Greatest Dance Albums of All Time

silvine

Enjoying the other thread about tunes of the year so figured I'd start one about greatest dance albums:

Here's a few of mine:

Underwold: Live Everything Everything
Faithless: Outrospective
The Prodigy: Music for the Jilted Generation
DJ Shadow: Entroducing
Daft Punk: Alive 2007

Reginald P. DuM

Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants
Richie Hawtin - Decks FX and 909
DJ Shadow - Entroducing

Hank Scorpio

nice call OP

Love them all but everything everything is just a level about the rest

Oh the memories

ghostdancer

Leftfield - Leftism
Orbital - In Sides

Trance

I wouldn't call many of these "dance" albums but anyway..


DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
Booka Shade - Mememto
Kraftwerk - Minimum-Maximum
Disrupt - Foundation Bit
Mad Professor - The Evolution of Dub
Burial - Burial
Burial - Untrue
Clubroot - Boomkat
Dub fx - Everythinks A Ripple
Paul Kalkbrenner - Berlin Calling
Daft Punk - Discovery
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
Yagya - Rigning

francois

Dimension Intrusion F.U.S.E

Zascar

Nice selection there...

For now I'll add:

Propellerheads - Decksanddrumsandrockandroll

The one and only, the mindbending, the life changing, the incredible...



The Future Sound of London - Lifeforms

Presuming this is not limited to 'dance', but all genres covered by this site, so ambient and electronic get in

VinylJunkie

Here you go
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=62132437&postcount=1

jtsuited

VinylJunkie wrote: »

Here you go
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=62132437&postcount=1

hahaha. beat me to it!!!:pac::pac:

Zascar

pmsl...

g5fd6ow0hseima

francois wrote: »

Dimension Intrusion F.U.S.E

im just after getting this today, and currently listening to the opening track...

funny

Yo Mamma

In no particular order..

SLAM - Sci Fi Hi Fi
Luciano - Sci Fi Hi Fi
DJ Sneak - Sneak Beats (MOS Sessions)
Mark Farrina - MOS Sessions
John Digweed - Transitions 1 & 4
Sasha - GU San Francisco
Richie Hawtin - Transition
SLAM - Ekspozicija 04
Billy Nasty - JDJ Vol 1 (oldschool)
Kimball Collins - UDJ of America Vol 1

:pac:

Executive Steve

Artist Albums:

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 1 & 2
Carl Craig - More Songs About Food and Revolutionary art
Photek - Modus Operandi
Breakage - This Too Shall Pass
Goldie - Timeless
Adam F - Circles
Burial - Untrue
Calibre - Second Sun
Sabres of Paradise - Haunted Dancehall
Nightmares on Wax - Smoker's Delight

Compilations and mixes i'm going to have to think about

welcomeinjam

Dj Shadow - Endtroducing (Not really dance but a few people have threw it in so why not)
Aphex Twin - Drukqs
Vitalic - OK Cowboy
Boredoms - Super æ (If that counts)

A pretty unheralded one, but should be in every collection

Model 500 - Deep Space

Mr Floyd

Yo mama dont think dj mix compilations are relevant in this category.

Heres a few..

Carl Craig - Landcruising
Carl Craig - More songs..
Paperclip People - Secret tapes..
Drexciya - Neptunes Lair
Aphex Twin - Richard D James
Slam - Headstates
Sensorama - Love
Herbert - 100lbs
Kenny Larkin - Metaphor
Dan Curtin - Art & Science
Metro Area - Metro Area
Ian O Brien - Desert Scores

Scubadevils

Some really great shouts here already, good to see Carl Craig there with his classic album, also absolutely agree on Model 500, an essential album.

I've listed many of mine in this thread already but some repeated and others (that I must add to the other thread :pac: ) are....

69 - The Sound of Music
http://www.discogs.com/69-The-Sound-Of-Music/master/25496

The Higher Intelligence Agency - Freefloater
http://www.discogs.com/Higher-Intelligence-Agency-Freefloater/release/636

Speedjack - Surge
http://www.discogs.com/Speedjack-Surge/release/86947

Detroit Escalator Company - Soundtrack [313]
http://www.discogs.com/Detroit-Escalator-Co-The-Soundtrack-313/master/39264

The Black Dog - All Albums!
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Black+Dog%2C+The

Autechre - from Incunabula (1993) up to Chiastic Slide (1997)
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Autechre

Spacetime Continuum - Emit Ecaps & Sea Biscuit
http://www.discogs.com/Spacetime-Continuum-Sea-Biscuit/master/72766

All of the Artificial Intelligence series....

I'll add more later, dinner ready :pac:

FruitLover

I'm going to read "dance" as 'electronic' as I don't have any samba or waltz albums.

Air - Premiers Symptômes
Autechre - Incunabula
Nightmares on Wax - Carboot Soul

Most of my other favourites already mentioned.

harsea8

Maybe not the greatest of all time, but certainly a couple of my favorites from the old days

Nexus 21 - Rhythm of Life
http://www.discogs.com/Nexus-21-The-Rhythm-Of-Life/release/60825

Depth Charge - 9 Deadly Venoms
http://www.discogs.com/Depth-Charge-Nine-Deadly-Venoms/release/42674

g5fd6ow0hseima

Felixdhc wrote: »

Autechre - from Incunabula (1993) up to Chiastic Slide (1997)

It'd be interesting to hear your opinion on Autechre post C.S. Im currently going through a bit of an Autechre phase you see.....

Scubadevils

Kathleen Grumpy Comic wrote: »

It'd be interesting to hear your opinion on Autechre post C.S. Im currently going through a bit of an Autechre phase you see.....

Are you new to them or just dipping back in?

I don't really have an opinion after 1997 as any I heard were just that bit too obscure... I should probably try them though as never really gave them a proper chance - I did buy 'Quaristice' when it came out last year and I'd say listened to it twice, really wasn't clicking with me! Again, maybe I should give it another shot.

g5fd6ow0hseima

Felixdhc wrote: »

Are you new to them or just dipping back in?

I don't really have an opinion after 1997 as any I heard were just that bit too obscure... I should probably try them though as never really gave them a proper chance - I did buy 'Quaristice' when it came out last year and I'd say listened to it twice, really wasn't clicking with me! Again, maybe I should give it another shot.

I agree with you calling their later music obscure. Their early to mid 90s stuff is as good as ive heard in electronic music. Tracks like Flutter and Eggshell are some of my all time favourites, but they went from that to utter ineffable music in my opinion - your waiting for a track to come around again and it goes off in another direction.... Glitch Noise?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4OvHLdnRI8

classic!!!

Scubadevils

Yeah it was far too disjointed, as you say you think something is about to happen and it just goes off another way altogether. Funnily enough I do like that with some others such as Vladislav Delay, pretty fcked up music but it works for some reason.

Many Autechre favourites but one that is really high up the list is 'Windwind' from Incunabula, amazing track...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SDEzROdM6I

Scubadevils

In keeping with the early to mid 90s ambient techno sound, another two gems are 'Basic Data Manipulation' & 'Texturology' from Beaumont Hannant...

http://www.discogs.com/Beaumont-Hannant-Basic-Data-Manipulation-Tastes-And-Textures-Volume-2/master/23534

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-vFqb4AxMk

http://www.discogs.com/Beaumont-Hannant-Texturology/master/74042

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FjD5iyNvU

FruitLover

This is one of the first tracks that really sold me on IDM:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6gWG89to7c

I find Autechre's later stuff (and a lot of IDM in general) to be too post-post-modern and wanky for its own good. The bottom line is that I want to listen to something that's nice (or at least interesting) to listen to; I don't want to have to don a beret while stroking my goatee to a load of random-sounding blips and clicks.

Glitchcore is not my idea of music.

cranky bollix

My favourite autechre track - its off - tri repetae.gets played loud everytime towards the end of a session, savage when the big roaming bass kicks in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLK70Ipe-tI

Scubadevils

Mr Floyd wrote: »

Yo mama dont think dj mix compilations are relevant in this category.

Heres a few..

Carl Craig - Landcruising
Carl Craig - More songs..
Paperclip People - Secret tapes..
Drexciya - Neptunes Lair
Aphex Twin - Richard D James
Slam - Headstates
Sensorama - Love
Herbert - 100lbs
Kenny Larkin - Metaphor
Dan Curtin - Art & Science
Metro Area - Metro Area
Ian O Brien - Desert Scores

Thats a nice list... Some I don't know there, must check them out given the ones I do!

Zavi Discoma

Digitalism - Realism
2ManyDJs - Most of the remixes
Kidda - going Up
Chemical Brothers - Surrender
The Fabric Collection

jaykay2

Beacoup Fish - Underworld.

Underworld at their peak.

Need i say more...

g5fd6ow0hseima

Amon Tobin - Out From Out Where

(perhaps not of the greatest few, but certainly a favourite of mine)

thee glitz

2manydjs
Felix da Housecat - Kittenz and Thee Glitz!
Faithless - Sunday 8pm
Hybrid - Live Angle (wow!)
Underworld - Everything Everything
Moby - Play
FatBoySlim - You've come a long way baby

Scubadevils

^ Yeah love that too from Amon Tobin, great album.

A few more of mine...

I mentioned in another post that all of the Artificial Intelligence series are favourites of mine, 'Dimension Intrusion' by FUSE & 'Incunabula' by Autechre have already been mentioned so here are the rest...

Speedy J - Ginger
http://www.discogs.com/Speedy-J-Ginger/release/3613

Polygon Window - Surfing On Sine Waves
http://www.discogs.com/Polygon-Window-Surfing-On-Sine-Waves/release/2509

Various - Artificial Intelligence
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Artificial-Intelligence/release/549

Various - Artificial Intelligence II (this is the best release as it has some bonus tracks, there is another version with less tracks)
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Artificial-Intelligence-II/release/2964

Black Dog Productions - Bytes
http://www.discogs.com/Black-Dog-Productions-Bytes/release/11566

B12 - Electro Soma
http://www.discogs.com/B12-Electro-Soma/release/3611

Yo Mamma

Mr Floyd wrote: »

Yo mama dont think dj mix compilations are relevant in this category.

Good point I didnt read the op properly... Dohhhhhh.... :eek:

Off to make amends...

808 State - ex:el

andrewdcs

terribly "out of fashion" but Prodigys Music for the Jilted Generation has to be in the top 10 all time....

I'd throw my hat in the ring for:
Leftfield - Leftism <-All time greatest album ever.
Daft Punk - Homework
Chemical Brothers - Dig your own hole or Surrender
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
Mylo - Destroy Rock and Roll
Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons

What the best of the past 5 years? Can't think of any albums OK Cowboy aside?

cranky bollix

andrewdcs wrote: »

terribly "out of fashion" but Prodigys Music for the Jilted Generation has to be in the top 10 all time....

I'd throw my hat in the ring for:
Leftfield - Leftism <-All time greatest album ever.
Daft Punk - Homework
Chemical Brothers - Dig your own hole or Surrender
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
Mylo - Destroy Rock and Roll
Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons

What the best of the past 5 years? Can't think of any albums OK Cowboy aside?

Experience is better imo

andrewdcs

andrewdcs wrote: »

terribly "out of fashion" but Prodigys Music for the Jilted Generation has to be in the top 10 all time....

Out of fashion? Sure it sold by the billions!

Gotta say I can't stand it myself.

derra

The Shamen - Boss Drum, but much better has been mentioned already.

derra

derra wrote: »

The Shamen - Boss Drum

Was kinda half thinking of Axis Mutatis myself, just to fire in a Shamen album. Even if they never matched up with efforts by Underworld, Orbital etc. they were still an important act in the evolution of dance, if a bit cheesy/commercial.

Scubadevils

Deleted User wrote: »

Was kinda half thinking of Axis Mutatis myself, just to fire in a Shamen album. Even if they never matched up with efforts by Underworld, Orbital etc. they were still an important act in the evolution of dance, if a bit cheesy/commercial.

An interesting comment on discogs (for the anoraks anyway :pac:) in relation to the direction The Shamen wanted to go with their music but apparently pushed the commercial route by the boss of the One Little Indian label, Derek Birket.

onelittle, Dec 15, 2004

referencing Hempton Manor, CD, TPLP062 CD

When One Little Indian label boss Derek Birket signed The Shamen, he offered them complete creative control. However during the promotion of Boss Drum Birket went against the wishes of Colin Angus and created cheesy pop mixes of the singles, which The Shamen hated.

Even though these mixes broke the act and made them briefly into chart stars, Colin felt betrayed and compromised.

So when he delivered the follow up album, Hempton Manor, Colin decided to get his own back on Birket. As well as making the album much less commercial, he was very specific on the track titles and running order. Why? ...take the first letter from each track, and they spell: F U C K B I R K E T
http://www.discogs.com/Shamen-Hempton-Manor/master/70803

The above quote on discogs is from their much less commercial release from 1996, 'Hempton Manor' which is a really great album.

Freya
Urpflanze
Cannabeo
Khat
Bememe
Indica
Rausch
Kava
El-Fin
The Monoriff

http://www.discogs.com/Shamen-Hempton-Manor/release/89834

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uj7IfMdlBY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5HEfmrJH8s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o38Zrn3I_J4

holton

In no particular order.

Air - Moon Safari
Moby - Play
Larry Heard - Loosefingers
The Prodigy - Experience
Leftfield - Leftism
Alex Cortiz - Mesmerising
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Gas - Gas 0095
Harley and Muscle - A Decade of Truth
Josh Wink - Left Above the Clouds
Vitalic - OK Cowboy

djscubasteve

Deleted User wrote: »

Even if they never matched up with efforts by Underworld, Orbital etc. they were still an important act in the evolution of dance, if a bit cheesy/commercial.

That's a great quote Conor, couldn't have put it better...

Here's my own fave albums:

Daft Punk - Alive 2007 - Made me feel feelings I didn't know I had!
Daft Punk - Discovery - Mainly due to Interstella 5555, just wow!
Junior Jack - Trust It - Converted me to a house-head, need I say more?
Faithless - Outrospective - 'One Step Too Far' still gives me tingles
Boys Noize - Oi Oi Oi & the remix version.

I could go on & on...

SRFC90

:rolleyes:

djscubasteve

Noooooooooooo!!!!!!:(

Now they're in my head!! Why would you do that?!

im_invisible

Ah now, up and down was allright when it came out (on positiva) round the same time as da hool- meet her at the love parade, still remember the intro(ish)
'we have in the past produced records, but the funds have been spent, and very well spent, it is for this reason that we have decided to produce this new, unique record, called up, and down. Up, and down. Up, and down...'

Ive gone this far, i might as well throw this one into the mix aswell
Scooter - and the beat goes on, forget 'move your ass' and 'hyper hyper' which were cool when i was 12, and listen to the music of cosmos, waiting for spring, or especially 'rhapsody in E'

SuprSi

All of the Sasha & Digweed Northern Exposure series. Nothing quite like them in a long, long time. Quite a few from the earlier Global Underground series like the two Sasha (GU09 & GU13) and Dave Seaman (GU12 & GU16) releases , plus Nick Warren in Shanghai (GU28 I think).

As you can probably tell I'm a fan of the GU stuff :pac:

wideangle

F.S.O.L. Lifeforms

The Prodigy jilted

Massive attack blue lines

Bjork debut

Goldie timeless

C + C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat

Not one of my favourites, but surely the first HUGE commercial dance album Stateside?