The tracks selected for
Now That's What I Call Dance Classics
span four decades, but just over half of the disc pulls from the late '80s and early '90s, highlighted by
Jody Watley
's
"Real Love,"
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
"It Takes Two,"
and
Paula Abdul
"Straight Up."
As to whether the songs are all classic, it's debatable. Who, in his or her right mind, would place
Quad City DJs
'
"C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)"
on the same plane as
the Gap Band
"You Dropped a Bomb on Me,"
Earth, Wind & Fire
"Boogie Wonderland,"
the Jacksons
"Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"
? (Well, to be fair, quite a lot of people born after 1980.) Useful for parties and novice wedding DJs, but quite a bit arbitrary selection-wise.
Sony
could make a hundred other volumes of similar scope, and maybe they will. ~ Andy Kellman