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Deeeelightful
The fact that this album is a part of the 1001 albums is an abomination, and truly reduces my trust in whoever chooses these albums. Truly trash. Groove is in the heart… or whatever, is a one hit wonder.
Groove Is In The Heart is pretty much the only reason this isn't a 1/5.
Strong opening!
A decent, if forgettable, house party starter pack. It's got its moments. "Groove Is in the Heart" is an undeniable jam, but it leans too hard on nostalgia and not enough on innovation. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - Good Beat - What Is Love? - Groove Is in the Heart
Fine.
A 2 just for Groove Is In The Heart. Otherwise, it was just meh.
Surprised that this has aged so well. I'd happily listen to this as background music in a bar. Nice work DeeeeL
1.5 stars I typically listen to every album I get on here because I don’t assume my opinion will say the same no matter how much I’ve listened to an album. But I made an exception here. I bought a used CD of this album a few years back because I love the song “Groove is in the Heart.” I played the album in its entirety over and over. Not because it was great, but because it was in my car and I kept running through it. The album is fine enough. It’s dated as hell, it’s obnoxious, it’s at time fun and other times annoying. It’s catchy at times and hard to listen to at others. But it all boils down to not being a very special record that doesn’t need to be on this list. I’ve listened to this album more than I’ve listened to all of Miles Davis’s albums combined. So no, I didn’t need to listen to it again. But “Groove is in the Heart” is still a jam.
groovy woovy
Hard to resist fun and a Bootsy appearance.
Sorry sorry, there was nothing here. Even the catchiest songs flitted away.
This was actually fun
own
In a very good mood for this album. Not bad. I like it. Might not sound like a compliment but I’d love to listen to this album again in a nightclub’s restroom cubicle.
this came as a pleasant surprise. a lot of tracks stood out to me and i bopped to them, rather than it just washing over me while i listened. all in all, a good dance music album.
Its Spirit Week at the school I teach at and today is Decades Day, so it feels very appropriate to be playing this album throughout the day with all of the students rocking 80s and 90s fashion. Makes me feel old. Only came into this album knowing Groove is in the Heart but lord was it entertaining and so much fun to listen to. Apparently I'll need to take a deep-dive into 90s House/Dance music.
Deee-Lite has a really fun sound, but it gets old about halfway through the album. "Groove is in the Heart" is fun, but it's so similar to the other songs that I don't know why it's the standout.
Never listened. Expectations: None - Verdict: Not For Me - I'm not a fan a few tracks in. Not hugely keen on the vocal for the most part. Some grooves are ok, with What Is Love? probably being my favourite.
Really sounds like a canned band designed by an ad agency hired by a happiness foundation.
IDK about that attempt at fake French on "What Is Love?" but I mostly enjoyed this album. Pretty weird but I like that.
Groove Is in the Heart isn't a good enough reason for me to listen to this. After hearing the song World Clique, I knew I couldn't rate this album higher than 2. This entire album feels like music that would be written for a fictional band within a 90s sitcom. It's almost good, but just doesn't quite get there.
I was kind of expecting to like this more than I actually did with the description and crazy album art. But this feel quite a bit short. There were some decent songs in here though, I enjoyed Deee-Lite Theme, as well as Groove is In the Heart. Listened while doing work on a kinda miserable/rough day. Did not improve my mood, but it also didn't make it worse... so take that as you will.
Damn!
groovy
Groove… is awesome but otherwise sounds dated.
1,5
This was a fun listen, especially 'Groove is in the heart', which I always thought was ''Groovers' in the hall!'. Live and learn.
Early 90s dance pop is a guilty pleasure of mine and I’m so glad to finally have some on the list! Before I became a moody teen all my mixtapes were of Deee-lite, Real Mcoy, M people, Technotronica and La Bouche. I still have a playlist of my faves which includes Groove is in the heart which goes on fairly high rotation. While I’d dearly love to add Groove is in the Heart to our challenge playlist, this is only a 4 from me. I enjoyed it - I desperately needed a pick me up today.
leichte kost.
Disco
Funk without the intent. Electronica without the intensity. i respect it, but I don't like it 2.5
It’s dance music....If you have listen to the radio in the 90s then you have heard of version of every song on this album. It’s cool for background noise it’s not great but it’s not bad. It’s funky. It reminds me of rollerskating in the 90s
Very groovy, very fun. Good Beat and Groove Is in the Heart were my favorites. Kinda felt repetitive after a while but still very solid. 5.8/10
The groove isn't just in the heart, it's all through the album!
Fun listen
Totally familiar with this album. Though it sounds a little different than how I remember it—more detail. I’d never turn this off if it came up in a random playlist. It brings back great memories and has a positive vibe.
Super fun with a couple of specific huge hits
Deelightful
i acc think i liked this
Some bops latter Half, first half was tough at times
album qui met de bonne humeur
Would have rather listened to Groove is in the Heart 12 times in a row. 2.5
Quite interesting. Groovey and catchy sometimes, definitely will hear it once again later.
My band opened for these guys when they were in their prime and they were so high they forgot the words to Groove Is In The Heart. They were probably the only ones among the 1,000+ people there who did not know the words. In fact, I bet everyone reading this can sing a decent chunk of that tune from memory right now, and when I say that I am including those of you who never heard the song before. Whatever you can come up with off the dome, that's more than Lady Miss Kier could recall then. I don't think I have ever been that high, and not because I didn't try. Respect! Overall, this album has aged better than most dance albums of the era and c'mon, Groove Is In The Heart is unforgettable (usually 🤪).
We've had a few albums by pseudo-/semi-one-hit-wonder bands, and each time it's kind of interesting (for a while, at least) to hear what the rest of the album sounds like apart from their massive hit, in this case of course the infectious and surprisingly enduring Bootsy-boosted "Groove is in the heart" (with a fantastic video to go along with it). Lady Miss Kier and company were smart to front-load the beat-/dance-oriented "Good beat" and "Power of love" to the beginning of the album, but I'm impressed that they managed to keep the grooves going for much of the album, with "What is love?" and "E.S.P" particular highlights. In much the same way as fellow OHWers Stereo MC's "Connected" and Cornershop's "When I Was Born For The 7th Time", the album never really transcends the sense of each song as a variation on a dance floor theme, but they still manage to pack a lot of genuinely positive energy into 45 minutes or so, plus of course that fantastic and outrageous album cover. Deee-liciously Deee-lite-ful, yes?
This album brings a fresh sound to electronic dance music, which is hard to do. Good Beat, What is Love, ESP, and Groove is in the Heart are the standouts. I esp liked the Kraftwerk vibe to ESP and I've long admired the use of the word "succotash" in Groove--baby, just sing about the groove!
Good groove and funky fun!
It’s fun, ain’t no rocket science.
Good album
It’s cute but I’m not sure it’s the greatest of all time
Bad
Very dated and mostly rubbish but Groove Is In The Heart slaps so hard I’m willing to forgive a lot of sins
It was really nice, loved the instrumental
Club af
The beats hit hard. Fun instrumentals, it is what you would expect from the album's theme. It's an interesting approach to mysterious but fun music. It may lack some variety from time to time, that is because the songs were kiiiiinda similar.
Really cool, constant vibess
Divertido e dançante
Better than Coldplay
90s galore! It’s an aesthetic of the time, but too low effort for me, especially if it’s more than one track after each other…
It’s all about the one single, right? And what a single. But there’s more going on besides - with Bootsy magic dust sprinkled here and there.
Is this not a one hit wonder band with Groove is in the Heart? Such a great single. Actually, discovered that this album makes for pretty good listening for all the other tracks, albeit at a slightly less fabulous level than Groove is in the Heart.
I was surprised to see this on the list. I always thought Deee-Lite were just a one-hit wonder, so I went into this hoping for more strong tracks like Groove Is in the Heart. Unfortunately, there weren’t any. This was pretty poor house music, made worse by bad melodies and lyrics. Groove Is in the Heart is the one saving grace amongst this mess.
Groove is in the Heart is, of course, an excellent song on a generally quite fun and bouncy album.
I like this a bit more now than the hate i felt 30 years ago. Is that Hate-Lite.
Nja... Allt låter samma? Groove is in the heart är såklart en standout. Kan dock tycka att det är liiiite coolt att albumet är från 1990 och låter ganska modernt ändå? Men musiken är lite för trist för mig, tycker inte det håller för ett helt album tyvärr.
Nope
polka dot and plaid
They get one star for groove is in the heart, everything else sucks. It’s just uninspired 90s dance, and they can’t even sing. I’d rather put on Haddaway or C & C Music Factory.
Is it good? No. Is it kinda fun? Yes.
The cover looks like B-52's rejects, but as it turns out, it's just a solid dance album.
Gillar det. Blir ju lite utfyllnad här och där.
Svårt att betygsätta. Inte dåligt men inte heller min grej.
Used up all its skill points on being fun with none left over to put towards being good.
Very 90s and fun
There are a few really fun songs on this album, and a few that are just samey-same filler. I skipped those about halfway through each. This group impresses me as often as they disappoint me
Bueno
What in the fresh hell was that? This album sounded like some middle schooler messing around with their first music program on their desktop. Some tracks sounded like the soundtrack off an SNES game. Other tracks were weird vocal repetitions with an electronic rock backing. In retrospect, this album sounds EXACTLY like you'd expect from looking at that cover art. A horrid electronica album that's one of the worst yet, Deee-Lite will enter the Hall of Shame as my ninth 1/5.
I remain vexed as to why Deee-Lite is in this book. They aren't British/Scottish/Irish, so they don't have that going for them. Maybe it is the cover, which screams "THIS ALBUM IS FROM THE LATE 80'S/EARLY 90'S AND LOOK AT THIS SAVED BY THE BELL-TYPE FONT!" Either way, I knew two of these songs and they are both in my head from listening to the radio while I was growing up. A lot of this went in one ear and out the other for me. I didn't even notice when the next Deee-Lite album started playing. "What is Love" has the second most plays and I have to wonder how many people hit that song thinking it's the other "What is Love" song from the early 90's. Otherwise, it doesn't make sense that such an average track would be so popular. I would not listen to this again and in a book where there are tons and tons and tons and tons tons and tons and tons and tons tons and tons and tons and tons tons and tons and tons and tons tons and tons and tons and tons tons and tons and tons and tons tons and tons and tons and tons tons and tons and tons and tons tons and tons and tons and tons of dance/electronic records, this one doesn't stand out too much to me. Groove is in the Heart is a good song though. My favorite tracks: Power of Love Try Me On...I'm Very You Groove is in the Heart Deep Ending
Sounded better at the clubs in The 90’s than it did on my stereo.
Not my cup of tea
one good song?
"Groove is in the Heart" is truly awesome and nothing on this record comes close to it, sadly. There is a lot of good stuff, though. Much of it sounds pretty dated, but some still hold up.
Another one-hit wonder. Groove is in the Heart was a smash and a great song, but do I need to listen to the album before I die? There really isn't anything else here to write home about. I gave several of the other one'rs a 2*, but now I have to come up with a 4*. Hmm. This is a 2* album that should be replaced with Rusted Root's When I Woke, which is a 4*. In addition to the smash hit, RR keeps the vibe going throughout the album, and there are a couple more hits (or at least songs you'd recognize) on there. Plus, Send Me On My Way is far more ubiquitous than Groove, and I like the album much more.
This will always remind me of the baby dance from Always Sunny. It also could have been a single.
This was exactly what I thought it would be...and that is....fine. "Who was that?" Was kind of weird and random and fun
Monesta biisistä oikein hienoja sämplejä biitteihin. Mutta sitten on näitä syntikkameininkejä jotka ei silleen iske.
I gotta admit, they named the band perfectly because this album was a delight. Admittedly when it started my brain just kept assuming every song was Groove is in the Heart, but I could hear the similarities but feel the distinct differences after a little while. Having listened to a much more insufferable 90s dance album from this list earlier in the week, this was a breath of fresh air and a really enjoyable listen. I am amazed at how instrumental this dance music feels rather than electronic. I will probably listen to this one again.
Weird
After Deee-Lite Theme I was like: oi! intentionally kitsh funky house beats, sure I'm down for that, as long as it's groovy you know, but holy cannoli Luigi I feel done with this almost immediately as the second song starts. Looking foward to Groove Is in the Heart, I'm curious, it's their big song! If I get one great song out off this, it'll be worth it! It wasn't!
Not my jam, although Groove was pretty cool.
A good album, I liked Good Beat and Groove Is In The Heart the most.
I wasn’t expecting much from a one hit wonder band but this was an excellent album. It’s just a lot of fun, and if you dig in a little bit, the production is stellar. Also, Q-Tip and Bootsy Collins make appearances! If you’re reading this before listening, do yourself a favor and listen with headphones, they play with the stereo sound a lot and it’s best experienced in headphones.
So cute
Was much more into this album than I thought I would be
i've def heard better house but this still fun af. also casual q-tip surprise feature wdf. caught me super off guard, dope af
and this is where it happen!!!!!!!!!
I have only known Groove Is in the House before so I was curious about the whole album and it didn't disappoint me. I like the vibe of late 80s/early 90s house and psychedelia so this album is a great mix of both genres, it's pretty unique. It must have sounded really fresh and different back then and it still doesn't sound too dated.
Super good. Ahead of it's time. Had a blast.
Favorite Track: Deee-Lite Theme
Album No. 0146 on my list. I truly had no idea what I was getting into here. I had never heard of either "World Clique" or Deee-Lite at all, so I had no idea what this would be. The cover looked a bit odd, but in the early 90s a younger audience might actually have found this quite cool I guess. Well, what can I say? I didn't like this album. It is not completely bad, but I found it pretty dull and boring. Generic late 80s/early 90s EDM, boring, mainstream oriented lyrics, I dunno. It's just not my cup of tea I guess. I think I get the appeal that the album may have had at the time, but maybe it just has not aged very well. I didn't even find it that catchy. If I had to mention some positive things, I'd say that I like the singing style on some songs, and the album does represent a positive vibe overall, which I appreciate. I'll add "Good Beat", and "Groove Is In The Heart" to my playlist. 2/5 stars.
The front cover made me think ‘what if mr tumble had a hip hop group’. When you look deeper you just begin to see a massive out of date label, and that’s exactly how it sounds too
It's like it took the spirit of Prince's Batman soundtrack and turned it into a dance album.
Maximum early 90s
Groove is in the hearth, pero no mucho en este disco. Estoy seguro de que amenizó muchas barbacoas en piscinas de los 90, pero escuchado a día de hoy es bastante MEH.
está divertido pero es intrascendente. Podía haber sido un email
Diversión sí, pero no así.
O soño da diversión produce monstros (#10 dos 1.001 discos que escoitar antes de morrer: 1/5)
la bso que schumacher imaginava que tindria bantman & robin
Reconozco mis prejuicios y con esa portada circense no me habría acercado a este disco ni con un palo. Está vez habría acertado. Típica disco hecho para venderte un single que no está mal con todo el resto de relleno, y ni que fuera corto. Está gente inventó las cantaditas chungas? Supongo que ni eso porque parecen blancos.
This is like if a trio of aliens came to Earth and tried to blend in as a dance music band, and I mean this in a good way. From the beats to the album cover, this album just feels extraterrestrial. This is extremely prevalent in songs like What Is Love? and Build the Bridge. Uncoincidentally, those are also some of my favorite songs. Favorite Tracks: What Is Love? | Build the Bridge | Groove Is in the Heart
Sounded like the whole decade of 90s dance pop in 1990, so good on them. "Groove is in the Heart" is the crowd pleaser and I agree.
Groove is in the Heart is a banger. The rest of the album is meh, but credit for being on the cutting edge of the dance culture, as the sound is reminiscent of house music that comes out in the next couple of years.
:) really stupid but actually really good, 90s house is phenomenal
Groove Is in the Heart is a jam. The rest...if I was in a dance mood, mayyyyybbbbeeee. But probably not. 2/5
Just okay
Een lekker hitje, maar de rest is een beetje vroege fl studio muziek
One hit wonders con un disco de House pero sobre todo por Groove is in the heart. El resto... no. Neneh Cherry , 808 State... lo hicieron mucho mejor. Good beat es buena, pero el álbum se hace largo y monótono. Q-Tip (de A Tribe Called Quest ) rapea en Groove Is in the Heart que además cuenta con Fred Wesley y Maceo Parker . Poco más.
I legit think Groove Is In The Heart is one of the greatest pop songs ever. When I got to it I played it 3 times in a row, smiling like a loon and singing along terribly. Before I started playing the album I was sure it would be a 3 star review based on one brilliant song and a bunch of filler. However, turns out I'm just a sucker for that early 90s dance sound with soulful vocals, and found myself really enjoying the vibe and clicking my fingers to the beat while I was driving like an absolute dad.
The sound of a changing decade - if ever an album sounded like 1990 it’s this one. Sampling is now becoming an art form and the use of Herbie Hancock’s ‘Blow up’ soundtrack for the (now legendary) ‘groove is in the heart’ dominates this album. It now sounds of its time but, 36 years ago, everyone who could was attempting this approach.
I enjoyed this again today like I always do and there were more strong moments than I had remembered. Deee-Lite had a lot going for them, but not quite the goods to stand up to the success of their big hit. It’s a shame really, the album is a decent listen and a genuine attempt at just that, an album, in a genre that was still focused on standalone tracks to light up dance floors. Still no matter how positive I can be about World Clique, I’m enough of a realist to know it’s not an album that should be in the 1001.
With their unique style, cool swagger, and a huge hit (this song still slaps!!) I thought this group would have been bigger. It’s a fun album to bop your head to. It mixes cool beats, great vocals from Lady Miss Kier, and a sense of humor. This album won’t bring about world peace, but it will help you forget about the orange menace for a bit.
another baffling inclusion in this list, Deee-Lite has more e's than it has great songs, in fact 3 more
Huh. Well, okay then. This is something, alright. Deee-Lite are a group that I don't know much about. Apparently they're seen as a bit of a one-hit-wonder to some? Interesting. That one hit is on this album, and it's pretty good. "Groove Is in the Heart" is a solid song. The energy of it and the whole album are certainly respectable. It's pretty unique compared to the other albums on this list all things considered. Plus, I have to give props to any song with a Q-Tip feature. Despite the massive acclaim that A Tribe Called Quest has received over the years, I feel like Q-Tip himself is pretty underrated as a rapper, so it's cool to hear him on literally anything. As for the album at large, it's alright. The album's a little repetitive and not super exciting, but there's nothing on here that I dislike. The production is fun. The album has its moments. The writing and vocals are okay, but not outstanding. I could definitely see this lighting the club up back in the early 90s, but I'm not really that type of person, so this doesn't do as much for me. It's good and that's about it. I respect World Clique, even if it's not an album that I'll think about that much after today. 3/5.
Very fun album with great vocals. A great mix of disco, pop and funk.
This is about as early 90s as possible. And a bag of chips
Not for me. 1/5
One mediocre song
Its fun enough, went by very quickly, but its early 90s house music.
And to think all these years they were just a 1 hit wonder.
Probably helped that I was cooking whilst listening. Fun album to fry onions to.
I feel i awarded this unfairly cos im full of cold. That said who wants deee-lite at 7am on a wet and windy January, when you are full of cold
Maybe being a bit unfair. Doest help when playing it at work. Just couldn't be arsed with this one.
Couldnt play it as intended: On a Friday night. Off your bonce. So that probably harmed it on 1st listen. Enjoyed its' 90s rave-ness and Groove on 2nd listen. Lyrically abysmal at times but Its a top tier example of what it is: 90's to its' core
Wasn’t sure on this album at first. Just sounded like every other 90s dance music but on 2nd listen I got to say I enjoyed it more. It’s certainly a grower. Not saying it’s amazing or anything but would definitely listen to it again
Blew the budget on their big single. The musical equivalent of a jazzle sweet, looks fun on the surface but it’s ultimately a bit naff and unsatisfying.
strong 2
groove is in the heart is one of the best songs ever written, but some other songs (build the bridge) sort of induced a sensory overload. perfectly balanced i suppose
I hadn't listened to this album for years and years. I saw it come up and thought "oh yes finally a banger of an album that isn't yet another random britpop band that was popular in Manchester for three weeks". Reader, I was disappointed. The album is not a banger. The Song is a banger (you know which one) but the rest of the tracks are all kind of mid. Without The Song this would be a solid two-star album.
Recurring theme of back in the day me dismissing something outright before even giving it a chance. This is a pretty fun album but does tend to feel same-y after awhile.
Wanted to hate it again, but these are some pretty nice grooves from time to time. It also is kinda ahead of the time a little bit. The sampling techniques are pretty breakthrough things in 1990. Was not expecting to hear Q tip on this one though. Low 3
I was recommended this before and never got around to it. I did know Groove is in the Heart so was pretty excited but in the end this mix of early dance and late funk fell a bit flat. The track World Clique was interesting but everything else didn't sustain attention. I could listen to it again but probably won't.
The only Deee-Lite song I know is “Groove Is in the Heart,” which I think is a really goofy but fun jam. However, I don’t really have high hopes for this album, because I don’t want to listen to a full album of songs that sound like “Groove Is in the Heart.” This album would have to have some pretty catchy hooks and a decent amount of variation for me to vibe with it, and I just don’t know if I’m going to find that here. Here’s hoping that my last album of 1990 will hold some surprises for me! I wasn’t wowed by World Clique, but I didn’t hate it either. I expected this album to be a bit goofy and for Deee-Lite to sound like a novelty act, but this was a pretty fun house album. I thought that Deee-Lite had a unique way of crafting their sound, bringing their own spin on disco to the nineties. The production on this album is solid, and I was really surprised to learn that Bootsy Collins and Q-Tip were on this album. Outside of “Groove Is in the Heart,” I enjoyed the songs with piano melodies the most on this album, because it felt like the bright piano sounds really matched Deee-Lite’s whole image really well. On top of that, most of these songs had pretty good bass grooves to them as well. My biggest gripe with this album was that for a dance album, it didn’t really have many catchy hooks, and parts of it felt like they didn’t have much energy. World Clique was a fun album, and I enjoyed it while I was listening to it, but as soon as it ended, it left my mind almost immediately.
"Groove is in the Heart" is good. The rest of the album is a nonfactor. Will lose nothing by not listening to it.
wow... they're right. groove really IS in the heart britney-spears-crying-and-saying-yeah.gif
That just fun stuff. Good listen, would def listen again.
Better than I expected
One hit wonder defined
I'm being nice by not knocking an entire star off for the eating noises in Who Was That?, a song about a guy being in your house. This album takes place in the same "New York City" as RENT.
The Good: Fucking ‘90s party jams! The Bad: Fucking ‘90s party jams! The Ugly: Fucking ‘90s party jams! Yes, I stuttered there… because that is what one would do back in the day ‘90s One thing is for sure, you hit play and instantly are transported to the ‘90s, with the good and the bad. Deee-Lite was a one hit wonder, where I lived. But I can understand how the band was able to amass a nice cult following… Is this my thing? No. Could I listen to this once a year? Yes. Should this album be part of a party mix? Hell yes! Groove’s in the heart babay! 3 1/2 upgraded to 4*
Loooooove this
Funky fun album, great vibes and some hit songs. Can’t say this is something I’d listen to regularly, but a good album nonetheless.
Didn't know this group aside from their big single. Mostly forgettable dance tracks but a few other bangers.
I really tried to like it :(
Nothin to run tell my mom about even if she in the heavens
that was weird. it was like every song was borderline catchy but just a little too weird or “unconventional”? I’m also not a huge fan of this kind of music so, oh well!
Son canciones que escuchas de fondo en un video de youtube o en la calle. Se te termina olvidando su existencia a las cuantas horas.
I enjoyed this more than expected when I saw the album. Some funky songs that I didn't hate, and some forgettable ones. Solid 2.5/5.
A delightfully fun album. Groove is in the Heart outpunches the rest of the album. Placing it near the end was a great formatting decision.
Megahitti on mainio mutta muuten vähän tylsäks käy! 2/5
Good beatin zuwa-zuwa jää varmaan soimaan päähän. Muutenkin hauska tanssilevy!
eh
Groove is in the Heart is a nostalgic banger that takes me right back to middle school, but the rest of this album is….different. I don’t know that I would place this in the 90’s if I didn’t know anything about it. Some good beats but also somewhat repetitive and grating at times. (3)
It took me SO LONG to recall what I listened to yesterday. Clearly this did not make much of an impression on me. 90s electronic/dance/whatever doesn’t really do it for me. Groove is in the Heart is fun, but the rest feels like filler.
I didn’t recognize the group and didn’t read up on them before listening. Started off very disco-ish and the definitely switched to dance music - both not my genres. I did like a few parts of the album where the the members of Parliament/Funkadelic music came through! Also "Groove Is in the Heart" was fine.
POV: it’s Wednesday night at the local roller skating rink that’s been on the verge of closing for a decade. The smell of mold emits from the ceilings. The musty carpets are fuming. This has to be a meme right? One hit wonder core. I can’t.
Deeeeeee-LITE heck yeah this is bouncing and its hype.Very old school and the bongs are everywhere. The lyrics go away for the last song and I think it works a bit better that way sometimes. This is interesting, it gets spooky, it gets industrial, it gets super bongo. Sometimes it gets B boy old school, it dances everywhere, and thankfully, it has rhythm. I love this, and I will find myself coming back to these are this is a hidden gem in the era that felt filled with electronic head bops this felt like they wanted to make something fun and interesting. Lady Miss Kier steals the show. I even hear some Wu-Tang vibes here.
didn’t mind it but not as good as i was expecting given the hit song on the album
some other really good hits i missed due to "groove's" success. liked it
Groovy vibe
Groove Is in the Heart
Actually very extremely groovy. Favorite song was What Is Love
Dear list, Why? Seriously? Are you fucking with me? Love, Me Alright so party music has a time and place. I'm sure someone famous loved this and used the mix in something. It could be a song I enjoy. This album as a whole... No. Just no... I know why it's on the list now! I got to Groove is in the Heart! That fucking song was everywhere for some reason. Oh good it's a one hit wonder album! I thought the list maker was just messing with us like with Throbbing Gristle....
WTF. Rando euro trash dance. Thing is dance music is just not made for the album format. It’s not album music. You don’t need to listen to it before you die and anyway as far as dance music goes this isn’t that good. One star only because you can’t assign zero stars.
really bad, but somewhat enjoyable 2,5/10
Like this is kinda enjoyable but I wouldn’t come back to it I don’t think. Groove in the Heart does absolutely rock but the others feel mainly like disco mumbo jumbo.
The 90s equivalent of house music I fear...
This was easy to listen to while I worked. It had a good beat. I recognized Groove Is In the Heart.
This is so 90s. Did this define the decade? A bit boring tho. Groove is in the heart is still a bop.
Ciekawe. Takie 4. Nawet nie wiem jak zaklasyfikować ten gatunek. Ale takie RnB, Funk i coś jeszcze.
This is fun music to make soup to do, which is what I’m doing now. The one song was familiar but just barely. These guys look like they’d be really fun at a BYOB bowling alley birthday party.
Best listened to in a big group of sweaty twenty-somethings slightly crossfaded instead of blasting through excel spreadsheets in an office setting. Graded on a curve accordingly. Kind of amazing how little dance music has changed in the last 30-35 years. Other than the big hit, Good Beat and ESP really stand out as toe tappers for the abandoned warehouse. Shoutout to the Morricone cowboy whistle on ESP too. 3.5.
For a genre characterized by repetitive samples and drum beats, this stands out in a good way. It's as fun as how we remember a heavily nostalgia-tinted 90's being
i had fun
No strong opinions
Horrendous
they do have some good beats that really make me feel that grove in my heart... in almost an e.s.p way
2.5
4/1001 Seeing the cover and hearing the intro that sounds a bit like a pop version of De La Soul, I thought I'd be in for a sort of hip-hop-meets-breaks-meets-pop-meets-fusion Well, it's pretty conventional (AFAIK, I'm not versed in the genre) house music with endearing vocals. Not bad, but not transcendent either. They aren't from Manchester and they're not Cibo Matto either... 3/5
incredibly late 80s/early 90s, for better and for worse. it's distilled early 90s edm sound right here, so mostly worse. "what is love" is kinda fun because you can hear some origins of drift phonk here with the periodic synth bass melody floating throughout the song. "E.S.P" sampled ryuichi sakamoto which once again baffles me that this list does not include ANYTHING from yellow magic orchestra (but i digress). the hit single off this album, "groove in the heart", is really not that good. this whole album is somewhat unpleasant and frustrating. tracks like "who was that?" are cartoonish in the derogatory sense, and even rhythmically interesting tracks like "build the bridge" feel spoiled by the bizarre monkey (?) samples.
Starts very fun, and slowly gets more repetitive until it wears its charm. It feels like these songs are trying to hit the 4 minute mark like a youtuber tries to hit the 10 minute mark on a video with 3 minutes of content. The early 90s in music had no idea what it wanted to be and it kind of shows, The big hit on here is undoubtably the best song, and its not even close. Which is kinda wild considering that is also probably the most out there song of the lot, I mean, it references Horton hears a who and prominently includes a slide whistle. Overall it never really reaches the potential of its best moments, and so sinks into mediocrity. I bet these songs would go harder if I was doing dance-fitness classes though.
Odd choice this one. Groove Is In The Heart was a huge record, played a dozen times a day on every pop station, and in every club for months. However, the album? Personally, I don’t know anyone who owned it, and I’m sure there were loads of folks who loved the single without knowing the album even existed. Listening to it now, I’m not sure what it adds to my enjoyment of Deee-Lite. The single is as outstanding as ever – it really should have aged – it hasn’t – but the rest of the album drifts by without any danger of it sinking in or sticking around. It’s okay, but Groove is all you need. 4/10
This album is not for me. It has a couple 90s nostalgia moments, but that's about it.
No thanks!
Not for me
divertido, mas só.
Loved this as a kid. Not perfect and some filler, but upbeat and fun.
Such a sucker for groove like this. Hard not to love
Nothing-special house music.
Fun and upbeat, classic 90s period piece.
What if some neo-hippies made dance music? "Groove is in the Heart" is a certified classic that still sticks with me years later. The rest of it is dated dance sounds that are fun but forgettable.
Overall rating by me: 9/10 Songs added to the playlist: ,,Good Beat", ,,Power of Love", ,,Try Me On... I'm Very You", ,,Groove Is in the Heart" Notes: Absolutely love the whimsy and quirky vibe of this album. Had it not been for the just-instrumental songs I would've given it a higher note, since I like my songs with at least some words in them.
Very disco-inspired. A little strange for 1990. I imagine Groove Is in the Heart is the main reason for this record making the list, because musically, it's very early-80s. The basslines shine, obviously, and the electronic drums are actually pretty sick here. Power of Love has a dark, bloopy series of percussive SFX that wouldn't be out of place as retro video game noises. Later on the record, E.S.P. gets a little too indulgent with its electronics and suffers as a result. The final track, Build the Bridge, has the same problem, but it's even more repetitive and (arguably) dull – and blunts the end of the album as a result. Thankfully, the first half is ultra-solid. Deee-Lite Theme in particular has a sweet hip-hop drum beat and some great sax playing. Smile On should be noted for its extremely strange high-pitched glockenspiel-type effects that are panned around the head at outrageous speeds. It's a solid track with a nice guitar and horn section, but that percussion thing is so odd and distracting that you almost have to tune out the song during the chorus. In contrast, World Clique is a bit of a mess melodically and texturally, and it doesn't hit at all for me. The following track, E.S.P., isn't great either. The instrumental is repetitive and fully retro-electronic, making it feel kind of lifeless as a result. Fortunately, the album picks up with the monumental Groove Is in the Heart. It's ridiculously catchy and makes up for everything wrong with the songs leading up to it. But this project is about judging the albums – so alas, the lead single must only get 1/12 of the weighting. 3/5 Key tracks: Deee-Lite Theme, Try Me On... I'm Very You, Groove Is in the Heart
It's a fun album and there are some good tracks on it, but Groove is in the Heart stands out so noticeably as the ultimate banger. Would potentially listen to the full thing again though.
It's an okay album and I'm not sure it's proper to be in the list of the best albums. Whatever. The album doesn't feel timeless, it's very 90s and outdated now. Anyway, it's good to listen to once. Already had Groove Is in the Heart in playlist, it's literally their only hit song. Build the Bridge sounds like slender meme music, love it. 2/5 —————————————— Liked: — Groove Is in the Heart — Deep Ending — Build the Bridge
Loved it! All over
A super fun concept album that builds to the single super nicely yet still manages to land the plane.
First time this genre, but perfect.
Kind of repetitive not very captivating.
This was absolutely not one of the 1001 albums I needed to listen to before I died.
Good enough for light grooving.
Fun songs for fun people
Shoulda kept 90% of that groove in their heart.
I've never listened to this album (76).
No strong feelings one way or the other. I have no nostalgia but can see how this would've been fairly important in 1990. Now, except for the Groove is in the Heart , why would I want to sit and listen to an album of generic dance music, some of which is too slow anyway ? Pretty unmemorable but wouldn't say I hated it.
Really good album very surprised
Started out with a banger and went downhill from there on. Songs are way too similar and same beat. Just boring and predictable
I want a good beat? Me too mate but you ain't giving me a thing If ever there was an album based entirely on pne hit single, this is it
The only song I knew going into this was Groove is in the Heart, which I like, but it led me to expect a bit more out of this album. Other than the aforementioned track, the rest of the album kinda fell flat for me.
There were some good moments on this album with house and funk elements, but "Groove is in the Heart" remains the biggest hit from this album.
As far as dance albums go it’s fine. There are a few songs that caught my attention with a funky beat but it’s never something I’ll return to. It’s just not my thing.
groovy
This album was just so queer and fun, and so am I
Fun vibes
It's alright. I get it. Transformational and stylish. But it didn't do much more than that for me.
Been getting a lot of old electronic music and I love it!
A lot of electronic music in the world. A lot of options. People obviously love 'Groove is in the heart and rightly so, but as an overall album, despite enjoying the funk-filled vibe, this doesn't even hit the top 1001 electronic albums.
Electronica, 45eme album =>1/5 Le premier morceau fait illusion, mais dès le second tout les travers de la Dance Music ré-apparaissent (répétitions, à la fois de la musique et du chant, rythmes basiques).
Not as fun as I was initially led to believe.
It’s not the best album out there, but it is fairly fun. Like that it has some pretty cool guests like Q-tip, Bootsy Collins and Maceo Parker. “Groove” is a fun song, but the rest of the album fails to live up to that standard. 3/5 Might listen again
A worldwide hit and mostly cheerful music. It's nice to hear the whole album.
overall unique album and has a fun new sound to it despite being old very enjoyable
This is definitely an album that helped house music reach a broader and more accessible audience. It’s one of those albums where you really had to be there at the time to fully appreciate the impact it made. Without that context, it might just come across as run of the mill pop and dance music from the early 90s.
Kinda repetitive dance music
Really not good.
Groove Is In The Heart // 2.5/5
Fair play to the editors for trying to recognise the invasion of 80s/early 90s club music into pop in the book. (See also Coldcut). But the album format is an uncomfortable way to way understand that phenomenon. Like all great pop music, singles were how it progressed, maybe 12" singles. So, you'd expect an album on the list to feature more than one monster hit from the UK or US chart. Admittedly it is one stonker of a monster hit but it is only one. I remember me and my pals who liked this stuff were a bit underwhelmed by the album given how high our expectations had risen off the back of Groove Is In The Heart. Alongside another reviewer's shout for Betty Boo I'd suggest Original Soundtrack by S-Express or even the monumentally repetitive Pump Up The Jam album by Technotronic, maybe the Betty Boo launchpad Anywayawanna by The Beatmasters, as better more hit laden examples they could have gone with.
It's got some good ideas but tracks like Smile On are painfully conventional and really hold it back.
In an earlier review I asked how bad an album that Bootsy Collins contributed to could possibly be. I have to admit that this question is no longer rhetorical and the answer is 'far worse than I thought'. "World Clique" may have been innovative in its day but from today's view it is the cheesy starting point for one of the worst music genres ever - 90s dance floor. Not everything on this album is disgusting but if for some reason you get the chance to travel back in time to prevent it - go for it.
Groovy
Didn't like any of this.
Мёртвый дэнс
One good song to me, the rest was forgettable and just not my style.
Love some good dance music. Not many high highs or low lows but pleasant while it's on.
I was familiar with Groove is in the Heart, but not the rest of this album which is much more 90s dance focused than I expected. The hit single is far and away the best thing here and honestly I wish there was a lot more stuff like this than more by the numbers house music.
Dated, but still fun. Some of it is actually pretty well-layered dance stuff, while the rest just reeks of the 90s. Did not mind it though.
Big dumb dance music that has its charms, but this album should really end with “Groove Is in the Heart” because it overstays its welcome. That song is a stone cold banger though.
Not the most memorable thing ever but enjoyed the songs enough to where I somewhat liked it
"Groove Is in the Heart" is a classic, of course, but the quality gulf between this and everything else on the album is huge. The rest seems a little mundane. Perhaps I would have liked it more contemporaneously, but it doesn't seem quite enough from this distance.
Dance music. Makes me think k of C+C Music Factory. Same vibes. Not a bad album, all the songs are listenable. Notable tracks include Good Beat, Smile On, What is Love, World Clique, Groove is in the Heart.
Just alright 2.5/5
Good album, I'm sure that I have never heard it before today. I was kind of jamming out thinking that some of the songs sounded familiar and then 'Groove is in the Heart" came on and I was like "Oh yeah". It all came together. It's a good album, kind of dance pop sort of stuff. Pretty much what you would expect for a 1990 pop album.
How did a tired one hit wonder get an album on this list?
A very fun album, the best is "Groove Is In The Heart"
Nice trip down memory lane. Everyone knows Groove is in the heart but there is some nice piano house and Acid House too. Unrated band seen as one hit wonders whne they actually have some decent tunes.
Een lekker nummer, "Groove is in the Heart" De rest veel minder
So many catchy tunes.
These early 90’s dance music isn’t my style. I remember hearing “groove is in the heart” out in a bar/club
Super 90s. I will add a star because of Q Tip.
4 estrelas
Favorite track(s): Groove Is in the Heart
it's very nice to see how much house has evolved as a genre. groove is in the heart is some crazy shit though
... - ✨ GROOOVE IS IN THE HEAAAAART ✨ - ...
The positive vibes are lovely and the vocals are a standout. The songs tend to linger a bit long sometimes, but the medium of dance and pop music lends to just keeping the moments going for as long as they can. This record is well known almost exclusively for Groove is in the Heart, which is an iconic track that you will hear accidentally in your life at least a few hundred times. I don't think I've been to a wedding where a DJ didn't spin that track, and it always does the trick.
Groove is in the bin! Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ in part Revisit ❌️ One hit...★★☆☆☆ (2/10)
Not for me
Album artwork has me a bit nervous and song 1 (Deee-Lite Theme) isn't helping despite a solid drum break Good Beat - Okay this isn't bad. I can get behind taking a little visit to house/club music like this for a bit. I've actually listened to a few DJ sets in the past week or 2 so maybe I'm primed for this Groove is in the Heart - Huge track! Love the vocal hook, breaks, not into the slide whistles Some fun stuff that feels like a time-capsule. Goofy at times, idk if that's just because of the modern perspective looking back or if it felt that way at the time. Seems like this album was critically acclaimed when it came out in 1990. Definitely zoned out while working with this one, it all kind of blended together but that's probably what it's for!! 3 feels a little higher than I'd like to rate it, but I don't think it deserves a 2. 3 it is.
I feel like I’m in the Bronx playing basketball with a backwards floppy hat in 1990. Considering the list, I’m just wondering how much important house and dance records miss the cut to give this one space here. Especially by black house artists in NY/detroit/Chicago etc. The last track is actually incredible. Otherwise it’s quite a miss for me.
This music was not made for me.
I mean it’s all right
What in the wat
alright
WAAAY Better than i thought, based on the 1 song i knew going in.
One hit wonder group with the 90's dance pop sound. I like this kind of music but these kind of albums aren't that special.
Way more listenable than I anticipated.
From NY
Very funky an pleasant album. Very easy to listen to and catchy The singers voice is great and the saxophone parts might be even better. Its not one of my favorite genres but when some of the songs come up in the future I will definitely turn up the volume for a song or two.
Funny, aerobics workout music
This one was an interesting blend of pop and techno. I didn’t dislike it, but I never really got into it either. It kind of hovered in that middle space where it was fine to have on while I was working, but nothing about it grabbed me enough to pay closer attention. It has a cool vibe here and there, and the production is solid, but for me it ended up being more background noise than something I’d return to.
This was actually a lot more fun than I thought
The album started and ended on high notes, but it kind of lost me in the middle. The different mixes of genres worked really well.
What a fun album. It brings back so many memories.
A fun listen, certainly—I’ve been getting into synths recently, and it sounds like the kind of music I make when I’m playing around in my DAW, so I can relate. It’s also got perhaps the most 1990 album cover I’ve ever seen (and I say this derogatorily). Some nice use of samples, and “Groove is in the Heart” is a fun track to this day. Having said that, I didn’t feel that anything was ground breaking. I’m giving it 3 stars, not because it was bad, but because I truly feel fairly neutral about it.
Repetitive and uninteresting Repetitive and uninteresting Repetitive and uninteresting Repetitive Still, worth one extra star for Groove is in the Heart
6.5/10
Fun-ish. A bit repetitive. Groove is in the Heart is the standout. ★★★
Can one hot song make an album something you need to listen to before you die? What if that song is the unbelievably catchy "Groove Is In The Heart"? Welcome to my TedTalk... "Can a Single Spark Ignite a Whole Album's Immortality?" The question posed, whether one hot song can elevate an album to the status of an essential, "must-hear-before-you-die" masterpiece, is a beautiful, vexing puzzle that strikes at the heart of how we consume, value, and remember music. Highlighting Deee-Lite's World Clique and the magnetic pull of "Groove Is In The Heart", provides a perfect flashpoint for this very debate. In an age of streaming and hyper-curated playlists, the single's dominance has never been clearer. A single track, like the undeniable funk and sheer joy of "Groove Is In The Heart", can be a cultural monolith, instantly recognizable, endlessly sampled, and a guaranteed dance floor filler decades after its release. For millions, the song is de facto Deee-Lite. So, when an album houses such a momentous piece of music, does it inherit that songs "essential" status? The affirmative argument is compelling in that the historical context is essential. That one song, in its brilliance and popularity, acts as a cultural key to a specific time, sound, and mood. The surrounding album, even if wildly inconsistent, becomes an artifact, a complete document of the moment that birthed the hit. Listening to the full album can allow for a deeper appreciation of the creative ecosystem. Perhaps the other tracks offer the necessary shadows to highlight the bright peak of the hit, or they showcase the artistic breadth, or even the limitations, of the artist that led to that single stroke of genius. The hit is the doorway, and the whole album is the room one must enter to understand the architecture of the era. However, the counter-argument elevates the album form itself. A truly "essential" album is often defined by its cohesion, its narrative arc, or its sustained excellence. It’s the entire statement, the fully realised artistic vision, where every track is deliberately placed to build a greater whole. Can an album riddled with filler, B-sides that barely made the cut, or clumsy experiments truly deserve a spot among the pantheon just because of one incandescent star? This perspective argues that such an album is merely a vessel for the hit. It forces the listener to sift through middling mediocrity for a fleeting moment of ecstacy, a task better suited to a playlist or a greatest hits compilation. If the remaining tracks are forgettable, do we truly need to hear them? Is the experience of being underwhelmed by eleven tracks for the sake of one glorious song a prerequisite for musical enlightenment? While an album like World Clique, for example, may be an undeniable landmark of the early 90s house and rave scene, is it a masterpiece of album construction, or simply a collection of tracks anchored by one perfect, gravity-defying moment? The discussion leads us to the classic "one-album wonder" or "one-hit wonder" conundrum. In many cases, artists whose careers were defined by a single smash often released albums that, upon closer inspection, reveal untapped potential or a fully-formed artistic vision that was simply ahead of its time or overshadowed by their own initial success. Making Mirrors by Gotye (with "Somebody That I Used To Know") or even The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (though a more complex case of a single studio album) are often cited as examples of albums that offer more than the massive single suggests, suggesting the public's focus was too narrow, not the album's quality. Ultimately, the judgement rests on the definition of "essential." Is it essential to hear the full story of the artist, even if that story is flawed? Or is "essential" reserved only for the uninterrupted, sustained brilliance of albums that change the course of music with every track? The former suggests a historical and contextual imperative; the latter, a pure artistic standard. And perhaps, the truth is a spectrum, where some albums are essential for their sheer cultural weight, regardless of their track-by-track consistency. TL;DR Nope, but Lady Miss Kier is dope...
Me ha molado mucho, me ha trasladado a una pista de baile de los 80, con pelo afro y pantalones de campana jaja Me he guardado un apr de canciones suyas
pure groove. great listen. 8.5/10
I suppose this record was included just because of one song (which I like), but this is 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, not 1001 Songs. The rest is awful.
Gustó, faltaría escuchar de vuelta porque siempre la primera escucha es difícil Nota: 3.6
Dette var litt space. Ikke det verste jeg har hørt, men kommer ikke til å sette på det igjen.
A bit too much for me to enjoy.
Not a genre I enjoy but if you like this style it’s pretty catchy.
Very interesting sampling. This album clearly had an impact on a lot of the electronic music I was listening to in the late 90s/early 00s.
opgewekte muziek... maar iets te licht
This one of the most 90s things I've ever heard.
неожиданные самплы дискотеки аварии… в целом не показалось что группа одного хита, можно было бы слушать любителям жанра
Cool, funky album
wasn't a full album on streaming, had to piece it together, i think these guys were just one hit wonders, this didn't blow me away and even think the hit was kinda shit