Anthems 1991-2008 is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 released by Ministry of Sound

Ministry of Sound

Ministry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and...

 in Australia and the UK. The three CD set features popular dance singles from the period of 1991-2007 (despite the '2008' in the title). It was a very successful album, and led it to become the first in a series.

UK Series

Anthems 1991-2008 is the first in a series of albums released by the Ministry of Sound. The series is split into three mini-series, these are "Anthems", "Chilled" and "Ibiza". There is not an official name for the series, but is often called 'Anthems' after four albums in the series and the first mini-series.

Currently, there are eight different albums in the series. The artwork scheme follows the Fifteen Years release of 2006, which is sometimes seen as the prerunner to Anthems 1991-2008. The Ibiza 1991-2009 album notably comes in a 3-CD digipack, rather than the larger fold-away digipacks (which are contained in slipcases) used for the other seven albums. The same album is overlooked when the series is being listed in the booklet for Anthems R&B. All copies of Chilled Acoustic feature a mistake in the artwork, where the top half of the Ministry of Sound logo used on the reverse side of the digipack; is upside-down.

2010 saw the year with the most releases in the series, with four being released, three of these featuring 'Anthems' in the name. The last two Anthems albums of the year, Anthems Disco and Anthems Electronic 80s, were released only a week between each other (8 November and 15 November respevtively).

List of albums in the series

• Anthems 1991-2008 (2007)
• Chilled 1991-2008 (2008)
• Anthems II 1991-2009 (2008)
• Chilled II 1991-2009 (2009)
• Ibiza 1991-2009 (2009)
• Anthems Electronic 80s (2009)
• Chilled Acoustic (2010)
• Anthems R&B (2010)
• Anthems Disco (2010)
• Anthems Electronic 80's 2 (2010)
• Anthems Hip-Hop (2011)
• Anthems Indie (2011)
• Chilled Afterhours (2011)

List of downloads in the series

• Chilled Sessions (2008)
• iDrum Minsistry of Sound Anthems (2008) - iPod game
• iDrum Trance Anthems (2008) - iPod game
• Chilled II 1991-2009 (2009)
• Ibiza 1991-2009 (2009)
• Anthems Electronic 80s (2009)
• Chilled Acoustic (2010)
• Anthems R&B (2010)
• Anthems Disco (2010)
• Anthems Electronic 80's 2 (2010)
• Anthems Hip-Hop (2011)
• Anthems Indie (2011)
• Chilled Afterhours (2011)

Australian Series

Like in the UK, Ministry of Sound Australia's Anthems series started with Anthems 1991-2008, but the series in Australia is considerably smaller and less popular compared to MoSA's Sessions and Annual series. Anthems 1991-2008 and Anthems Electronic 80's being the same version as what was released in the UK, however Anthems II in Australia didn't include the 1991-2009 subtitle and focused more on Australian dance and dance tracks that were on the ARIA charts for overall and club songs. Rave Anthems 1990-1996 was released exclusively in Australia and focused on Rave

Rave

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, House

House music

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 and Hi-NRG

Hi-NRG

Hi-NRG describes a form of high-tempo disco music as well as a genre of electronic dance music originating in the United States during the late 1970s...

 dance sub-genres.

List of albums in Australian Anthems series

• Anthems: 1991-2008 (2008)
• Rave Anthems: 1990-1996 (2009)
• Anthems II (2009)
• Anthems: Electronic 80's (2010)
• Anthems: 30 Years of Hip Hop (2011)

Track listing

Disc 1

1. Show Me Love - Robin S
2. Passion - Gat Decor
3. Make The World Go Round - Sandy B
4. Nakasaki (I Need A Lover Tonight) - Ken Doh
5. Break Of Dawn - Rhythm On The Loose
6. Alex Party (Saturday Night Party) - Alex Party
7. Two Can Play That Game - Brown, Bobby (1)
8. Push The Feeling On - Nightcrawlers (1)
9. Where Love Lies - Limerick, Alison
10. Hideaway - De'Lacy
11. One Night In Heaven - M People
12. U Sure Do - Strike (3)
13. Keep Warm - Jinny
14. I Believe - Happy Clappers
15. I Luv U Baby - Original
16. Key The Secret - Urban Cookie Collective
17. Don't You Want Me - Felix
18. Plastic Dreams - Jaydee (1)
19. Higher State Of Consciousness - Wink, Josh
20. Ebeneezer Goode - Shamen (1)
21. Everybody In The Place - Prodigy (1)

Disc 2

1. You Don't Know Me - Van Helden, Armand & Duane Harden
2. Trouble With Me - Black Legend
3. So In Love With You - Duke (3)
4. Bomb - Gonzalez, Kenny 'Dope' & The Bucketheads
5. Everybody Be Somebody - Ruffneck & Yavahn
6. Who Keeps Changing Your Mind - South Street Player
7. Spin Spin Sugar - Sneaker Pimps
8. Rip Groove - Double 99
9. Dreaming - Ruff Driverz & Arrola
10. It's Not Over Yet - Grace (2)
11. Greece 2000 - Three Drives
12. Salt Water - Chicane (2)
13. God Is A DJ - Faithless
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14. Born Slippy - Underworld (1)
15. Kernkraft 400 - Zombie Nation
16. Time To Burn - Storm (4)
17. Sandstorm -Darude
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18. Castles In The Sky - Ian Van Dahl
19. Silence - Delerium & Sarah McLachlan
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20. Out Of The Blue - System F
21. 9pm (Til I Come) - ATB

Disc 3

1. One More Time - Daft Punk
2. Get Get Down - Johnson, Paul (3)
3. Sing It Back - Moloko
4. Another Chance - Sanchez, Roger
5. Praise You - Fatboy Slim
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6. Red Alert - Basement Jaxx
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7. Intro - Braxe, Alan & Fred Falke
8. Touch Me - Da Silva, Rui & Cassandra
9. Lovestory - Layo & Bushwacka
10. Lazy - X-Press 2 & David Byrne
11. At Night - Shakedown
12. Love Generation - Bob Sinclar
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     & Gary 'Nesta' Pine
13. It Just Won't Do - Tim Deluxe
14. . American Dream - Jakatta
15. Rapture - iiO (1)
16. Put 'Em High - Stonebridge & Therese
17. Call On Me - Prydz, Eric
18. Loneliness - Tomcraft
19. Satisfaction - Benassi, Benny & The Biz
20. Put Your Hands Up For Detroit - Fedde Le Grand
    Fedde le Grand
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