Disco Forever

Dimitri From Paris | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 21, 2000)
• Original Release Date: November 2, 2000
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: Bbe / Beat Gen
• ASIN: B000053F0P
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #316,564 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. We're on Our Way Home

2. My Love Supreme

3. Barely Breaking Even

4. Chameleon

5. You're So Right for Me

6. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

7. Flight to Jamaica

8. Que Tal America

9. Corazon

10. Love Hangover

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. You're So Right for Me [Unmixed][Version]

2. My Love Supreme [Unmixed][Version]

3. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now [Unmixed][Version]

4. Corazon [Unmixed][Version]

5. Cathedrals [Unmixed][Version]

6. Chameleon [Unmixed][Version]

7. Flight to Jamaica [Unmixed][Version]

8. Que Tal America [Unmixed][Version]

9. Love Hangover [Unmixed][Version]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars respectful to the classics, but missing the fun, December 3, 2000

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Richard Diaz - See all my reviews

This review is from: Disco Forever (Audio CD)

Here comes that blatant disco lover Dimitri again, barely waiting for that hovering glitterball to stop twinklin' before cranking out his second mix of the year, the 3-cd set Disco Forever. The prior release A Night at the Playboy Mansion cleverly packaged the spirited fun of the 70's sound while featuring edits of old originals and never-realize-it modern cuts.

Right away you'll notice the lean towards jazz-inclined pieces ("My Love Supreme," "Chameleon") and a respect for underground "classics" that better replicates the sound of days past but comes off quaintly dated. Unfortunately, this set lacks the exuberant party thrills of Playboy Mansion. It's six songs in - the Spanish cover of "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" by Charanga 76 followed with Crashers' "Flight to Jamaica," before the music finally begins to catch hold of your hips. It's largely hit and miss from there.

As for three discs worth of this stuff, at least you get value; two contain the unmixed full-length originals and some respectable exclusives not worked into the mix, a thorough track history lines the cases, and over three hours of music. Disco collectors have plenty here to work with, but Forever lacks the magic to spark an evening. Grade: C

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mammoth Set, July 25, 2001

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disco75 "disco75" (State College, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Disco Forever (Audio CD)

This is an ambitious project and an interesting concept: the DJ provides not only one disc of continuously mixed songs, but includes 2 additional discs of his source material, in separate tracks. The experiment is not wholly successful. The mixed disc out of necessity cuts many of the songs short to fit into an hour or so of CD time, and the song selection is sometimes flat. The other two discs contain a variety of late 70's dance tracks. Some are cheesy ("My Love Supreme" vocals, "Chameleon," "Let's Make Love"), and others are fantastic. Nearly all of the tracks are lesser known songs or covers by rarely heard artists. As a source for rareties, this collection excels. It includes some very, very good tracks ("You're So Right For Me," "We're On Our Way Home," "Love Hangover" instrumental) and some incredible finds that work magic on the dance floor. "Flight To Jamaica" approaches Chic in the rhythm guitar department, "I Don't Wanna Lose It" sends out a yearning, bittersweet statement about desire atop a great arrangment, and the Walter Gibbons' rehaul of "Just As Long As I Got You" has to be one of the best dance records of the last 30 years. The bass vocals, hypnotic lyrics, and dramatic instrumentation are stellar.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tres bien again, October 25, 2002

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Gertjan Hofwegen (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Disco Forever (Audio CD)

I am biased but Dimitire get's it right every time. This box consists out of a mixed cd and two cd's with the uncut/unremixed verions. Basically, you are dealing with pure disco here, a lot of Deja vu. If you hate disco, don't bother to buy it.