Hot Chocolate (album)

Hot Chocolate
Studio album by Hot Chocolate
Released November 1975 (1975-11)
Recorded Chateau du Regard, Coye la Forêt, Oise, France (by the RAK Records Mobile)
Morgan Studios, London
Genre
Length 1:01:24 (with bonus tracks)
Label RAK, Big Tree (US)
Producer Mickie Most
Hot Chocolate chronology
Cicero Park
(1974)Cicero Park1974		 Hot Chocolate
(1975)		 Man to Man
(1976)Man to Man1976
Singles from Hot Chocolate
  1. "A Child's Prayer"
    Released: July 1975
  2. "You Sexy Thing"
    Released: October 1975
Professional ratings
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Allmusic[1]

Hot Chocolate is the second studio album by British soul band Hot Chocolate. It was released in November 1975 on the RAK Records label, owned by Mickie Most, who was the band's producer. The album peaked at number thirty-four on the UK Albums Chart[2] and forty-one on the US Billboard 200 album chart.[3]

The original 1975 LP release comprised ten original songs, of which only one ("You Sexy Thing") was credited to the band's writing team, lead vocalist Errol Brown and bassist Tony Wilson. Brown and Wilson wrote rest of the album separately, with the band members Harvey Hinsley, Patrick Olive and Tony Connor contributing "A Warm Smile". The album includes the group's best-known hit, "You Sexy Thing" and the top-10 UK and Irish hit "A Child's Prayer".

The album was issued on CD for the first time with six bonus tracks in 2009.

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Errol Brown; except where indicated.

Side one
  1. "Hello America" – 3:25
  2. "The Street" – 5:09
  3. "Call the Police" (Tony Wilson) – 3:59
  4. "Dollar Sign" – 2:58
  5. "You Sexy Thing" (Brown, Wilson) – 4:05
Side two
  1. "A Child's Prayer" – 3:52
  2. "A Warm Smile" (Harvey Hinsley, Patrick Olive, Tony Connor) – 5:24
  3. "Amazing Skin Song" – 4:05
  4. "Love's Coming on Strong" (Wilson) – 3:42
  5. "Lay Me Down" (Wilson) – 3:29
CD bonus tracks (2009)
  1. "Cheri Babe" – 2:52
  2. "Sexy Lady" (Brown, Wilson) – 3:20
  3. "Blue Night" – 4:02
  4. "You Sexy Thing" (B-Side Version) (Brown, Wilson) – 4:01
  5. "Everything Should Be Funky" (Wilson) – 3:06
  6. "You Sexy Thing" (Single Version) (Brown, Wilson) – 4:04

Personnel

Hot Chocolate
Additional
  • The CCS Horns – 2 trumpets, 1 trombone, alto, baritone and tenor saxophones
  • Mickie Most – producer
  • John Cameron – arrangements (1 to 3, 5, 7 to 16)
  • Phil Dennys – arrangements (4, 6)
  • P. Linard & Co. – album art

References

  1. ↑ Henderson, Alex (2015). "Hot Chocolate — Hot Chocolate | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Hot Chocolate | Artist". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  3. ↑ "Hot Chocolate". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
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