Garage Classical

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.

Garage Classical
Compilation album by
DJ Spoony with Katie Chatburn and The Ignition Orchestra
Released18 October 2019 (2019-10-18)
Recorded2019
Genre
Length53:00
LabelSince 93
ProducerDJ Spoony

The album was preceded by the release of two promotional singles "Moving Too Fast" featuring Paloma Faith and "Sweet Like Chocolate" featuring Lily Allen.

Background and promotion

On 28 August 2019, during an interview with Official Charts Company, the DJ announced the album and talked about the artists he was collaborating with stating "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 2xLP 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 Johnson3:58
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
Architechs3:31
4."Sweet Like Chocolate" (featuring Lily Allen)
  • Steven Meade
  • Danny Langsman
Shanks & Bigfoot4:25
5."Gotta Get Thru This" (featuring Zak Abel)Daniel BedingfieldDaniel Bedingfield2:45
6."Fill Me In" (featuring Raleigh Ritchie)
  • Craig David
  • Mark Hill
Craig David4:17
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)
  • Elisabeth Troy
  • Matt Coleman
MJ Cole4:11
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)
  • Jason Phillips
  • Jason Moore
  • Michael Harvey Jr.
  • Dwayne Vincent
  • Lisa Maffia
  • Darren Weir
  • Shane Neil
  • M.J. Harvey
  • Marvin Dawkins
  • Ashley Walters
So Solid Crew3:10

Charts
Chart (2019) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 48
UK Digital Albums (OCC)[7] 5

Release history
List of release dates, showing region, formats, label and reference
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
United Kingdom 18 October 2019
Since 93 [1][3]
United Kingdom 6 December 2019 2xLP vinyl Since 93 [4]
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References
  1. "Garage Classical by DJ Spoony on iTunes". iTunes Store (UK). Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. "DJ Spoony talks teaming up with Sugababes, Paloma Faith and Lily Allen on Garage Classical album and the garage revival". Official Charts Company (UK). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  3. "DJ Spoony Presents Garage Classical Signed CD". Garage Classical. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. "DJ Spoony presents Garage Classical at Juno Records". Juno. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  5. Owen Myers (25 October 2019). "Garage Classical review – Craig David shines as 2-step gets a starry makeover". The Guardian.
  6. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  7. "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
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