Social Dancing

by Bis

Social Dancing cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 March 1999
  • Label: Wiiija
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:19:15
  • Community rating: 3.21/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Martin Wiggins, Rik Flick, Helen McSherry, Andy Gill, Alan Mason, Vincent Fleming

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Expanding significantly beyond the frantic indie pop of their debut, the Scottish trio heavily embraced polished, sequenced alternative dance music on 'Social Dancing'. The album is a remarkably playful, relentlessly upbeat party record that injects early dance-punk rhythms into their uniquely quirky, highly energetic adolescent aesthetic.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, melodic, party, adolescence

Tracklist

  1. Making People Normal (2:38)
  2. I'm a Slut (2:53)
  3. Eurodisco (4:32)
  4. Action and Drama (2:29)
  5. Theme from Tokyo (4:20)
  6. The Hit Girl (3:01)
  7. Am I Loud Enough? (3:12)
  8. Shopaholic (2:41)
  9. Young Alien Types (3:11)
  10. Detour (4:58)
  11. Sale or Return (2:58)
  12. It's All New (3:21)
  13. Listen Up (2:20)
  14. Eurodisco - Les Rythmes Digitales Mix (5:25)
  15. Eurodisco - DJ Scissorkicks Remix (5:16)
  16. Eurodisco - Klute Polka Mix (4:34)
  17. Eurodisco - Bob Kraushaar / Pete Gleadall Vocal (8:06)
  18. Detour - The Dusk Mix (5:06)
  19. Like Robots (3:22)
  20. Cinema Says (3:13)
  21. Stray Cat Blues (3:32)
  22. Not Even Close (3:27)
  23. Seventeen Hours (3:03)
  24. Germ Free Adolescents (2:20)
  25. Kiss and Tell (3:45)
  26. Why Don't We Go Home? (2:21)
  27. Famous - Andy Gill Version (3:39)
  28. Dead Wrestlers (3:46)
  29. Are You Ready? (3:28)
  30. How Can We Be Strange? (3:30)
  31. I Want It All (5:06)
  32. Beats at the Office (4:17)
  33. Punk Rock Points (2:52)
  34. Why Are We Waiting? - 12" Version (7:15)
  35. Famous - Demo Version (2:49)
  36. Kid Cut - Demo Version (2:10)
  37. Eurodisco - Demo (4:01)

Credits

  • Bis - primary artist, written-by, words by
  • Alison Fielding - artwork
  • Manda Rin - artwork, performer [bis are]
  • John Disco - performer [bis are]
  • Sci-Fi Steve - performer [bis are]
  • Richie Dempsey - sampler [drum kit]
  • Helen McSherry - cello
  • Martin Wiggins - viola
  • Alan Mason - Violin
  • Vincent Fleming - Violin
  • Virgin Stigma - Written-By
  • Lois Maffeo - Vocals [Guest], Words By, Written-By
  • John Cacavas - Written-By

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