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Top Gear - Seriously Cool Driving Music

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I love to drive long distances, touring around countries by car, stopping off in B&Bs, local ranches and generally soaking up the beauty around me, and much of it on my own. But whether you are on your own, or travelling with someone, this is a fabulous collation of songs to complement any long drive. Have had the CD as my companion both in the Mid-West USA and around Scotland, and through sun and rain, made my drive all the more pleasurable.

If, unlike the previous reviewer, everytime you get in the car you do NOT want to drive faster than a speeding bullet and instead like to chill out and have a bit of a sing song behind the wheel, then this is a top choice of CD. No, it doesn't make you want to go 100mph. But that's probably a good thing. As chances are, if you're listening to this, you're probably not driving a Ferrari.

It's fun, it's got great songs on it, and it's the kind of CD you will want to sing along to.

This CD is what it says on the tin - seriously cool driving music. Sure, there are the odd slow songs on the CD's, but since it's a compilation album, there has to be something in there for everyone. There is a great picture of The Stig standing there with icicles hanging off various parts of his suit. The car was also a nice touch, with snow covering about 85-90% of the vehicle. The CD track list is quite awesome. Since there isn't one at the time of me writing this review, here is a tracklist which I shall provide for you:

CD 1:

The Killers - Mr Brightside
The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
The Zutons - Valerie
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
The Fray - How To Save A Life
Coldplay - Speed Of Sound
Oasis - Live Forever
Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
The Feeling - Fill My Little World
Kings Of Leon - The Bucket
Kaiser Chiefs - Everything Is Average Now
Reverend & The Makers - Heavyweight Champion Of The World
Kasabian - Club Foot
Peter, Bjorn & John feat. Victoria Bergsman - Young Folks
Travis - Driftwood
Athlete - El Salvador
Embrace - Nature's Law
Ben's Brother - Let Me Out
Cherry Ghost - People Help The People
Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

CD 2:

Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
Robert Plant - Big Log
Whitesnake - Is This Love
Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking
Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug
Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die
T.Rex - Children Of The Revolution
David Bowie - Suffragette City
The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town
Deep Purple - Burn
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Roy Orbison - I Drove All Night
Focus - House Of The King (Saxondale Theme Music)
Patti Smith Group - Because The Night
George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone
Lynard Skynard - Freebird

Overall, everything about the CD is brilliant, the album cover, the tracklist, everything. I would recommend this to people who would like something to drive down the motorway to. 10/10.

Let's face it, any playlist containing both Coldplay and Phil Collins cannot be legitimately described as cool at any level.

perfect for everyone not under the illusion they are driving a Ferrari around silverstone or trying the outrun the cops.

I feel kind of cheated listening to this shameless Christmas cash in, and it's not even December yet. It starts off with some recent lightweight indy-pop from The Feeling, KT Tunstall et al which was rather unexpected. Although most of the songs are decent, their inclusion is obviously because of chart success rather than being good to drive to.

As a genre driving songs are usually deep, fast and powerful, like a sports car engine. This makes the choices in this album really odd, many of them are light and twittery or slow, heartfelt songs which don't really set the mood you want while batting down the motorway. There's a really odd mix of oldies, I've no idea what generation this is aimed at - probably anyone that might buy it.

If you would like some driving music that has been carefully considered, try the soundtrack to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Not bad but not great, some good modern stuff and a couple of good oldies.
I'm sure there must be better examples of 'Driving' Music out there.

Why buy this. Because it is a good c.d I don't like top gear but the c.d is fabulous

This CD has an odd mix of tracks and is definately not sub-zero for example Plain White T's - seriously uncool and hardly the type of music to drive to; It almost made me fall sleep and crash! All this CD is is a Christmas money spinner.

I haven't actually heard Top Gear: Seriously Cool Driving Music start-to-finish but one look at the tracklisting - not to mention the front cover with its modern font and picture of the hilarious 'The Stig' stood next to a frozen Lexus (or whatever it is) - tells you that it deserves at least one star on the Amazon ratings system.

I don't even drive but I can't imagine a better soundtrack than Top Gear: Seriously Cool Driving Music - windows down on the freeway, the wind in your hair, the speedometer edging towards 4000km/h (or thereabouts, I realise the speed limit varies from country to country) and the rocking sounds of 'Driftwood' by Travis blasting from your speakers.

The cover of Top Gear: Seriously Cool Driving Music boasts that the compilation is 'Packed with only the best sub-zero tracks!', a claim which some cynics may dismiss as meaningless - but I can tell you that I've waited far too too long to hear T. Rex, Ben's Brother and Prince all together on one album.

I'm also pleased that the compilers saw fit to note that disc 2, track 15 of Top Gear: Seriously Cool Driving Music is 'House of the King (Saxondale Theme Music)' by Focus - Saxondale of course being another BBC TV programme which involves a man driving a car at some point, so it's vital that they point this out.

Another track that warrants mention is 'People Help the People' by Cherry Ghost, which I gather was written and performed by Top Gear's three presenters for the purposes of this compilation (the 'band' name Cherry Ghost being a reference to some in-joke or other). I've not heard the song in question but I'm sure it's a corker.