Club Classics Vol. One

Club Classics Vol. One
Club Classics Vol. One
Studio album by Soul II Soul
Released 10 April 1989 (Original release)
18 May 1999 (10th anniversary edition)
Recorded 1988–1989
Genre Electronica, R&B, club
Length 44:54 (Original release)
1:11:20 (10th anniversary edition)
Label Virgin
Producer Jazzie B.
Nellee Hooper
Soul II Soul chronology
Club Classics Vol. One
(1989)
Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade
(1990)
Keep on Movin'
Club Classics Vol. One
10th anniversary edition
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[2]
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[3]

Club Classics Vol. One is the debut album by the British group Soul II Soul. Released in 1989, the album featured the group's hit singles "Keep on Movin'" and "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)", which was a UK number one and the fifth best-selling single in the UK that year. The album also reached number one and was certified 3 x Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 900,000 copies.

In the United States (where it was renamed as Keep On Movin'), the album reached the Top 20 and was certified 2 x Platinum by the RIAA for sales in excess of 2 million copies. The single "Back To Life" was also a Top 10 hit in the US and was certified Platinum. It found stronger success with R&B music listeners in the U.S., as the album went to #1 on the Top R&B Albums chart, and the title track and "Back to Life" were #1 R&B hit singles.

Like many other dance albums recorded around that time, such as Black Box's Dreamland, other songs from the album became club hits despite not being released as singles (e.g. - "Holdin' On").

In 2004, Q magazine placed Club Classics Vol. One at number 28 in its list of the 50 Greatest British Albums Ever.[4] In 2006, the magazine placed the album at number 34 in its list of "40 Best Albums of the 1980s".[5]

In October 2004, the track "Keep on Movin'" appeared in popular videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on fictional New Jack Swing radio station CSR 103.9.[citation needed]

Contents

Track listing

Original release

# Title Length
1 "Keep on Movin'" 6:01
2 "Fairplay" (Featuring Rose Windross) 3:58
3 "Holdin' on (Bambelela)" 3:51
4 "Feeling Free" (Live Rap) 4:16
5 "African Dance" 6:07
6 "Dance" 3:41
7 "Feel Free" (Featuring Do'Reen) 5:04
8 "Happiness" (Dub) 5:31
9 "Back to Life" (A cappella) 3:48
10 "Jazzie's Groove" 2:37

10th anniversary edition

# Title Length
1 "Keep on Movin'" 6:02
2 "Fairplay" (Featuring Rose Windross) 3:58
3 "Holdin' On (Bambelela)" 3:51
4 "Feeling Free" (Live Rap) 4:16
5 "African Dance" 6:07
6 "Dance" 3:42
7 "Feel Free" (Featuring Do'Reen) 5:04
8 "Happiness" (Dub) 5:33
9 "Back to Life" (A capella) 3:39
10 "Jazzie's Groove" 2:50
11 "Ambition Rap" 3:49
12 "Keep on Movin'" (Big Beat A Cappella) 3:36
13 "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" 3:52
14 "Jazzie's Groove" (Piano Version) 4:04
15 "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" (One World Remix) 6:34
16 "Keep on Movin" (M Beat Bonus Mix) 4:23

References

  1. ^ Alex Henderson. "Review: Club Classics Vol. One". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r215366. Retrieved 14 December 2009. 
  2. ^ Alex Henderson. "Review: Keep on Movin'". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r18488. Retrieved 14 December 2009. 
  3. ^ Rick Anderson. "Review: Club Classics Vol. One 10th anniversary edition". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r414613. Retrieved 14 December 2009. 
  4. ^ http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm
  5. ^ Q August 2006, Issue 241
Preceded by
Velveteen by Transvision Vamp
UK number one album
July 15, 1989 – July 21, 1989
Succeeded by
A New Flame by Simply Red

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