SHREM'S LIST OBSESSION: Top 100 Greatest Disco Tracks of All Time part 3 [60-41]

60 "Jump To The Beat" - Stacy Lattisaw (1980)

59 "Dance With You" - Carrie Lucas (1979)

58 "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" - S.O.S. Band (1980)

57 "Summer Night City" - ABBA (1978)

56 "Don't Leave Me This Way" - Thelma Houston (1976)

55 "There But For The Grace Of God Go I" - Machine (1979)

54 "Say You Do" - Janet Jackson (1982)

53 "When You Wake Up Tomorrow" - Candi Staton (1979)

52 "Last Dance" - Donna Summer (1978)

51 "Straight from the Heart" - Loose Change (1979)

50 "I Feel Space" - Lindstrøm (2005)

49 "The Force" - Nancy Nova (1981)

48 "Saturday Night, Sunday Morning" - Thelma Houston (1979)

47 "Love Come Down" - Evelyn "Champagne" King (1982)

46 "Ooh I Love It (Love Break)" - Salsoul Orchestra (1983)

45 "Nic Nie Może Wiecznie Trwać" - Anna Jantar (1980)

44 "Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough" - Michael Jackson (1979)

43 "Pull Up To The Bumper" - Grace Jones (1981)

42 "Queen of Chinatown" - Amanda Lear (1977)

41 "Jump To It" - Aretha Franklin (1982)

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CHOONS OF THE DAY: "LOVE" + "VAPEURS D'ÉQUATEUR" - Syracuse

Watch out as we approach another intriguing male/female duo from Paris. 2013 belonged to Calypso Valois and Alexandre Chatelard aka Cinema, my last year's "Best Of" list was dominated by Julien Galner and Clara Cometti vel Exotica so it's about time I discover another French dream team - Syracuse. Antoine Kogut and Isabelle Maitre offer a 6-track mini-album balancing between different shades of disco and fitting somewhere flamboyantly between Cosmetics, Glass Candy and The Miracles Club. I found myself immediately drawn to two tracks in particular, the half-whispered, half-recited cosmic disco lushness "Vapeurs d'Équateur" and the stimulating space electro ballad "Love". "Liquid Silver Dream" is out now via Antinote.







Here's Evelyn "Champagne" King's 1981 club hit "I'm In Love" which Syracuse's "Love" is loosely based on, as pointed out by Pitchfork:

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SHREM'S TOP 100 JUICIEST R&B SONGS OF THE 1980'S [part 8]: 30 - 21

30 "Juicy Fruit" - Mtume (1983)

29 "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" - Michael Jackson (1982)

28 "A Night To Remember" - Shalamar (1982)

27 "Keep On" - D'Train (1982)

D ~ Train - Keep On (Original 12" Inch Vocal Mix) by Marcus Chavis

26 "This Is My Night" - Chaka Khan (1984)

25 "When Doves Cry" - Prince (1984)

24 "Never Too Much" - Luther Vandross (1981)

23 "Slave To The Rhythm" - Grace Jones (1985)

22 "The Pleasure Principle" - Janet Jackson (1986)

21 "Love Come Down" - Evelyn "Champagne" King (1982)

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GET IN2 THE RARE GROOVES: LOVE COME DOWN - Evelyn 'Champagne' King

An impeccable beauty of a song! 1982 the year of choons!

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