Hot Property (album)

Hot Property
Studio album by Heatwave
Released April 27, 1979
Recorded 1979
Genre R&B, funk, disco
Label GTO (UK)
Epic (US)
Producer Phil Ramone
Heatwave chronology
Central Heating
(1978)Central Heating1978		 Hot Property
(1979)		 Candles
(1981)Candles1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Smash Hits7/10[2]

Hot Property is the third album by funk-disco band Heatwave, released in 1979 on the GTO label in the UK and the Epic label in the US. It was produced by Phil Ramone.

The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2010 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

All tracks written by Rod Temperton, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Razzle Dazzle"4:18
2."Eyeballin'"3:53
3."This Night We Fell"4:03
4."Raise A Blaze"3:57
5."First Day of Snow"3:36
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."One Night Tan" 4:02
7."Therm Warfare" 6:41
8."All Talked Out" 4:34
9."That's the Way We'll Always Say Goodnight" 4:17
10."Disco"Johnnie Wilder, Jr.3:46

Personnel

  • Johnnie Wilder, Jr. – lead and backing vocals, percussion
  • Keith Wilder – lead vocals
  • William L. Jones – lead and rhythm guitars
  • Roy Carter – rhythm and bass guitars, keyboards
  • Calvin Duke – organ, keyboards
  • Derek Bramble – bass
  • Ernest Berger (Bilbo) – drums, percussion

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
positions
Billboard Top LPs[3] 38
Billboard Top Soul LPs[3] 16

Singles

Year Title Peak chart
positions
UK
[4]		 US
R&B
[3]
1979 "Eyeballin'" — 30
"Razzle Dazzle" 43 —
"One Night Tan" — —
"Therm Warfare" — —

References

  1. ↑ Henderson, Alex. Hot Property > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  2. ↑ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (June 28 – July 11 1979): 25.
  3. 1 2 3 "US Charts > Heatwave". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  4. ↑ "UK Charts > Heatwave". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
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