Creamfields (2004 album)

Creamfields
Compilation album (DJ mix) by Paul Oakenfold
Released	9 August 2004
Recorded	2004 (mixed)
Genre	Trance progressive trance
Length	138:12
Label	New State Thrive
Producer	Paul Oakenfold
Paul Oakenfold chronology
Perfecto Presents: Great Wall (2003) Creamfields (2004) Perfecto Presents: The Club (2005)

Creamfields is the fifteenth DJ mix album by British electronic producer and disc jockey Paul Oakenfold, released in 2004. The double album was inspired by the annual Creamfields festival which at the time took place at the "Old Liverpool Airfield" organised by the Cream brand where Oakenfold had often performed. The album was released to commemorate Oakenfold's performance at the sixth annual Creamfields festival which took place several weeks after the album's release on 28 August 2004. Oakenfold performance at the festival was headlining the Cream/Goodgreef and Mixmag Arena. Creamfields was also the third in a series of mix albums of the same name commemorating the festival, with previous albums by different DJs being released in 2000 and 2001, with both releases carrying the same name. Oakenfold's Creamfields was considered a relaunch of the series

Musically, the album was a return to his "epic" progressive trance style that he had popularised on his acclaimed mix albums Goa Mix (1994) and Perfecto Fluoro (1996). Like those albums, film dialogue appears, and also features a tribute to Goa Mix via a remixed version of that album's "Point Zero" by Li Kwan. Creamfields also produced several remixes made for the album, and an original song also made exclusively for the album, "I Found You" by Interstate, which was released as a successful single. The album received positive reviews from critics and was subsequently nominated for "Best Electronic/Dance Album" at the 2005 Grammy Awards. The album also reached the top 50 of the UK Compilation Chart.^[1]