Dancemania 6 is the sixth set in the Dancemania series of dance music compilation albums, released in mid-1997 by EMI Music Japan.[2]

Dancemania 6
Compilation album by
various artists
ReleasedJuly 16, 1997[1]
GenreElectronic[1]
(Italo disco, Euro house, trance)[1]
Length77:00[2]
LabelEMI Music Japan[2]
ProducerMasaaki Saito (executive producer)[3]
Hiro Kadoma (producer)[3]
Dancemania chronology
5
(1997)
Dancemania 6
(1997)
7
(1997)

The album debuted at #10 on Oricon's weekly album chart in July 1997 and remained within the top 20 positions on the chart for 4 consecutive weeks.[4]

Several tracks on the album, including different remixes, can also be found on other Dancemania albums such as X9, Delux 2, Delux 4, Delux 5, Extra, Zip Mania II, Speed 2, Speed 4, Speed Best 2001, Summers, Bass #1, Bass #9, Bass #10, Super Techno, Scorccio Super Hit Mix, Best Red or Happy Paradise.[5]

Tracks

edit
# Track By Ref
1 Turn Me On E-Rotic [6]
2 Holiday Captain Jack [6]
3 Daddy Boom Tiggy [6]
4 2 Become 1 Wildside [6]
5 People of Love Amen UK [6]
6 Can't Get Enough Love & Devotion [6]
7 Your Love Fargetta [6]
8 Getting Out Bertine [6]
9 Here in Paradise Amya [6]
10 When I Dream of You Morgana [6]
11 Let the Dream Come True DJ BoBo [6]
12 The Funky Generation The Funky Reverend [7]
13 Who Wants to be Your Lover Jimmy James [7]
14 Just Playin' JT Playaz [7]
15 S.O.S. Abbacadabra [7]
16 Fame Betty V [7]
17 Tomorrow Y.O.U.R.I. feat. Mireille [7]
18 Atlantis Ayla [7]
19 Everytime I See You Jemma & Elise [7]
20 Is This the Way You Kill a Love Gina [7]
21 If You Were Here Jennifer [7]
22 Somewhere Over the Rainbow Mary Ann [7]

Further details

edit

The album's overall average tempo is 137 bpm;[5]

The lowest bpm is 130 (#7-9).[5]
The highest bpm is 146 (#20).[5]

The album contains 6 covers or remixes.[5]

#2 "Holiday" is a cover of Madonna's "Holiday".[9]
#4 "2 Become 1" is a cover of Spice Girls' "2 Become 1".[10]
#14 "Just Playin'" sampled Sister Sledge's "Greatest Dancer".[11]
#15 "S.O.S." is a cover of ABBA's "S.O.S.".[12]
#16 "Fame" is a cover of Irene Cara's "Fame".[13]
#22 "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is a cover of Judy Garland's "Over the Rainbow".[14]

The non-stop mixing was done by Jonas Thorne, a DJ based in Sweden and Norway.[15]

# Track Length BPM Ref Artist(s) From / based in Ref
1 Turn Me On 4:15 137 [5][6] E-Rotic  Germany [16]
2 Holiday 3:36 137 [5][6] Captain Jack  Germany [17]
3 Daddy Boom 2:57 137 [5][6] Tiggy  Denmark [18]
4 2 Become 1 4:52 140 [5][6] Wildside  Italy [10]
5 People of Love 3:45 139 [5][6] Amen UK  United Kingdom [19]
6 Can't Get Enough 4:34 134 [5][6] Love & Devotion  Sweden [20]
7 Your Love 3:20 130 [5][6] Fargetta  Italy [21]
8 Getting Out 2:39 130 [5][6] Bertine  Norway [22]
9 Here in Paradise 3:33 130 [5][6] Amya  Italy [23]
10 When I Dream of You 3:10 134 [5][6] Morgana  Italy [24]
11 Let the Dream Come True 4:00 137 [5][6] DJ BoBo  Switzerland [25]
12 The Funky Generation 2:44 137 [5][7] The Funky Reverend  Germany [26]
13 Who Wants to be Your Lover 3:07 136 [5][7] Jimmy James  United States [27]
14 Just Playin' 3:20 136 [5][7] JT Playaz  United Kingdom [11]
15 S.O.S. 3:29 135 [5][7] Abbacadabra  United Kingdom [12]
16 Fame 3:47 135 [5][7] Betty V  Italy [13]
17 Tomorrow 3:32 135 [5][7] Y.O.U.R.I. feat. Mireille  Italy [28]
18 Atlantis 2:19 136 [5][7] Ayla  Germany [29]
19 Everytime I See You 2:43 139 [5][7] Jemma & Elise  Sweden [30]
20 Is This the Way You Kill a Love 3:55 146 [5][7] Gina  United States [31]
21 If You Were Here 3:32 145 [5][7] Jennifer  United States [32]
22 Somewhere Over the Rainbow 3:43 145 [5][7] Mary Ann  Australia [14]

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c Discogs, Dancemania 6
  2. ^ a b c Amazon.co.jp, Dancemania (6) (in Japanese)
  3. ^ a b Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.25
  4. ^ Oricon Database, Oricon Album 1997-7-28 - Oricon Album 1997-8-4 - Oricon Album 1997-8-11 - Oricon Album 1997-8-18 - Oricon Album 1997-8-25 (in Japanese)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Electronic Emotion, Dancemania DATA Dancemania 6 Archived 2009-12-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.0
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.1
  8. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.2 : "1. E-ROTIC / TURN ME ON" (in Japanese)
  9. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.3 : "2. CAPTAIN JACK / HOLIDAY" (in Japanese)
  10. ^ a b Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.5 : "4. WILDSIDE / 2 BECOME 1" (in Japanese)
  11. ^ a b Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.15 : "14. JT PLAYAZ / JUST PLAYIN'" (in Japanese)
  12. ^ a b Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.16 : "15. ABBACADABRA / S.O.S." (in Japanese)
  13. ^ a b Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.17 : "16. BETTY V / FAME" (in Japanese)
  14. ^ a b Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.23 : "22. MARY ANN / SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW" (in Japanese)
  15. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.24 (in Japanese)
  16. ^ Dancemania Delux 4, CD booklet p.2 : "1. E-ROTIC / GIMME GIMME GIMME" (in Japanese)
  17. ^ Dancemania Delux 4, CD booklet p.7 : "6. CAPTAIN JACK / IN THE NAVY '99 (XXL Disaster Remix)" (in Japanese)
  18. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.4 : "3. TIGGY / DADDY BOOM" (in Japanese)
  19. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.6 : "5. AMEN UK / PEOPLE OF LOVE" (in Japanese)
  20. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.7 : "6. LOVE & DEVOTION / CAN'T GET ENOUGH" (in Japanese)
  21. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.8 : "7. FARGETTA / YOUR LOVE" (in Japanese)
  22. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.9 : "8. BERTINE / GETTING OUT" (in Japanese)
  23. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.10 : "9. AMYA / HERE IN PARADISE" (in Japanese)
  24. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.11 : "10. MORGANA / WHEN I DREAM OF YOU" (in Japanese)
  25. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.12 : "11. DJ BOBO / LET THE DREAM COME TRUE" (in Japanese)
  26. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.13 : "12. THE FUNKY REVEREND / THE FUNKY GENERATION" (in Japanese)
  27. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.14 : "13. JIMMY JAMES / WHO WANTS TO BE YOUR LOVER" (in Japanese)
  28. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.18 : "17. Y.O.U.R.I. feat. MIREILLE / TOMORROW" (in Japanese)
  29. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.19 : "18. AYLA / ATLANTIS" (in Japanese)
  30. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.20 : "19. JEMMA & ELISE / EVERYTIME I SEE YOU" (in Japanese)
  31. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.21 : "20. GINA / IS THIS THE WAY YOU KILL A LOVE" (in Japanese)
  32. ^ Dancemania 6, CD booklet p.22 : "21. JENNIFER / IF YOU WERE HERE" (in Japanese)