Elements Of Life

This CD starts with track #1 which is soothing vocals only - no music whatsoever throughout the whole track. Which I found to be very relaxing and it was a nice surprise to get. I thought I'd get all Trance music. The rest of the CD is very good but it's not a DJ mixed CD like others I've purchased in the past. The reason why I didn't give this CD 5 stars was a simple one but when most people listen to this CD, will agree with me that track #11 has a male's voice talking throughout the track and I think one time would've been sufficient but it goes on and on that when the track comes to its end, my mood changed from enjoying the CD to being annoyed by this male's voice talking. I thought DJ Tiesto had better taste and skills than to include this as Elements of Life.

Tiesto is a good producer but a better DJ. The tracks on here are pretty decent but the only one I REALLY liked a lot was "Break My Fall" and "In The Dark" was pretty good too.

I would agree that this album isn't as good as his previous efforts. The songs don't really stand out and grab you and stay with you throughout the day. They just don't leave that lasting impression. I say this because great albums usually stay in my player for weeks while this one has lasted a few days and i'm over it. A great example of a good album is his In My Memory release. While the sounds are sophisticated and solid, I just didn't think this particular album flowed as well.
Some songs that DID stand out were Bright Morningstar, Elements of Life, and Do you feel me. If your looking to find a floor banger like Adagio for strings, Traffic or Silence; Im afraid you won't find it here.
I do like some newer stuff Tiesto has put out like Allure - Somewhere inside of me and his remix of Cary Brothers - Ride. So its not like Tiesto is losing it as some people are mentioning on here. This album is decent and I wont argue that some think its great. It just didnt do it for me like his past albums thats all. Go buy it and judge for yourself. I mean, any real Tiesto fan will get it regardless.

I saw Tiesto in Vegas, then went straight to the store to buy this cd! It's Effing awesome!!!

I've never really been one to "collect every single piece of work that Tiesto comes out with. I enjoy some of his productions but some of them I'm left thinking, "What happened?" I was kind of dissapointed with some of this album and happy with others. But really, your best bet would be to get the remixed edition of this. Some of the tracks I didn't like on this turn out really well on the remixed.