The Twelve Commandments of Dance explained

The Twelve Commandments of Dance
Type:Album
Artist:London Boys
Cover:The-London-Boys-The-Twelve-Comman.jpg
Released:17 July 1989[1]
Genre:Dance
Producer:Ralf René Maué
Next Title:Sweet Soul Music
Next Year:1991

The Twelve Commandments of Dance is the debut album by German-based English dance-pop duo London Boys, released in 1989. It reached number 2 in the UK Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for 29 weeks.[2]

Other than the charting singles stated in the track listing, two other singles were released: "I'm Gonna Give My Heart" and "Dance Dance Dance".[3]

Critical reception

A review published in Music Week presented the album as a "perfect, pimple-free, faceless pop music that attempts to be soulful but lacks any kind of charisma", reproached the fact that all the tracks "repeat the [same] formula ad nauseum", and concluded that "the album is a danger to youngsters everywhere".[4] Johnny Dee of Record Mirror stated that lyrically, the album is "all utter cack", but considered that the more important thing lies in the fact that every track "has a 132 bpm sequencer chugging away" and "a chorus so catchy" that listerners could not forget it and could perform "stupid dances" on it.[5]

Retrospectively, in a 2015 review, the Pop Rescue website gave the album four stars out of five, presented it as containing "wonderful early commercial dance/europop and light tracks" with elements from both disco and dance music and features recalling Pet Shop Boys, added "it is up-beat throughout and mostly up-lifting and cheerful", but considered "Wichitah Woman" and "El Matinero" as the weakest tracks.[6]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ralf René Maué.

  1. "Requiem" – 4:19 (UK No. 4)
  2. "Kimbaley (My Ma-Mama Say)" – 4:17
  3. "Harlem Desire" – 3:48 (UK No. 17)
  4. "Chinese Radio" – 3:49
  5. "Wichitah Woman" – 3:58
  6. "My Love" – 3:05 (UK No. 46)
  7. "London Nights" – 4:02 (UK No. 2)
  8. "I'm Gonna Give My Heart" – 4:08
  9. "El Matinero" – 4:14
  10. "Dance Dance Dance" – 3:56
  11. "Sandra" – 4:51
  12. "The Midi Dance" – 3:14

Chart and certifications

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 137
Europe (European Top 100 Albums)[8] 15
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 4
UK Albums Chart2

Certifications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BPI.
  2. Web site: Official Charts Company. Officialcharts.com . May 8, 2014 .
  3. Web site: Discogs - Music Database and Marketplace. Discogs.com. 26 April 2022.
  4. LP Reviews . . 5 August 1989 . 22 . 30 August 2023 .
  5. Smith . Robin. 33 edited by Tim Nicholson . . 22 July 1989 . 32 . London . Spotlight Publications Ltd.. World Radio History . 0144-5804 . 24 October 2021.
  6. Web site: REVIEW: "THE TWELVE COMMANDMENTS OF DANCE" BY LONDON BOYS (CD, 1989) . Pop Rescue . 13 July 2015 . 25 October 2023.
  7. Web site: London BoysARIA chart history . ARIA. Imgur.com. 26 July 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  8. Eurochart Hot 100 Albums. Music & Media. 6. 31. VIII. 29800226. World Radio History . 5 August 1989. 1 August 2023.
  9. Book: Pennanen, Timo . Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 . 2021 . London Boys. 151. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava . Helsinki. 28 July 2023.

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