by Jason Birchmeier

Resident: Two Years of Oakenfold at Cream is filled to the brim with the biggest progressive trance anthems of the late '90s as spun by the era's prototypical superstar DJ (Paul Oakenfold) at the era's prototypical superclub (Cream). In short, it's an ideal document of the trance era at its height -- in terms of music, personality, and locale, not to mention audience, which audibly erupts with ecstasy at every heightened peak of this peak-filled double-disc set. Practically every track Oakenfold drops is an anthem, having been spun a million nights over, from London to Ibiza to Miami. A picture-perfect snapshot of a memorable moment in dance-music history.