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Dancemania 2

Dancemania 2 is the second set in the Dancemania series of dance music compilation albums, released in 1996 by EMI Music Japan.[2]

Dancemania 2
Compilation album by
various artists
ReleasedJuly 17, 1996[1]
GenreElectronic[1]
(Euro house, Happy hardcore)[1]
Length68:00[2]
LabelEMI Music Japan[2]
ProducerMasaaki Saito (executive producer)[3]
Hitoshi Namekata (producer)[3]
Dancemania chronology
1
(1996) 		Dancemania 2
(1996) 		3
(1996)

The megamix album was mixed by Bob Salton, a popular DJ from Italy,[2] and debuted at #11 on Oricon's weekly album chart in July 1996.[4]

Tracks edit

# Track By Ref
1 Nightfever Ex-It [5]
2 Good Times Blaxone [5]
3 Fresh Beat System [5]
4 Ring My Bell Black Nero [5]
5 Captain Jack Captain Jack [5]
6 Drill Instructor Captain Jack [5]
7 Lion Eddie Me & My [5]
8 Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex E-Rotic [5]
9 Shame Basic Element [5]
10 Upside Down Cut 'N' Move [5]
11 Climb Any Mountain Melodie MC [5]
12 Dance With Me Voice [5]
13 Energy of Light Magic Affair [5]
14 Love Child Mylin Brooks [5]
15 Mr. Fantasy Fantasy [5]
16 Feel The Night Look Twice [5]
17 Another Dream Claudja [5]
18 Believe in Fireman Fireman [5]
19 Paradise C.O.R. feat. Mike Nova [5]
20 Rainbow To The Stars Dune [5]

Further details edit

 
The ending : #20 Rainbow To The Stars
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The album's overall average tempo is 142 bpm;[6]

The slowest track is "Nightfever" (#1) at 110 bpm.[6]
The fastest track is "Rainbow To The Stars" (#20) at 181 bpm.[6]

Several tracks are cover versions or remix versions.[6]

#1 "Nightfever" is a cover version of Bee Gees' "Night Fever".[7]
#2 "Good Times" is a remix / cover version of Chic's "Good Times".[8]
#3 "Fresh" is a remix / cover version of Kool & The Gang's "Fresh".[9]
#4 "Ring My Bell" is a cover version of Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell".[10]
#10 "Upside Down" is a remix / cover version of Diana Ross' "Upside Down".[11]

Several tracks on the album, including different remixes, can also be found on other Dancemania albums such as 1, Delux, Hyper Delux, Extra, EX1, Zip Mania 1, Zip Mania II, Summers, Summers 2001, Bass #1, Bass #10, Best Red, Speed 2, Speed 3, Speed 9, Speed Best 2001 or Speed G.[6]

# Track Length BPM Ref Artist(s) From / based in Ref
1 Nightfever 4:08 110 [5][6] Ex-It  Germany [7]
2 Good Times 3:51 112 [5][6] Blaxone  Germany [8]
3 Fresh 3:29 116 [5][6] Beat System  Germany [9]
4 Ring My Bell 4:05 124 [5][6] Black Nero  Germany [10]
5 Captain Jack 3:06 150 [5][6] Captain Jack  Germany [12]
6 Drill Instructor 2:59 150 [5][6] Captain Jack  Germany [12]
7 Lion Eddie 3:41 136 [5][6] Me & My  Denmark [13]
8 Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex 3:22 140 [5][6] E-Rotic  Germany [14]
9 Shame 3:19 130 [5][6] Basic Element  Sweden [15]
10 Upside Down 3:45 135 [5][6] Cut 'N' Move  Denmark [16]
11 Climb Any Mountain 3:16 137 [5][6] Melodie MC  Sweden [17]
12 Dance With Me 3:15 140 [5][6] Voice  Germany [18]
13 Energy of Light 3:20 145 [5][6] Magic Affair  Germany [19]
14 Love Child 3:08 145 [5][6] Mylin Brooks  USA /  Japan [20]
15 Mr. Fantasy 3:30 150 [5][6] Fantasy Unknown —
16 Feel The Night 3:35 153 [5][6] Look Twice  Sweden [21]
17 Another Dream 2:01 160 [5][6] Claudja  Italy [22]
18 Believe in Fireman 2:58 160 [5][6] Fireman  Italy [23]
19 Paradise 3:23 164 [5][6] C.O.R. feat. Mike Nova  Germany [24]
20 Rainbow To The Stars 4:22 181 [5][6] Dune  Germany [25]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Discogs, Dancemania 2
  2. ^ a b c d Amazon.co.jp, Dancemania (2) (in Japanese)
  3. ^ a b Dancemania 2, CD booklet p.26
  4. ^ Oricon Database, Oricon Album 1996-7-29 (in Japanese)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an Dancemania 2, CD booklet p.1-2
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Electronic Emotion, Dancemania DATA Dancemania 2 Archived 2009-02-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  7. ^ a b Dancemania 2, CD booklet p.3 : "1. EX-IT / NIGHTFEVER" (in Japanese)
  8. ^ a b Dancemania 2, CD booklet p.4 : "2. BLAXONE / GOOD TIMES" (in Japanese)
  9. ^ a b Dancemania 2, CD booklet p.5 : "3. BEAT SYSTEM / FRESH" (in Japanese)
  10. ^ a b Dancemania 2, CD booklet p.6 : "4. BLACK NERO / RING MY BELL" (in Japanese)
  11. ^ Dancemania 2, CD booklet p.12 : "10. CUT 'N' MOVE / UPSIDE DOWN" (in Japanese)
  12. ^ a b Dancemania 2, CD booklet p.7 : "5. CAPTAIN JACK / CAPTAIN JACK" (in Japanese)
  13. ^ Dancemania 4, CD booklet p.6 : "4. ME & MY / TOUCH OF YOUR LOVE" (in Japanese)
  14. ^ Dancemania Delux 4, CD booklet p.2 : "1. E-ROTIC / GIMME GIMME GIMME" (in Japanese)
  15. ^ Dancemania 2, CD booklet p.11 : "9. BASIC ELEMENT / SHAME" (in Japanese)
  16. ^ Discogs, Cut 'N' Move
  17. ^ Dancemania 2, CD booklet p.13 : "11. MELODIE MC / CLIMB ANY MOUNTAIN" (in Japanese)
  18. ^ Discogs, Voice (4)
  19. ^ Dancemania 2, CD booklet p.15 : "13. MAGIC AFFAIR / ENERGY OF LIGHT" (in Japanese)
  20. ^ Dancemania 2, CD booklet p.16 : "14. MYLIN BROOKS" (in Japanese)
  21. ^ Dancemania 2, CD booklet p.18 : "16. LOOK TWICE / FEEL THE NIGHT" (in Japanese)
  22. ^ Dancemania 2, CD booklet p.19 : "17. CLAUDJA / ANOTHER DREAM" (in Japanese)
  23. ^ Dancemania 2, CD booklet p.20 : "18. FIREMAN / BELIEVE IN FIREMAN" (in Japanese)
  24. ^ The Eurodance Encyclopedia, COR
  25. ^ Dancemania 2, CD booklet p.22 : "20. DUNE / RAINBOW TO THE STARS" (in Japanese)
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