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Hot Chocolate Discography Warming Up from EMI

January 3, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

EMI must believe in miracles, because they've prepped a set that combines all of the studio albums by pop group Hot Chocolate.

The Brixton-based band, fronted by Jamaican singer Errol Brown, first gained prominence for one single on The Beatles' Apple label, a reggae-fied cover of "Give Peace a Chance." (That song, credited to "The Hot Chocolate Band," was resurrected on last year's Come and Get It: The Best of Apple Records compilation.) Several Top 10 hits followed - in fact, the band had at least one U.K. hit for 14 years straight, between 1970 and 1984 - but the most enduring would have to be British chart-topper "So You Win Again" and "You Sexy Thing," the upbeat disco hit that remains their best-known song here in the U.S.

The Cherry Red offshoot label 7Ts expanded the band's first four albums - Cicero Park (1974), Hot Chocolate (1975), Man to Man (1976) and Every 1's a Winner (1978) - in 2009 with non-LP tracks and mixes (none of which appear here). But Box Selection: Their 8 RAK Albums 1974-1983, presents all the studio albums newly remastered across four discs. Notable, then are the widespread CD release of the latter four albums, which included hits like "No Doubt About It" (a U.K. No. 2) but some interesting covers on the actual albums (1980's Class has versions of The Police's "Walking on the Moon" and "Green Shirt" by Elvis Costello and The Attractions!)

This set will be released January 31 in the U.K.; pre-order it here and check out the track list after the jump.

Hot Chocolate, Box Selection: Their 8 RAK Albums 1974-1983 (EMI 50999 947487 2 7, 2011)

Disc 1: Cicero Park and Hot Chocolate

  1. Cicero Park
  2. Could Have Been Born in the Ghetto
  3. A Love Like Yours
  4. You're a Natural High
  5. Emma
  6. Changing World
  7. Disco Queen
  8. Makin' Music
  9. Funky Rock 'n' Roll
  10. Bump and Dilly Down
  11. Hello America
  12. The Street
  13. Call the Police
  14. You Sexy Thing
  15. A Child's Prayer
  16. A Warm Smile
  17. Amazing Skin Song
  18. Love's Coming on Strong
  19. Lay Me Down

Disc 1, Tracks 1-10 released as Cicero Park (RAK SRAK-507 (U.K.), 1974)
Disc 1, Tracks 11-19 released as Hot Chocolate (RAK SRAK-516 (U.K.), 1975)

Disc 2: Man to Man and Every 1's a Winner

  1. Dollar Sign
  2. Heaven is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac
  3. Living on a Shoe String
  4. Sugar Daddy
  5. Man to Man
  6. You Could've Been a Lady
  7. Sex Appeal
  8. Harry
  9. Don't Stop It Now
  10. Seventeen Years of Age
  11. Every 1's a Winner
  12. Confetti Day
  13. Sometimes It Hurts to Be a Friend
  14. So You Win Again
  15. Stay with Me
  16. Runaway Girl
  17. I'm Gonna Make You Feel Like a Woman
  18. Put Your Love in Me

Disc 2, Tracks 1-10 from Man to Man (RAK SRAK-522, 1976)
Disc 2, Tracks 11-18 from Every 1's a Winner (RAK SRAK-531, 1978)

Disc 3: Going Through the Motions and Class

  1. Love is the Answer One More Time
  2. Going Through the Motions
  3. I Just Love What You're Doing
  4. Dreaming of You
  5. Dance (Get Down to It)
  6. Mindless Boogie
  7. Night Ride
  8. Congas Man
  9. Love Me to Sleep
  10. Losing You
  11. Gotta Give Up Your Love
  12. Walking on the Moon
  13. Green Shirt
  14. Children of Spacemen
  15. Brand New Christmas
  16. Are You Getting Enough of What Makes You Happy

Disc 3, Tracks 1-8 from Going Through the Motions (RAK SRAK-536, 1979)
Disc 3, Tracks 9-16 from Class (RAK SRAK-543, 1980)

Disc 4: Mystery and Love Shot

  1. Girl Crazy
  2. Mystery
  3. Are You Getting Enough Happiness
  4. No Tears
  5. Chances
  6. It Started with a Kiss
  7. You'll Never Be So Wrong
  8. Emotion Explosion
  9. One Night's Not Enough
  10. Sexy Carribean Girl
  11. Let's Try Again
  12. Secret Hideaway
  13. Tears on the Telephone
  14. Jeannie
  15. I'm Sorry
  16. Friend of Mine
  17. Touch the Night
  18. Love is a Good Thing
  19. I Gave You My Heart (Didn't I)

Disc 4, Tracks 1-9 from Mystery (RAK SRAK-549, 1982)
Disc 4, Tracks 10-19 from Love Shot (RAK SRAK-1653831, 1983)

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