Hot Chocolate - Box Selection - Their 8 RAK Albums 1974-1983 (2011) 4cd

If it seems that getting eight CDs for the price of three is too good to be true, you're partially correct. While the packaging on this catalog presentation of Hot Chocolate's first eight recordings for RAK is handsome, it is strangely deceptive. Despite the box with photographic representations of all eight covers, the CDs are actually housed in a single four-disc jewel box. As for the music, there is little to argue with. This box contains brand-spanking-new 24-bit remasters of the RAK catalog – a creative, commercially (as well as critically) successful run of hit singles and albums. Disc one packages Cicero Park and Hot Chocolate; disc two, Man to Man and Every 1's a Winner; Going Through the Motions and Class are on disc three; finally, Mystery and Love Shot close it out. There are 62 tracks in all. Some of the hit singles that were released during this period (all included here) are "Emma," "Disco Queen," "You Sexy Thing," "Put Your Love in Me," "Man to Man," "So You Win Again," "Mindless Boogie," "Don't Turn It Off," and many more. There is no unreleased material included in this package and the smash "Brother Louie" and other early singles are absent because they predate the album releases. Also lacking are the killer 12" mixes that were released in small numbers and/or to club DJs. What is here represents only the commercially issued album catalog. A second compilation of only alternate mixes, 12" versions, remixes, alternate takes, and demos is certainly warranted.

Tracklist:

cd1-01 - Cicero Park
cd1-02 - Could Have Been Born In The Ghetto
cd1-03 - A Love Like Yours
cd1-04 - You're A Natural High
cd1-05 - Emma
cd1-06 - Changing World
cd1-07 - Disco Queen
cd1-08 - Makin' Music
cd1-09 - Funky Rock'N'Roll
cd1-10 - Bump And Dilly Down
cd1-11 - Hello America
cd1-12 - The Street
cd1-13 - Call The Police
cd1-14 - You Sexy Thing
cd1-15 - A Child's Prayer
cd1-16 - A Warm Smile
cd1-17 - Amazing Skin Song
cd1-18 - Love's Coming On Strong
cd1-19 - Lay Me Down

cd2-01 - Dollar Sign
cd2-02 - Heaven Is In The Back Seat Of My Cadillac
cd2-03 - Living On A Shoe String
cd2-04 - Sugar Daddy
cd2-05 - Man To Man
cd2-06 - You Could've Been A Lady
cd2-07 - Sex Appeal
cd2-08 - Harry
cd2-09 - Don't Stop It Now
cd2-10 - Seventeen Years Of Age
cd2-11 - Every 1's A Winner
cd2-12 - Confetti Day
cd2-13 - Sometimes It Hurts To Be A Friend
cd2-14 - So You Win Again
cd2-15 - Stay With Me
cd2-16 - Runaway Girl
cd2-17 - I'm Gonna Make You Feel Like A Woman
cd2-18 - Put Your Love In Me

cd3-01 - Love Is The Answer One More Time
cd3-02 - Going Through The Motions
cd3-03 - I Just Love What You're Doing
cd3-04 - Dreaming Of You
cd3-05 - Dance (Get Down To It)
cd3-06 - Mindless Boogie
cd3-07 - Night Ride
cd3-08 - Congas Man
cd3-09 - Love Me To Sleep
cd3-10 - Losing You
cd3-11 - Gotta Give Up Your Love
cd3-12 - Walking On The Moon
cd3-13 - Green Shirt
cd3-14 - Children Of Spacemen
cd3-15 - Brand New Christmas
cd3-16 - Are You Getting Enough Of What Makes You Happy

cd4-01 - Girl Crazy
cd4-02 - Mystery
cd4-03 - Are You Getting Enough Happiness
cd4-04 - No Tears
cd4-05 - Chances
cd4-06 - It Started With A Kiss
cd4-07 - You'll Never Be So Wrong
cd4-08 - Emotion Explosion
cd4-09 - One Nights Not Enough
cd4-10 - Sexy Carribean Girl
cd4-11 - Let's Try Again
cd4-12 - Secret Hideaway
cd4-13 - Tears On The Telephone
cd4-14 - Jeannie
cd4-15 - I'm Sorry
cd4-16 - Friend Of Mine
cd4-17 - Touch The Night
cd4-18 - Love Is A Good Thing
cd4-19 - I Gave You My Heart (Didn't I)


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