World Clique

Is there no end to the electronica? 0.00

I really didn’t find anything worth relistening to in this album. I didn’t outright hate it, but it’s just a little too odd and out there for me. Groove Is In the Heart is iconic though. 1/5

Bad

The blandness of this record is incredibly tiring. This album should make you want to dance, or at least move... instead of just wondering why the songs feel eternal and so insipid, repetitive and uninteresting. The songs are very predictable, and so basic... and yet so hard to connect with. They are just reiterating collections of sounds, some more interesting than others, and then those house synths and pianos that have been repeated until boredom. And the drums... feel just the same in every single song. Sure, it was something back in the day... but this music has aged so poorly. Even production-wise it feels poor. I cannot find any interest in music that just tries to be fun and insubstantial and that cannot even be that. Well, it is insubstantial, but to an extent that it is just noise and moans. "What Is Love?" is the only song that can be a little interesting or enjoyable. The rest just goes from bad to worse.

Well. ‘Groove Is In The Heart’ is the song I hate most in this world. I can not stand it, really winds me up, so my heart sank when this came on. There were actually some much better and interesting bits on the album which means this doesn’t go straight to the bottom of my list, but it’s close. 1 star.

A cash in album on one half good song, this, even by your own idiosyncratic standards, is a curious choice for inclusion RGP… One star. Tom.

Woulda been good if you heard it on the right combo of drugs in the club back in the day

This sucks. It's dated and cheesy.

inoffensive and forgettable. definitely something to listen to before you die.

At the best of times this isn't my thing at all, but this even less so. This feels quite a lot more annoying than any other disco I've been exposed to, and of course there just had to be one song on here that's overplayed as hell. I will say that within the album I think that Groove Is In The Heart doesn't sound out of place, even with it being the only song I knew prior to hearing this. But that doesn't change the fact that this just sounds super dated and cheesy to me.

Suspected it was included just on the basis of Groove is in the Heart… First track made me hopeful that would not be the case… Subsequent tracks made me think my original suspicion was correct… Overall, this has aged very badly and it may not have been very good in the first place. Also, anything that includes eating noises automatically loses a star. Though when it was probably going to get 1 anyway that is rendered pointless…

Álbum chato, no tiene sentido que sea parte de este recopilatorio

no me gusta

Its ok dance/club music. Not an everyday listen for me

Very cheesy

No. Just ... no.

FTL: I might just not understand this record. Would I die listening to this again… no. But wouldn’t do it voluntarily either.

Annoying

Overall kinda boring... apart from Groove is in the Heart, which remains a banger

This type of music is exactly what I think of when someone says 90's music.

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.

Bad

Nope

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.

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.

one good song?

O soño da diversión produce monstros (#10 dos 1.001 discos que escoitar antes de morrer: 1/5)

Not for me. 1/5

I really tried to like it :(

Nothin to run tell my mom about even if she in the heavens

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

Horrendous

This was absolutely not one of the 1001 albums I needed to listen to before I died.

Shoulda kept 90% of that groove in their heart.

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).

Really not good.

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.

Мёртвый дэнс

These early 90’s dance music isn’t my style. I remember hearing “groove is in the heart” out in a bar/club

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.

Maybe a 2

Credit goes to the person who created the track listing for this album. This album could have been a dud with its repetitive beats and general lowlights on the album. Groove is in the heart is clearly a banger of a track. Overall, didn't enjoy myself listening to the album

Oh yeah that's annoying

Urgh

Okay, did not expect them to appear here. It's trash.

eu entendo por que ele fez sucesso nos anos 90 nas boates de ny, mas nossa, não faz meu estilo. não consegui ouvir o album todo e pulei pra música mais famosa deles "Groove is in the heart" o que me teletransportou para algum filme dessa época em ny com alguma menina andando (acho que não é nenhum específico, é a caracterização dos personagens). e é isso, não faz meu estilo.

Meh

This should have been kept in the 90s toybox where it belongs.

Awful, awful, awful. This styling of music is too busy and deranged for my liking. I’m trying to think of other reasons to justify such a low score, but I think it simply comes down to the fact that I find much of these songs just flat out annoying. 💫

Fuck this album. God damn fuck this record.

A total turn-off

Trifft nicht meinen Geschmack und finde ich jetzt auch nicht besonders wegweisend.

Really dislike this one

Old drag queen music.

Highlight: Groove Is In The Heart The lead single is great (which I discovered on the Charlie's Angels soundtrack when I was a teen. Forever a bop). It's *made* for the dance floor. The remaining tracks are forgettable. It's better suited for the 1001 Songs list. Overall: 1/10

I was waiting for Marky Mark to start rapping, and never got it. 0/10

Old drag queen music.

1. dee lite - 1 2. beat - 1.5 3. love - 1 4. try - 1.5 5. zmile - 1 6. uuhat - 1 7. clique - 1 8. ezp - 0 9. groove - 2 10. uuho - 1 11. deep - 1 12. bridge - 0

Not my pint of pickle juice

Gear: Sennheiser MOMENTUM TW 4 Artwork: 🪐💅🏵️ Production: 🎧😒👎 Music: 🎛️🖍️🤦🏼‍♂️ Rating: ️🛸(️🛸)/5

This is seriously boring and mindless dance music feom start to finish. 1 star or F.

Unfortunately for this album, I have enjoyed the splendors of being born in 2004 and peaking with the peak of EDM music as it has come to be known. Compared to what I have heard and seen life, this album is just taxing on the soul. I can see why it must have been important for EDM as a genre, but I don't see myself ever returning to these tracks. 2/10

One good song, one star

Not a Dance music person

why is their a god damn bloody woman on my album cover. get this god damn foid off my screen!!!

One hit wonder band

mehhh 1/5

I'm glad that "[They] like it", because nobody else does. "What is love?" Love is skipping this album. "I couldn't ask for another" Brother, I didn't ask for one of this in the first place. It's incredibly disrespectful of this website to make me listen to Kraftwerk yesterday, foundational early Electronica that holds up astoundingly well, and then to make this the next album. It's a spit in the face to Kraftwerk, really. Oh, thank God it's done. I thought Grove Is in the Heart would be decent, but it was barely better than the rest of the trash on the album. No favorite song for me on this one.

Does anyone actually listen to this? I tried really hard, but it just annoys the crap out of me...

Only one song that I know, not exactly what I would listen to.

It sounds really silly to me.

Boring TBH

Schon wieder nichts für mich!

Come on

"Grooooooove is in the Heeaaaaaaart!" First words that came to my mind when I saw this album come up. It is the only track worth listening to, and I don't even like it that much other than for the nostalgia.

Dance crap.

A 45 minute single

Not for me 1/5

p636. 1990. 1 star. Proof that one mega hit does not mean this album is essential listening. Bland, insipid 90s dance music that has dated badly.

No joy.

Boring and weird. Catchy, but not in a satisfying way. Every song feels exactly the same, down to the tempo and drum machine effects with sporratic vocals or other melodies overlayed. Probably good for background music in a club, but not good music.

The repetitive beats are annoying with any artist, and in this case, while it gives an 80s/90s vibe, it's only use is as background music at a playground or club. I basically disliked this, but I can see how it made moves within electronic pop. Not sure why Apple Music classified it as rock.

mid

First listen. No thank you.

yeah this ain’t it

Funky

Overall: 2/10 Aged like milk left out in the sun for an entire summer. Can't believe people used to rave to this. Fav Song: Groove Is In the Heart (duh) Least Fav Song: What is Love?

Horrible. Almost didn't make it through.

Puts the 1 in one-hit wonder.

Maybe this album mattered in the dance music world at the time given its apparent ability to be inclusive, but it ruined all the parties I attended back in the day. And it almost ruined my day today after listening to it 30+ years later. The only groove in my heart is the one this crap album permanently took from it.

“I just wanna hear a good beat” - Deee-Lite, as well every person that ever listened to this album. Fuck this album and whatever it was trying to do.

DJ Bobo Pop in schlecht

I hated this kind of music back in the day and listening to this now I found my stance on this has absolutely not softened.

Not my thing

My only previous knowledge of Deee-Lite was the song Groove is in the Heart, a song so atrocious I’m pretty sure I would wake from a coma to turn it off. So when I saw this album pop up, I was sceptical. “Perhaps that song isn’t representative of the rest of their music” I thought, reluctantly hitting play. No, they seem capable of reaching the same lows consistently and without effort. The same caterwauling vocals, aggressive and irritating music, and headache inducing sounds were present in the first few songs. And then I gave up. Life is too short and too precious to spend any of it listening to Deee-Lite. Score: 1/5

"Groove is in the Heart" is good and obviously the hit single of the album. Good doesn't mean great and 11 or at least 9 tracks were skips. After +300 Albums there are such strong 2 Stars Album in my books that this one gotta catch the Uno!

Even Groove Is In The Heart can't save this.

Really enjoyable well recorded, intelligent rock music. Liked it a lot

1/5

Not good, but "Groove in the Heart" is a banger. 1.5 off that song alone

This is seriously one of the most annoying and pointless albums in this list. There is no need to include pure dance club music albums in this list--they're not intended to be cohesive projects at all. My level of interest in hearing different versions of what's whispered over a dance beat is slim to none.

Just awful

So much dance music :(

Late to the game. Should have hit the scene in the 90’s, they would have been a hit. One album, and done! Not bad music!

I was ready - you know, to dig deeper than the terminally overrated 'Groove Is In The Heart'. Kinda like '(Don't Fear) The Reaper' is only in the middle of the pack when it comes to Blue Őyster Cult's Agents of Fortune album. Nope - it's the best track on World Clique. By some distance. The rest is a fairly tiresome trawl through the same three drum loops seemingly available to early 90s dance artists, married to the same bass and piano tones that plagued the era. There's a token attempt at making the music a little trippier than usual, but it's all rather wan. Lady Miss Kier - a name that sounds like she's the wife of our current Prime Minister.

Wow, this really…sucked! Only one song was good, the hit, so I think I can officially place them in the category of one-hit-wonders. Shame really; “Grove Is in the Heart” is indeed amazing. Too bad they couldn’t build off of that gem.

If I was in a nightclub or at an event this album would be a good choice, but outside of that type of environment this album just doesn't do it for me - I don't think that house music travels very well.

Nope

1.5. Boring!

Absolutely not.

If ever there was a book about the 1001 *singles* you need to listen to before you die, "Groove Is In The Heart" would be in it, probably in a very prominent position. Amazing how such a crazy mix of so many different styles can come off as instantly memorable and likable. And how that track can still have everyone shaking their hips on a dancefloor, even today. That single is indeed a dance party anthem for the ages, drawing from a vast array of key influences, through all sorts of samples, stylistic borrowings or featurings within the track. There's a bit of everything in it: Herbie Hancock for the bassline ; Vernon Burch for the drum track and the hilarious slide whistles ; a wink to Parliament-Funkadelic (and G-Funk in general) through the presence of bassist Bootsy Collins ; sixties psychedelic girls group and The B-52's for the infectious main vocals ; a very subliminal layer of house music ; and, last but not least, a large serving of "daisy age rap", via the presence of Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest, whose featuring adds yet another layer of fun. All of this gathered in a single song shouldn't work on paper. Yet in spite of its all-in-the-pot nature, said song holds up like no other. An absolute miracle. Unfortunately, the album this gem is taken from is simply not very good. Indeed, most (if not *all*) of its other cuts have aged like milk--between the attempts at commercial dance music and more minimalistic house music dirges, both running into circles without buiding up to anything thrilling, contrary to what the best acts in that genre can offer. "Groove Is In The Heart" promised an album that could be light-hearted, fun, richly textured, precisely layered and adventurous. What we have instead is a display of lazy formulas, shallow and repetitive patterns, and a distinctive lack of imagination totally at odds with the album's centerpiece. Too bad. I was ready for a record digging the vein that single was so good at digging. Guess I will have to fantasize about what *World Clique* could have been in my dreams instead. Number of albums left to review: 164 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 361 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 211 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 269 (including this one)

My mom loves to dance. She loved this type of music and played it all the time when I was little. While it’s nice to be reminded of the 90s, I didn’t care for this.

Kinda everything I hate vocally, plus musically not interesting

Music for people on acid

Another one which spoils my streaming algorithm. Embarrassed to have it on my streaming history. And there’s only two e’s in Dee as in River Dee which is exquisitely beautiful and a direct opposite to this shite. 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001/5 24/4/24

First real whiff. It’s dance-y but I’m not really sure what sets it apart from anything else I’d find on MuchDance 90.

One star for Groove Is In The Heart. Half a star for Good Beat. Deee-Minus for the rest.

Garbage

Even the popular song was mid

Ja das hat mir gar nix gegeben. Rating: 1,5/5

Textlich auf jeden Fall eher unkreativ (die meisten Songs bestehen eigentlich nur aus dem Songtitel). Fand ich jetzt eher langweilig im Ganzen.

I just wanna hear a good beat and this album does not deliver. Zoo-Wa.

The wind is more interesting to listen to than that.

Ugh.... Dee-Lite are one of those shitty 90's electronic disco pop bands that were so popular at the time. They are best known for the song Groove Is In The Heart, which was a certified banger. The rest of this album pales in comparison though, and one good song does not a good album make. The album cover looks like something The Wiggles would put out. Thank fuck that albums done. It had good beat, but no one in the band had any talent whatsoever. The beat was maintained by a drum machine, and it was the best member of the band. What a painful listening experience. I want that 48 minutes of my life back. The early 90's was a shitty time for pop/dance music. Disco had died....leave it dead ffs! Favourite songs: Groove Is In The Heart Least favourite songs: Deee-Lite Theme... And others.... This whole album kind of ran together into a rave fueled mess. 1/5

Groove is by far the best song. Some are sort of ok, some are outright bad.

Well that sucked. This album had a lot of the things I hate in music. It was stupid, the lyrics were dumb and naïve, they had no depth, it was all just love and smile more and flower power. Musically it was buns as well. It was all just electronic crap with equally bad and worthless lyrics over top of it. I hated this. That felt good to get out of my system.

Poppy dance crap. Not for me.

love the vibe but not for me, every song sounds the same, album cover is funny

Obviously aware of these guys due to 'Groove is in the Heart.' Not a huge fan, let's see if the whole album can change my mind in anyway... Honestly I try not to judge albums on the artwork, because there are some awesome albums with boring/weird artwork, but this stuff is pure 90s pop nonsense so it doesn't look good from the jump. The intro was some weird attempt at hype-hop. The second song is literally called 'Good Beat' and it sounds like a Good Vibrations attempt. It's incredibly repetitive and not very good. Terrible weird 'zcat' with zoo-ahs throughout the outro. This song is terrible and it's way too fucking long. This is torture. Not a huge fan. Nothing else on this album is really grabbing me, either. The song 'What is Love?' is a weird, long, boring nothingness of synth farts. I literally laughed out loud at the weird 'It's Limited' lyric in the title track. Some bad rapping in this song. Gosh this is genuinely bad. I just read that Hancock was involved in this album and it almost makes me lose a bit of respect for him, that's how much I dislike this. The only good part of this album is Q-Tip's verse on 'Groove is in the Heart' 1/5

Groove is in the heart is a banger, the rest is incredibly forgettable.

1/5. Album does didn’t do anything for me. They really believe this album is one of the top 1000 of all time? I find that hard to believe.

Funk pop mash-up. Didn't find a single track on this album that I liked. A definite 1 star.

sounds like some digshitty dance-pop, lowest possible level of musicianship. blegh stealing from another reviewer: deee-lete this shit Significant 30/83 Liked 14/83 Added 4/83 NNN previous REM-Document also NNN

This album feels so phoned in. The instrumentals feel cheap and the performances sound aimless. I hate fun.

So this album has a song on it. It was a rump shaker with all the ladies back in the day. But what else is there? Sort of a one hit wonder album with the title track literally being the worst-- absolutely dismal sound and lyrics.

Not my style of music but not too bad...until the song with audio of someone eating chips. Terrible. 1 star

Sweet Jesus, this could not make the top 10,000 albums. Moondance to this. Sublime to the ridiculous

Terrible. Couldn’t listen to it at all.

Disliked greatly. Especially the song that ends with the dude breathing and eating chips and chuckling. Screw that. Please give me a good album next.

We don't need a clique To make our clock tick Our clique is the world The world is our clique ... do I need to say more Not even Q-Tip could salvage this record

The first real rough listen since I started this endeavor, pretty clear why they were a one hit wonder.

about what you'd expect from cover art like this. Their one hit was a fun song but I could get by without ever listening to deee lite.

piss

nope

an overall boring album. i get that its important for the world of dance music and getting it to the main stream but god its so boring.

Buiten "Groove is in the heart", vooral kut, 1.5

🤢

Shiii-ite

One great nostalgic song, the rest was very meh.

Why?

Really inane.

This was way worse than I remember it being.

Bad, no good

What is love is the only good track

Kolejna desperacka potyczna z lista, tym razem World Clique, ktory jest debiutanckim albumem grupy tworzacej szeroko pojeta muzyke taneczna Deee-Lite, jesli sadzilem ze wczoraj bylo grane na jedno kopyto, to dzisiaj zostalo to podniesione do potegi, bo dencingowo przy wykorzystaniu synthow, bo sami dje w bendzie, Super DJ Dimitry, Jungle DJ Towa Towa i The Lady Miss Kier Kirby, wiec wyjasnia to troche tytul ich debiutanckiej plyty, chociaz pani Kirby bardziej od spiewania jest w tym przypadku, ale moze cos tam kreci jeszcze na boku jakims dzikim synthem, jesli krazek mogl byc popularny w swoich czasach, czyli wczesnych latach 90, tak zestarzal sie slabo i jedynie jeden utwor zostal tam jakims klasykiem, mianowicie groove is in the heart, ktory ficzuruje Q-Tipa na majku, wiec jedynie ten utwor byl czegokolwiek warty, pozostala czesc tych 48 minut, to prawdziwe syntezatorowe meczarnie z gatunku house

Not for me.

Not for me.

Well, now I absolutely know why Deee-Lite is a one-hit-wonder... I did not get anything out of this album at all. It sounded pretty generic throughout, and the repetitive lyrics and vocal style really got irritating as I went through it. Ironically, this is the first album I have listened to on my nice headphones (I’m home for Thanksgiving break); however, it did not enhance or save the experience. This is the first entry I’ve gotten where I didn’t want to finish it, but I am determined and have decided to listen to every album fully. The only bright spot for me was their hit, Groove is in the Heart, but only for one reason: I had never heard the Q-Tip rap verse before which is awesome as always (huge fan of verses from “the Abstract”). Outside of that moment, it was overall the strongest song on the record, but the repetitiveness also ended up bringing it down a notch for me. 1.5/5. The weakest album I have heard so far on this list.

This album was the most 90s thing I’ve ever heard and it was not enjoyable at except for the one-hit wonder groove in the heart. Every song is both boring and annoying with lame production and okay singing until you reach groove is in the heart and there’s finally a catchy baseline. Without that one song this album would be completely irredeemable. Fav song: groove is in the heart

Hier was echt helemaal niks aan.

Nice drum break on first track Not keen on 4/4 beats and singing with piano Don't like the singing over dance music Slower tracks better I could do without listening to Groove Is In The Heart ever again

2

No

I think it's funk - but the annoying one