I Wanna Have Some Fun (deluxe edition)

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Samantha Fox

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The albums before this were slight flirtation of pop dance fun, but this album brings it all home. Samantha brings her talents to the table big time on this album which is just more than straightforward dance excess. It's full of new kinds of music that will move you in some way. It's a dance movement rather than just some record.

Sam's biggest hits come Full Force and courtesy of the group as well with the femme fatales call to party in "I Wanna Have Some Fun". I think maybe the single edit works better because a back ground singer saying those few lines just makes the song drag. Still it's a pretty cool song with R&B pop hooks. Samantha also makes some heat on the super sexy "Next To Me" with Full Force working as a background group. It's energy in R&B form as she sings "touch me baby" and Full Force echoing "I Need To Feel Your Body". It's not "Touch Me" but a new dance groove. The innocent but naughty fun pop of songs like "Love House" and "Your House or My House" brings American house and British pop together. Even more cutesy dance tunes can be found like on Stock, Atiken and Waterman soundalikes such as the blissful "Walking On Air" and "Ready For This Love". The SAW team actually work their magic on two tracks. Most notably a very peppy "I Only Want To Be With You". Three of the most experimental tracks are really the best. The pure rock and roll excess on this strictly pop album of "Hot For You" is a nice touch. Sounds like something that would have made "Touch Me" a better debut. The co-written "Confession" is an out of mind dance record with experimental beats that just can't be classified as dance pop. It's got an electronic edge and the lyrics are very sharp. It's the smartest song on the album. Thank you, Sam. The ender is the tradition two albums strong of Samantha. A big powerful ballad that her little voice manages to lift up. In this case it's the near ethereal meets eighties hook sound of "Out Of Our Hands". You'd be surprised how effectively she sings her.

Another great Samantha Fox album. She really diversified herself into many areas on this 12 tracker that her shorter albums just couldn't reach. You always felt there was some lacking, but not her. Listen to it and fall in love with Sam and her eighties dance grooves.