This unmixed three-disc set from Ministry of Sound makes a fine introduction to disco. Instead of sticking to extended 12” mixes -- as the best disco compilations do -- the label goes for quantity and tends to go with the shortest edits possible. Even so, it’s hard to gripe with the bounty of smart selections, which incorporates popular and cult classics while tracing from proto-disco through the first few years of post-disco (from the mid-‘70s through the mid-‘80s). Among the more enduring picks: Chic’s “Good Times,” Labelle’s “Lady Marmalade,” Heatwave’s “Boogie Nights,” First Choice's “Let No Man Put Asunder,” Jocelyn Brown's “Somebody Else’s Guy,” and Change’s “Change of Heart.”
Ministry of Sound Anthems: Disco
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Ministry of Sound Anthems: Disco Review
by Andy Kellman
Track Listing - Disc 1
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | Chic | 03:42 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | The Trammps | 03:34 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Candi Staton | 04:10 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
4 | The Isley Brothers | 03:13 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Chaka Khan | 04:05 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Sister Sledge | 03:24 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
7 | Labelle | 03:14 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
8 | Wild Cherry | 03:11 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
9 | Walter Murphy | 03:03 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
10 | Heatwave | 03:37 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | 03:52 | SpotifyAmazon | ||
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Teddy Pendergrass | 04:07 | SpotifyAmazon | ||
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The O'Jays | 03:32 | SpotifyAmazon | ||
14 | Shirley & Company | 04:04 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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First Choice | 02:48 | SpotifyAmazon | ||
16 | The Fatback Band | 03:16 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
17 | The Salsoul Orchestra | 04:46 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
18 | Chic | 03:33 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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Leo Sayer | 03:34 | SpotifyAmazon | ||
20 | The Detroit Spinners | 04:03 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 2
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | The Jacksons | 03:32 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Rose Royce | 03:48 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Earth, Wind & Fire | 03:37 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
4 | Dan Hartman | 03:43 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | McFadden & Whitehead | 03:38 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Chic | 04:09 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
7 | Sister Sledge | 03:35 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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Musique | 03:42 | SpotifyAmazon | ||
9 | Gwen McCrae | 05:34 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
10 | Sheila & B Devotion / Sheila / Shelia | 03:47 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
11 | Candido | 03:21 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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First Choice | 04:51 | SpotifyAmazon | ||
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Frantique | 03:37 | SpotifyAmazon | ||
14 | Gary's Gang | 04:18 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
15 | Patrice Rushen | 04:46 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
16 | Chicago | 04:23 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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Stargard | 03:43 | SpotifyAmazon | ||
18 | The Michael Zager Band | 03:01 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
19 | Cerrone | 04:23 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
20 | Cheryl Lynn | 03:43 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 3
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | Sister Sledge | 03:35 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Odyssey | 03:25 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | George Benson | 03:43 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
4 | Loleatta Holloway | 05:25 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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Patrick Juvet | 03:49 | SpotifyAmazon | ||
6 | The Gibson Brothers | 03:52 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
7 | Stacy Lattisaw | 03:25 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
8 | Boney M. | 03:45 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
9 | Gladys Knight & the Pips | 03:32 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
10 | Narada Michael Walden | 03:58 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
11 | Evelyn "Champagne" King | 03:18 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
12 | Average White Band | 04:07 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
13 | Evelyn Thomas | 03:53 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
14 | Patrice Rushen | 04:02 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
15 | Rockers Revenge | 04:45 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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Change | 04:15 | SpotifyAmazon | ||
17 | Imagination | 03:56 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
18 | Rufus & Chaka Khan | 04:42 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
19 | Indeep | 04:29 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
20 | Jocelyn Brown | 03:44 | SpotifyAmazon |