Rank 1 - Opus 17 / Top Gear


High Contrast Recordings || Cat# HCR007
Monday August 29th 2005
[A] Opus 17 (Original Mix) 11:42 F#Min || 138 BPM
[B] Top Gear (Original Mix) 09:18 F_Maj || 138 BPM
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[A] 🟤 122,935 streams Member of Rank 1's Bronze Club
[B] 🟢 93,417 streams Member of Rank 1's Copper Club
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Opus 17 supported by
Armin van Buuren, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Bobina, FEEL, Ferry Tayle, Gabriel & Dresden, Gonzalo Bam, HANA, Indecent Noise, Matt Darey, Michael McBurnie, Roberto Molinaro, Seán Beresford
Top Gear supported by
Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Sander van Doorn, Ferry Corsten, XiJaro & Pitch, Mark Sherry, Ferry Tayle, Indecent Noise, John Spider, Kaeno, Karanda, LightControl, Marco V, Michael McBurnie, Mindflux, Re:locate, StanV, SylverMay
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Track 1 written, composed and arranged by Benno de Goeij.
Track 2 written, composed and arranged by Benno de Goeij.
Produced by Benno de Goeij and Piet Bervoets.
Published by Sony ATV
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(p) 2005 Be Yourself Music B.V.
(c) 2005 Be Yourself Music B.V.
Barcode: 8715576083655
Matrix / Runout (Side B): 58849 1B HCR 007 WALLY MASTERPIECE
Matrix / Runout (Side A): 58849 1A HCR 007
Track 01: ISRC-NLE800500039
Track 02: ISRC-NLE800500038
Trivia
* Did you know "Top Gear" was premiered during Rank 1's Trance Energy 2005 live performance as an untitled track? It was originally not supposed to be released, but the crowd reaction to it and subsequent fan hype made Piet and Benno change their minds: it was selected as the B-side of what would eventually become the Opus 17 / Top Gear EP.

* Top Gear seems to be a self-referencing kind of title, since the track sounds like the engine on a vehicle as it powers up and speeds through. Though could it be the guys were also just really big fans of the British tv show of the same name?

* "Opus 17" is definitely a self-explanatory title. It was Rank 1's 17th original work at the time:
01. The Citrus Juicer
02. Black Snow
03. Airwave
04. Such Is Life (featuring Shanokee)
05. Awakening
06-13. Symsonic - Cosmomatic - Conspiracy - T.T.C. - Down From The Deep - Equilibrium - Passage To The Unknown - Still In My Mind
14. Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom
15. After Me
16. Top Gear
17. Opus 17
Surprised? I always believed Opus 17 to have preceded Top Gear but in hindsight it seemed that Opus was created and added AFTER Top Gear, given how radically different from the usual Rank 1 it sounded.

* Armin van Buuren picked Top Gear as Tune Of The Week on Episode #197 of his A State Of Trance radioshow which aired on Thursday May 19th, 2005.
If you like Opus 17, you might also like:
* 7 Instead Of 8
* The Anthem 2003
* The Greater Light To Rule The Night
* Home (Rank 1 Remix)
* Black Snow
If you like Top Gear, you might also like:
* And Then... (Rank 1's Minimal Progressive Techno Electro Trance Mix)
* On Fire (Rank 1's No This Ain't Trance Like '99 Remix)
* Lyteo (Rank 1 Remix)
* Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom
* Fire Wire (Rank 1 Remix)

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