Classics (Model 500 album)

Classics
Compilation album by Model 500
Released 1993 (1993)
Genre Detroit techno[1]
Label R&S
Producer Juan Atkins/Model 500
Model 500 chronology
Classics
(1993)
Sonic Sunset
(1995)

Classics is a compilation album by Juan Atkins under the alias of Model 500. It was released in 1993 by R&S Records.

Production and music

The album's tracks were initially released between 1985 and 1990.[2] Select noted that tracks "No UFOs" and "Off to Battle" have been "polished in the studio".[1]

Release

Classics was released in 1993 through R&S Records.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Select(4/5)[1]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

In a contemporary review, Select gave the album a four out of five rating, calling it "a fairly comprehensive collection of the work of Juan Atkins"[1] The review noted that on the album's release, that Atkins "has lately become something of a forgotten hero" and that this release should "encourage him to get involved with the present again."[1]

AllMusic gave the album a five out of five star rating, praising tracks such as "No UFOs", "Sound of Stereo", "Night Drive" and "The Chase".[2] The review concluded that the album s track "form one of the most consistent, forward-looking discographies of the decade, alternately noisy and sublime."[2] Tiny Mix Tapes praised the album in 2012, stating that "Electronic music is often stigmatized as having a shelf-life like milk. Some trends from just a few years ago are already dated, yet Classics still sounds fresh. Sure, it doesn’t sound like it came out last week, but I would argue that many listeners would be shocked to hear that some of these songs are over a quarter century old."[4] The review compared the album to Kraftwerk's Trans-Europe Express, Boards of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children and Bural's Untrue as electronic music "that sounds timeless"[4] In The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), gave the album four stars and noted that "[Atkins's] most important work post-Cybotron came under the moniker Model 500, whose singles including the great "No UFO's", ""Off to Battle" and "Night Drive (Time, Space, Transmat)" are collected on Classics"[3]

Track listing

All track written by Juan Atkins/Model 500[5]

No. Title Length
1. "No UFO's (remix)"   6:58
2. "The Chase (Smooth mix)"   5:42
3. "Off to Battle (remix)"   6:04
4. "Night Drive (Time, Space, Transmat)"   6:04
5. "Electric Entourage"   6:46
6. "Electronic"   6:00
7. "Ocean To Ocean (instrumental)"   6:42
8. "Techno Music (M500 Version)"   5:35
9. "Sound of Stereo"   6:51

Credits

Credits adapted from Classics liner notes.[5]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Howe, Rupert (August 1993). "New Albums". Select: 84.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Bush, John. "Classics - Model 500". AllMusic. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Brackett 2004, p. 27.
  4. 1 2 Bowe, Miles (January 9, 2012). "1985-1990: Model 500 - Classics". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Classics (Liner notes). Model 500. R&S. 1993. RS931CD.

References

  • Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0743201698. 
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