Shout to the Top [Single]

Fire Island | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 26, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: V2
• ASIN: B000007P3T
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,323 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Shout To The Top: Fire Island Radio Edit

2. Shout To The Top: Industry Standard Uprising Mix

3. Shout To The Top: Frankie Knuckles Classic Club Mix

4. Shout To The Top: Club 69 Vocal Mix

5. Shout To The Top: Industry Standard No Smoke Without Fire Mix

6. Shout To The Top: Roach Motel Ruff & Raw Mix

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Loleatta Holloway shouts it out!, May 21, 2003

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David Kaminsky (Edmonton, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shout to the Top (Audio CD)

Lovely, 70s-inspired disco single written, surprisingly, by Paul Weller. Loleatta's voice is fierce and full of passion, and the violins and background chorus perfectly compliment her powerful vocals. The "Fire Island radio edit" was featured in the original (UK) production of "Queer as Folk," and it very quickly caught fire in the discos across Canada. The "Club 69 future dub" is more metallic, with a pulsating beat and crashing percussion. In this second version, the song is unrecognizable until four minutes into it, when Loleatta's vocal begins. The rest of the mix sounds like a Barry Harris/Pepper Mashay production. Interesting in its own way but, without the powerful vocals and brisk pacing of the radio edit, the song gets a bit lost in overblown production. Still, 4 stars on the strength of the first version.