Red Hot + Blue, a 20-track tribute to Cole Porter, included David Byrne, k.d. lang, U2, Annie Lennox, Jimmy Sommerville, and Erasure.It was followed in 1992 by Red Hot + Dance, a compilation focused on club remixes of hits by Madonna, Seal, Crystal Waters, and Sly & the Family Stone that shined an early spotlight on the DJs and producers who were becoming pop stars in their own right.
It was Michael who helped propel the idea of the dance compilation in the first place, and the 13-track affair actually kicks off with the artist’s “Too Funky.”Almost three decades later comes Red Hot + Free, which is being touted as “a loose sequel” to Red Hot + Dance.
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