Let's Dance (Nikki Webster album)

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Let's Dance
Let's Dance cover
Studio album by Nikki Webster
Released June 21, 2004 (Australia)
Recorded River Studios, Melbourne, 2003-2004
Genre Pop/Dance
Length 43:52
Label BMG/Gotham Records
Producer Chong Lim
Nikki Webster chronology
BLISS
(2002)		 Let's Dance
(2004)		 The Best of Nikki Webster
(2004)

This article is about the Nikki Webster album, for song by the same artist see Let's Dance (Nikki Webster song), for other uses see Let's Dance.

Let's Dance is the third album by Australian pop singer Nikki Webster, released in Australia on June 21, 2004 (see 2004 in music) by BMG/Gotham Records. It is an album which found Webster working with a different style of music, a range of dance music was added. It debuted at number seventy-two on the ARIA Album Chart with, stayed in the top fifty for two weeks and on the chart for five weeks.

Nikki Webster covered songs in the making of the album, they include "Dancing in the Street" by Martha and the Vandellas, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston, "ABC" by The Jackson Five, "My Boy Lollipop" by Millie Small, "You Make Me Feel like Dancing" by Leo Sayer, "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina & The Waves and "Be Mine" by Wild Orchid.

The front cover was shot at Nikki's high school, The McDonald College, and used several of her ballerina friends in the shot. They included Katherine Harper, the then School Captain, with whom Nikki had worked with as part of the Student Prefect team to help raise a record amount for the Exodus Foundation. Other Dancers used include Serena Chalker (Prefect and Dux, 2004), Amanda Platcher, Sara Czarnotta (Vice Captain, 2004), Samantha Jennings, Ann Conolly

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Let's Dance" (Delta Goodrem, Mark Holden, Axel Breitung) – 3:58
  2. "Dancing in the Street" (Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter, William Stevenson) – 3:53
  3. "ABC" (Alphonso Mizell, Berry Gordy, Frederick Perren, Deke Richards) – 3:04
  4. "My Boy Lollipop" (Maurice Levy, Johnnie Roberts) – 3:41
  5. "The Beat of Life" (Georgie Dennis, Rickey Hanley, Sean Creasey) – 3:47
  6. "You Make Me Feel like Dancing" (Leo Sayer, Vince Poncia) – 3:09
  7. "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (Shannon Roberts, George Merrill) – 4:45
  8. "Zero Gravity" (Pete Kirtley, Tim Hawes, Sean Hosein, Dane Deviller) – 3:21
  9. "Don't Give Up" (Chong Lim, Webster) – 3:45
  10. "Be Mine" (Hosein, Deviller, Stacy Ferguson, Renee Sandstrom, Stefanie Ridel) – 3:25
  11. "This Is How We Do It" (Dennis, Michael Harwood, Nick Keynes, Jon O'Mahoney) – 3:00
  12. "Walking on Sunshine" (Kimberley Raw) – 4:04

[edit] Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Album Chart 46

[edit] Personnel

Guitars (all tracks except "Let's Dance") - Stuart Fraser
Guitars on "Let's Dance" and "Walking On Sunshine" - Brett Garsed
Keyboards, Programming and Percussion - Chong Lim
Harmonica and Saxophone on "My Boy Lollipop" - Steve Williams
All Backing Vocals - Nikki Nichols
Additional Backing Vocals on "Dancing In the Street" - Lindsay Field
Additional Vocals on "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" - Mark Williams
Tap Dancing on "Let's Dance" - Nikki Webster and Kaylie Yee
Vocal Director on "Let's Dance", "Dancing In The Street", "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" and "Walking On Sunshine" - Danielle Gaha Cover shoot for "Lets Dance" - Katherine Harper, Amanda Platcher, Serena Chalker, Sara Czarnotta, Samantha Jennings, Ann Conolly