After a hefty wait, America finally gets the second album from the awesome German dance project Fragma! And for all the fans that already bought the album via import, don't worry there are some notable differences between the US version and other versions available! Here's a review of the album track by track:

* 1 Embrace Me (Wippenberg Remix) - 4:10 - 10/10 - This remix is definitely a lot better than the original version of the song, although the remix has been edited down, and is not in it's original form :( However, the awesome synths and powerful instrumental breaks make for one killer listen!

Bonus Video Tracks

Overall, this album is definitely a neccessity to anyone who is a fan of Fragma, or vocal trance in general! It includes an extra track, the 4 remixes, and 2 videos which weren't seen in all versions of "Embrace", however it did take out a track called "Risk My Soul" :( But this is still a definitive album for most people. Oh and the videos are MUCH better quality than the videos on the first album Toca, and if you like this album you should definitely buy the first album Toca, which features the videos for "Toca's Miracle", "Everytime You Need Me", and "You Are Alive".

I'm really taking a liking to the new wave of vocal trance hitting the streets these days... especially in the musical desert that is the U.S. Lasgo, DJ Encore, and others have really spiced up the genre well, and Fragma is no different. Her voice blends really well with the beats and synths, which in and of themselves are quite forgetable. Taken together, though, you get a great blend of pop style with trance sophistication.

Where this all breaks down, unfortunately, is in the HIDEOUS editing done on the individual tracks. I can't believe that the producers of this album decided to FADE OUT a good number of the songs, when they should have been played out in their entirety. The song starts out, builds up to a nice momentum, and finally gets some real steam behind it, when all of a sudden, some shmuck sitting at a mixing board decides to pull the fader down, and wham! That's it! Come on! Get with the program here! You don't hear Paul Van Dyk, Oakenfold, or Sasha pulling these kinds of cheap "big 6" RIAA infested music label tricks on their albums, so why here? I'm veeeeerrrry disappointed by this, as Fragma's first album did NOT suffer from this poor choice of editing.

I found this as I was looking up one of my other Trance favorites (Lasgo or Ian Van Dahl or something) and it was under that section "Customers Who Bought This Also Bought..." so I downloaded a few sample songs from WinMX to see if they're any good and I loved what I heard. Decided to buy the CD. No regrets at all. Definately a must for any trance lover!

For a vocal trance CD released almost 10 years ago, this is still a wonderful collection of songs. The enhanced material is only OK (it's of 2 music videos which you can only get to if you play it in a PC.

The only real issue with this (& it's a biggie, I'm came very close to giving this 3 stars instead of 4 over it) is the fact that some of the songs are badly edited from their original versions. Like "How Do You Feel." The Cyber Trance mix of this song is nearly 8 minutes long, 3 minutes longer than the version here.

Despite this, it's still a wonderful CD for dance/trance fans. Though if you want the full versions of the edited songs, you may want to find the 2-disc version which includes the full versions of the edited songs found here.

This album shows Damae's fantastic talent.it's an awsome mix of ibiza-style cool chillout -tracks with songs like "Why "or Risk my soul"!

Time and time again is absolutely the best track ever from Fragma!I also love Take this"world for real," or "Just like a teardrop"!Embrace me"and "How do you feel" are great pop tunes,which makes this album to a fantastic mix!Toca was wicked ...No question..:but "Embrace" is the upgrade version!