Various Artists (2004)

You definitely won't have the time of your life with this soundtrack. The producers try to update and unify the original album's mix of pop originals and '50s R&B by focusing on hip-hop-tinged Latin pop. Too bad the participants -- from Wyclef Jean to the Black Eyed Peas -- bring those two genres together so crassly. Only the terrific Colombian band Aterciopelados rises above the exploitation. There is one advantage over the first ''Dancing'' disc, however: Nothing here is sung by Patrick Swayze.

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