Club Classics, Vol. 1: 10th Anniversary Edition

1	Keep on Movin' Featuring Caron Wheeler 6:02
2	Fairplay Featuring Rose Windross 3:58
3	Holdin' On Bambelela 3:51
4	Feeling Free Live Rap 4:16
5	African Dance 6:07
6	Dance 3:42
7	Feel Free Featuring Do'reen 5:04
8	Happiness Dub 5:33
9	Back to Life Acapella 3:39
10	Jazzie's Groove 2:50
11	Ambition Rap 3:49
12	Keep on Movin' Big Beat A Capella 3:36
13	Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) 3:52
14	Jazzie's Groove Piano Version 4:04
15	Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) One World Remix 6:34
16	Keep On Movin' M Beat Bonus Mix 4:23

Barnes & Noble

Ten years ago, songwriter and arranger Jazzie B, along with producer-remixer Nellee Hooper and the Funki Dreds, successfully rode the crest of the British soul movement to the top of the charts with the brilliantly executed Club Classics Vol. One. Originally released in the U.S. as Keep on Movin', the album is here reissued as an anniversary edition with extra tracks. Soul II Soul's motto, "A happy face, a thumpin' bass, for a loving race," connected with a Reagan/Thatcher-weary audience; Hooper's programming shook the rafters; the singers -- especially Caron Wheeler -- delighted the ears; and hits like "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)," "Keep on Movin', " and "Jazzie's Groove" resonated infectious and sublime. The singles inspired classic remixes, and the best ones (including the "Back to Life" One World Remix) are included here. The album's lyrics come off a bit naive today, but Soul II Soul's optimism is still hard to resist, and the beats on "Happiness" and "African Dance" -- though sluggish by today's jungle and drum 'n' bass standards -- thump heartily. Unfortunately, Jazzie B's "loving race" vision dissolved in lawsuits and bankruptcy (Hooper went on to produce other dance and pop artists, including Madonna), but the pair definitely struck gold with Club Classics Vol. One. And we can live with that. Marie Elsie St. Léger

All Music Guide

This tenth anniversary reissue of Soul II Soul's groundbreaking debut album provides a good opportunity to look back and see how influential it really was -- these dark, jazz-inflected grooves still resonate in the deep house, acid jazz and illbient music of the late 1990s. And even if "Keep on Movin'," the album's lead track and centerpiece, is way overrated as a song, Caron Wheeler's voice still cuts through it shiningly; Rose Windross isn't far behind Wheeler on the more substantial "Fairplay." Bandleader Jazzie B, on the other hand, is a great arranger and a passable rapper (at his best on the very fine "Feelin' Free," which features the future members of Massive Attack on background vocals), but his singing sounds pretty sorry in this company. But the vocals are less important than the grooves, of course, and these are consistently excellent, often spiced up with jazz flute or buoyed by the strings of the Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra. The reissue adds an extra 30 minutes of remixes, including a great drum n' bass treatment of "Keep on Movin'" and an equally compelling remix of the Caron Wheeler showcase "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)." Rick Anderson