Don't Stop Movin' (Livin' Joy album)

Don't Stop Movin' is the debut album by the Italian electronic music group Livin' Joy. It featured the song "Dreamer", which peaked at No.1 on the UK Singles & US Dance charts, both in 1995, and “Don't Stop Movin' which reached number 5 on the UK Singles Charts.

Don't Stop Movin'
Studio album by
Livin' Joy (Tameko Star)
ReleasedNovember 1996[1]
Genre
LabelUndiscovered Records, Island Records
ProducerVisnadi Bros, Tameko Star
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Music Week[3]
Sun-Sentinel(favorable)[4]

After Janice had left the group, the band continued on and released "Don't Stop Movin'", a few months later, by which time, Tameko Star had been chosen to be the group's new lead vocalist. "Don't Stop Movin'" peaked at No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart in Spring 1996. This was followed by another Top 10 single in the UK, ("Follow the Rules"). Two top 20 hits appeared in 1997, "Where Can I Find Love" and "Deep in You". The parent album, also called Don't Stop Movin', grouped together the hits, including "Dreamer" with new vocals by Star.

There had been plans for a widespread commercial release of a single called "Just for the Sex of It" in Spring 1999; however these plans never happened. It only received a limited club run, but was released as a single in Australia and the UK.

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Jason Ankeny noted that the album has "a sound which owes an equal debt to Euro-dance music and underground house."[5] A reviewer from Music Week wrote, "The Italian trio unleash a mixture of powerful party anthems and more subtle dancefloor delights. Uplifting stuff."[6]

Track listing
  1. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  2. "Follow the Rules"
  3. "Deep in You"
  4. "Dreamer" (Tameko Star vocal)
  5. "Pick up the Phone"
  6. "Be Original"
  7. "Where Can I Find Love"
  8. "Don't Cha Wanna"
  9. "Whenever You're Lonely"
  10. "Let Me Love You"
  11. "Don't Stop Movin' (A. Manetta Mix)
  12. "Dreamer" (Janice Robinson vocal - Hidden bonus track)

Charts
Chart Peak
position
UK Album Chart 41

References
  1. "LIVIN' JOY | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. Ankeny, Jason. "Don't Stop Movin' – Livin' Joy". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. "Reviews: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 26 October 1996. p. 8. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  4. Birghental, Toni (30 May 1997). "Livin' Joy's Geared To The Club Crowds". Sun-Sentinel.
  5. Ankeny, Jason. "Don't Stop Movin' – Livin' Joy". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  6. "Reviews: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 26 October 1996. p. 8. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
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