Burn It Up: The Rise of British House & Dance Music 1986-1991 by Various Artists

Burn It Up shows how anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of tech was able to create a dance floor smash using the barest hint of melody (if that), recycled beats and cannibalized riffs. In too many instances, these are not songs so much as monotonous rhythms not even bothering to find somewhere more interesting to go. The result is largely interchangeable tracks that rarely make any sort of impression.Read full story nd tracklist in comments.