House of Groove

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 10, 1993)
• Original Release Date: August 10, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arista
• ASIN: B000002VNI
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #425,045 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rhythm Is a Dancer [12" Mix]

2. Walking on Broken Glass [David Morales Mix]

3. What Is Love? [Rapino Mix]

4. It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day [C+C Vocal House Mix]

5. The Power [Single Mix]

6. Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg [Ben Liebrand Club Mix]

7. Jump! [Holographic Mix]

8. James Brown Is Dead

9. 3 A.M. Eternal [Live at the S.S.L.][Mix]

10. It's My Life [Euro Club Mix]

11. Spiritual High [State of Independence]

Editorial Reviews

VARIOUS The House Of Grooove (Rare 1993 US 1st edition Arista 11-track compilation CD featuring tracks by Annie Lennox Snap The KLF Haddaway & Dr Alban amongst others picture sleeve)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good dance compilation, though getting dated, June 15, 2000

By 

Nicolas Pottier - See all my reviews

This review is from: House of Groove (Audio CD)

Got this CD because I wanted the 'James Brown is Dead' cut on CD, and you can't find L.A Style's CD new anymore. (though highly recommended) What I got was a pretty good comp of highly danceable tunes from the early to mid 90's. This isn't cutting edge stuff, but it IS stuff you still hear, and which will definitely sound familiar and get you moving.

'Rhythm is a Dancer' is probably the most widely heard track on the CD, followed by 'James Brown Is Dead' which is a classic. Some of the others are more obscure though, and I suspect Arista started grasping for straws to fill the entire CD up.

Recommended if you want just one CD of dance music that you can pop in the player when you need some high energy. If you have a heartbeat, this is pretty much guaranteed to get you out of your chair.

3.0 out of 5 stars Rhythm Is the Answer, June 21, 2006

By 

Edward Rasen Jr. "ExecEditor" (Maui) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: House of Groove (Audio CD)

Classic album with some tracks that still really move the feet or inspire the soul. However, other tracks don't stand the test of time. If you don't recall SNAP, you will after listening to track 1: "rhythm is a dancer". Excellent, as is track 5, "the power" also by SNAP.

If you want more SNAP buy the 2-disc European compilation "power of snap" rather than the usa single disc. Track 3 is the former huge hit "what is love" by Haddaway and is always enjoyable but no longer spectacular. Track 7 "jump" by Movement still is good. Track 8 is "james brown is dead" by L.A. Style and I think it is fading with age but that is my opinion. Track 9 is a live version of "3 a.m. eternal" by The KLF and it still grooves excellento. Track 11 is "spiritual high" by Moodswings and it is still superb. I am much less enthusiastic about the tracks by Annie Lennox, Soul System, TLC,and Dr Alban.

This is a real bargain priced at $0.01 - $0.50 plus shipping, especially if you don't own the good tracks. Otherwise just buy the SNAP 2-disc compilation and Moodswings Psychedelicatessen and you will have all you need to stay in the groove.