VA - '80s Dance Gold (2006)
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2:33:44 | Soul, Disco, Synth-pop, Funk, Freestyle, House | Label: Hip-O Records
As Billboard magazine's dance music columnist, Brian Chin had a ringside seat for the dance scene of the '80s, an era when the word "disco" fell into disrepute, but producers and artists just kept on making music with a steady, loping beat that clubgoers could dance to. Chin compiled and annotated this collection, part of Hip-O Records' discount-priced Gold series of two-disc compilations. In his liner notes, Chin provides a history of the decade in dance that properly mentions plenty of artists – among them stars like Michael Jackson and George Michael, and dance favorites like Tom Tom Club and the Weather Girls – not included on the album.