Dodgy - The Dodgy Club (1998)

I've always considered Dodgy to be one of the very best bands to emerge during the Brit-pop era of the early 90's, with their infectious humour and knack for a memorable melody earning them the title of the clown princes of the genre. While putting together an exhaustive collection of their non-album b-sides and rare recordings I found that they sometimes handed over control of their music to remixers such as Jah Wobble and Tranceglobal Underground, with the results being a far cry from the classic indie-pop that we know and love. As a foretaste of the future posts, here are all the dance remixes on one album, titled as a tribute to the club that they started in 1990 at the Bacchus Wine Bar in Kingston Upon Thames, where they gained their first fans, and got their foot on the ladder to international success. If you have fond memories of the band then you are in for a treat, with a four-post series to collect all their hard-to-find recordings, and in the meantime, enjoy this quite superb album of their remixes, which I think hangs together extremely well as a dance album in its own right.   

 

Track listing

01 See The Way (promo 12" single as D-Club 1991)
02 So Let Me Wobble Jah (b-side of 'So Let Me Go Far' 1994)
03 The Elephant (The Balafon-A-Bing-Bong Immigrant Mix) (b-side of 'So Let Me Go Far' 1994)
04 Out Clubbing (b-side of 'In A Room' 1996)
05 Jungle UK (No Rest In Peace) (b-side of 'In A Room' 1996)
06 Nutters (b-side of 'Good Enough' 1996)
07 Lovebirds On Katovit (b-side of 'Good Enough' 1996)
08 Look Up (b-side of 'Every Single Day' 1998)
09 Mostar Keep Shining (b-side of 'Every Single Day' 1998)