| Even Better Than the Disco Thing | ||||
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| Compilation album | ||||
| Released | 2008 | |||
| Recorded | Marconi House, Digges Lane, Dublin, Ireland (2008) | |||
| Genre | Acoustic, pop, cover versions | |||
| Label | Today FM/RMG Chart | |||
| Producer | Jenny Kelly Will Hanafin Siobhan Hogan Ann Gleeson Mairead Farrell Gavin Blake Pat Balfe Colin McElarney | |||
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Even Better Than the Disco Thing is an Irish charity album released by the commercial FM radio station, Today FM, for the Christmas market on 21 November 2008. The album features covers of well-known disco songs by a selection of Irish musicians.[1] Disc one features sixteen tracks, whilst disc two is labelled "Mix CD" and contains twelve of the same sixteen tracks all over again. All the songs were performed and recorded live on The Ray D'Arcy Show.[2][3] The title is a pun on the Even Better Than the Real Thing series of charity CDs recorded in previous years on D'Arcy's show, but temporarily discontinued after the third edition in 2005.[4] They themselves are a reference to the U2 song "Even Better Than the Real Thing". Funds raised were donated to the National Children's Hospital and Barretstown.[5]
- ^ " tdfm0034 Even Better Than The Disco Thing " Archived 20 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Today FM. Accessed 26 November 2008.
- ^ "Even Better than the Disco Thing!"[permanent dead link]. Today FM. Accessed 25 November 2008.
- ^ "Ray D'Arcy releases covers album". Hot Press. 25 November 2005. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
- ^ "Loaded: 12 December 2008". Irish Independent. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
- ^ "Digging deep for a good cause". The Irish Times. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
The Ray Darcy Show on Today FM has already put together a number of cover version albums to aid various charities. The latest is Even Better Than The Disco Thing with Cathy Davey, Lisa Hannigan, Jape, Republic Of Loose, The Blizzards Duke Special, Director and many more getting on down. All proceeds go to the National Children's Hospital and Barretstown.