Saturday Night Fever
Artist: The Bee Gees
Community Score: 7.88

Every so often, a piece of music comes along that defines a moment in popular culture history: Johann Strauss' operetta Die Fledermaus did this in Vienna of the 1870s; Jerome Kern's Show Boat did it for Broadway in the 1920s; and the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album did it for psychedelic music in the 1960s. Saturday Night Fever, although hardly as... Read More

7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Blow Your Whistle: Best of Gary Toms Empire
Artist: Gary Toms Empire
Lou Reed/John Cale/Nico
Artist: Nico

Long before the so-so Velvet Underground reunions took place in the 1990s, a near-reunion of the most distinctive individuals took place at the Bataclan Club in Paris on January 29, 1972. At this low-key date, Lou Reed, John Cale, and Nico performed unplugged-type sets, with Reed and Cale providing instrumental and vocal backup throughout. On... Read More

Destination Brooklyn
Artist: Vicious
Get It up for Love
Artist: Déjà Vu
Rhapsody in White
Artist: Love Unlimited Orchestra

The press may have dubbed Barry White "the walrus of love," but he was certainly the guru of something for many star crossed lovers across his Love Unlimited Orchestra output. While White rocketed up the charts with his solo "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More" in 1973, it was that same year's smash single "Love's Theme" that shot Love... Read More

Girl You Know It's True
Artist: Milli Vanilli

A wise man, perhaps Giorgio Moroder (or maybe PT Barnum -- they all run together after a while), once said that it was possible to fool all the people all the time (or words to that effect), and if he was around in 1990, he would have used Milli Vanilli's multi-platinum, Grammy-winning, number one debut album, Girl You Know It's True, as proof.... Read More

Prelude
Artist: Deodato

Prior to Prelude, Eumir Deodato was primarily known, if at all, as a tasteful, lyrical, bossa nova-based sometime arranger for the likes of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra, Wes Montgomery, and others. Enter Creed Taylor, who gave Deodato a chance to step out on his own as a pianist/leader, doing a few tunes of his own plus a healthy quota of... Read More

Metamorphosé: Messe Pour Le Temps Présent
Artist: Pierre Henry

One of the originators of musique concrète gets his material remixed by some late-'90s inheritors of his experimentation. Among the cast are contributions from Coldcut, DJ Vadim, William Orbit, Fatboy Slim, and Funki Porcini, all of whom rework Henry compositions into what is an obviously more danceable context. Despite Henry's many... Read More