VA - The All Time Greatest: Disco Hits (2001)

Disco music started as an urban phenomenon in the middle of the decade, died off, then (thanks to the movie Saturday Night Fever suddenly exploded into an exponentially more popular suburban phenomenon. As a result, the genre has two histories one as a dance-club style which appealed to the fringes of society and only occasionally poked its head into the top 40, and another as a cultural movement that dominated pop radio so completely it created its own monumental backlash. This list of the biggest disco records of all time takes both audiences into account.

Tracklist:

CD 1

01. Earth, Wind & Fire With The Emotions - Boogie Wonderland (4:45)
02. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (4:38)
03. The Whispers - It's A Love Thing (3:40)
04. Anita Ward - Ring My Bell (3:30)
05. Viola Wills - If You Could Read My Mind (4:19)
06. Jesse Green - Nice And Slow (3:01)
07. Rose Royce - Best Love (3:44)
08. Nolan Sisters - I'm In The Mood For Dancing (3:16)
09. Tina Charles - I Love To Love (3:01)
10. Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant (3:00)
11. Commodores - Brick House (3:23)
12. Heatwave - Boogie Nights (3:35)
13. Joe Tex - Ain't Gonna Bump No More (3:25)
14. Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy (4:16)
15. The Pasadenas - Tribute (Right On) (4:19)
16. Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers Delight (3:33)
17. Johnny Guitar Watson - A Real Mother For Ya (4:58)
18. Brothers Johnson - Stomp (5:57)
19. Dan Hartman - Relight My Fire (6:45)

CD 2

01. Boney M - Ma Baker (4:41)
02. Wham! - Club Tropicana (4:26)
03. Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True (4:11)
04. Boys Town Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Of You (4:29)
05. Kool & The Gang - Celebration (3:35)
06. Bill Withers - Lovely Day (7' Sunshine Mix) (4:05)
07. People's Choice - Do It Anyway You Wanna (3:11)
08. Labelle - Lady Marmelade (3:11)
09. Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out (4:56)
10. Mary Jane Girls - In My House (3:54)
11. Moments & Watnauts - Girls (3:08)
12. Imagination - Just An Illusion (3:51)
13. Soul II Soul - Back To Life (3:47)
14. Barry White & Love Unlimited - Never Never Gonna Give You Up (4:43)
15. Shalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good (4:18)
16. The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (3:44)
17. Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (6:54)
18. Silver Convention - Fly Robin Fly (5:17)

CD 3

01. The Gibson Brothers - Non Stop Dance (3:47)
02. Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica (3:21)
03. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me (3:51)
04. Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before (5:18)
05. Narada Michael Walden & Patti Austin - Gimme Gimme Gimme (3:58)
06. Hamilton Bohannon - Disco Stomp (4:39)
07. The Three Degrees - Dirty Ol' Man (3:01)
08. Level 42 - Love Games (4:23)
09. Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood (3:44)
10. Debarge - Rhythm Of The Night (3:49)
11. Sheila E - The Glamorous Life (3:37)
12. The Trammps - Shout (3:26)
13. George McRae - Rock Your Baby (3:10)
14. Jim Gilstrap - Swing Your Daddy (2:49)
15. Weather Girls - It's Raining Men (3:29)
16. Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye (2:53)
17. KC & The Sunshine Band - That's The Way (I Like It) (3:01)
18. Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting (2:58)
19. Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (5:41)
20. The Time - Jungle Love (5:24)