The Disco Years, Vol. 2: On the Beat

Track Listings

1. I Want Your Love - Chic

2. Ring My Bell - Anita Ward

3. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

4. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead, McGadden, John Whitehead

5. Funkytown - Lipps Inc.

6. Celebration - Kool & the Gang

7. Disco Nights (Rock Freak) [*] - GQ

8. Y.M.C.A. - Village People

9. Heart of Glass - Blondie

10. This Time Baby - Jackie Moore

11. I Like What You're Doin' to Me - Young & Company

12. Last Night a DJ Saved My Life - Indeep

13. On the Beat [*] - The B.B. & Q. Band, The Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band

14. Got to Be Real - Cheryl Lynn

15. Forget Me Nots [*] - Patrice Rushen

16. Love and Desire, Pt. 1 [*] - Arpeggio

The Disco Years, Vol. 2: On the Beat,Various Artists,Rhino / Wea,70's,Club/Dance,Dance Music,Dance-Pop,Disco,Pop,Popular Music,Quiet Storm,R&B,Soul,Urban

Tracks:

I Want Your Love - Chic
Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden And Whitehead
Funky Town - Lipps Inc.
Celebration - Kool And The Gang
Disco Nights(Rock Freak) - GQ
Y.M.C.A. - The Village People
Heart Of Glass - Blondie
This Time Baby - Jack Moore
I Like What You're Doin' To Me - Young And Company
Last Night A D.J. Saved My Life - Indeep
On The Beat - The B.B. And Q. Band
Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn
Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen
Love And Desire(Pt.1) - Arpeggio

Customer Reviews:

The Raes - A Little Lovin'.......2006-05-09

When I go to The Raes looking for A Little Lovin', I am led to The Disco Years, Vol.2.....but this song is not on the list.
Does anyone know where I can find it on CD?

We're in the groove!.......2005-09-08

This is a great collection of disco songs, dating from 1978 to 1982. Eleven of these songs were hits, with five of them going all the way to #1. But even the five songs that were not hits are of a high quality. This CD isn't quite as good as The Disco Years, Vol. 1, but it's still great.

Uneven collection of disco songs.......2005-03-31

As I have stated in other reviews, I love disco music. During the height of the disco craze ('78-'79), I was a pre-teen (10-12) and not old enough to go out to clubs. I listened to disco music on the radio and dreamed of one day, to paraphrase Chic, "finding my spot out on the floor." My favorite year as far as music is concerned is 1979. Disco was everywhere that year. This CD contains some of the best songs from that year, including: "I Want Your Love" by Chic; "Ring my Bell" by Anita Ward; "I Wil Survive" by Gloria Gaynor; "Ain't no Stoppin' us Now" by McFadden & Whitehead; "Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)" by GQ; "YMCA" by the Village People; "Heart of Glass" by Blondie; and "Got to be Real" by Cheryl Lynn. Those to me are the best tunes on this CD.

There are 3 other songs on the CD that I like, but I don't really consider them to be true disco tunes. Rather, I consider them to be what disco evolved into after it's official death. "Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc. is a great dance song, but to me it is a fusion of R&B and synth-pop. "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang is a pop tune all the way. "Forget me Nots" by Patrice Rushen is probably the closest to disco of these three songs, but by the time it came out in 1982, disco was so dead that it certainly was not referred to as a disco song.

Those are the 11 songs that I like on this CD. Now, as I stated earlier, I was too young to go to clubs during this time. So, the songs included here that did not cross over to the pop chart were unfamiliar to me when I bought this CD. Those songs are "This Time Baby" by Jackie Moore; "I Like What You're Doin' to Me" by Young & Company; "Last Night a DJ Saved my Life" by Indeep; "On the Beat" by The BBQ Band; and "Love and Desire" by Arpeggio. I have grown to like these songs after repeated listens, but I would have preferred them to be replaced by songs with which I am more familiar. Here is a list of songs that I would have chosen over the ones presented here: "A Little Lovin' (Keeps the Doctor Away)" by The Raes; "You Keep me Dancing" by Samantha Sang; "Saturday Night, Sunday Morning" by Thelma Houston; "I (Who Have Nothing)" by Sylvester; "Superman" by Herbie Mann; "Heaven Must Have Sent You" or "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" by Bonnie Pointer; or "Hold on to My Love" by Jimmy Ruffin.

If you only know disco by what was played on the radio, then you are gonna like 11 of these songs and are gonna skip over the other five songs. But the CD is certainly worth owning for those 11 tunes.

1990 - Disco forever!.......2004-11-12

This is the first and the best compilation ever made for disco.
12 essential songs.This is the best music in the world.

Nothing but the Hits!.......2004-05-19

Every song is a hit. Not one bad apple in the bunch.

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