Some tracks are classics and just shouldn't be redone. "Plastic Dreams(1)" was originally released on Belgian R&S records in '93, and it is the all-time rave classic. It's been played by every club DJ out there at some point, and remixed over and over- but nothing tops the original. Just to prove the power, I heard some dork play a trance version of this at Crobar a few months ago, and despite how awful the remix was, people recognized the original and still lost it. And I saw James Murphy play the bootleg version with Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" over top a while ago- again, terrible remix, but people loved it. Why? Cause this is the funkiest techno song ever made. It has a simple and hard 4/4 beat, an incredible bass line, and an organ solo that just elevates. Even DJ Spinna dropped "Plastic Dreams" at PS-1 this summer, and people went predictably nuts. But Spinna knows, cause he played the original version; didn't try and mix it with the Strokes or something weak like that. There's just no need- everyone knows the og, and it still sounds great. As an added bonus you get some nice "diva acapellas," including a funny "we want some pussy" ghetto chant. They have nothing at all to do with the original track, but not a bad bonus.

reviewed by SABO