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{{Infobox album
| name = Even Better Than the Disco Thing
| type = compilation
| artist =
| cover = Even Better Than the Disco Thing cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2008}}
| recorded = [[Marconi House]], [[Digges Lane]], [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]] (2008)
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Acoustic music|Acoustic]], [[popular music|pop]], [[cover version]]s
| length =
| label = [[Today FM]]/RMG Chart
| producer = [[Jenny Kelly]] [[Will Hanafin]] [[Siobhan Hogan]] [[Ann Gleeson]] [[Mairead Farrell (Irish radio presenter)|Mairead Farrell]] [[Gavin Blake]] [[Pat Balfe]] [[Colin McElarney]]
| prev_title = [[Even Better Than the Real Thing Vol. 3]]
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
'''''Even Better Than the Disco Thing''''' is an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] charity album released by the [[Commercial broadcasting|commercial]] [[Frequency modulation|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.<ref>[http://www.todayfmstore.com/comersus/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=2080 " tdfm0034 Even Better Than The Disco Thing "] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220233542/http://www.todayfmstore.com/comersus/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=2080 |date=20 December 2008 }}. Today FM. Accessed 26 November 2008.</ref> 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]]''.<ref>[http://www.todayfm.com/Article.asp?id=996892 "Even Better than the Disco Thing!"]{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Today FM. Accessed 25 November 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/5053692.html|title=Ray D'Arcy releases covers album|date=2005-11-25|access-date=2008-11-27|magazine=[[Hot Press (magazine)|Hot Press]]}}</ref> The title is a pun on the ''[[Even Better Than the Real Thing (charity album series)|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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/day-and-night/columnists/loaded-12122008-1572775.html|title=Loaded: 12 December 2008|date=2008-12-12|access-date=2009-01-23|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Digging deep for a good cause">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2008/1212/1228864707639.html|title=Digging deep for a good cause|date=2008-12-12|access-date=2009-08-16|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|quote=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.}}</ref>

==Track listing==

=== Disc one ===
# [[Eric Bibb]] - "[[Dancing Queen]]"
# [[Lisa Hannigan]] - "[[Upside Down (Diana Ross song)|Upside Down]]"
# [[Cathy Davey]] - "[[I Feel Love]]"
# [[Director (band)|Director]] - "[[Ring My Bell]]"
# Martin Staunton and the [[Sharon Shannon]] band - "[[Superstition (song)|Superstition]]"
# [[Duke Special]] - "[[I Feel for You]]"
# [[Juno Falls]] - "[[Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (song)|Last Night a DJ Saved My Life]]"
# [[Republic of Loose]] - "[[Jive Talkin']]"
# [[Declan O'Rourke]] - "[[Young Hearts Run Free|Young Hearts]]"
# [[Jape (band)|Jape]] - "[[Hot Stuff (Donna Summer song)|Hot Stuff]]"
# [[Fred (band)|Fred]] - "[[Fame (Irene Cara song)|Fame]]"
# [[Jack L]] - "[[Stayin' Alive]]" (referred to as "Staying Alive")
# [[Brian Kennedy (singer)|Brian Kennedy]] - "[[Never Can Say Goodbye]]"
# [[The Blizzards]] (credited as Blizzards) - "[[Temptation (Heaven 17 song)|Temptation]]"
# [[Kevin Doyle (footballer)|Kevin Doyle]] - "[[Get Down on It]]"
# Prison Love - "[[Disco Inferno]]"

===Disc two===
# [[Duke Special]] - "[[I Feel for You]]"
# [[Lisa Hannigan]] - "[[Upside Down (Diana Ross song)|Upside Down]]"
# [[Juno Falls]] - "[[Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (song)|Last Night a DJ Saved My Life]]"
# [[Republic of Loose]] - "[[Jive Talkin']]"
# [[Kevin Doyle (footballer)|Kevin Doyle]] - "[[Get Down on It]]"
# Martin Staunton and the [[Sharon Shannon]] band - "[[Superstition (song)|Superstition]]"
# [[Declan O'Rourke]] - "[[Young Hearts Run Free|Young Hearts]]"
# [[Cathy Davey]] - "[[I Feel Love]]"
# [[Director (band)|Director]] - "[[Ring My Bell]]"
# [[Fred (band)|Fred]] - "[[Fame (Irene Cara song)|Fame]]"
# [[Jape (band)|Jape]] - "[[Hot Stuff (Donna Summer song)|Hot Stuff]]"
# [[The Blizzards]]<ref>On disc one The Blizzards are credited as "Blizzards", yet on disc two they are credited as "The Blizzards".</ref> - "[[Temptation (Heaven 17 song)|Temptation]]"

==Reception==
Tony Clayton-Lea of ''[[The Irish Times]]'' gave the album an unfavourable review. He commented, "If the image of Brian Kennedy strangling Never Can Say Goodbye, Jack L neutering Staying Alive, Juno Falls smothering Last Night a DJ Saved My Life, Fred defaming Fame, and Director stifling Ring My Bell are enough to turn you off your Christmas pudding, then so be it." However, he praised the tracks by [[Eric Bibb]], [[Lisa Hannigan]] and [[Cathy Davey]].<ref name="Rock/Pop">{{cite news|author=Tony Clayton-Lea|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2008/1219/1229523065719.html|title=Rock/Pop|date=2008-12-19|access-date=2009-11-13|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|quote=If the image of Brian Kennedy strangling Never Can Say Goodbye , Jack L neutering Staying Alive , Juno Falls smothering Last Night a DJ Saved My Life , Fred defaming Fame , and Director stifling Ring My Bell are enough to turn you off your Christmas pudding, then so be it. [...] The only ones to get it right are non-Irish blues singer Eric Bibb ( Dancing Queen ), Lisa Hannigan ( Upside Down ) and Cathy Davey ( I Feel Love ).}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Today FM}}

[[Category:2008 compilation albums]]
[[Category:Compilation albums by Irish artists]]
[[Category:Charity albums]]
[[Category:The Ray D'Arcy Show]]

Even Better Than the Disco Thing - Revision history

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