''Club Classics Vol. One'' (USA title: ''Keep On Movin) is the debut album by the British group

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. Released in 1989, the album featured the group's hit singles " Keep on Movin'" and " Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)", the latter of which was a UK number-one hit and the fifth best-selling single in the UK that year. The album also reached number one and was certified triple platinum by the

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for sales in excess of 900,000 copies. In the United States, the album reached the Top 20. The single "Back to Life" was also a Top 10 hit in the US and was certified Platinum. It found stronger success with R&B music listeners in the US, as the album went to No. 1 on the

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chart, and the title track and "Back to Life" were number-one R&B hit singles.

Reception

''Club Classics Vol. One'' reached number one in the United Kingdom and was certified triple platinum by the

for sales in excess of 900,000 copies. In the United States, the album reached the Top 20 in the main chart, and number one on the

chart. It went on to be certified double platinum by the

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for sales in excess of two million copies.

Legacy

Alex Henderson, in a retrospective review for

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, commented that the musical influences ranged from " Chic to hip hop to

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", and that the album was "among the most rewarding R&B releases of 1989". In 2004, ''Q'' magazine placed ''Club Classics Vol. One'' at number 28 in its list of the 50 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2006, the magazine placed the album at number 34 in its list of "40 Best Albums of the 1980s". In 2012, ''

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'' placed the album at number 100 on its list of the best albums of the 1980s. In late April 2021 Sky Arts included the album in episode two of its newly released Classic Albums series. The hour long broadcast featured newly released interviews with the band members and friends including Trevor Nelson.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

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