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{{Infobox album
| name = System Express
| type = compilation
| artist = [[System 7 (band)|System 7]]
| cover = System 7 system express.png
| alt =
| released = October 1996 UK 2CD February 1997 North America June 1998 Japan November 2000 UK 1CD re-release
| recorded = 1996
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Ambient music|Ambient]] [[Electronic dance music|Dance]] [[Electronica]]
| length = 79:00 CD1 + 21:08 CD2
| label = [[Butterfly Recordings|Butterfly]] [[Big Life]] BFLCD21X UK Hypnotic ([[Cleopatra Records|Cleopatra]]) North America Flavour Japan [[A-Wave]] AAWCD005 UK re-release
| producer = System 7
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{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ''[[Muzik]]''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Wyarr |first=Kieran |date=December 1996 |title=System 7: ''System Express'' |url=http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik019_december_1996.pdf |magazine=[[Muzik]] |issue=19 |page=134 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402181940/http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik019_december_1996.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2022 |access-date=16 July 2022}}</ref>
}}
'''''System Express''''' is a [[compilation album]] by [[dance music|dance]]/[[Ambient music|ambient]] band [[System 7 (band)|System 7]] with remixes of tracks from their first four studio albums, including seven completely new mixes. A limited UK edition came with a bonus CD EP of two additional remixes.

== Track listing ==

=== Mixed CD / Unmixed 3LP ===
; (BFLCD21, AAWCD005) (BFLLP 21)

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Track !! Length !! Written by !! Produced by !! Mixed by
|-
| 1 || "Alpha Wave (Plastikman Acid House Mix)" (original version on ''[[Point 3|Point 3 - Fire Album]]'') || 10:43 || Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy || Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy || [[Richie Hawtin]], re-edited by Steve Hillage
|-
| 2 || "Desir (Turbo Mix)" (original version on ''[[777 (System 7 album)|777]]'') || 05:52 || Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy & [[Lewis Keogh|DJ Lewis]] || Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy & DJ Lewis || [[Greg Hunter]] & DJ Lewis, re-edited by Steve Hillage
|-
| 3 || "Hanger 84 (Cox's WW Ultimatum Mix)" (original version on ''[[Power of Seven (album)|Power of Seven]]'')|| 05:40 || rowspan="2" | Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy || rowspan="2" | Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy || [[Carl Cox]]
|-
| 4 || "Coltrane (Red Moon Mix)" (original version on ''[[Point 3|Point 3 - Fire Album]]'')|| 08:57 || System 7 & Greg Hunter, [[re-edit]]ed by Steve Hillage
|-
| 5 || "Altitude (Easy Life Mix)" (original version on ''[[System 7 (album)|System 7]]'')|| 08:51 || [[Derrick May (musician)|Derrick May]] & Steve Hillage || Derrick May & Steve Hillage || rowspan="3" | System 7 & [[Adam Wren]]
|-
| 6 || "7:7 Expansion (Elastic Mix)" (original version on ''[[777 (System 7 album)|777]]'') || 07:31 || [[Martin Glover|Youth]], [[The Moody Boys|Tony Thorpe]] & Steve Hillage || Youth & Tony Thorpe
|-
| 7 || "Big Sky City (High Rise Mix)" (original version on ''[[Power of Seven (album)|Power of Seven]]'')|| 06:53 || rowspan="2" | Derrick May & Steve Hillage || rowspan="2" | Derrick May & Steve Hillage
|-
| 8 || "Big Sky City (Jacob's Optical Staiway Mix)" (original version on ''[[Power of Seven (album)|Power of Seven]]'') || 04:44 || [[Jacob's Optical Stairway]] 4 Reinforced Productions
|-
| 9 || "Interstate (Doc Scott Mix)" (original version on ''[[Power of Seven (album)|Power of Seven]]'')|| 07:08 || Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy || Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy || [[Doc Scott]]
|-
| 10 || "Sirènes (Marshall Jefferson Mix)" (original version on ''[[Point 3|Point 3 - Fire Album]]'')|| 05:53 || [[Laurent Garnier]] & Steve Hillage || Laurent Garnier & Steve Hillage || [[Marshall Jefferson]]
|-
| 11 || "Sunburst (Atahualpa Mix)" (original version on ''[[System 7 (album)|System 7]]'')|| 06:43 || [[Alex Paterson]], Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy || Youth & Steve Hillage || System 7 & Adam Wren
|-
|}

Tracks 1, 3, 9 and 10 had been previously released, track 1 is here shortened from its original 19 minute length. Tracks 8 and 11 were released on a promotional 12" in August 1996.

=== Bonus CD ===
; (BLFCDL21, included as a bonus in BFLCD21X)

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Track !! Length !! Written by !! Produced by !! Mixed by
|-
| 1 || "Sirènes (System 7.1)" (original version on ''[[Point 3|Point 3 - Fire Album]]'')|| 10:00 || Laurent Garnier & Steve Hillage || Laurent Garnier & Steve Hillage || [[Carl Craig]]
|-
| 2 || "Interstate (Exploding Plastic Main Line)" (original version on ''[[Power of Seven (album)|Power of Seven]]'')|| 11:07 || Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy || Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy || [[David Holmes (musician)|David Holmes]]
|}

Both tracks had been previously released.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* ''[http://www.a-wave.com/system7/pages/archive/albums/express.htm System Express]'' • discography on the official System 7 website

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[[Category:1996 compilation albums]]
[[Category:System 7 (band) albums]]

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System Express - Revision history

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