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Underworld - Anthology 1992-2002 (JBO)

ELDER statesmen of the dance scene, they may be, but there's nothing elderly about this greatest hits package with each track as fresh as it was upon first release.

Imbibed with the spirit of Kraftwerk, Underworld will be remembered as the group that carried on the torch ignited by their German pioneering predecessors and brought electronic music out of the studio and into the arenas.

All the classics are here. Disc one of this weighty two-cd package sees a collection of their earlier material packed together including the countrified Big Mouth, the aptly-titled Dirty and the sublimely beautiful stutter of Rez.

Disc two offers a different image of the group, moving away from the pioneering underground of their early 90s work to the subsequent established major releases.

Cowgirl rubs shoulders with the anthemic Born Slippy of 'lager, lager' fame, while recent release Two Months Off taken from there 2002 LP Hundred Days Off confirms their unerring knack of churning out life-affirming stadium techno of the highest order.

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Released November 3, 2003.