Donna Summer’s legacy in the world of music is summed up in a phrase, the Queen of Disco. She sang on a multitude of hits on both EPs and Albums and was very popular throughout the main Disco Music era of 1977-1980, and still, has a huge amount of retrospective popularity today, even after her passing in 2012. This album is a reissue of one of Donna Summer’s most loved releases, and the Deluxe Edition of Bad Girls restores the album back to its original double album format that the album was initially released. Indeed, this album release was an instant critical and commercial success upon release, reaching the top of the USA Billboard charts and staying there for six weeks. It also sold millions globally and helped maintain Disco Music’s popularity throughout the final stages of the 1970s. Producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte noticed that even back in 1979, Disco Music was struggling to maintain its long-term popularity after its initial success and decided to incorporate some Rock Music elements into the overall sound. Let’s sit back and enjoy a slice of musical history right here, and hopefully, it will be a great listen.

Hot Stuff begins with drum rolls and electric guitars to match. It sounds interesting from the start. Soon enough, keyboards and Fender Stratocasters enter, with a proto-1980s feel to the music present. Still, this is very much Disco Music throughout. When the chorus hits, one will instantly hear a memorable and highly played tune over the years. Indeed, Donna Summer sings beautifully here and she makes a definite impression musically. Nonetheless, for Disco Music, this is really fantastic. A good and interesting music piece that has lasted the test of time. Even if you don’t like Disco Music or the surrounding culture behind it all, this is a legendary song. A fuzz-laden Fender Stratocaster solo is present here, and this is quite a good and interesting listening experience throughout. A danceable and uplifting tune, this is good enough for one boogie along to on repeat all night long. A tremendous effort throughout. A great tune to listen to, and something that is extremely memorable. This simply works nicely. It does sound interesting and more consistent than your typical music from this era. Sure, this was very commercial for the time, but it retains its power, style and grace to this very day. A great five-minute piece of Disco Music. It ends with keyboards and segues into the next song.

Bad Girls – 12″ Version begins with some assertive Fender Stratocaster guitars, piano and a lowdown Disco bassline. Soon enough, this enters into a fantastic piece of funky Disco Music that sounds as great today as it did back in 1979. Again, this is an excellent song to listen to. The combination of fantastic and driven boogie groovy music with Donna Summer’s glorious vocals makes a direct impression on the listener. This sounds fantastic as a result and is exactly what one needs to hear on a Friday or Saturday night. Indeed, this is wonderful music to listen to. It also sounds very energetic and joyous to listen to. The brass section throughout is also really awesome, as is the guitar work as well. Nile Rodgers would no doubt be very much proud of this sort of music. A great and catchy guitar solo is present in this song. This has a breakdown in the second half that is reminiscent of Chic. This builds up to a fantastic climax towards the end with a variety of bongos, brass, pounding rhythms and music that is very, very groovy. Nonetheless, a really great effort from start to finish. It fades out the music with a looped vocal finale. Excellent.

Love Will Always Find You is another brass-heavy and snappy-sounding piece of music that sounds great from the start. This is a fantastic and funky sounding Disco Music piece that has some very honest lyrics on the topic of love itself. All in all, a cleverly and wonderfully arranged piece of music. Donna Summer sings very nicely along to a polished, interesting and consistently lovely tune to hear. If anything, this is an album to have in your collection as a retrospective reminder of what the late 1970s was like. It does sound amazing and genuinely good. No doubt that many wild nights would have been made to this sort of music. Donna Summer sings beautifully throughout. In the second half is a keyboard-heavy breakdown, before the brass section kicks in again. Very brilliant. A true joy to listen to, and something to test your love for Disco Music with. It segues into the next song.

Walk Away begins with some very lush and memorable Disco sounds and melodies, with some typically interesting beats for this kind of music. Indeed, this is another winner of a tune. The Fender Stratocaster guitar parts present are bright, well-played and sound excellent. Donna Summer sings well on this song, and the music throughout is really magical and fantastic to listen to. Singing the late 1970s broken-hearted blues, this sounds as good today as it did back in 1979. A fresh listen, this is no doubt the sort of music that many couples would easily groove along and bop to. An extraordinary listening experience that articles pain and sorrow nicely into a Poptastic and Disco Music basis. Donna Summer’s use of vibrato in her voice is really fantastic to listen to. Along with the previous tracks, this is outstanding for its time. A saxophone solo in the second half perfectly fits this tune and does sound really great as well. This sounds really pretty, magical and graceful and puts the whole negative “Disco Sucks” campaign to shame. Another solidly great piece of music that fades out at the end.

Dim All The Lights begins with some sleazy and oddly funky music that Prince would be proud of. Donna Summer sings romantically and passionately in this song, and the music is really great and grand. Soon into it, this launches into a Disco boogie-based section with sustained and gorgeous vocals to match. This really proves that most Disco Music was given a bad reputation by those outside of the scene who didn’t understand what the fuss was about. Donna Summer sings a great song about loving that sounds like proto-House and Acid House Music. The fact that this still has appeal to this day is wonderful. A great, great listening experience with some wobbly wah-wah and piano synchronised in the second half of this song, and the production supporting this song is immaculate. There are delayed and processed vocals to match this section of music as well. Nonetheless, a killer groovy number and a Pop song mixed very well together. Donna Summer does a great job here, and this is segued into the next tune with the main melody sounding a lot like New Order’s Blue Monday.

Journey To The Center Of Your Heart launches into a quirky keyboard-based groove with pretty Fender Stratocaster guitar parts. This, again, is an interesting listening experience and the guitars are a wink and nod to David Gilmour’s sonic landscape-based melodies. Donna Summer gets grooving along with the song and sings an amazing Disco piece about capturing one’s love. Really cool and super sweet, this is music designed for those quirky and retrospective moments that blow one’s mind. Towards the middle is a theremin-styled keyboard solo that is really excellent. Again, very Pink Floyd-inspired. The Queen of Disco sings so well and consistently throughout this song that one’s mind that one can easily appreciate this music, even from an outsider’s perspective. A winner of a song, all in all. The saxophone returns towards the end, sounding well-played and absolutely glorious to hear. A fantastic music experience that sounds awesome, definitely lend your ears to this album, if you can. It ends after four and a half minutes with a delayed outro.

One Night In A Lifetime launches it all with some snappy guitar parts, a brass section to boot and a neat Disco groove. This track is likely overlooked to this very day. Indeed, Donna Summer puts her best voice on for this listening experience. A very interesting and excellent piece of music that has some of the best played and most overlooked music of 1979, this is the music of its time that still holds a strong influence to this very day. A wonderfully upbeat and pleasant listen about making it with a lover when out and about, there is zero questioning the quality of this music if one listens to it seriously. A thoroughly fantastic and interesting listen, this music is Disco quality over Pop quantity. The second half has chanted vocals, some descending horn sections and a singalong chorus that will grab your ears. A great listen, even for a lesser tune on this album, at least in terms of its popularity.

Can’t Get To Sleep At Night is a keyboard and Disco heavy listening experience that sounds quirky and joyous from the start. Some neat vocals with some nice processed sound effects are present, and this takes one to a whole new level that typical means cannot do. This is about difficult circumstances in relationships that are really excellent and lovely to hear. Donna Summer is a fine vocalist, and although she is best at singing Disco songs, her voice alone is clear and passionate. This is another extended piece of Disco Music that showcases a pretty, enjoyable and sweet listening experience that both men and women can warm to. No doubt that Donna Summer was crucial in breaking down stereotypical gender values. A quirky keyboard solo is present in the second half of this song, and this upbeat song is a tremendous and impressive joy to hear. A great, great piece of songcraft that sounds sweet, lovely and genuinely good. This is about emotional distress about relationships and is really punchy and powerful. Really excellent and awesome, this sounds really awesome throughout for this Disco Pop. It fades out nicely at the end.

On My Honor is a piano-led ballad from the start. It sounds really fresh and fantastic, and Donna Summer sings softly and with passion in this song. This is a song about promising to be true to a lover, no matter if there are bumpy roads ahead. Slide guitar and interesting keyboards are present in this song, and the music throughout is definitely unique, in the best way possible. This sounds genuinely loving and sensual. No doubt many singers and musicians in the years to follow were notably impressed by songs such as this one. Donna Summer sings so beautifully in this song that she makes a genuinely great and moving impression on the listener. Nonetheless, a really fantastic and joyous Disco Music classic with some great lyrics, superb singing and interesting sounds to match. It ends with extended vibrato vocals and a slide guitar conclusion. Brilliant.

There Will Always Be A You begins with some weird pseudo-piano sounds and gospel-styled vocals to match. Unfortunately, this is not as good as what came before it. Still, this is a good song for what it is. Donna Summer sings a little more forcefully here, and even if this song is not as good as the others, she makes a genuine musical impression as a vocalist. Nonetheless, this is not outright bad for music of its sort. Donna Summer professes her love to the listener. Indeed, this is likely romantic music for those of you who are ready to get it on big time. A really fantastic and enjoyable song regardless of its flaws, this no doubt influenced generations of female singers afterwards who could have the confidence to make their own music. A really gorgeous listening experience that is thoroughly rewarding and enjoyable. The music does complement Donna Summer’s vocals very well, and this music is a real treasure. Very 1970s and a solidly good love song to play for those intimate moments with a partner. A very sweet and interesting listen, although this could have been cut down length-wise.

All Through The Night begins with piano and some sad talk by Donna Summer about brokenhearted circumstances. This goes on for six minutes in length as well, so strap yourself in and away we go. Donna Summer sings about complicated love issues, but she does it in her own inimitable way. Piano, strings and keyboard match her unique and sensational vocal delivery, and she delivers exactly what is needed in this song. This is an extraordinarily beautiful piece of music that is a good balance between Pop songcraft and danceable forms of music. No wonder DJs began to remix Disco records in Chicago shortly after 1980, you can hear why. The love, power and passionate emotion of Donna Summer’s voice sounds sensationally good. A really deep and meaningful listen about being loyal and faithful in love, this is super cool to listen to. A deep, meaningful and interesting song to listen to. This was just before the digital age of recording entered. One can hear really how purely wonderful and sweet this is. Donna Summer deserves a gold medal for this album’s vocals, and the producers deserve equal credit as well for creating such a great ballad. It gets quiet towards the end, with just piano and vocals to conclude with. A really excellent song to listen to. Donna Summer puts in a meaningful vocal conclusion right at the end. Fine art.

My Baby Understands begins with piano and flourishes of keyboards. This sounds unique and fantastic, and quickly launches into an excellent and powerfully driven piece of music throughout. Again, Donna Summer sounds brilliant on this song, and this is as good as Pop Music got back in 1979. This isn’t even a hit single from this album, yet it sounds amazing and just right. Super cool and different, the music throughout is clear, clever and gorgeous to listen to. The mixture of bongos, guitar, piano and keyboards make for an interesting listening experience throughout. A really great and interesting tune to hear, there is no doubt Donna Summer inspired legions of musicians down the road. A simple, enjoyable and loveable song that sounds so good, this is exactly what one needs to hear. The guitar solo in the second half is nicely played and sounds very wild. A great, great listening experience. Worth your ears throughout, all the way to the fade out.

Our Love is a bouncy Disco Music tune with 4/4 beats and looped electronics to match. Instantly, one can dance to this tune. No wonder DJs decided to remix Disco songs into House Music in Chicago in the mid-1980s. You can easily hear why, this is nothing but fantastic listening throughout. A great, energetic and decent song that although is specifically Disco Music, does sound really great and different throughout. An awesome breakdown with vocals and heavy kick drum sounds predate New Order’s Blue Monday, once again. A very fluid, punchy and fun listening experience, this is no doubt one of the better songs by Donna Summer. This does sound really great and proves that, even on a Disco Music album, variety is everywhere here. A great listening experience with that repeated awesome breakdown throughout, this is absolutely sensational. “Our love, will last forever!” chanted throughout points out the romanticism of this music. This is followed by a strange solo section on keyboards, before returning to the breakdown with more spacey keyboards to match. A fantastic listening experience from start to finish. Very awesome.

Lucky continues on with a very Disco heavy groove section that sounds uplifting, fun and danceable all in one. This is an intricate piece of music with keyboards galore that sounds really great. An awesome listening experience that sounds top-notch. Donna Summer sings in a reassuring and loving sort of way, which sounds really fine and great throughout. This music not only is part of 1979 but is a futuristic glimpse into some of the trends in the 1980s. Still, this is music perfect for the discotheques of the era, and you can wear your high-heeled shoes and flares to this piece of extraordinary music. Some of the best early sequencer work is throughout this tune, and it really does sound uplifting and great. Donna Summer sings very well in this song, and the music is a great example of Pop Music mixed with some early electronic sounds throughout. Fantastic to listen to, even today, one can imagine the swingers in New York going crazy to this tune. A very excellent listening experience from start to finish. Sweet and lovely music throughout.

Sunset People begins with some irresistable Disco/Electronic sounds, and some basic beats and launches into a futuristic-sounding piece. Even today, this sounds very much unlike anything else out there in the world of music. It has a Psychedelic feel to the music at hand as well. The clever use of illuminating lyrics, great singing and warped electronics makes this a real musical winner throughout. A brilliant and enjoyable listening experience that sounds fluid, creative and excellent, there is a great use of melodic and introspective listening throughout. Even at the time of writing, this music easily could have been released today and it would make a nuclear impact. Sure, this is an extended listening experience but it sounds exceedingly gorgeous and brilliant. Donna Summer and her recording team definitely deserve credit for this music at hand. Very, very sweet to listen to. A fine and fantastic piece of joyful music with subtle chord and key changes throughout. The second half has some amazing electronic sounds to match this interesting song. Really, really great. This is obviously designed with DJs in mind but sounds just as great on its own regardless. Simple yet well-crafted lyricism is sung so beautifully by Donna Summer here. A genuinely great listen from start to finish, even if Disco Music was slated by many afterwards. Great for a six-and-a-half-minute-long song, it fades out gently at the end with a great repeated section. Sweet.

Bad Girls – Demo Version begins with some watery Fender Stratocaster parts, and launches into a very decent demo version of the title track from this album. This is, in a way, just as good as the final recorded version of this song. It is proof that even on the demos, these guys knew exactly what they were doing musically. Donna Summer sings wonderfully, powerfully and passionately throughout. A really sweet, cool and flavoursome tune that is really majestic and uplifting. This sounds super good throughout, and is extremely impressive to listen to, to this day. The mixture of sounds and luscious instrumentation make for a really great song and listening experience throughout. A serious winner of a tune, Donna Summer and the production crew make even their demos nicely come alive. The bass guitar especially is noticeably good, and the songs and craftsmanship are very near perfect. A great trip throughout the history of music, and the first half of this double album ends here. Awesome.

I Feel Love – 12″ Version is the key track from this double album, as it is the most discussed Donna Summer song in her musical lifetime. Bear in mind that this classic song does run for eight minutes long. It begins with a spacey fade in from a keyboard and launches into a fantastic sounding and original tune with a great sequencing pattern and glorious keyboards and electronic beats to match. This has been imitated so many times in the history of music but never bettered in this fashion. A very sweet vocal from Donna Summer is present here, although it is designed to support this song more than really be a song-based tune. The chorus, regardless, is a mindblowing listening experience that does sound inspired. No doubt Disco lovers who popped pills of various sorts and danced all night in the nightclubs of the day would have really dug this tune. A sensationally sweet and powerful listening experience, this is a very enjoyable piece of music. Fantastic, to this very day. If you ever need to hear a good mixture of Disco Music and proto-EDM sounds, this is your best bet. There is a very EDM-based breakdown near the middle of this classic song where the vocals fade out. Imagine if you were alive in 1979 and you wanted to hear a glimpse into the future of music. This is that song. It could have been made today and would have been just as popular today as it was back in the late 1970s. A spacey, extended and imaginative tune is present in this piece. This genuinely sounds amazing and great. Definitely the highlight of this extended double album, and worth paying attention to as a piece of music. The sections are multitracked and fantastic mixed throughout. If you are a professional House or Techno DJ reading this review, you must add this to your mix and repertoire of tracks in your set. No doubt many already have. This, unlike some of the other tracks on this double album, never loses its purity or energy throughout. Also, this is the highlight of this release. Donna Summer’s vocals are fantastically mixed into all of this, way before there were PCs, digital automation or AI. A seriously great song and proof that 1979 was the birth of EDM in Popular Music. A great, great listen. It ends with the looped electronic section and drum machine beats to match to fade out. Super cool.

Last Dance – 12″ Version is also eight minutes long. It begins with fluttering Disco-styled strings and sounds, launching into a super sweet song about the final song of the night at the discotheque, sounding clear, brilliant and pretty. This is back to the Pop stylings of the rest of the album but sounds gorgeous and interesting throughout. Donna Summer is, of course, the star of the show, and she puts in an excellent vocal performance. This quickly turns into a typically energetic and fun Disco song that is a really top listening experience. A top tune for all to hear, this Disco Music album is a rare classic in Pop history full of interesting songs that never lose their appeal nor bore oneself. It sounds typical for its time, but in reality is light years ahead of the competition, just like The Beatles 1967 album release, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The music at hand no doubt blew a lot of the minimalist Punk and gritty Heavy Metal music out of the water. Donna Summer is unmatched as a vocalist for this style of music, so much so that David Lee Roth would have listened to these sorts of songs as a vocalist and paid attention to her perfect Disco delivery, oddly enough. If you ever want to know what the late 1970s Disco Music craze was about, look no further. The song reaches an awesome crescendo in the second half of it, followed by fluttering instrumentation to match it all. A really sweet, dynamic and awesome listening experience that is magical and memorable throughout, this is another classic cut from this extended double album. This is one to put a smile on your face with its upbeat melody and beauty throughout. This is a song that is nicely full of suspense and great musical structure throughout. All in all, a really great listening experience. This music is tuneful and wraps rings around the already immortal 1977 Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Although Disco Music had many magical moments in its history, this album is one of them. This is certainly another great cut on the second half of this album. It’s one of Donna Summer’s best songs, this does sound genuinely great. Cool and inspired musically, the vocals throughout are really sweet. Great to hear.

MacArthur Park Suite: MacArthur Park/One Of A Kind/Heaven Knows/MacArthur Park Reprise – DJ Promo 12″ Version is the longest piece (you have been warned) at 17 minutes long on this double album, which is quite lengthy for a mini-Disco mix. It begins with a momentous piano that is dual-tracked and which sounds excellent. Strings enter, and this piece comes alive. Donna Summer sings well here, and this is definitely an unusual listening experience to hear. So far, so good. It has a monumental chorus with glorious singing, backing harmonies and other lush Disco era instrumentation to match. Great, in other words. This quickly and drastically changes into a fantastic Disco Music tune with a groove to boot. Very, very good to listen to. A sweet, epic and emotional listening experience that still sounds as great today as it did in 1979. This music is accessible and loveable for all music lovers out there, and it does sound really great. A great tune, even with its multiple sections and progressions. This was the 1970s, after all. The horns present in this tune are fantastic and delightful. Nonetheless, a really great listening experience that kicks the proverbial. Excellent music with sensational vocals from the Queen of Disco is present here. A wonderful listen, this is exactly the track you need to put on to show your friends the DJ/EDM side of Disco Music that, quite simply, works. Great. There are some awesome Fender Stratocaster guitar parts throughout this, and the whole song is a real winner. The guitar playing is sensationally good. Brilliant for such a longish piece of music. This launches into an instrumental section, followed by glorious vocal harmonies to match all this. This is very much like watching a 1970s Roger Moore James Bond 007 film, it is Disco heavy and entertaining. Super cool. The next section of singing emerges with Donna Summer sounding really excellent on vocals here. She puts in a very memorable and lively vocal performance throughout. Fantastic music to listen to, this is a real winner of a song mix. There are interesting keyboard solo sections as well. The brass and horns are extremely fun to listen to here as well. A really great and cool listening experience, this is a clever idea by the producers of this music to reveal to the listener. The second half of this song progresses along nicely, with a mixture of horns, funky bass guitar, electric guitar licks, straightforward percussion and Donna Summer’s immortal singing throughout. Super cool to listen to as well. Handclaps join in as well, as this majestic mix progresses along well. A fine, fun and fantastic listening experience from the late 1970s, this is sweet to hear. The time flies by with this piece of music. More electronics and interesting fragments of music are thrown into the mix. This simply oozes cool and sounds very great to this day. The music transforms and evolves continuously throughout, revealing its amazing sounds for 1979 to you. A simply amazing and well-done piece of music that will never die. Some bongo beats and shuffle percussion then enter, and some male vocals enter, complementing Donna Summer’s singing here. This piece of music gradually progresses along very nicely. A great listen overall, this is a really fresh, fine and outstanding listen to this very day. Donna Summer professes her eternal love to the listener, and this groovy Disco Music tune continues on well. Towards the end, horns are prominent, along with saxophone as well. A cool tune provided that you have the patience to listen to a 17-minute-long mix. As we gradually approach the end of this track, psychedelic keyboards lead into the last section of this song. A very great piece of music that is fantastic from start to finish, Donna Summer puts in a fantastic vocal before concluding this tune very well. Good to boogie along to when in the mood for Disco Music, this is fantastic. It ends with that horn progression. Sweet.

Hot Stuff – 12″ Version is a good listen from the start, with punchy beats and synchronised guitars and piano. This launches into a good rendition of the classic song at hand. It sounds sweet, energetic and brilliant to listen to. Donna Summer sings this tune well, and although this isn’t the official version of the song, it does sound brilliant to listen to again. Super cool, and a definite party Disco vibe is present in this song. A definitely awesome and joyous listening experience from start to finish, this is a fantastic winner of a tune. There is a soaring and electrified Fender Stratocaster guitar solo (on the second position of the pickup selector) that sounds well-played and insanely good. Near the middle, this enters real Disco territory before the chorus returns very nicely. A fresh, fun and killer Disco Music tune with a noticeable and catchy groove throughout. This is a wonderful piece about love and lust on a crazy night out, Donna Summer definitely deserves her place in musical history from this song. A great saxophone solo emerges in the second half of this track, and it does sound inspired and amazing to listen to. This continues along with chanted vocals, before returning to the instrumental break present. A really cool and sweet piece of music to listen to, this begins to wrap up with a fantastic vocal and a super sweet conclusion to the music. A great, great song to hear, every time. It finishes up with keyboards and drums.

Bad Girls begins with some intricate Fender Stratocaster fills, and sounds epic and awesome. Again, this is the title track and is the proper version of it, not just simply the 12-inch version of this song. Still, it sounds enjoyable, epic and monumental, as this music should do. A really powerful and melodically enjoyable listening experience to boot. The music throughout is really pretty and stunning to listen to, just like the lady of a man’s dreams. In any case, this does sound pretty, awesome and majestic. A really cool Disco Music piece that illuminates the best side of USA-based music and culture in the 1970s. This is super cool music to listen to and enjoy to this very day. A very interesting Fender Stratocaster guitar solo is here, followed by an interesting section of vocals and playing of instruments. Nonetheless, this does sound very cool and amazing as a piece of music. Fun, fresh and amazing, to this very day. A musical time warp back to 1979, this eventually fades out the main musical section with the looped vocals to conclude. Brilliant.

Walk Away – 12″ Version begins with some descending chime sounds, Disco drum beats and launches into the 12-inch version of the classic song. This is likely not 100% necessary by this point in time, especially as this expanded double album goes for over two hours. Regardless, this music is really gorgeous and sweet to listen to. Donna Summer does a really great job on vocals here, and the music emotionally and excellently matches her singing at hand. This goes on for seven minutes in length and has some clever and intricate musical sections to boot. Cool, quirky and clever, the music here is amazing. A great listen nonetheless, this has a power of its own to listen through to. This music is a brilliant and lively listening experience that is top-notch and high quality for its listening experience. Donna Summer sings wonderfully on these songs. A glorious saxophone solo is present, and the music and instrumentation are really superb. This music is quite timeless on its own. Although these songs do go past their welcome in terms of length, this is not a huge deal, really given the context of the album. In the second half, the instrumental break sounds joyful and glorious to listen to. Nonetheless, this is a great, great listen. Cool, fun and enjoyable Disco Music to boot. The music and playing are extremely good to listen to and match Donna Summer’s brilliant singing. Towards the end, the saxophone takes centre stage, before this tune returns to the chorus and begins to wrap up. Excellent to hear, although it is over seven minutes long.

Dim All The Lights – 12″ Version is a more unusual-sounding version of the song on the first half of this album. Donna Summer’s voice reminds us that this song is brilliant, however. Still, this goes on for over seven minutes long, which is a bit much by this point. Even so, this is a really lively, powerful and excellent Disco Music piece that sounds top-notch to this day. Donna Summer’s voice flutters over the mix and sounds amazing. A great and excellent listening experience, the Fender guitars, bongos and other production touches match her fantastic vocals very well and nicely, too. A great song to listen to, this should be a timely reminder to today’s music fans how poor the charted hits of the postmodern world are. Towards the midsection is an interesting mesh of instrumentation as a key break to listen to. Brilliant music to listen to. This sounds really great today, in any case. The music and playing are world-class, and this song is different from the original version of the first half of this album release. It still grooves and sounds awesome in any case. Donna Summer’s vocals sound monumental and unique throughout. The main section of the song is mixed out towards the end, and an instrumentation section comes to the fore. Donna Summer re-enters with her vocals, and this song takes the mind elsewhere. A very great listen with some fantastically sustained vocals and sounds that are excellent. Very great to listen to, this eventually wraps up with a fade-out after seven minutes. Very good.

No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) – 12″ Version features Barbra Streisand and runs for over 11 minutes in length. It begins with some keyboards, pianos and other instrumental fade-ins that are extremely nice to listen to. Some vocals about heartbreaking from the two stars are both here, and this song sounds moving and emotional throughout. It is a sweet, lovely and moving tune that reveals disappointments and heartaches in relationships. A beautiful yet rather slow piece of music to begin with. Without warning, it launches into another Disco Music-based groove that sounds funky and killer. It sounds quirky and odd for this album, and although it does cover relationship issues from a woman’s perspective, this isn’t the best track from this double album, quite clearly. A fresh and upbeat-sounding piece of music regardless, is very much enjoyable for what it is. The music throughout is very upbeat and fun to listen to in any case. A really great piece of music, in any case, the vocals are absolutely sublime. Both Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand do this song a real justice. The sounds throughout are a typical Disco flavoured mix of percussion, electronics and Fender Stratocaster guitar licks. A cool, odd yet enjoyable piece of music for all to listen to. The extended groove section in the middle of this track sounds really quite delicious to listen to. The music at hand is absolutely wonderful to listen to, and the sounds throughout are quite original, even in its obvious Disco Music stylings. Unfortunately, this song does drag on a bit and it quite clearly does not make sense to have such an extended piece of music about heartbreak. All the same, the music throughout is an absolute joy to listen to, provided you can overlook its flaws. The second half is more extended music with loads of multitracked vocals on top. This is a bit of a drag, however. The electric guitar sections that follow are different, however. The Fender Stratocaster solo sections are indeed, pretty cool. This isn’t a million miles away from the Eagles 1976 Hotel California album guitar tone. This song is a bit of flogging a dead horse by this point. It is simply far too long, unless you pop some pills and dance, really to be enjoyed to the full. This finally begins to wrap up, after what seems like forever. A good listen but certainly nothing essential to hear from this album. It wraps up after over 11 minutes, a bit of a drag musically really.

On The Radio – Long Version is the very last song on this double album. It begins with lush Disco instrumentation and sounds musically great. Donna Summer sings sweetly on top of it all, and she sounds very magical throughout. Eventually, drumming kicks in and this sounds much more like a traditional Pop/Rock ballad than a Disco tune. That is, until Disco beats kick in and this tune becomes very danceable and lovely to listen to. A fun, fresh and awesome listening experience throughout, this has a killer and sweet vibe throughout. A good swan song for this expanded double album, the music and performance are awesome and fine to listen to. A great and interesting piece of music to listen to throughout. This, in particular, has a call-and-response section between the brass and strings, followed by a clever-sounding saxophone section. Great to listen to. This music is sweet, loveable and supercharged with Disco energy. More of a Pop song than anything really, though. A really great and inspiring listening experience, this sounds very fantastic from start to finish. A super sweet and awesome listen. In the second half are delayed fragments of music to listen to, which are played over the Disco Music backing track. Nonetheless, great. A decent and anthemic conclusion to a super long expanded album that is mostly worth it. This song concludes with some great and pretty music with Donna Summer singing sweetly away. A genuinely good song to listen to. Worth your ears. Great to hear. It fades out to finish.

This is a very lengthy double album listen that is over two and a half hours long. As a result, it is difficult to sit through that time period from start to finish. However, for the most part, unless indicated, this is a fantastic and beautifully energetic listening experience from Donna Summer. In particular of note, the key tracks of this album actually influenced future musical trends, such as the immortal I Feel Love – 12″ Version. Regardless, if you like Disco Music and loved the 1977 Saturday Night Fever compilation, then this album should be your next point of call. Should you listen to this album? If you have time, patience and the ability to skip some tracks, then yes, check this out. If you hate Disco Music, then no.

A good slice of musical history.

7/10