Hot Property (album)

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.

Hot Property
Studio album by
Heatwave
ReleasedApril 27, 1979
Recorded1979
GenreR&B, funk, disco
LabelGTO (UK)
Epic (US)
ProducerPhil Ramone
Heatwave chronology
Central Heating
(1978)		 Hot Property
(1979)		 Candles
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Smash Hits7/10[2]

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

Track listing

All tracks are 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
2010 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Birthday" (7" Version)Johnnie Wilder, Jr.3:53
12."Eyeballin'" (US 12" Disco Version) 6:38
13."One Night Tan" (US 7" Version) 3:55
14."Therm Warfare" (UK 7" Version) 3:27
15."Birthday" (US 12" Version)Johnnie Wilder, Jr.6:06

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" — —
gollark: Or, er, later.
gollark: Which one is Sun 2? I'll check it now.
gollark: Anyway, I'm just simulating it at max speed in incubate mode until the challenge is (hopefully) complete.
gollark: I used a solution off the internet.
gollark: I mean, I did cheat on one of them, since I'm mostly interested in being able to use all the available cells in the sandbox.

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. "US Charts > Heatwave". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  4. "UK Charts > Heatwave". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
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