Deee-Lite is often seen as a one-hit wonder, albeit a brilliant one hit; the phenomenal "Groove Is in the Heart" is one of those great, giddy pleasures that defined a time and transcended it. The thing is, that wasn't the end of the Deee-Lite story, even if it was undeniably their chart pinnacle, because their dizzy, ironically hippified second-summer-of-love dance music was overflowing with delights: sonic thrills from DJ Towa Tei and DJ Dmitry and clever sexiness from Lady Miss Kier. This was most evident on their mini-classic debut, World Clique, but their next two albums had their merits, and all of them are featured on Rhino's fine 20-track collection, The Very Best of Dee-Lite. This understandably relies very heavily on the debut, with even selections, grazing over Infinity Within with four cuts before settling in for no less than nine songs from the underrated 1994 swan song, Dewdrops in the Garden. This doesn't have the sustained thrills of World Clique, but it does make a convincing case that the group was consistently entertaining and inventive, thereby winding up as a first-class summary of thrilling band. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
The Very Best of Deee-Lite (Rhino)
11/06/2001 | Rhino Flashback
Videos from The Very Best of Deee-Lite (Rhino)
All Music Guide Review
The Very Best of Deee-Lite (Rhino) Track Listing
Credits of The Very Best of Deee-Lite (Rhino)
- Ani "DJ On E"
- Bass, Scratching, Arranger, Producer, Group Member, Loop, Drum Programming
- Kathy Sirchia
- Project Assistant
- Michael "Tweekin" Rogers
- Engineer, Vocal Producer, Mixing, Vocal Arrangement
- Supa DJ Dmitry Brill
- Bass, Programming, Horn Arrangements, Drum Programming, Group Member, Loop, Compilation, Producer, Keyboards, Guitar, Arranger, Piano
- Bob Vaughan Merrick
- Mixing Assistant
- Robin Love
- Percussion
- Chillblast
- Human Beatbox, Beats
- Gary Gersholf
- Photography
- Craig Gates
- Project Assistant
- Dennis Mitchell
- Digital Editing
- Bob Power
- Engineer
- Q-Tip
- Rap
- Eddie Sancho
- Assistant Engineer
- Zhana Saunders
- Vocals (Background)
- "Little" Louie Vega
- Arranger, Producer
- Fred Wesley
- Trombone, Horn Arrangements
- Towa Tei
- Bass, Loop
- Dante de Sole
- Assistant Engineer
- Misha Masud
- Tabla
- Sahirah Moore
- Vocals (Background)
- Mark Plati
- Engineer, Mixing
- Simon Fowler
- Cover Photo
- Mike Rogers
- Arranger, Vocal Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- DJ Dmitry
- Bass, Compilation, Loop, Drum Programming, Producer, Piano, Keyboards, Programming, Guitar
- Lady Miss Kier
- Arranger, Group Member, Cover Collage, Vocals (Background), Producer, Compilation, Author, Vocals
- Michael White
- Mixing, Mixing Assistant
- Michael Lavine
- Photography
- Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez
- Arranger
- Dana Vlcek
- Mixing, Mixing Assistant
- Josef Astor
- Photography
- Jimmie Lee
- Mixing, Mixing Assistant
- Nancy L. Hopkins
- Design
- Shannon Carr
- Assistant Engineer
- John Parthum
- Mixing, Mixing Assistant
- Reggie Collins
- Discographical Annotation
- Phil Pagano
- Mixing, Mixing Assistant
- Michael Halsband
- Photography
- Frank Micelotta
- Photography
- Rob Rives
- Mixing, Mixing Assistant
- Joe Ruddick
- Arranger, Fender Rhodes
- Hillary Bratton
- A&R
- Rob Kempner
- Assistant Engineer
- Derek Lategan
- Assistant Engineer
- Rob Vaughan Merrick
- Mixing
- Kurt B. Reighley
- Liner Notes
- Pat Kraus
- Remastering
- Sheryl Farber
- Editorial Supervision
- Youri Lenquette
- Photography
- Craig DeGraff
- Project Assistant
- Shawn Amos
- Liner Note Coordination
- Malia Doss
- Project Assistant
- Gladys Sanchez
- Project Assistant
- Randy Perry
- Project Assistant
- Amy Utstein
- Project Assistant
- Ani Schempf
- Bass
- Steven P. Gorman
- Project Assistant
- Brian Miller
- Mixing
- Brian Miller
- Mixing Assistant
- Virginia Haverick
- Project Assistant
- Marc Salata
- Product Manager
- Sheila Slappy
- Vocals (Background)
- Mick Hutson
- Photography
- Dennis Mitchell
- Digital Editing
- DJ Towa Tei
- Bass, Drum Programming, Drum Fills, Group Member, Loop, Compilation, Keyboards, Horn Arrangements
- Danny Madden
- Vocals (Background)
- Maceo Parker
- Saxophone
- Fernando Aponte
- Mixing, Mixing Assistant
- Steven Barkan
- Mixing
- Joseph Bartoldus
- Programming
- Bootsy Collins
- Bass, Guitar, Vocals (Background), Laughs, Talking
- Hugh Brown
- Art Direction
- Phelps "Catfish" Collins
- Guitar
- Gary "Mudbone" Cooper
- Vocals (Background)
- Kenny Dope
- Producer
- Robyn Lobe
- Percussion
- Deee-Lite
- Arranger, Producer, Main Performer, Mixing
- Bernie Worrell
- Piano, Clavinet, Melodica
















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