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Even among Fatback fanatics, the group's 1988 album Tonite's An All Nite Party is something of an unknown quantity. Even though it did get a release here in the UK on the Start label (which promptly belied its name, and stopped not long after TAANP hit the racks...) the set's original distribution seems to have been fairly minimal - and as a result, many dance music fans seem to be unaware of the album's very existence...
...Not any more, though, as this month TAANP joins the 16 titles that comprise Fatback's original Event and Spring albums, to become another all-singing, all-dancing part of Ace's Southbound catalogue. The album definitely lives up to its title, with the accent predominantly on the upbeat and typically mid-80s electro-rhythms driving its club-friendly grooves. (And as is the case at any good all-night party, there's also a well-placed cool down zone midway through the proceedings. For all you fans of Fatback's way with a soul ballad, TAANP contains one of their very best slow jams in Stop And Take The Time). Sure it's something of a quantum clubland leap from the likes of Yum Yum or Keep On Steppin', but the many lovers of Fatback's post disco-era albums will find that it fits and sits comfortably next to latterday FB thrillers like With Love, On The Floor and Is This The Future?
Tracklist
1 All-Nite Party
2 Rhythm Of The Night (Feel The Rhythm Of The Night)
3 Have Some Fun
4 Stop And Take The Time
5 S.O.S. (Super Jocks)
6 Naughty Dancer
7 Tonight
8 (Let Your) Body Talk