Amazon.co.uk Review
If there were such a category, DJ Sammy would easily win the Grammy award for first group to record a half-decent Euro-pop version of a 1980s classic. However, if the rest of their debut album
Heaven is anything to go by, their success with the title track was a sheer fluke.
Comprising Majorcan DJ Sammy Bouriah and former ballerina turned singer Loona, their album flounders because of a top-heavy quota of "fillers" and repetitive rehashes of the aforementioned track. Covers of "California Dreaming" and "Boys of Summer" fail to meet the teen-disco intensity of "Heaven" and although "Sunchild" and "Beautiful Smile" have a more original sound, they're unlikely to set the dance floor alight.
The instrumental compositions are where things really start to go wrong, with "Paradise of Love" sounding like a second-rate copy of Dario G's "Sunchyme". One palatable track is the samba style "Bossa Nova Vibes Version" of album opener "Sunlight", which shares an uncanny resemblance to the theme of the TV travel show "Wish You Were Here". --John Galilee
CD Description
'Heaven' is the debut album from Spanish based DJ and producer DJ Sammy. The album is a mix of driving techno style drum programming, off-beat basslines, and hands in the air, euphoric build ups and breakdowns. Also featured on the album is the worldwide hit single 'Heaven' a hit for Bryan Adams inthe eighties and the Don Henley cover 'Boys Of Summer'.