Ministry of Sound Anthems: Disco

Various Artists

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Ministry of Sound Anthems: Disco Review

by Andy Kellman

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.”

Track Listing - Disc 1

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
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
11
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes 03:52 SpotifyAmazon
12
Teddy Pendergrass 04:07 SpotifyAmazon
13
The O'Jays 03:32 SpotifyAmazon
14 Shirley & Company 04:04 SpotifyAmazon
15
First Choice 02:48 SpotifyAmazon
16 The Fatback Band 03:16 SpotifyAmazon
17 The Salsoul Orchestra 04:46 SpotifyAmazon
18 Chic 03:33 SpotifyAmazon
19
Leo Sayer 03:34 SpotifyAmazon
20 The Detroit Spinners 04:03 SpotifyAmazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
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
8
Musique 03:42 SpotifyAmazon
9 Gwen McCrae 05:34 SpotifyAmazon
10 Sheila & B Devotion / Sheila / Shelia 03:47 SpotifyAmazon
11 Candido 03:21 SpotifyAmazon
12
First Choice 04:51 SpotifyAmazon
13
Frantique 03:37 SpotifyAmazon
14 Gary's Gang 04:18 SpotifyAmazon
15 Patrice Rushen 04:46 SpotifyAmazon
16 Chicago 04:23 SpotifyAmazon
17
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
1 Sister Sledge 03:35 SpotifyAmazon
2 Odyssey 03:25 SpotifyAmazon
3 George Benson 03:43 SpotifyAmazon
4 Loleatta Holloway 05:25 SpotifyAmazon
5
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
16
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
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