen to this album, E-Type's "Loud Pipes Save Lives," and Floorfilla's "Le Voyage" album.

People who knock on this album are too obsessed with the past of dance music. Sure, it's fun to like being in the underground, but it's even more fun to know that other people actually like techno, and trance, too. It's hard to find dance fans in the OC, and more and more people are liking Cascada, so I know this feeling firsthand. I've been waiting for a good crossover album that other Americans will like. Cascada's gonna do it.

This is an album WORTH BUYING!

I don't regret purchasing it at all.