5 Best Dance Albums In The World Ever

The 5 best dance albums in the world ever got everyone's feet moving. While the 1970's were the days of dancing, each generation has had their own dance albums which kept them grooving. If you haven't bothered to listen to some of these classics, get out your dancing shoes and turn up the volume.

1. "Saturday Night Fever" - Various. One of the best dance albums ever is the soundtrack to one of the biggest movies of the 1970's. Lead by the Bee Gees' song "Stayin Alive", the album's songs from filled the discos and radio air waves for more than a year. Tunes such as "Disco Inferno" by the Tramps became battle cries for a generation. Inspired by the boom of the disco movement, the album contains songs ranging from basic disco to a Latin dance flavor. The album won several awards including a Golden Glode for "Best Original Score" and a BAFTA Award for "Best Sound Track" in 1978.
2. "Thriller" - Michael Jackson. As disco died and the 80's generation took over, Michael Jackson kept everyone's feet moving with his late 1982 release and gave us one of the best dance albums ever. His second solo album, this one propelled him to heights unimagined before this time. With songs like "Billy Jean" and "Beat It", dance club goers were experimenting with new moves, copied from Jackson's music videos. The title song "Thriller" became a dance of it's own with people around the world doing the zombie dance.
3. "Love to Love You Baby" - Donna Summer. One of the best dance albums ever is also one of the most controversial. In 1975, at the beginning of the disco movement, singer Donna Summer created the title song as a long disco anthem. The song took up an entire side of an LP and reportedly had over 20 "sexually explicit" sounds placed into the music. The album reached the number one spot on the dance charts in the United States and enjoyed world wide popularity.
4. "Dance Party" - Martha and the Vandellas. One of the best dance albums ever was created by one of Motown's girl groups of the 1960's. The album contained "Dancing in the Streets" as it's first single then went on to give us "The Jerk", a song that inspired a dance of its own.
5. "Elvis' Golden Records" - Elvis. Long before disco, Elvis released one of the best dance albums ever. In 1958, rock n roll was still in it's infancy and teens around the United States were dancing in their socks at local gyms. This album had them dancing to "Hound Dog", "All Shook Up" and "Teddy Bear" all in the same night.