Over all, this album is a rich blend of disco funk brewed chilled-out-ness, like a post-party or hangover morning relaxing blend of songs.

Dave Lee (aka Jakatta) sets out a wonderful set of tracks that flow effortlessly here and without jarring the ride. The inclusion of vocalists Seal, Beth Hirsch, Ty, and Linda Clifford works a real treat alongside the carefully chosen samples.

Of course, the American Dream track and its piano line instantly gives us a huge highlight, and its regular nod from other tracks helps to transfer some of this admiration across the album. American Dream doesn’t stand alone here though, with My Vision, One Fine Day, and The Other World all sounding wonderful. There’s little here to pick holes in, but Feelin’ Blue does feel like it just about strikes in at the ‘it’s okay’ level.

This edition of the album was seamlessly blended together, and that works perfectly for such a (mostly) chilled out album – allowing it to flow on a journey through, ending with the ‘mega mix’ and alternate version with Seal. It’s definitely an album worth hearing.

This 13 track mixed CD opens with the teasing American Dream (Intro), which gently slides into your ears with glimmers of that delicate sequence composed by Thomas Newman that is prevalent throughout the big hit from later in the album.

Then it’s It Will Be, which is a wonderfully wafting track that utilises (or at least mimicks) the speaking clock, who is seemingly desperate what the time will be in a moment. Perhaps we don’t care, as the layers of synths and guitars gurgle and drift in and out. A piano joins in alongside a beat that helps us to keep some semblance of time, but to be honest this is a wonderful drift of sound that we don’t really want to watch the clock.

That’s flows into My Vision featuring Seal, again with the signature piano notes from American Dream, but then a beat drops in with Swati Natekar‘s vocals giving way to Seal’s. The tempo increases and Seal’s vocals give a wonderful soulful contrast to the dance beats. The synths keep a soft distance as the layers swirl over each other. This is a great track, and it gave Jakatta and Seal a #6 hit in the UK.