Search - Various Artists :: Feet: A Global Dance Party

It's been said countless times that music is a universal language. You could also say that dancing takes this one step further (pardon the pun) because the music experience goes from passive listening to active participation. Hardly some DJ mega-mix collection, Feet features a smart collection of 13 up-tempo tracks that emphasize living breathing musicians playing and, for the most part, singing about having a good time. There are some concessions to modern times (remixes by Bob Holroyd, TJ Rehmi, and Baron Lopez) and a few electric beats, but this is certainly not what we've come to expect in a global dance record. While that is to be applauded, the objective of dance CDs is to keep people dancing, which doesn't always happen here--the ambitious range of material means that it doesn't all fit together seamlessly (one rough transition has Scottish bagpipes next to Congolese soukous). Once the head readjusts, however, each song is strong enough to get you movin' and groovin' again. --Tad Hendrickson