Dance Factory: Level 2

Louie Devito | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 17, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dee Vee Music
• ASIN: B00009TKYL
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,198 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Boys Of Summer 8 - DJ Sammy

2. Look @ Me Now - Jessy

3. I Engineer - 2DJ's & One

4. E - Drunkenmunky

5. Time To Rock - Gabry Ponte

6. Take On Me - Fusion 808

7. Rhythm Is A Dancer 2003 - Snap

8. I Do - Tina Ann

9. If You Love Me - Becky Baeling

10. No Way No How - Jocelyn Enriquez

11. Never - The Roc Project (feat. Tina Arena)

12. Loneliness - Tomcraft

13. Head - Thunderpuss

14. Holiday - Madhouse

15. The Sound Of Violence - Cassius

16. Two Months Off - Underworld

17. Breathe - Telepopmusik

18. Shout - E Funk (feat. Donica Thorton)

19. Mariah Carey - Through The Rain

20. Dance Factory Level 2 Mega Mix - Bad Boy Joe

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Eh, I'm a little disappointed...., July 8, 2003

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Meli (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dance Factory: Level 2 (Audio CD)

I was so excited to find out that Louie D put out a new cd. I have almost every one. I have noticed however that many of his songs are songs that Johnny Vicious puts out on his cds months before. I can count a few on this cd that follow that observation. Since no other reviewer has done so, here is a play by play:

1. Look @ Me Now (also on Ultra Dance Party 3 presented by Johnny Vicious)-- I love this song. It's one of those "woman power" songs as my bf likes to call it. But very danceable and singable.

2. Boys of Summer (also on Ultra Dance Party 3 presented by Johnny Vicious) -- Love this song.

3. I Engineer -- Cool song. It had to grow on me. I can just picture a whole bunch of people singing along to it in a club.

4. E (also on Ultra Dance Party 3 presented by Johnny Vicious) --This song is ok. I actually skip right over it on the cd.

5. Time to Rock -- I used to like this song, but I find it quite dumb now. I thought the radio version was the one that was censored but I come to find that's how the original is as well.

6. Take on Me -- I've always loved this song, and this version is excellent! Too bad there is no singing.

7. Rhythm is A Dancer 2003 -- Another song I've always liked. This version is a little more upbeat but still keeps true to the original.

8. The Sound of Violence (also on Ultra Dance Party 3 presented by Johnny Vicious) -- This is a cool song. It's pretty chilled out, you almost feel like you could relax to it.

9. Two Months Off -- Another song I skip over.

10. Head (also on Ultra Dance Party 3 presented by Johnny Vicious)-- I like this song a lot. It sounds like it loops an 80s song, but I can't put my finger on it. Very cool.

11. Holiday -- I don't think so! I just dislike Madhouse. Their version of "Like A Prayer" was ok, but then it was played out. Now this song is just a poor attempt.

12. Shout -- I sometimes skip over this song. The woman's singing annoys me because it sounds very gospel like/preachy.

13. Loneliness (also on Ultra Dance Party 3 presented by Johnny Vicious) -- This song could be better. I like to skip over this one as well. The beat is pretty good, it's mostly the woman's singing that is very flat and uninteresting.

14. Breathe -- I just think of the Mitsubishi commercial. It's a good song but it's a little on the boring side.

15. Never -- I like this song a lot, but again, a little too boring to put on a dance cd. Perhaps it's this mix, but I heard one that was a little more upbeat.

16. No Way No How -- I've always loved Jocelyn Enriquez. This is a very sweet song, plus it has a good beat, and it's a cool song to sing along to when you are driving around.

17. If You Love Me -- Yet another boring song.

18. I Do -- Tina Ann is pretty cool. This song is actually growing on me. This is another song that you can easily sing along to.

19. Through the Rain -- I dislike Mariah very much. This song is of course a mixed version, but I didn't like the original and this mix either.

20. Dance Factory Level 2 Mega Mix -- I like the mega mixes always, even if there are full songs I don't like on the cd, because on the mega mix you only hear about 10-30 second snippets of those songs. Plus they sound cool blended together.

Louie D did a better job on Dance Factory 1 and his NYC Underground Party cds. 6 songs on his cd are the same as Johnny Vicious' cd that was put out a few months before. I give Louie the benefit of the doubt, there really isn't that many exciting or good songs out right now, but he could have included Benny Benassi "Satisfaction", a song I recently heard that by far kicks some of these songs' butts. All in all a good effort. Check it out, you may think differently.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Louie Ain't So Screwy, July 10, 2003

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The Spastic Fantastic Mighty House Cat "Frosty5" (Waltham, Massachusetts, United States, Planet Earth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dance Factory: Level 2 (Audio CD)

It's no wonder that Louie DeVito has been voted the #1 DJ in America. There's his NYC Underground Party series and this, Louie DeVito's Dance Factory. Volume 2 features 19 tracks. It includes DJ Sammy's "Boys Of Summer" (A nice song indeed). There's also the song "E" by Drunken Munky. But I really liked the updated version of "Rhythm Is A Dancer" by Snap! I still like the classic "RIAD" from 1992 though. Now in a new trancish form remixed by CJ Stone. Plus like in all of Louie DeVito's NYCUP compilations, a Megamix by Bad Boy Joe. That's all I could explain for now. I'd like to know when NYCUP volume 6 will come out.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pop music format dance party album, June 7, 2004

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J Lee Harshbarger (Ypsilanti, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dance Factory: Level 2 (Audio CD)

This is a DJ dance mix CD with a kind of party feel. Nearly all the songs have vocals up front and the length of the songs is short, so it feels partly like pop and partly like dance. Adding to that feel is the inclusion of old pop songs or remakes of old pop songs: Don Henley's "Boys Of Summer" performed by DJ Sammy, Madonna's "Holiday" performed by Mad'House, "Through The Rain" by Mariah Carey, "Rhythm Is A Dancer 2003" by Snap!, and an instrumental remake of A-Ha's "Take On Me" by Fusion 808. Even the dance hits, such as "Never" by The Roc Project featuring Tina Arena, have more of a pop music structure. Adding to these "popifying" elements is that sometimes there is a bit of a jolt from one song to the next, particularly in terms of style, rather than a smooth mix.

The album is rather variable in quality; some songs I really like, such as "Look At Me Now" by Jessy, the amusing song "Head" by Thunderpuss and Barnes ("Welcome to my head...welcome to my mind..."), and the very melodic "No Way No How" by Jocelyn Enriquez. Other songs I like, but wouldn't say I REALLY like, and some songs I dislike, such as "The Sound of Violence" by Cassuis and "Two Months Off" by Underworld.

DJ Tiesto is more my style, I guess. For example, his mix of "Never," I really like--it's a nine and a half minute classy dance track, but the version on this album is a four and a half minute pop-sounding version.

I do enjoy this album, though, when I want to listen to pop-format dance tunes and a variety of dance music with a party atmosphere. Many of the songs have a rich electronic sound, which I particularly like.