Deee-Lite World Clique 180g Import LP

World Clique is the debut album by the dance-music band Deee-Lite, released in 1990. The album's first single, ''Groove Is in the Heart'," was a top-five success on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart as well as a number-one hit on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Three subsequent singles also hit the top ten on the U.S. dance chart, including ''Power of Love/Build That Bridge'' and ''Good Beat," which also hit number one.

Guest artists on the album include Bootsy Collins (''Try Me On... I'm Very You,'' ''Smile On,'' ''Groove Is in the Heart,'' and ''Who Was That?''), Q-Tip (''Groove Is in the Heart''), and Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker (Try Me On... I'm Very You,'' ''Smile On,'' ''Groove Is in the Heart'').

Its reputation may rest on only one hit single — but what a hit. 'Groove Is in the Heart' defined the summer of 1990 on radio and MTV with its delicious combination of funk, modern dance sheen, and Lady Miss Kier's smart, sharp diva ways. Add in guest vocals and bass from Bootsy Collins, brass from the original Horny Horns duo of Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker, and a smooth mid-song rap from A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip, and the results sounded good then and now. The rest of World Clique offers variations on the song's theme, with Kier's sweet, light vocals and DJs Dimitri and Towa Tei making it work in various ways... Disco is the heart of it all, with everything from hip-hop breaks to bubble-salsa piano — even early Depeche Mode! — taking a bow; hints of the future genre-mashing Towa Tei would make his own trademark are already plentiful. Bootsy and the Horny Horns crop up at other points as well, adding just enough classic funk to blend with the crisper electronic pulses and arrangements.