{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{use American English|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Dancethink | type = studio | artist = My Dear Disco / Ella Riot | cover = Dancethink-my-dear-disco-album-cover.jpg | released = October 11, 2008 | recorded = 2008 | venue = | studio = | genre = Synth-pop, funk, rock, techno | length = {{duration|m=48|s=46}} | label = Independent | producer = My Dear Disco / Ella Riot | prev_title = My Dear Disco EP | prev_year = 2007 | year = 2009 | next_title = Over the Noise EP | next_year = 2010 }}
'''''Dancethink''''' is the debut studio album by the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based band Ella Riot, formerly My Dear Disco.
==Background== The band was active from 2007 to 2011 and released two definitive works, ''Dancethink LP'' and ''Love Child EP''.<ref name="blade 2011" /><ref name="avclub 2011" /> The band released two other EPs, ''My Dear Disco'' and ''Over the Noise'', whose tracks were re-recorded and released in final form on ''Dancethink'' and ''Love Child'' – with the exception of one track titled "Over the Noise". The band also produced remix music and released a collection titled ''The Remixes EP''.
==Style== Ella Riot specialized in writing and performing live dance music.<ref name="graphic 2008-arch" /> The band referred to its musical style as "DanceThink Music", dance music written to stand on its own merit and to be enjoyed apart from dance.<ref name="graphic 2008-arch" /> Their music combines elements from several genres including rock, jazz, electronic, pop, soul and punk.<ref name="blade 2011" /> An album review characterized the music as a fusion of trance and rock music.<ref name="rack-review2009" />
==Track listing== {{track listing | headline = | all_writing = | title1 = White Lies | length1 = 7:26 | note1 = | title2 = For Your Love | length2 = 5:27 | note2 = | title3 = My Dear Disco | length3 = 4:53 | note3 = | title4 = All I Do | length4 = 5:25 | note4 = | title5 = Amsterdam | length5 = 4:27 | note5 = | title6 = The Way | length6 = 6:01 | note6 = | title7 = Madame Eon - Part One | length7 = 5:26 | note7 = | title8 = Madame Eon - Part Two | length8 = 3:18 | note8 = | title9 = M.Y.F. (Move Your Feet) | length9 = 6:23 | note9 = }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from Bandcamp music store.
* My Dear Disco – writer, performer, producer * Mark Saunders (Beat360 Studio) – co-producer * "All I Do" – writer Stevie Wonder
==References== <references>
<ref name="avclub 2011">{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/exit-interview-ella-riots-tyler-duncan-1798227893|title=Exit interview: Ella Riot's Tyler Duncan|author=Patrick Dunn|publisher=A.V.Club|date=October 12, 2011|accessdate=November 1, 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815095056/https://www.avclub.com/exit-interview-ella-riots-tyler-duncan-1798227893|archivedate=August 15, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="graphic 2008-arch">{{cite web|url=http://www.thegraphicweekly.com/2008/july/interviewdisco070308.html|title=My Dear Disco|publisher=The Graphic Weekly|date=July 3, 2008|accessdate=November 9, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308042552/http://www.thegraphicweekly.com/2008/july/interviewdisco070308.html|archivedate=March 8, 2013| url-status=usurped}}</ref>
<ref name="blade 2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Music-Theater-Dance/2011/08/25/Ann-Arbor-band-Ella-Riot-is-blazing-a-new-trail.html|title=Ann Arbor band Ella Riot is blazing a new trail|publisher=The Blade|date=August 25, 2011|accessdate= October 6, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610232926/http://www.toledoblade.com/Music-Theater-Dance/2011/08/25/Ann-Arbor-band-Ella-Riot-is-blazing-a-new-trail.html|archivedate=June 10, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="rack-review2009">{{cite web|url=http://racketmag.com/music/my-dear-disco-dancethink-cd-review/|title=My Dear Disco - Dancethink - CD Review|publisher=Racket Magazine|date=February 23, 2009|accessdate=October 6, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610224618/http://racketmag.com/music/my-dear-disco-dancethink-cd-review/|archivedate=June 10, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
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