The late queen's longtime collaborator and husband, Bruce Sudano, served as executive producer for this tribute, a varied collection of remixes from house pioneers (Frankie Knuckles, Masters at Work), hipper left-of-center figures (Holy Ghost!, Hot Chip, Jacques Greene), and current dance-music stars (Duke Dumont, Laidback Luke).
In some instances, it helps to not be much of a Donna Summer fan.
Afrojack transforms "I Feel Love" into a graceless barrage of battering noise and reduces Summer's vocal to pulp, while Greene's "On the Radio" has Summer so heavily echoed and distant that it could be titled "On the Radio (At the Bottom of a Deep Well)." Dumont likewise treats Summer like a sample source, but he at least places her at the fore, over a characteristically spacious and relaxed house track.
On the other side, Masters at Work update and sweeten "Last Dance" with live bass, guitar, and keyboards.
Knuckles, assisted by Eric Kupper, also retains Summer's essence for a version of "Hot Stuff" that trucks.
At the end, there's a new song, "La Dolce Vita," written by Summer, Moroder, and Nathan DiGesare.
As enjoyable as anything off 2008's Crayons, Italo-disco fanatics might not be able to hear it without thinking of Ryan Paris' 1983 hit of the same title, while younger listeners might think of it as a rip-off of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky." It's bittersweet to hear Moroder's processed voice intone "We miss her so.".
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dim All the Lights [Duke Dumont Remix] | Donna Summer | Play | 06:00 | 13 MB | 40 MB |
| 2 | Hot Stuff [Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper as Director's Cut Signature Mix] | Donna Summer | Play | 05:59 | 13 MB | 47 MB |
| 3 | I Feel Love [Afrojack Remix] | Donna Summer | Play | 06:00 | 13 MB | 45 MB |
| 4 | Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger) [Chromeo & Oliver Remix] | Donna Summer | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 5 | Sunset People [Hot Chip Dub Edit] | Donna Summer | Play | 07:38 | 17 MB | 47 MB |
| 6 | Working the Midnight Shift [Holy Ghost! Remix] | Donna Summer | Play | 05:29 | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| 7 | Bad Girls [Gigamesh Remix] | Donna Summer | Play | 05:19 | 12 MB | 39 MB |
| 8 | MacArthur Park [Laidback Luke Remix] | Donna Summer | Play | 05:39 | 12 MB | 44 MB |
| 9 | I Feel Love [Benga Remix] | Donna Summer | Play | 07:15 | 16 MB | 45 MB |
| 10 | On the Radio [Jacques Greene Remix] | Donna Summer | Play | 05:57 | 13 MB | 33 MB |
| 11 | Last Dance [Masters at Work Remix Short Version] | Donna Summer | Play | 06:33 | 15 MB | 46 MB |
| 12 | La Dolce VitaGiorgio Moroder, Donna Summer | Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 13 | Love To Love You Baby (Giorgio Moroder; Chris Cox Remix) | Donna Summer | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| 74 mins | 170 MB | |||||
| 74 mins | 519 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrojack | Additional Production, Instrumentation, Remixing |
| 2 | Sherrod Barnes | Guitar |
| 3 | Giovanni Bianco | Art Direction |
| 4 | Dahlia Ambach Caplin | A&R, Producer |
| 5 | Chris Cox | Featured Artist, Remixing |
| 6 | Simon Davey | Mastering |
| 7 | Nathan DiGesare | Vocal Producer |
| 8 | Erik Eldenius | Drums |
| 9 | Debra Ericksen | A&R |
| 10 | Javier Ferrer | Engineer, Programming |
| 11 | Joe Goddard | Additional Production, Remixing |
| 12 | Lauren Goldblum | Design |
| 13 | Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez | Drum Programming, Mixing Engineer |
| 14 | Yas Inoue | Engineer, Programming |
| 15 | Laidback Luke | Mastering |
| 16 | Harry Langdon | Photography |
| 17 | Dave Marotta | Bass |
| 18 | Masters at Work | Mixing, Remix Producer |
| 19 | Evelyn Morgan | A&R |
| 20 | Giorgio Moroder | Composer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 21 | Liz Moser | Design |
| 22 | Phil Pagano | Engineer, Programming |
| 23 | Gene Perez | Bass |
| 24 | Randall Poster | A&R, Producer |
| 25 | Brian Reeves | Engineer |
| 26 | Tiffany Roth | Vocals |
| 27 | Oliver Schrage | A&R |
| 28 | Jeff Stone | Engineer |
| 29 | Bruce Sudano | Executive Producer |
| 30 | Donna Summer | Composer, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 31 | Andrew Synowiec | Guitar |
| 32 | Christine Telleck | Production Manager |
| 33 | Axel Tosca | Keyboards |
| 34 | Vartan | Creative Director |
| 35 | Little Louie Vega | Keyboards |
| 36 | Dan Viafore | Engineer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |