Search - Various Artists :: Billboard Top Dance: 1981

Deep satisfying cuts from the days between disco and MTV.

11/24/1998

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Even though this CD has only one or two songs that the average top 40 radio listener has ever heard, it doesn't stop it from being a revelation of how good dance music was even after disco supposedly died. A couple of songs tank and a couple are embarassing, but overall this is a great party album for 30-somethings (I recommend putting all the Billboard Disco/Dance CDs from 1976 to 1981 in a CD changer and letting it be the DJ for the whole night)."

Just a handful of 12" club versions...

Daniel W. Kelly | Long Island, NY United States | 08/05/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The Billboard Top Dance series should have been full length club mixes of dance hits, but most of the series is selective about what gets a full treatment. Here, the only long versions are: Rapture (10:05), Paradise (5:15), You Can (5:36), Try It Out (8:10), and Can You Move (8:32). All other are 4 minutes or less."