As many of you aware, The Sonic Stadium recently finished a massive community project in the form of a music album, which they used to close out the SSR feed before it went down for maintenance.

Thanks to the lovely Dreadknux and TSS staff, I have had a copy of the album for perusal and I thought I’d do a personal review of the album for EC.

The album itself boasts 45 tracks of which some are original as well as remixes of songs throughout the “generations” as it were of Sonic’s history. We’re talking about games that span throughout the “Classic” era on the Mega Drive/Genesis to the “Dreamcast” era to the “Modern” era, as well as take useage from some handheld titles and throwing a bit of a Generation-esque spin on some titles, like the track below from FreenInGreen:

For an album that comprises over 4 discs worth of music, it’s a spectacular piece of work, and an amazing piece of community interaction.

That’s not to say it’s all gold though. While it is ALOT of music provided by the community, there are some low points within the album, things that just don’t seem right. But I think it’s fair to say that the good on the album far outweighs the bad, and don’t get me wrong, there is ALOT of good on this 4 discs worth of awesome. Like the track below from Plumegeist:

For the nostalgia fan in you, it’s really good to listen to the album without the song titles showing and then realising what certain tracks are from which games. You get that warm feeling when you hear that familiar tune without watching the title for the track.

You can download the album for free by following this link.

Welcome back to the Artist Alley, where from week to week, we’ll be highlighting an piece of musical or artistic flair that you may have missed, or be unaware of. Hit the jump to see today’s piece.

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Tried to get a mixture of old and new Sonic this week, managed to dig up a nice remix of Aquatic Mine, oh the image used for Green Hill Hooky Dubstep mix is interesting… anyway… hit the jump for more.

Today’s choices:
1. Chemical Plant Zone (Dance mix)
2. Aquatic Mine Remix
3. Green Hill (Hooky Dubstep mix)

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The war council has been convened, it’s time for someone to stand up and give a big speech, to inspire those of weak mind and will.

Welcome back to the Artist Alley, where from week to week, we’ll be highlighting an piece of musical or artistic flair that you may have missed, or be unaware of. Hit the jump to see today’s piece.

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Time for some remixes, don’t you think? These don’t get highlighted as much as they really should so I may start doing these fairly often.

On today’s playlist:
1. Sonic 2 Boss Theme Dreamy Mix
2. Sonic Marble Zone (Remix)
3. Sonic 1 Remix – Green Hill Zone Euroclub ’95 Mix

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Who wants another adventure with the greatest Sonic fansite staff group ever? That’s right Ian Rob has once again although this one isn’t quiet the epic Back to Reality was… still awesome though. Now for lack of a better image on file have a picture of Sonic of a jet ski.

Story after the Jump.

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Hmm time to try something new here, I’ve had a quick dig round Deviant Art for some community wallpapers and thought why not highlight them on EC?

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So sit back and enjoy some great wallpapers from a truly talented community.

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I’m a great fan of Feniiku’s work, so much so, that I went and did a Community Spotlight with her over on Sonic Wrecks.

For those of you, who don’t check out her not one, but two fantastic galleries, then you may have missed these two stunning pieces done back in the day. Which you can check out, after the jump.

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Seems someone (or to be more specific Aerobian Angel) has been working on a new fan animation, and my does it look good from a trailer that’s just been posted, Eggman’s voice is just perfect. This is only the trailer and boy I can’t wait to see more.

Check it here for more info.