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Friday Fun Thread for May 26, 2023

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Does it need to be a single self-contained album? I saw your question a bit late, got a bit autistic, and compiled a nearly 100-song playlist that I think would hit the sweet spot between the electro-funk-disco of Daft Punk and the buoyant bubblegum-disco of ABBA, but then I remembered that some people are using music applications where they have to purchase discrete albums. I’d be happy to share that playlist I put together for you, but as far as single-album recommendations, I’ll put out 55 by The Knocks, which is more toward the Daft Punk end but a bit poppier, and The ABBA Generation by A*Teens, which puts a synthpop twist on classic ABBA songs.

Sounds neat, can you send this to me as well?

”Classic” - The Knocks & POWERS

“Burning Up” - Marianas Trench

“My Type” - Saint Motel

“Dance” - DNCE

“Bulletproof” - La Roux

“Classic” - MKTO

“Talk (Single Edit)” - Two Door Cinema Club

“Brokenhearted” - Karmin

“Kill The Lights” - Alex Newell, Jess Glynne, etc.

“Mamma Mia” - A*Teens

“Time To Groove” - Majestic & Nonô

“Funhouse” - P!nk

“Cake By The Ocean” - DNCE

“Collect My Love” - The Knocks

“Preach” - Saint Motel

“Fireworks” - Purple Disco Machine

“Black Magic” - Little Mix

“Don’t Start Now” - Dua Lipa

“Safe And Sound” - Capital Cities

“Sway” - Fitz & The Tantrums

“Try Me” - Josh Ramsay

“The Feeling” - The Knocks

“Better Days” - NEIKED, Mae Muller, etc.

“Upside Down” - A*Teens

“Everytime We Touch” - Cascada

“We Like To Party” - Vengaboys

“Our Own House” - MisterWives

“Want To Want Me” - Jason Derulo

“How 2 Dance” - Kaiser Chiefs

“I Don’t Like It, I Love It” - Flo Rida

“Sugar” - Maroon 5

“Nightcalling” - Red Rum Club

“Dancing Feet” - Kygo & DNCE

“Break My Heart” - Dua Lipa

“Can’t Stop The Feeling!” - Justin Timberlake

“Disco” - Sub-Radio

“Moves Like Jagger” - Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera

“Shake It Off” - Taylor Swift

“Hard Times” - Paramore

“Shut Up And Dance” - Walk The Moon

“Rhythm Of Your Heart” - Marianas Trench

“Dancing Queen” - A*Teens

“Animal” - Neon Trees

“Came Here For Love” - Sigala & Ella Eyre

“Kiss You” - One Direction

“Move” - DNCE

“Kings & Queens” - Ava Max

“Je Viens De La” - Two Door Cinema Club

“Sugar” - Robin Schulz & Francesco Yates

“HandClap” - Fitz & The Tantrums

“Steal My Sunshine (Single Version)” - LEN

“Ride Or Die” - The Knocks & Foster The People

“Talk Too Much” - COIN

“Kiss” - Prince

“Troublemaker” - Olly Murs & Flo Rida

“Vowels” - Capital Cities

“Rock Your Body” - Justin Timberlake

“Hot Wheels” - Doom Flamingo

“Up All Night” - One Direction

“Waterloo” - ABBA

“Perfect Mistake” - Josh Ramsay

“Work This Body” - Walk The Moon

“Anyway (Rhythm Shed Refix)” - CeeLo Green

“Moves” - Olly Murs

“Emotions” - Mariah Carey

“Coloring Outside The Lines” - MisterWives

“Rose-Colored Boy” - Paramore

“Closer” - Tegan And Sara

“Everybody Talks” - Neon Trees

“Kissing Strangers” - DNCE

“Shut Up And Kiss Me” - Marianas Trench

“Cinderella” - The Knocks

“Uma Thurman” - Fall Out Boy

“Happy” - Pharrell Williams

“Daydream” - The Aces

“Toxic Pony” - ALTÉGO, Britney Spears, Ginuwine

“Cheap Thrills” - Sia

“Never Gets Old” - Penguin Prison

“I Sold My Bed, But Not My Stereo” - Capital Cities

“Misery” - Maroon 5

“Do Me Right” - Vintage Trouble

“Dance Monkey” - Tones And I

“Crazy In Love” - Beyoncé & Jay-Z

“Moneygrabber” - Fitz & The Tantrums

“Stutter” - Marianas Trench

“Walking On Sunshine” - Katrina & The Waves

“Feel It Still” - Portugal, The Man

“Blurred Lines” - Robin Thicke, T.I., Pharrell Williams

“No Need For Dreaming” - MisterWives

“Shut Up And Let Me Go” - The Ting Tings

“Come Alive” - FMLYBND

“Paper Wings” - Taylor Swift

“1901” - Phoenix

“Feels” - Calvin Harris, Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry

“Feels Like Summer” - Panama Wedding

“Untouched” - The Veronicas

“Popular Song” - MIKA & Ariana Grande

“Levitating” - Dua Lipa

“September” - Earth, Wind & Fire

“101” - WALLA

“Rain On Me (Purple Disco Machine Remix)” - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande

“Total Eclipse Of The Heart (Dance Mix” - Nicki French

“Sucker” - Jonas Brothers

“What You Know” - Two Door Cinema Club

“Here (In Your Arms)” - Hellogoodbye

“It’s All Happening” - Saint Motel

“Dance” - Tim Halperin

“Raise Your Glass” - P!nk

“Midnight City” - M83

“I Think I Like You” - The Band CAMINO

“It’s Time (Penguin Prison Remix)” - Imagine Dragons

“Kids In America” - Cascada

“Untouched” - The Veronicas

“I Can Talk” - Two Door Cinema Club

“What Makes You Beautiful” - One Direction

“Do Me Right” - Vintage Trouble

“Paper Rings” - Taylor Swift

“Brave” - Sara Bareilles

“How Will I Know” - Whitney Houston

“Girls Just Want To Have Fun” - Cyndi Lauper

“Time & Time Again” - Sleepy Tom & Hotel Mira

“Locked Out Of Heaven” - Bruno Mars

“You’re Gone” - Smoove & Terrell

“Shadows” - Alphabeat

“Valerie” - Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse

“Fire Alarm” - Castlecomer

“Electric Love (Oliver Remix)” - BØRNS

“Paralyzed” - Rock Kills Kid

“Hey Ya!” - OutKast

“Stutter” - Marianas Trench

“Fiona Coyne” - Skylar Spence

“Watermelon Sugar” - Harry Styles

“Around The Bend” - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

“Play That Funky Music” - Wild Cherry

“I Wanna Dance With Somebody” - Whitney Houston

“That’s Not My Name” - The Ting Tings

“ABC” - The Jackson 5

“Paralyzer” - Finger Eleven

I too know the autistic pull of making huge playlists.

I’m trying to introduce them to discrete bodies of work as I feel that’s a mode of listening that’s falling out of fashion but shouldn’t.

I’ll take those album recommendations to heart, though.