Rule Dance Hall

Rule Dance Hall is an album by the Jamaican reggae musician Bunny Wailer. It was released in 1987 via Shanachie Records.

Production

The album was made with the Roots Radics band. Rule Dance Hall contains cover versions of Sam Cooke's "Saturday Night" and the Wailers' "Stir It Up".

Critical reception

The State called the album Wailer's "most successful outing in years," writing that he's "returned to the heavy drums and bass rhythms that are prevalent in the Jamaican dance halls." Stephen Davis, in The Reggae & African Beat, called the album "as brilliant as anything Bob Marley ever did." High Fidelity wrote that it celebrates "the lighter, good-times nature of Jamaica's music." The Boston Globe deemed the album "just a misguided mistake."

AllMusic wrote that "Bunny is in top form to deliver a set of old-school-tempo tunes intent on teaching the newer generation a musical history lesson."

Track listing

References

1. Dance hall
2. Taxi dancer
3. Bunny Wailer
4. Taxi dance hall
5. Dance
6. Rock & Rule
7. Everybody Wants to Rule the World
8. Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album
9. Lap dance
10. Jack and Jill (dance)
11. Earth, Wind & Fire discography
12. National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei
13. Crocus City Hall attack
14. Ghost Dance
15. The Greatest Dancer
16. British Raj
17. Jennifer Jones (Rockette)
18. In the Hall of the Mountain King
19. I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
20. Swing (dance)