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DISCID=57086d06
DTITLE=Village People / Cruisin'
DYEAR=1978
DGENRE=Disco
TTITLE0=Y.M.C.A.
TTITLE1=The Women
TTITLE2=I'm A Cruiser
TTITLE3=Hot Cop
TTITLE4=My Roomate
TTITLE5=Ups And Downs
EXTD=Originally Released 1978\nCD Edition Released March 19, 1996\n\nA
EXTD=MG EXPERT REVIEW: Revved up after the success of Macho Man, the J
EXTD=acques Morali-produced Village People unleashed their biggest eve
EXTD=r hit upon an eager public with the November 1978 release of thei
EXTD=r third LP, Cruisin'. Having already become symbols of the outrag
EXTD=eous hedonism of the disco movement, the band now thrust their hi
EXTD=gh camp into the mainstream, and what was once intended to draw p
EXTD=eople to the clubs now brought an entire nation to the milieu. Th
EXTD=e band's shining, defining moment, "Y.M.C.A.," gave the Village P
EXTD=eople a number two hit, and from late 1978 into the next year, th
EXTD=at song was seemingly everywhere as it rampaged off the dancefloo
EXTD=r and into middle America's living rooms. Catchy, hooky, and sing
EXTD=alongable, the song tongue-in-cheek-ily espoused the many, and of
EXTD=ten surprising benefits of paying a visit to that now immortalize
EXTD=d club/hostel. It even spawned a dance complete with calisthenic 
EXTD=arm movements -- clubbers were doing it, kids were doing it, even
EXTD= their parents were doing it. The only question was, did anybody 
EXTD=actually ever listen to the lyrics? You haven't lived until you'v
EXTD=e seen your grandmother going to the Y.M.C.A. As smashing as "Y.M
EXTD=.C.A." was, the album, sadly, couldn't live up to the same standa
EXTD=rds, although it did hit the Top 5 on the strength of the single.
EXTD= Whereas the Village People had turned in some quite good perform
EXTD=ances across their first two outings, the rest of this album is n
EXTD=othing more than light disco filler, and even the talents of lead
EXTD= vocalist Victor Willis didn't help the situation across the medl
EXTD=ey "The Women/I'm a Cruiser" and the dismally boring and self-exp
EXTD=lanatory "Hot Cop." Equally light, but worth one spin for kicks i
EXTD=s the pill-popping ode "Ups and Downs." Bottom line, buy the 45 a
EXTD=nd let the rest slip through.  -- Amy Hanson\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOM
EXTD=ER REVIEW\nMy favorite Village People album, August 17, 2002\nRev
EXTD=iewer: Amazonian Book Lover "sunstroke1962" (Tempe, AZ United Sta
EXTD=tes)\nThis contains YMCA, which is the most popular Village Peopl
EXTD=e song as well as being one of the most popular disco songs ever.
EXTD= But in my opinion, the best song on this album is The Women, whi
EXTD=ch is not available on any Greatest Hits album. For that reason a
EXTD=lone, I bought this CD. I definitely recommend it.\n\nHalf.com N/
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