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{{Infobox album
| name         = Hampsterdance: The Album
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Hampton the Hampster]]
| cover        = Hampton the Hampster - Hampsterdance.png
| alt          =
| released     = {{Start date|2000|10|24|mf=y}}
| recorded     = <!-- Please source recording dates/years -->
| studio       =
| genre        =
* [[Children's music|Children's]]
* [[Novelty song|novelty]]
| length       = 50:06
| label        = [[Koch Records|Koch]]
| producer     =
* [[The Boomtang Boys]]
* DJ Iain
* Perry Alexander
* Rachid Wehbi
* Snoog
* 303D
| prev_title   =
| prev_year    =
| next_title   = The Hampster Dance Party
| next_year    = 2002
| misc         = {{Singles
| name        = Hampsterdance: The Album
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[The Hampsterdance Song]]
| single1date = June 13, 2000
| single2     = [[Thank God I'm a Country Boy]]
| single2date = 2001
| single3     = Hampster Party
| single3date = 2001
| single4     = Hampsterdance Christmas
| single4date = 2001
}}
}}
'''''Hampsterdance: The Album''''' (also referred to as '''''The Hampsterdance Album''''') is the debut album by [[Hampton the Hampster]], released on October 24, 2000,<ref name="AM"/> through [[Koch Records]]. It was produced by the Canadian producer team [[the Boomtang Boys]] after the success of the [[Novelty song|novelty]] track "[[The Hampsterdance Song]]" featuring the [[hamster]] character Hampton, which was created by Canadian art student Deidre LaCarte as an [[Internet meme]] in 1998. The album reached the top 10 of the charts in Australia, where it was certified gold by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]. It produced the additional singles "[[Thank God I'm a Country Boy]]" (a cover of the [[John Denver]] track), "Hampster Party" and "Hampsterdance Christmas" (which included the tracks "[[Jingle Bells]]" and "[[Deck the Halls]]"), the former two of which charted at numbers 12 and 44 in Australia, respectively.<ref name="AUS"/>
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hampsterdance-the-album-mw0000101384|title=Hampton the Hampster – Hampsterdance: The Album|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Wilson|first=MacKenzie|access-date=February 14, 2023}}</ref>
}}
Reviewing the album for [[AllMusic]], MacKenzie Wilson described it as "a fun-spirited collection of children's rock tunes" with "tones [that] are vibrant, equally enjoyable for any youngster" that "plays into club-dance and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] elements for some hooky singalongs". Wilson highlighted the cover of [[Sly and the Family Stone]]'s "[[Dance to the Music (song)|Dance to the Music]]" for its "classic samples".<ref name="AM"/>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Hampsterdance: The Album'' track listing
| title1 = [[The Hampsterdance Song]]
| length1 = 3:32
| title2 = Hampster Party
| length2 = 3:17
| title3 = Even Hampsters Fall in Love
| length3 = 4:24
| title4 = [[Thank God I'm a Country Boy]]
| length4 = 2:42
| title5 = A Hampster's Life
| length5 = 3:56
| title6 = [[Dance to the Music (song)|Dance to the Music]]
| length6 = 3:40
| title7 = Dreaming
| length7 = 3:35
| title8 = [[Chicken Dance|Birdie Song]]
| length8 = 2:42
| title9 = Spin the Wheel
| length9 = 3:51
| title10 = Hampsters Get the Blues
| length10 = 3:58
| title11 = Round and Round
| length11 = 4:27
| title12 = Everybody Feel the Groove
| length12 = 3:35
| title13 = [[Jingle Bells]]
| length13 = 3:10
| title14 = [[Deck the Halls]]
| length14 = 3:17
| total_length = 50:06
}}
==Personnel==
* [[The Boomtang Boys]] – producers, executive producers
* Nick Rawson – [[Audio mastering|mastering]] (at The Other Studio)
* Jeff Chenault – art direction and design
==Charts==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Chart performance for ''Hampsterdance: The Album''
!scope="col"|Chart (2001)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|7|artist=Hampton the Hampster|album=The Hampsterdance Album|rowheader=true|access-date=February 14, 2023|refname=AUS}}
|}
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Hampsterdance: The Album''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2000|certyear=2001|access-date=February 14, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:2000 debut albums]]
[[Category:Children's music albums by Canadian artists]]
[[Category:Novelty albums]]