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Classic Album Review: The Tamperer Feat. Maya | Fabulous

The U.K. dance trio eschew extended club mixes for tight, hooky ditties on this disc.

This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


Sure, they have a song called DJs Rule The World. But U.K. dance outfit The Tamperer sure don’t act like that.

Instead of the extended 10-minute club mixes that fatten dance CDs these days, this trio — two platter spinners and a sultry, wire-haired disco diva — put down a set of tight, hooky, three-minute dance-pop ditties flecked with saucy lyrics (“There’s a party in my pants”) and kooky melodies built from Michael Jackson and Madonna samples. Plus, one of their other songs has the best title I’ve heard in some time — If You Buy This Record Your Life Will Be Better. Maybe not — but it sure will be more fabulous.