Garage Classical

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Garage Classical
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Compilation album by
DJ Spoony with Katie Chatburn and the Ignition Orchestra
Released18 October 2019 (2019-10-18)
Recorded2019
Genre
Length53:00
Label Since 93
Producer DJ Spoony

Garage Classical is a compilation album by British disc jockey DJ Spoony with Katie Chatburn and the Ignition Orchestra, released on 18 October 2019, on the Since 93 label. [1] The album contains orchestral covers of classic UK garage tracks and features appearances from Paloma Faith, Sugababes, Lily Allen, Emeli Sandé, Gabrielle, So Solid Crew and more.

Contents

The album was preceded by the release of two promotional singles, "Moving Too Fast" featuring Paloma Faith and "Sweet Like Chocolate" featuring Lily Allen. "Flowers" featuring Sugababes was the only single to chart, reaching No. 22 in Scotland and No. 26 on the UK Dance Singles Chart.

Background and promotion

On 28 August 2019, during an interview with Official Charts Company, the DJ announced the album and mentioned about the artists he was collaborating with: "I know Sugababes' Mutya and Keisha personally because they are huge garage fans. They were always out in the garage clubs, but at the same time, they were huge pop stars and the biggest girl band in the country." [2]

The album was released on CD format on 18 October 2019, followed by a double LP on 6 December 2019. [3] [4]

Live

A live show was performed on 24 October 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall. [5]

Track listing

Garage Classical
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Moving Too Fast" (featuring Paloma Faith)
  • Orlando Levene Johnson
  • Fabio Raponi
  • Ingo Peter Schwartz
Artful Dodger and Romina Johnson 3:58
2."Flowers" (featuring Sugababes)
  • Mike Powell
  • Martin Green
Sweet Female Attitude (based on the Sunship remix)4:03
3."Body Groove" (featuring Nay Nay and Ms. Banks)
  • Ashley Akabah
  • Paul Akabah
Architechs 3:31
4."Sweet Like Chocolate" (featuring Lily Allen)
  • Steven Meade
  • Danny Langsman
Shanks & Bigfoot 4:25
5."Gotta Get Thru This" (featuring Zak Abel)Daniel Bedingfield Daniel Bedingfield 2:45
6."Fill Me In" (featuring Raleigh Ritchie)
Craig David 4:17
7."Back Up, Back Up"  Wookie (based on the DJ Zinc remix of the original version titled "Back Up (To Me)")4:14
8."Crazy Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé)
MJ Cole 4:11
9."Sunshine" (featuring Gabrielle)
  • Gabrielle
  • Jonathan Shorten
Gabrielle (based on the Wookie remix)3:52
10."My Desire" (featuring Aśa)
  • Josh Milan
  • Kevin Hedge
Amira (based on the Dreem Teem remix)3:33
11."Sincere" (featuring Hamzaa)Matt ColemanMJ Cole4:26
12."Gabriel" (featuring Lifford)  Roy Davis Jr. and Peven Everett6:14
13."21 Seconds" (featuring So Solid Crew)
So Solid Crew 3:10

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [6] 48

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, formats, label and reference
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
United Kingdom18 October 2019Since 93 [1] [3]
United Kingdom6 December 2019 2xLP vinyl Since 93 [4]

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