Junior Senior “D-D-Don’t Stop the Beat” (Best of the Decade)

Due to the tremendous success of the single “Move Your Feet,” many people didn’t bother to look any further into Junior Senior’s debut record, D-D-Don’t Stop the Beat. The weak second single, “Rhythm Bandits” was… well… it wasn’t “Move Your Feet,” and therefore for many that was where the conversation ended. Despite “Rhythm”‘s chart failure though, the album is packed full of so many great tracks that it is astonishing that it never became more popular. The blistering beats, abundant guitar hooks and carefree attitude of Junior and Senior (Danes Jesper Mortensen and Jeppe Laursen) make for one of the best party albums ever recorded. The casual sexuality tossed around in “Chicks and Dicks” is hilarious, with Laursen (gay) and Mortensen (straight) never taking themselves too seriously, “Hey gay, get out of my way/Hey straight, you’re always too late.” “Good Girl, Bad Boy” packs walloping guitar licks over a dearth of violently agitated beats. “Shake Me baby” is about as calm as it gets, and even that doesn’t fail to get the feet moving. The only real weak links in the record are the last two tracks, a re-edit of “Shake Your Coconuts” that really doesn’t add anything substantial and a live recording of “Move Your Feet” that is a puzzling addition. I am willing to overlook those two gaffs though, as the rest of the material on D-D-Don’t is nothing short of mind-blowing.

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