On his third album overall, 2007's
Elements of Life, Dutch
DJ Tiësto manages to retain his focus on the style of music that has gotten him this far in the first place -- trance and electronic. But this time around, he also adds bits of rock and pop to the dance party. Featuring input from several vocalists (
Charlotte Martin,
Julie Thompson,
Christian Burns, and
Jes), as well as
BT, who has collaborated with
Tiësto in the past, the end result is an album that sounds custom-made for blaring on a dancefloor in a trendy New York City club -- "Ten Seconds Before Sunrise," "Break My Fall" (which features
BT), and "In the Dark" (which features
Burns) -- the latter of which is probably the most crossover worthy track that
Tiësto has ever penned. ~ Greg Prato