''Club Nation'' is a

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, mixed by Richard Evans and compiled by Ashley Abraham, that was released on 6 April 1998. The compilation is a club mix album that consists of contemporary club tracks. The album is known for the

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advertising contained within the CD booklet.

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is present on the album cover and in 6 pages of the booklet, whilst "CD1" of the album features a full Evian bottle and "CD2" features a crushed Evian bottle. Evian had entered into a partnership with

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and

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for the ''Club Nation'' release, with the move representing a more youthful image for the brand.

Songs and mixing

The album includes the rare extended version of the Norman Cook remix of "

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" and the "Rock n Roll" remix of Let Me Entertain You".

Reception

Jason Birchmeier of

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gave the album three out of five stars, saying, "it seems far too U.K.-influenced for its own good," and concluding, "It parades itself as being Australian, but at heart it's nothing but a masked U.K. mix."

Track listing

Disc one

Disc two

References

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