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Social Dancing

The second album, produced by Gang of Four's Andy Gill.
Bis, 1999

Andy Gill produced it at Apollo in Glasgow, with Rik Flick engineering and Bob Kraushaar mixing; Lois Maffeo sings on "Detour". The Japanese edition adds a cover of X-Ray Spex's "Germfree Adolescents". It reached 161 in the UK and 60 in Japan. Reviews were mixed: AllMusic's Tim Sendra called it an enjoyable mess, Pitchfork gave 5.1, Spin 6 of 10, the Austin Chronicle 2.5 of 5, and Salon said the band was still struggling to find the vision to transcend cartoonish pastiche. The Lantern called its songs insanely catchy, with so much energy it may replace Prozac.

Track listing

  1. Making People Normal2:28
  2. I'm a Slut2:44
  3. Eurodisco4:41
  4. Action and Drama2:29
  5. Theme from Tokyo2:40
  6. The Hit Girl3:01
  7. Am I Loud Enough?3:12
  8. Shopaholic2:41
  9. Young Alien Types3:11
  10. Detour4:58
  11. Sale or Return2:58
  12. It's All New3:21
  13. Listen Up2:20

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Sources

  1. Social Dancing (album), Wikipedia
  2. Bis, Salon (1999-08-16)