Probably my favourite of all the Q cds... I seem to amassed most Q, Uncut and Word cds over the years.. I liked the Q ones with a theme "Q Drive", "Q Dance" and especially "Q Chillout"...

One of the few Q CDs I ever had, but it did lead to me buying my first Nick Drake, Goldfrapp and Mercury Rev.

As I recall the Goldfrapp album wasn't quite out at that point, and Nick Drake's albums had just been remastered (back when there were only three of them).

I think all of us here would have owned this CD at some time , if for no other by the very nature of being on this site, & our taste in Music monthlies.

I think this is one of my 3 favourite freebie CDs (The other 2 being from Mojo, Love will keep us apart (feb 2007 ish) & An Amorphous Psychadelic bubble (early 2010 IIRC).

Sunshine of Your Love - Rockers Hi-Fi
Fusions Alright - Röyksopp
Recipe for The Perfect Afro - Feature Cast
Harry the Guitar - Dr Rubber Funk
Happiness - Shawn Lee
Sky Holds The Sun - The Bees
Dive Into you - Hefner
Woman In Blue - Pepe Deluxe
One Night Samba - Tim Love Lee
No More Tears - Bent
Drunk Country - Midfield General
Amours - Rob
Get A Move on - Mr Scruff
Nothing To Be Afraid Of - Lazyboy

The first track really is outstanding.

..that I ever actually listened to as an album. Brilliant throughout and great to hear Depeche, Bowie and Talk Talk in that context...

Which is something in this genre that really works - all the tracks bleeding into each other. Like Dr Yang, it was the first I had heard John Martyn and Nick Drake and that Kruder & Dorfmeister version of Depeche Mode's 'Useless' made me go and buy their fantastic double mixy chill thing from the similar period. I should hate chill, but what's wrong with laid back tunes, once in a while? I think I just hate the name and the things it conjures up. Chillaxing. Bleeeeee!

I still have the Q chill out CD and it comes out for a play ervy now and again. It flows really well and was one of the best free Q cds every, my brother has kept his copy too. I've become quite attached to it.

Like everyone else here, it's one of the Q CDs I've kept, and it still gets the occasional airing. These mood- or style-themed discs from Q and MOJO always worked far better than the more contrived "themes", such as covers of Who songs, or "curated" mixdiscs like the one picked by U2 a year or two ago. Other favourites are MOJO's "Soul Riot" and "ok_computer" discs. Oh, and the magnificent "Blue Christmas" - not only one of the best magazine freebies ever, but one of the best Christmas discs ever, too. If it had The Fall's "Jingle Bell Rock" instead of The Ventures', it'd be perfect.

(though I'd argue if anyone could chill out to the very dark Bowie track, unless you're an East German junkie prostitute about to nod out)

Used to work in a bookshop back in the early Noughties, and played this CD to death. Customers would always ask what was playing, then get slightly disappointed on learning they couldn't buy it in the nearest HMV

A gold star for Andrew Harrison for compiling this.
The way each track perfectly drifts into the next one is genius stuff

... the Q Chillout disk is in the CD player at home as I type, even before I came to this post. It's one of our household's Summer standby CDs that gets brought out every year in anticipation of decent weather and the odd barbie...

So yes, it's be my favourite magazine freebie too, but honourable mentions go to Mojo's Beloved, OK Computer, Instant Garage, Feed Your Head, and this year's Amorphous Androgynous comp.