Most of The Party Album is standard 'boom-tss-kch-tss', basic stuff, but nearer the end the tracks get less poppy and more trance-y. The final track, Paradise, is a smooth number with almost no vocals, which I rather like. Movin' Around, The Vengabeat and Superfly Slick are less smooth, but still don't conform to the Vengaboys' normal 'image'. Vengababes from Outer Space is much more poppy, but I like the bassline (and the silly lyrics as well). The first half of the album is more party-oriented, consisting as it does of vocal-heavy (hence, hummable/singable) songs which are easier to dance to.
Oddly enough, a search of FreeDB for The Party Album turns up several matches, all different, none matching the version I have access to. Also, the Vengaboys website has no mention of The Party Album (it seems to have been renamed 'Vengaboys - Greatest Hits' (Greatest Hits? Rather odd for a debut album...)) in its 'Story' section. (It also has a couple of other oddities...I quote: "...the band nearly survived a plane crash in Bombay and made European headlines by bluntly refusing an export award..." Was that before or after that plane crash?) Here's the track listing for what appears to be the UK version:
The album booklet contains brief descriptions of each of the members of the group (the visible ones, not the DJs behind the music) - their birthdays, star signs, favourite foods and people.
On the subject of where the Vengaboys originated from, here's an excerpt from the web site ( http://www.vengaboys.com ):
In the summer of 1995, DJ's Danski and Delmundo teamed up with four of the regular guests at their infamous illegal beachparties, two girls and two boys. At first, the foursome worked as professional dancers for the DJ's to spice up their performances, giving away the most outrageous acts. Some of them included live animals, singing nuns, burning furniture and jerry cans of Vaseline.
Nice.