Various, Michael Jackson, Lidell Townsell, Daisy Dee, Naughty By Nature, Various, Unity 2, Right Said Fred, M|A|R|R|S, Various

Chicago House

A drum machine, a cheap sampler and a church-raised voice — the blueprint every dance record still borrows.

Madchester

Guitar bands playing to a dancefloor clock: loose drums, wah pedals, 808s and a city on E.