Roger Sanchez

1. Original Edit
2. Afterlife Mix
3. S-Man's Dark Nite Mix
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This is sort of a chill-out dance track, nothing overly heavy, especially the Afterlife Mix which is in ballad mode that would be at home on a smooth jazz station. The vocal sample on the song comes from a 1982 hit from Toto called "I Won't Hold You Back"

Do you know that it is a cover of Toto's hit single "I won't hold you back"?!? I didn't! I heard Sanchez' track this summer and I really liked it. Few months later I realized that I had heard this vocal (used in "Another Chance") before! It was a completely different kind of song, a ballad... I'm telling it to everyone who is amazed with Sanchez' track: it's great, but also try to listen to Toto... Great song.

Unbelievable. Incredible. One of the most catchy and melodic
tracks I have ever heard. No wonder it is screaming to the top
of every major dance chart in the world! Roger has outdone himself here. A big time must for any DJ/dance music fan.

Close your windows, lock the doors, and try not to hear "another chance" by Roger Sanchez; it's similar to Daft Punk's "One more time", but even more catchy. You will spend all the day singing "if I had another chance..." You will feel a chill everytime you hear it. Wow, the song is even beautiful.

(spanish) El single más diabólico de este verano, realmente bueno, pese a seguir la moda "vocoder". Cuidado, que engancha.

After I heard this Single from Roger Sanchez the first time, it immediatly ranked the top of my "Best-House-Songs" list. "Another Chance"- an absolutely great earworm to have, filled with beautiful strings and great beats in the background, and soft but strong vocals that make the song special as it is. One can hear this song on a romatic evening with his/her loved-one or even just hear it to chill out... This is the best song that Roger Sanchez has ever created; it is award-worthy! This single is worth buying, believe me.

From deep and soulful house to harder house and vocal anthems, Roger S tracks had a huge impact on the club scene in the 90s. A collection if his work is absolutely necessary. However, with such a phenomenal track list like this, what collector's really want is all of his mixes complete! Here, they are continuously mixed and pretty much never the full length mixes. Collectors had to resort to vinyl for many of these full length versions, and it would be wonderful to have them on CD at last. Instead, we get not even 5 minutes of Kathy Sledge, 6 minutes of the "TEN minutes of soul mix" of "Make My Day", Not 6 minutes of Judy Cheeks, etc.... Fantastic songs all of them, and all good reasons to own this compilation, but the ultimate would be to have these songs issued on CD in their entirety. Track times:

CD 1

1. Make My Day (6:00)
2. Take Me Back To Love (4:45)
3. Givin It Up (6:28)
4. Respect (5:45)
5. Stand Up (5:52)
6. Caught in the Middle (7:24)
7. Midnight at the Oasis (7:32)
8. Release Yo Self (6:20)
9. Moving On Up (8:00)
10. Testify (5:38)
11. I Pray (7:58)
12. Cuba (2:30)

CD2

1. The Deep (6:23)
2. Love is What We Need (2:49)
3. Sumba Lumba (6:41)
4. Fade II Black (5:56)
5. Pushing Against The Flow (7:34)
6. Back (6:03)
7. Time II Stop (4:48)
8. Live Your Life With Me (5:40)
9. My Organ (4:55)
10. Get Hi (4:37)
11. Keep on Jumpin (2:19)
12. Luv Dancin (8:02)

When I heard the S was dropping another album, I couldn't wait to hear it. After hearing it, though, I have to say I was a little disappointed. Now I know that I shouldn't expect to hear Another Chance clone, and I welcome change, but not when stuff sounds like everything else. If you're one to like the standard 4/4 house track (I personally still like that, to an extent) then this might be for you, but coming from the S-Man, somehow I expected more. Here's my take, track by track:

1-Turn On the Music, has the generic big diva style vocals over a very repetitive 4/4 beat. Been done before & definitely breaks no ground. Not a strong album opener in my opinion.

2-Take a Chance, opens a la Gypsy Kings with rapid handclaps & flamenco style guitar work, then morphs into a nice Latin house beat w/vocal stylings reminiscent of the Sugababes.

3-This is your standard pop-house track filler. Not bad, but sounds like every other song you've heard on Radio 1.

4-Nice minimal piano intro with tribal beats. Nice melody & vocals. Sounds like a song that could've been on First Contact.

5-I've never been a fan of male vocals in dance music, but somehow I'd rather listen to that than irritating spoken male vocals. There are female vocals singing the chorus, but no way save this track.

6-Reminds me of Turn On the Music, being that it's another diva style vocals/repetitive synths w/no melody over a 4/4 beat. So glad we invented the fast forward button.

7-Peaked my interest in the beginning with a nice calm piano intro stirring my ears to hear a nice chill track. Nice vocals and then the generic house beat came in and took away from the track. Not the worst, but expected better.

8-Again, I'm not a fan of male vocals, but this turned out to be one of the better tracks on the album. Reminds me of summer.

9-Debatedly my favorite on this release, it features a subdued 4/4 beat over Spanish guitars w/Alejandro Sanz singing in English (I was a little put off by that for some reason). The track closes w/some Latin-jazz style piano. Nice for post-party relaxation.

10-Another filler number w/female vocals & standard house beat. Not bad.

11-This track made me smile. This was the chill track I had hoped to hear and my wish was answered. Not to mention it's a great track to bring the album home. Nice beat w/atmospheric synth work & light melody flowing throughout. Whispery female vocals in Spanish makes this a plus in my opinion.

Overall, I expected to hear something different from the S. It's different for him, yea, but it's more of the same other artists do: inadequate, filler tracks. No "Another Chance" on this cd, but still worth a listen. After all, it's the S-Man!

My standout trax: 1/3/4/8/9/11

first of all, im a fairly old fan of all that DJ stuff. prior to sanchez listened to van Buuren, Guetta, some others.

i may not be a big expert on sanchez, but both me and my roomate (german) totally enjoyed the album, especially trucks 1,3-5, 7-10.

the songs are quite different, but beautiful. great mixing.

luv the album.

After the brilliant "First Contact" who could have thought house dj legend Roger Sanchez would make such a U-turn and release a commercial album like "Come With Me". Well, it seems to be a trend in the dance music world. Paul Oakenfold did the same with his latest album that was a major dissapointment to all long time fans that just wanted him to create what he is best at. Doing something commercial isn't neccesary a bad thing, but this just isn't what most fans want from Roger. First and foremost, Sanchez is a legend and long time fans want him to continue doing classic house music, atleast something half commerical like "Another Chance", but this album doesn't sound anywhere near what he released last time. Closer to a mix between fabricated Ian Van Dahl dance-pop or soulish disco music and very heavy on guest artists that take far more space then Roger himself, song by song it isn't that bad cause some songs are surprisingly good but they are also too diffrent from each other to work on the same album and they are far from house music, apart from maybe 2-3 songs that would have worked on his last album aswell. At first listen I was really dissapointed but after listening through the album a few times I almost forgot that it was a Roger Sanchez album and listened to it for what it was, and it wasn't that bad. Many songs are well penned and pretty enjoyable.

The first song "Turn on the Music" is the close to old time greatness, but the song isn't good at all. The title track songs more like Pussycat Dolls and "Not A Change" and "Lost" are dance-pop that doesn't sound like Sanchez penned music at all. "Again" is anoying beat-oriented hip hop pop. "Hot 4 U" is my favorite pick though, club/house song that will let you understand how good this man is. "Free (Headwinds)" is also dance pop, and it's surprisingly good, but once again it's no Sanchez song. On "Reason" which is a soulish club song Omar appears, he was also part of Phats and Small I Think. Alejandro Sanz appears on "I'm Yours" a slow paced latino song which is pretty forgetable. "Don't Tell Me It's Over" is more dance-pop and "Soledad" is a dreamy ATB souding club song.

Overall, A new direction for house legend Roger Sanchez for sure. A very commercial album heavy on guest artists. Not what you may expect or want to hear. At the end it's alright, some songs are surprisingly good actually but you will only like it if you ignore the fact that a legend has just went mainsteam and completely disbanded his past glory. If You like dance music, give it a try, but house fans will be dissapointed.

Just release yourself and enjoy the music because the S man has returned with another great album!!!

This is an amazing forum as I have discovered so many great finds and have been spared from some duds from by all the great input from reviewers. Reviews are especially important when the numbers generating an average rating are based on too few reviews.

I was surprised when I saw the this disc averaged 1 star as it has not left my CD since I bought it. While I have to respect differences in tastes and can I am sometimes be surprised negatively when an artist takes a different direction than what I had expected, Roger's "Come With Me" is a fun journey from early dance music with all sorts of fun stops along the way. I think that it's a great disservice to dismiss it as a simple attempt at main stream commercialism via generic diva music or one that has no redeemable quality.

I grant that his hard-core fans may hate the direction that Roger takes here, but I like it as much as I liked his first major hit. As someone who actually also likes dance tracks that have strong vocals, Roger does something that most don't: Every song rocks due to different vocals (including surprising input from the underrated Omar and a contribution with the incomparable Alejandro Sanz, sounding more seductive than ever), arragements that build up nicely and move you to some familiar places ("Reasons") with a new spin. Some are tongue in cheek ("Hot 4 U"), others funny ("Not Enough") that most can't even dream of.

This is not diva by the numbers music, but a solid ode to dance music. Love that piano!!!! Even songs like "Free" may be dismissed by some as cheesy, esp. at the beginning the gospel chorus but it just makes me smile. In a nutshell, this release feels like the best dance mix that you never had to make. If current europop is leaving you cold and find yourself yearning for FUN, give this a shot. 4 solid stars from me by giving it 5 to offset what are now two 1's. Please keep in mind that I respect differences in opinion, but I feel a strong need to recommend that people hear at least a part of these songs and make up their minds without expectations based on past work. Thanks for reading!

i am lisen roger z. is very good dj.

This music is excellent with great lyrics and vocals! The majority of these Garage/House, Deep House and Downtempo songs rate at 4 to 5 stars. This is especially good for those who don't enjoy Techno/Trance songs. Warm and soulful. Recommended.

I was listening today to the tracks from this CD on Dance Music Channel TV, and the whole CD is TERRIFIC. Boy, it made me wanna move and move. No stopping.....The music(every track) was as HOT as the next.

Mr Sanchez, you really did it good with this CD.

Congratulations!

Roger Sanchez has yet to let me down. This new set takes off from where the previous two RY sets did. This one, however, is a bit lopsided. The "Pre-Party" disc completely outshines the "Party" disc. From beginning to end it is downtempo house at its best. The standout song for me is, uuuhhh, the first one, second one, third one.....you get the idea. Not a single okay song on the disc.
Disc 2, the "Party" disc, is also a great listen. Most of the tracks are great, but the disc starts off kinda, eehhh, kinda boring. 6 and on, with the exception of "Touch It" are great.
If you like downtempo stuff, then by all means, get this set.
It is weeellll worth the 20 beans.

The track selection is good on this release. The problem is that the track selection is old. I've been hearing these same tracks in the clubs for about a year. Why then would I want to continue hearing them on this CD? The reason for purchasing a disc from a world renouned DJ is to hear fresh and unreleased tracks?

This cd is superb. A normal job from Roger. The new in the house music.

Roger Sanchez comes through once again with a solid mix for the summer. You just can't go wrong with any of his 5 Release Yourself mixes, and any series of House mixes are rarely ever constently good from one mix to the next (same DJ or not), much less making five winners in a row. So having this fifth in the series be as good as the previous four is some kind of accomplishment.

While the first couple in the series may seem a little dated at this point, you just cannot beat Roger's flawless mixing, song (and remix) choices, sequencing, and overall set delivery - all of which elevate the compilations from the usual series of song track mixes that flood the market.

This mix is no different, original and distictive vocals, tight beats and compelling, almost purely electro rhythms combined in a perfectly seamless and addictively danceable set. Get this mix, and all four of the others (if you haven't already) - you definitely won't be dissappointed.

one of the most beautiful dance songs i've heard in a long time. Excellent vocals and sad but beautiful lyrics.