''Don't Stop Movin is the debut album by the Italian electronic music group
Livin' Joy
Livin' Joy are an Italian Eurodance group who released various successful hits during the mid-1990s, including " Dreamer", " Don't Stop Movin'" and "Follow the Rules". The group consists of singer Tameko Star, and Italian brothers Paolo and Gia ...
. It featured the song "
Dreamer", which peaked at No.1 on the UK Singles & US Dance charts, both in 1995, and “
Don't Stop Movin' which reached number 5 on the UK Singles Charts.
After Janice had left the group, the band continued on and released "
Don't Stop Movin'", a few months later, by which time, Tameko Star had been chosen to be the group's new lead vocalist. "Don't Stop Movin'" peaked at No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart in Spring 1996. This was followed by another
Top 10 single in the UK, ("
Follow the Rules
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"). Two top 20 hits appeared in 1997, "
Where Can I Find Love" and "Deep in You". The parent album, also called ''Don't Stop Movin, grouped together the hits, including "Dreamer" with new vocals by Star.
There had been plans for a widespread commercial release of a single called "Just for the Sex of It" in Spring 1999; however these plans never happened. It only received a limited
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run, but was released as a single in Australia and the UK.
Critical reception
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editor Jason Ankeny noted that the album has "a sound which owes an equal debt to
Euro-dance music and underground
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'' wrote, "The Italian and American trio unleash a mixture of powerful party anthems and more subtle dancefloor delights. Uplifting stuff."
Track listing
# "
Don't Stop Movin'"
# "
Follow the Rules
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"
# "Deep in You"
# "
Dreamer" (Tameko Star vocal)
# "Pick up the Phone"
# "Be Original"
# "
Where Can I Find Love"
# "Don't Cha Wanna"
# "Whenever You're Lonely"
# "Let Me Love You"
# "Don't Stop Movin' (A. Manetta Mix)
# "Dreamer" (Janice Robinson vocal - Hidden bonus track)
* All tracks sung by Tameko Star unless specified.
Charts
References
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1996 debut albums
Livin' Joy albums