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Lets face it, Ministry of Sound compilations are merely CD's with the hottest club tracks of whatever year they're released in with scantily clad women on the a

Lets face it, Ministry of Sound compilations are merely CD's with the hottest club tracks of whatever year they're released in with scantily clad women on the album artwork. Anyone with an IQ who listens to the radio could pick the tracks on a MoS compilation, make no mistake. I can see why they would see they have a case, but all they're doing is taking other artists songs, putting them on the CD and leveraging their well-known brand to sell copies. It's an old way of thinking, everyone is a content curator nowadays as this court case has proven. Having said that a Ministry of Sound CD is usually always mixed. I doubt they have a case because you're not getting the tracks that have been mixed by MoS DJ's, they're suing based on track order and not so much the content which Spotify have legally paid for to stream.

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moondowner 13y ago
Not related to the actual lawsuit.. There are some pretty good MoS compilations, even epic. They release also chillout, lounge and other electronica compilations, not only with club music. The fact is that they are releasing a ton of compilations, so at the end of the day there's more quantity than quality, but I would't say that they are bad. Plus I bet the artists get more royalties - in percentage - from MoS compilations they were featured on rather than from Spotify.
- andyhmltn 13y ago
  Every MoS compilation I've had is pretty good. It kind of is just a bunch of songs that you can already get, but a lot of their stuff is mixed/remixed (on an individual song basis) and you get the entire album mixes at the end (usually 2-3 different ones) that are quite good.
- DigitalSea 13y ago
  No doubt the mixing part of a MoS compilation is definitely the highlight. If they were tracks you could just listen to elsewhere then there would be no reason to buy one of their compilations. What I said was maybe a bit harsh as I used to religiously buy their CD's in my early teens. Some of their compilations are creative, but lets face it, you don't buy a Ministry of Sound CD for the sake of the track order. You get it for the wonderful expert mixing and complimenting choices of song.

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moondowner 13y ago

Not related to the actual lawsuit.. There are some pretty good MoS compilations, even epic. They release also chillout, lounge and other electronica compilations, not only with club music. The fact is that they are releasing a ton of compilations, so at the end of the day there's more quantity than quality, but I would't say that they are bad. Plus I bet the artists get more royalties - in percentage - from MoS compilations they were featured on rather than from Spotify.

andyhmltn 13y ago
Every MoS compilation I've had is pretty good. It kind of is just a bunch of songs that you can already get, but a lot of their stuff is mixed/remixed (on an individual song basis) and you get the entire album mixes at the end (usually 2-3 different ones) that are quite good.
DigitalSea 13y ago
No doubt the mixing part of a MoS compilation is definitely the highlight. If they were tracks you could just listen to elsewhere then there would be no reason to buy one of their compilations. What I said was maybe a bit harsh as I used to religiously buy their CD's in my early teens. Some of their compilations are creative, but lets face it, you don't buy a Ministry of Sound CD for the sake of the track order. You get it for the wonderful expert mixing and complimenting choices of song.