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OK, I lied. I have managed to find a hard copy of the Club Escape Perfect List from 1991.

As before, this is a list of the “best” dance tracks released in 1991, as chosen by the crew at Club Escape, the Adelaide-based dance music program on Triple J.

I wasn’t involved in Club Escape that year. I’d already gone on to The Core magazine — and indeed this list is taken from The Core issue 12, from 15 January 1992. So the people to blame for this list are producer John Thompson-Mills (”JB”) and presenter Paul Kitching.

[Update 6 September 2007: I've linked to as many of these songs as I can find on YouTube. Some of them may not be the exact mix played on air, but you get that. Enjoy. And if you find any others, please let me know.]

Top 10:

1. De La Soul: Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)

2. Quadraphonia: Quadraphonia

3. The KLF: Last Train to Transcentral

4. Enigma: Sadeness

5. Rozalla: Faith (In the Power of Love)

6. T99: Anastasia

7. Crystal Waters: Gypsy Woman

8. PM Dawn: Set Adrift on Memory Bliss

9. LL Cool J: Mama Said Knock You Out

10. Sabrina Johnston: Peace (In the Valley)

Part 1, 28 December 1991:

Creative Thieves: Nasty Rhythm
Brothers In Rhythm: Such a Good Feeling
Clubhouse: Deep In My Heart
Double Dee: Don’t You Feel
De La Soul: A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturday
Heavy D and The Boyz: Now That We’ve Found Love
Spectrum: Brazil
Human Resource: Dominator
Joey Beltram: My Sound
Gary Clail and the On-U Sound System: Human Nature
Massive Attack: Unfinished Sympathy
Sonya Roche: Love Itch
Slam Slam: Move
Black Box: Strike It Up
DJ H & Steffy: Think About
Clubland: Pump That Sound
Frankie Knuckles: The Whistle Song
Sue Chaloner: I Wanna Thank You
Naughty By Nature: OPP
Gang Starr: Love Sick (You can “>see some wanker mime to it, at least.)
A Tribe Called Quest: Can I Kick It?
DJ Professor & Zapalla: We Gotta Do It
Utah Saints: What Can You Do 4 Me?
NDX: Higher Than Heaven
Hookline & Singer: Night Time

Part 2, 4 January 1992:

Living House: To Talk
Velvet: Hold Me
Ginny: Keep Warm
Public Enemy: By the Time I Get to Arizona
Young Disciples: Get Yourself Together
Lisa M: Love’s Heartbreak
Digital Boy: Gimme A Fat Beat
GTO: The Bullfrog
Brand New Heavies: Never Stop
Driza Bone: Real Love
Bomb the Bass: Air You Breathe
Eve Gallagher: Love Come Down
The Badman: Magic Style
LA Style: James Brown Is Dead
Final Exposure: Vortex
Massive Attack: Safe From Harm
Shabba Ranks & Maxi Priest: Housecall
Bomb the Bass: Love So True
Audio Deluxe: Sixty Seconds
The KFL: Amerika: What Time Is Love?
Midi Rain: Eyes
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince: Summertime
Queen Latifah: Fly Girl
Afrika Bambaataa: Just Get Up and Dance
Jennie: Bring Back the Bus Stop
Rozalla: Everbody’s Free

Part 3, 11 January 1992:

Fits of Gloom: Differences
Rozalla: Born To Love Ya
Alison Limerick: Where Love Lives
3 x Dope: Mr Sandman
Digital Underground: Packet Man (YouTube has a live version)
Djum Djum: The Difference (remix)
Moby: Go
Space Trax: Atomic Playboy
Natasha: AM/FM (first track in this set)
Enigma: Principles of Lust
Incognito: Always There
Alison Limerick: Come Back for Real Love (remix)
Nomad: (I Wanna Give You) Devotion
Ce Ce Peniston: Devotion
… and the Top 10

Apparently there was time to include some other tracks in the programs which weren’t in the Top 75, but still considered good — but The Core doesn’t say what they were.

What strikes me about this list compared with the previous year’s are:

• My god, it really was the year of Italo-house, eh? I mean, three Rozalla tracks? Sheesh! Maybe it’s just that JB was in luuuurve…
• Where’s the English electronica gone?
• Why are there so few tracks that I actually like?
• Nice to see Moby launching his career.

There was also a…

Club Escape Listeners’ Top 10:

1. Rozalla: Everybody’s Free

2. Human Resource: Dominator

3. Moby: Go

4. LA Style: James Brown Is Dead

5. T99: Anastasia

6. Naughty By Nature: OPP

7. Final Exposure: Vortex

8. Stereo MCs: Elevate My Mind

9. Bassomatic: Funky Love

10. Marley Marl: The Symphony

You know, I reckon the listeners chose better — or maybe that’s just me?

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