Disco Fever - Various Artists > Reviews > Fancy a Boogie

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Definitely a cut above the rest
Lyrics	Sublime
Quality and consistency of tracks	A couple of weak links
Value for Money

Advantages:	makes you dance and smile
Disadvantages:	sad to some, but who cares

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Any pure D.I.S.C.O. groovers out there should go out and buy this CD........

The CD is marketed as containing 40 FANBOOGIETASTIC TRACKS FOR SERIOUS STRUTTERS, and by joe is it that!!!!!

I asked for this CD for Christmas off my fella, and to be fair I was dead chuffed he got it me as I know how embarrassed he was having to make the purchase. I asked for it because, like many I'm sure (I hope!!) I love the 70's disco tunes......they always get me up dancing no matter how crap the party is or even if I am sober! Sad I know, but at least I get up and dance.

I was born in the mid 70's so didn't have the pleasure of appreciating these tunes first hand, but I have really grown to love them and even as I listen to this CD now I am shaking about and strutting my stuff going down to fetch another glass of wine!

This is a double CD that retails for around £15.....the track listing is as follows:

Disc One
chic - le freak
sister sledge - we are family
kool & the gang - get down on it
the gap band - oops upside your head
heatwave - boogie nights
earth wind and fire - boogie wonderland
odyssey - use it up and wear it out
kc & the sunshine band - that's the way i like it
hot chocolate - you sexy thing
village people - ymca
the trammps - disco inferno
dan hartman - relight my fire
mcfadden & whitehead - ain't no stoppin' us now
wild cherry - play that funky music
labelle - lady marmalade
brothers johnson - stomp
rose royce - carwash
gloria gaynor - i will survive
a taste of honey - boogie oogie oogie
the real thing - you to me are everything

Disc Two
donna summer - i feel love
sylvester - you make me feel (mighty real)
lipps inc - funkytown
frantique - strut your funky stuff
michael zager band - let's all chant
odyssesy - going back to my roots
detroit spinners - working my way back to you
candi staton - young hearts run free
the whispers - and the beat goes on
shalamar - i can make you feel good
yvonne elliman - if i can't have you
tavares - more than a women
the jacksons - blame it on the boogie
evelyn king - shame
andrea true connection - more more more
three degrees - theme from shaft
curtis mayfield - move on up
gladys knight - baby don't change your mind
freda payne - band of gold

Now firstly, I want to say that anyone who really doesn't like 70's disco music is not going to like this CD, but I find it hard to believe that there isn't a track on this CD that wouldn't have Mary Whitehouse toe tapping.

Many of the tracks have been re-released by various artists and been big hits; Relight my Fire:Take That, Lady Marmalade:All Saints, More Than a Women: 911, OK many dodgy covers, but it has ensured that the tracks live on.

I have to say that many of the bands/artistes on the CD I had never heard of, even though I class myself as a bit of a music anorak. Although I did recognise and like many of the tracks, so that must prove the power of many of these hits......? Be it disco classic or karaoke classic, most will know some of them!

My personal favourites include the tracks I always request at parties as soon as the disco man plays just one 70's disco track.....

le freak – standard wild dancing and arm flinging about boogie track
boogie nights – groovy dance tune
play that funky music – strut your stuff
carwash – incorporates classy hand movements
i will survive – must have for any drunken lady with a history of dodgy boyfriends

By then I'm knackered, and need a sit down and stiff drink!!!!

I hope you have enjoyed reading this as much as I have enjoyed writing it!

I really do hope there are some disco freaks out there; otherwise I will become the laughing stock of ciao............

Keep groovin'

lucy