Various Artists - Buddha Lounge (2002)

UK import

The story about how I found this particular brand of ambient lounge music is available on a previous Buddha blog post so I won't go into again. However, if you need some innocuous background music at your next cocktail party, these discs might just fit the bill.

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart

Tracks:

CD1	Artist	Title
1	Stereo MC's	Fever (Steve Hillage Mix)
2	Talvin Singh	Traveller
3	Fila Brazillia	Nature Boy
4	The Cristophe Gaze Project	Manana
5	Thievery Corporation	Indra
6	4 Hero feat. Terry Collier	The Days Of The Greys
7	Jazzanova	Bohemian Sunset
8	Al-Pha-X	First Transmission
9	Bebel Gilberto	Samba De Bancao (4 Hero Mix)
10	Outside	Blue Sky
11	Nitin Singh	Indian Secret (Shankar Remix)
12	Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	Mustt Mustt
13	Purple Nine	Moodswings (Kharma Mix)
14	Herbalism	Run Away
15	Dave Warrin, Julius Papp & Lisa Shaw	Looking Up

CD2	Artist	Title
1	Badmarsh & Shri	Day By Day (Chris Coco Mix)
2	Gotan Project	El Capitalismo Foraneo
3	Bob Holroyd	Waking The Spirits (Loop Guru Extended Strawberry Mix)
4	Jonathan Maron	Wish You Well
5	Nitin Sawheny	Breathing Light
6	Roni Size	Heroes (Kruders Long Bossa Mix)
7	Native American Dream	Native American Dream
8	Illie Natalia	Romanian Gypsy
9	Tribal Lord	African Chill
10	Craig Armstrong	Weather Storm
11	Sergio	Ibizan Dawn (Chill Mix)
12	DJ Kermit	Turkish Dawn
13	Eastern Awakening	Eastern Awakening
14	Dust	Stand By My Side

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: Another pic from my vacation in the French West Indies? Sure! Here's the tropical rainforest in Parc national de la Guadeloupe.

Previously revisited for the blog:
Buddha-Bar III (2001)