{{Infobox album | name = Dance Wicked | type = Studio | artist = Michael Rose | cover = MichaelRose_DanceWicked.jpg | alt = | released = June 10, 1997 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Reggae | length = | label = Heartbeat Records<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARrDQKqFo7AC&pg=PA42|title=Reggae & Caribbean Music|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=September 3, 2002|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306557 |via=Google Books}}</ref> | producer = Mafia & Fluxy | prev_title = Michael Rose | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = Dub Wicked | next_year = 1997 }} {{album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dance-wicked-mw0000595130|title=Dance Wicked - Michael Rose | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Boston Herald'' |rev2score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="BH">{{cite news |last1=Convey |first1=Kevin R. |title=MICHAEL ROSE Dance Wicked (Heartbeat) |work=Boston Herald |date=September 19, 1997 |page=S24}}</ref> }} '''''Dance Wicked''''' is an album by the reggae musician Michael Rose, released in 1997 by Heartbeat Records.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Whittlesey |first1=Kristin |title=Michael Rose |work=Nashville Banner |date=10 Oct 1997 |page=D15}}</ref> A dub version of the album, ''Dub Wicked'', was released at the same time.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Talvi |first1=Silja J A |title=Michael Rose |journal=American Visions |date=Aug 1998 |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=42–43}}</ref>
==Production== The album was recorded in England, and was produced by David "Fluxy" Heywood and Leroy "Mafia" Heywood aka Mafia & Fluxy.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-rose-mn0000466045/biography|title=Michael Rose Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Oumano |first1=Elena |title=Rose Makes 'Wicked' Reggae Return |magazine=Billboard |date=May 24, 1997 |volume=109 |issue=21 |page=10}}</ref> Maxi Priest contributed vocals to "Lion in the Jungle".<ref name="BG">{{cite news |last1=Crawley |first1=Jimmy |title=MICHAEL ROSE DANCE WICKED Heartbeat |work=The Boston Globe |date=18 Sep 1997 |location=Calendar |page=27}}</ref>
==Critical reception== ''The Boston Globe'' thought that "Rose, who has one of the most copied vocal styles in reggae, acquits himself well with both love songs and social commentary."<ref name=BG/> The ''Chicago Tribune'' called the album "a fetching swirl of old and new reggae styles charged with Rose's soulful crooning and topical lyrics."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reger |first1=Rick |title=THE A LIST |work=Chicago Tribune |date=5 Sep 1997 |location=Friday |page=33}}</ref> The ''Boston Herald'' deemed it "a near-masterpiece" and "a blast of roots rhythm and attitude that remains undiluted by the sleek, up-to-the-minute production of Mafia and Fluxy."<ref name=BH/> ''The Times-Picayune'' wrote that ''Dance Wicked'' is "a marriage of old and new, in which contemporary, hip-hop-influenced programmed beats and rhythms are overlaid with Rose's roots reggae vocal delivery."<ref>{{cite news |title=ROSE BACK IN BLOOM, THIS TIME SOLO |work=The Times-Picayune |date=August 29, 1997 |page=L12}}</ref>
AllMusic wrote that "''Dance Wicked'' is a stellar set, a sumptuous aural banquet that may start in the past, but moves the party quickly into the present and well into the wee hours, as Rose's words and the diverse music really begin to hit home."<ref name="auto"/>
==Track listing== #Happiness #Dance Wicked #Lion in the Jungle (featuring Maxi Priest) #Run Dem a Run #Dreadlocks #Reality #Landlord #See and Blind #I Don't Want to Say Goodbye #Mind Made Up #Never Get Me Down #Life in the Ghetto #Mind Made Up - (Soul Up Mix) #Mind Made Up - (Soul Up Instrumental instrumental)
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:1997 albums Category:Michael Rose (singer) albums