The Party Album (Vengaboys album)

Not to be confused with Up & Down – The Party Album, a 1998 album by the same artist.

The Party Album (stylized as The Party Album!) is the international debut album by Dutch dance group Vengaboys. The standard version is the same track-listing as Greatest Hits! Part 1.

The Party Album
Studio album (reissue) by Vengaboys
Released	4 June 1999
Genre	Eurodance
Label	Breakin', Jive, Positiva, Groovilicious, Avex Trax
Producer	Vengaboys
Vengaboys chronology
Greatest Hits! Part 1 (1998) The Party Album (1999) The Remix Album (1999)
Singles from The Party Album
"Up and Down" Released: February 1998 "We Like to Party (The Vengabus)" Released: May 1998 "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" Released: October 1998 "We're Going to Ibiza" Released: March 1999

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]

Content

Four singles were released internationally from The Party Album: "Up & Down" "We Like to Party (The Vengabus)", "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" and "We're Going to Ibiza". The album includes two previously Benelux released singles "Parada de Tettas" and "To Brazil!".^[3][4][5] Entertainment Daily lists "We're Going to Ibiza" as their sixth and final single of this album.^[6]

Track listings

The Party Album! – Australia & New Zealand version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Like to Party (The Vengabus)"	Danski, DJ Delmundo	3:41
2.	"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!"	Danski, DJ Delmundo	3:22
3.	"Ho Ho Vengaboys"	Pronti and Kalmani	3:40
4.	"Up and Down"	Danski, DJ Delmundo	4:03
5.	"We're Going to Ibiza"	Geraint Hughes, Jeffrey Calvert, Danski, DJ Delmundo	3:09
6.	"Parada de Tettas"	Danski, DJ Delmundo	4:04
7.	"To Brazil!"	Jorge Lima Menezes, Ary Barroso, Danski, DJ Delmundo	3:06
8.	"Movin' Around"	Pronti and Kalmani	3:48
9.	"You & Me"	Aircheck	5:24
10.	"The Vengabeat"	Danski, DJ Delmundo	4:09
11.	"Paradise..."	Danski, DJ Delmundo	7:06
12.	"Superfly Slick Dick"	Danski, DJ Delmundo	5:20
13.	"All Night Passion"	Aircheck	3:42
14.	"24 Hours"	Danski, DJ Delmundo	6:39
15.	"Vengababes from Outer Space" (Australian exclusive)	Danski, DJ Delmundo	3:25
16.	"Nick Skitz Vengaboy Megamix" (Australian exclusive)		7:09
17.	"We Like to Party" (Jason Nevins clubmix)	Danski, DJ Delmundo	6:15

The Party Album! – UK standard version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"We Like to Party! (The Vengabus)"	3:41
2.	"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!"	3:22
3.	"Up and Down"	3:59
4.	"Ho Ho Vengaboys!"	3:41
5.	"To Brazil!"	3:07
6.	"We're Going to Ibiza"	3:38
7.	"Vengababes from Outer Space"	3:26
8.	"Superfly Slick"	5:21
9.	"Movin' Around"	3:48
10.	"The Vengabeat"	4:09
11.	"You and Me"	5:24
12.	"Paradise..."	7:07

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1999–2000) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 4 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 26 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[9] 5 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 9 French Albums (SNEP)[11] 22 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 18 Malaysian Albums (RIM)[13] 1 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[14] 5 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15] 6 Portuguese Albums Chart[16] 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 7 Spanish Albums Chart[18] 11 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 26 UK Albums (OCC)[20] 6 US Billboard 200[21] 86

Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[22] 20 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] 42 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[24] 13 UK Albums (OCC)[25] 20 Chart (2000) Position Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[26] 155 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[27] 36

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[28]	2× Platinum	140,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[29]	3× Platinum	300,000^
Chile (IFPI)	—	73,911[30]
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[9]	Platinum	50,000^
France (SNEP)[31]	Gold	100,000*
India	—	650,000[32]
New Zealand (RMNZ)[33]	5× Platinum	75,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[34]	Gold	25,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[35]	Gold	50,000^
Sweden (GLF)[36]	Gold	40,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[37]	Gold	25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[38]	2× Platinum	600,000^
United States (RIAA)[39]	Gold	500,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[40]	Platinum	1,000,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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