Ibiza Classics | ||||
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Released | 1 December 2017 | |||
Recorded | 2017 | |||
Genre | House, Balearic Beat, Classical Crossover | |||
Label | Universal | |||
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Ibiza Classics is a compilation album by Pete Tong with Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra. The follow-up to Classic House (2016), it was released through Universal Music on 1 December 2017. It has sold 97,663 copies as of March 2018. [1]
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