![]() In reality, "Flashdance" (Casablanca 811492-M-1) is as slight on vinyl as it is on nitrate, the exceptions being Irene Cara's "Flashdance. It's pace has been helped by MTV and the other video venues (all "Fever" had was radio) because "Flashdance" is close to being a succession of video clips connected by traditional film. "Flashdance" has proved to have strong legs, its staying power established both on the screen and on the charts. No, it's not "Staying Alive," the much-ballyhooed sequel to "Saturday Night Fever," but "Flashdance," the perky summer sleeper, Rocky in tights, where dancing replaces boxing. ![]() In less than two months, it's sold more than 2 1/2 million copies, becoming the most successful soundtrack since "Grease". Now another soundtrack, with more dance-oriented hits, has come out. 1-selling album of all time, selling about 25 million copies (a double record set at that) and promptly outgrossing the film. Let's start with the glory year, 1978, and the soundtrack to "Saturday Night Fever." Stocked with a string of dance hits by the Bee Gees and others, it inexorably became the No. THE SOUNDTRACKS of summer '83 are an odd bunch with an unsettling common echo: They suggest, more than anything else, past successes. ![]()
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