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Deee-Lite is often seen as a one-hit wonder, albeit a brilliant one hit; the phenomenal "Groove Is in the Heart" is one of those great, giddy pleasures that defined a time and transcended it. The thing is, that wasn't the end of the Deee-Lite story, even if it was undeniably their chart pinnacle, because their dizzy, ironically hippified second-summer-of-love dance music was overflowing with delights: sonic thrills from DJ Towa Tei and DJ Dmitry and clever sexiness from Lady Miss Kier. This was most evident on their mini-classic debut, World Clique, but their next two albums had their merits, and all of them are featured on Rhino's fine 20-track collection, The Very Best of Dee-Lite. This understandably relies very heavily on the debut, with seven selections, grazing over Infinity Within with four cuts before settling in for no less than nine songs from the underrated 1994 swan song, Dewdrops in the Garden. This doesn't have the sustained thrills of World Clique, but it does make a convincing case that the group was consistently entertaining and inventive, thereby winding up as a first-class summary of thrilling band.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Deee-Lite, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Kier Kirby, Writer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Lyricist - Deee-Lite for Sampadelic Productions, Producer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Towa tei, Writer
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1990 Elektra Entertainment for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Deee-Lite, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Kier Kirby, Writer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Lyricist - Deee-Lite for Sampadelic Productions, Producer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Towa tei, Writer - Kirby, Composer
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1990 Elektra Entertainment for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Bootsy Collins, Backing Vocals - Kamaal Fareed, Writer - Deee-Lite, MainArtist - D'mitry Brill, Writer - Kier Kirby, Writer - Deee-Lite for Sampadelic Productions, Producer - Towa tei, Writer - Fred Wesley, Trombone - MACEO PARKER, Saxophone - Q Tip, Rapper Vocals - Harbie Hancock, Writer
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1990 Elektra Entertainment for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Deee-Lite, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Kier Kirby, Writer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Lyricist - Deee-Lite for Sampadelic Productions, Producer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Towa tei, Writer
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1990 Elektra Entertainment for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Deee-Lite, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Kier Kirby, Writer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Lyricist - Deee-Lite for Sampadelic Productions, Producer, Arranger - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Towa tei, Writer
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1990 Elektra Entertainment for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Deee-Lite, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Kier Kirby, Writer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Lyricist - Deee-Lite for Sampadelic Productions, Composer, Producer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Towa tei, Writer - Lady Miss Kier, Lyricist - Ian Pooley, Remixer - Tuta Aquino, Editor - Supa DJ Dmitry at Living Room Studios, Editor
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1996 Elektra Entertainment, A Division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - Deee-Lite, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Kier Kirby, Writer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Lyricist - Deee-Lite for Sampadelic Productions, Producer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Towa tei, Writer
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1990 Elektra Entertainment for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Bootsy Collins, Guitar - Deee-Lite, MainArtist - Kier Kirby, Writer - Nick Phillips, Contributor - Deee-Lite for Sampadelic Productions, Producer, Arranger, Writer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Hiroyuki Nakano for Graphickers, Contributor - Ichiro Tanida for Graphickers, Contributor - Towa tei, Writer - Dream Street Management, Contributor - Fred Wesley, Additional Arrangement by - Bernie Worrell, Contributor - Ingar Westburg, Contributor - Lady Kier Kirby, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals - Mark "Keep Going: Plati, Engineer - Super D.J. Dmitry Brill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer - Towa "Towa" Tei, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer - Gary "Mudbone" Cooper, Backing Vocals - Sahirah Moore, Backing Vocals - Sheila Slappy, Backing Vocals - Dmitry, Arranger - Towa Towa, Arranger
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1992 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Bootsy Collins, Guitar - Deee-Lite, MainArtist - Kier Kirby, Writer - Nick Phillips, Contributor - Deee-Lite for Sampadelic Productions, Producer, Arranger, Writer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Hiroyuki Nakano for Graphickers, Contributor - Ichiro Tanida for Graphickers, Contributor - Towa tei, Writer - Dream Street Management, Contributor - Bernie Worrell, Contributor - Ingar Westburg, Contributor - Lady Kier Kirby, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals - Mark "Keep Going: Plati, Engineer - Super D.J. Dmitry Brill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer - Towa "Towa" Tei, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer - Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker, Horn - Gary "Mudbone" Cooper, Backing Vocals - Robin Lobe, Percussion
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1992 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Deee-Lite, MainArtist - Kier Kirby, Writer - Nick Phillips, Contributor - Deee-Lite for Sampadelic Productions, Producer, Arranger, Writer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Hiroyuki Nakano for Graphickers, Contributor - Ichiro Tanida for Graphickers, Contributor - Towa tei, Writer - Dream Street Management, Contributor - Ingar Westburg, Contributor - Lady Kier Kirby, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals - Mark "Keep Going: Plati, Engineer - Super D.J. Dmitry Brill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer - Towa "Towa" Tei, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1992 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - Deee-Lite, MainArtist - Kier Kirby, Writer - Nick Phillips, Contributor - Deee-Lite for Sampadelic Productions, Producer, Arranger - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Towa tei, Writer - Bernie Worrell, Contributor - Ingar Westburg, Contributor - Lady Kier Kirby, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals - Mark "Keep Going: Plati, Engineer - Super D.J. Dmitry Brill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer - Towa "Towa" Tei, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer - Gary "Mudbone" Cooper, Backing Vocals - Catfish Collins, Guitar
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1992 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Kier Kirby, Writer - Deee-Lite for Sampadelic Productions, Producer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Hiroyuki Nakano for Graphickers, Contributor - Ichiro Tanida for Graphickers, Contributor - Dream Street Management, Contributor - Maurice White, Writer - Philip Bailey, Writer - HANI, Remixer - Deee-Lite / Chillblast, MainArtist - Tuta Aquino, Editor - Supa DJ Dmitry at Living Room Studios, Editor
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1994 Elektra Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Communications for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States excluding the United Kingdom.
Kier Kirby, Writer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Lady Miss Kier, Producer - Ani, Producer - Ani Schempt, Writer - Supa DJ Dmitry, Producer - Deee-Lite / Chillblast, MainArtist
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1994 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United Sates and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States excluding the United Kingdom.
Deee-Lite, MainArtist - Kier Kirby, Writer - EDDIE HARRIS, Writer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Ani Schempt, Writer - Dee-Lite, Vocals
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1994 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United Sates and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States excluding the United Kingdom.
Deee-Lite, MainArtist - Kier Kirby, Writer - Deee-Lite for Sampadelic Productions, Producer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Hiroyuki Nakano for Graphickers, Contributor - Ichiro Tanida for Graphickers, Contributor - Dream Street Management, Contributor - Justin Tyme, Writer - Sampladelic, Remixer - Tuta Aquino, Editor - Supa DJ Dmitry at Living Room Studios, Editor - Joe Ruddick, MainArtist
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1994 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Deee-Lite, MainArtist - Kier Kirby, Writer - Willie Williams, Writer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Lady Miss Kier, Producer - JACKIE MITTOO, Writer - Ani, Producer - Ani Schempt, Writer - Supa DJ Dmitry, Producer
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1994 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United Sates and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States excluding the United Kingdom.
Deee-Lite, MainArtist - Kier Kirby, Writer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Lady Miss Kier, Producer - Ani, Producer - Supra DJ Dmitry, Producer
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1994 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United Sates and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States excluding the United Kingdom.
Deee-Lite, MainArtist - Kier Kirby, Writer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Lady Miss Kier, Producer - Ani, Producer - Supra DJ Dmitry, Producer
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1994 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United Sates and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States excluding the United Kingdom.
Deee-Lite, MainArtist - Kier Kirby, Writer - Terry Burrus, Keyboards - Kenny Gonzalez, Writer - Deee-Lite for Sampadelic Productions, Producer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Hiroyuki Nakano for Graphickers, Contributor - Ichiro Tanida for Graphickers, Contributor - Dream Street Management, Contributor - Bill Klatt, Engineer - TODD TERRY, Remixer - Louie Vega, Writer - Zhana Saunders, Backing Vocals - Jeffrey Bernstein, Contributor - Tuta Aquino, Editor - Supa DJ Dmitry at Living Room Studios, Editor
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1996 Elektra Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Communications for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States excluding the United Kingdom.
Kier Kirby, Writer - Dmitry Brill, Writer - Lady Miss Kier, Producer - Ani, Producer - Ani Schempt, Writer - Supra DJ Dmitry, Producer - Deee-Lite / Chillblast, MainArtist
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1994 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United Sates and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States excluding the United Kingdom.
Album review
Deee-Lite is often seen as a one-hit wonder, albeit a brilliant one hit; the phenomenal "Groove Is in the Heart" is one of those great, giddy pleasures that defined a time and transcended it. The thing is, that wasn't the end of the Deee-Lite story, even if it was undeniably their chart pinnacle, because their dizzy, ironically hippified second-summer-of-love dance music was overflowing with delights: sonic thrills from DJ Towa Tei and DJ Dmitry and clever sexiness from Lady Miss Kier. This was most evident on their mini-classic debut, World Clique, but their next two albums had their merits, and all of them are featured on Rhino's fine 20-track collection, The Very Best of Dee-Lite. This understandably relies very heavily on the debut, with seven selections, grazing over Infinity Within with four cuts before settling in for no less than nine songs from the underrated 1994 swan song, Dewdrops in the Garden. This doesn't have the sustained thrills of World Clique, but it does make a convincing case that the group was consistently entertaining and inventive, thereby winding up as a first-class summary of thrilling band.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:53
- Main artists: Deee-Lite
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Elektra Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group & Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1990, 1992, 1994 & 2001 Elektra Entertainment Group
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