Driving Hit's 9 Special Edition

With Driving Hit's 9 Special Edition, we have three compact discs of music for a total of 45 remixes. The contents of the first CD are all brand new remixes that are not continuous play as earlier DH releases were; however, CDs 2 and 3 are continuous play (yay for the return of continuous play!) Some of the remix tracks were previously released on both CDs 2 and 3, but several are re-remixed and different from the DH releases they originally appeared on. I think this is a very good release with a lot of new ideas from many producers. This is a great addition to your collection.

Driving Hit's 9 is yet another great addition to the collection of Koda Kumi remix albums released over the years. The first CD are all brand new remixes, and I totally love every last one of them. It's a step up from DH8 as well I must say, which wasn't a bad release. Just it didn't really capture my love as much as this one does. The other 2 CDs are collections of past remixes from past remix albums. For someone like myself who owns all the previous ones along with absolutely everything else in Kuu's discography they don't really seem necessary. Still they're all great remixes and they were chosen and organized to flow very very well on these bonus disks. The packaging is an extra thick jewel case with the cardboard slip case over top of it. Maybe it was just my copy but sliding the slip cover off was a bit of a challenge the first few times. It was quite snug over the jewel case. There's an inside slip with some credits and another picture inside. I really like the few photos on this release but the design feels like it's just rehashing some photos used in a previous release. I was really hoping for something brand new a fresh looking. Overall, it's a great release with a few small flaws. Lastly I'd like to commend CDJ once again on delivery of my order. It arrived the day of the album's release at my door, and I live on the direct total opposite side of the world. Excellent job!!