Dance Craze - The Best of British Ska... Live! [LIVE]

Various Artists - Alternative - 2nd & 3rd Wave Ska

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 3, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1983
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000008ETH
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #39,650 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

  Popular in these categories: (What's this?)

  #3 in	Music > Alternative Rock > Compilations > Second & Third Wave Ska
  #82 in	Music > Miscellaneous > Compilations > Decades > 1980-1989
  #84 in	Music > Pop > By Decade > 1980s

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great but incomplete, January 28, 2004

By	P. Geyer "prgeyer" (Vienna, VA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The original Dance Craze album introduced me to ska almost 20 years ago. The album changed my life, encouraging me to search out albums from all the bands: The Specials, The Selecter, Madness, Bad Manners, The (English) Beat (sadly, the Bodysnatchers only put out singles, so I couldn't get anything for them in the States). Unlike a great many live albums, this one really communicated the frenetic energy of a live show.

When they re-released this album I was excited to have the opportunity to replace my original worn out copy. While it is still very good, all of the Madness tracks have been removed. I know this is probably a contract issue, but the Madness tunes were some of the best. It leaves a BIG hole in the flow of the album.

Sooo, while this is still a great primer for folks who are new to early 80s British ska, try to track down a copy of the original. Better yet, try to track down a copy of the video. It's got 2-3 times as many songs, and you get to SEE how great the bands were, and how they really got the audiences dancing.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, BUT missing something!!!, August 10, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews

I bought this album way back in the day and wanted to have it on CD, but it's missing MADNESS!! I'm glad I still have the original album and the video! Dance Craze is still a good CD because you can't get a better compilation of British SKA than this.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars skad for life, March 19, 2003

By	gazza (guelph ontario) - See all my reviews

Due to contract problems Madness are not on the CD,Only on the now hard to get record.Still a great CD.Some of the best 2nd wave ska captured on this recording.The movie comes up for sale in scootering mag,s from England now and then ,but to be honest its not very good.Also if you get it from England you will need to change it over to watch it on north American TV,s.I dont think it was ever produced in the American version?Also look for World of SKIN,a great documenty from UK,and Made in Britain [a skinhead film].....HOPE THIS HELPS