Customer Reviews
DISCO HEAVEN!!!! - By: Mr. Nathan Armstrong, 19 Feb 2007 
from the opening bars of "i feel love" you know how good this cd will be! after 8 minutes of this you go into "with your love" an unknown track but its wonderful..only available on this cd! as dance hypnotic as the predecessor! then you have"last dance" a summer classicin its 12" glory!!! amazing!!! jumping straight into the macauthur park suite.."yes we know someone left a cake out" but the 18 minute frenzy that encapsulates "one of a kind" & "heaven knows"..its a bit too much!
then into the 12" versions of "hot stuff" & "walk away"!!! if exstatic hasnt setin by now...you get "dim all the lights"...and to finish you off the full lenght versions of "tears are not enough" is a show stopper!
if you only buy 1 donna summer album...buy this one!
Pity about the omissions - By: Pieter, 14 Nov 2002 
Although this album is a good buy to get the extended versions of some of Summer's greatest dance hits, it is by no means complete. The omission of hits like Bad Girls, Love's Unkind & Love To Love You Baby & of great album tracks like Queen For A Day, Working The Midnight Shift, Lucky & Journey To The Centre Of Your Heart detracts somewhat from the pomise of the album title. On the other hand, the inclusion of the magnificent MacArthur Park Suite makes up for a lot of what is missing. And this extended version of I Feel Love is worth the price of the album. Like another reviewer said, this ought to have been a 2-CD set. It is valuable to replace those old 12" vinyl singles, but not a comprehensive reflection of the Queen of Disco's contribution to dance music.
Blow your Mind AWAY!!!! - By: Nosferatu das Vampir, 03 Dec 2000 For all those who believe club music is getting more & more the same & sometimes plain retro... GET THIS!!! "I Feel Love" is extended to 8 minutes of THE MOST PERFECT TECHNO TRACK EVER to be foisted upon the minds of all mortals. "With Your Love" is country disco: & THAT's a compliment. It'll get you bumping & jumping & feeling you're lockedin Studio 54 sniffing coke side by side with Warhol's buddies. "Last Dance" was written by Summer & is perhaps het best known song: everytimes she plays the thing on live shows the audience goes berzerk & even geeky guys start dancing as if they were locked upin gay disco heaven! LOL! But then... "MacArthur Park Suite" kicksin & we're no longerin 7 or 8 minute territory: if you can imagine 17.47 minutes of perfection swishing by like the funk machine Parliament wanted to be but only got close to you are still galaxies away from the symphonic beauty splashed over these glorious moments of music capable of bringing tears to your eyes & electric shocks to your mind. The day i hear a DJ playing this on his/her set i will get down on my knees & propose!!! "Hot Stuff" you know: i really don't like this track or "Walk away", but some do & here you get more of it. It was the beginning of her rock leanings, & i guess it's understandable to see it happen that way when one begins to consider the market becoming closer to disco backlash. One of the worst possible things that ever happened to pop & brought back funkless music played by white old men with names like Knopfler. "Dim All the Lights" is a joy, a pure joy, & probably even better than "Last Dance". And, breaking the 10 minute scale ladies & gentlemen & hermaphrodites, the dynamic diva duo that competes for those high notes & those high heels: Donna Summer & barbra Streisand (audience goes AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHH & a plane crashes while millions are smashedin a pool of blood & bones & pus trying to get a glimpse of their goddesses & idols)!!!! Enough is, truly, enough. They should've made this a double CD though: it's a shame that something THIS good has to stop. A carnival of the senses. A perpetual grin. GET IT NOW!!!!
