Heatwave - Central Heating
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Track List: Central Heating
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- Put The Word Out
- Send Out For Sunshine
- Central Heating
- Happiness Together
- The Groove Line
- Mind Blowing Decisions
- The Star Of A Story
- Party Poops
- Leavin' For A Dream
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Album Details: Central Heating
- Release Date:
- 01/01/1977
- Label:
- Sbme Special Mkts.
- UPC:
- 886972399720
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Pro Reviews: Central Heating
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews If you could use only one adjective to describe Heatwave's sound, it would be "smooth." The band's romantic ballads and slow jams were the epitome of smooth, and that adjective also describes many of their up-tempo funk grooves. This isn't to say that Heatwave's funk lacked grit -- it had plenty of grit, but even so, it was an undeniably smoother style of funk than Parliament/Funkadelic, James Brown, Tower of Power, Rick James, or the Bar-Kays. In fact, when Kool the Gang switched to a smoother, sleeker approach in 1979 and hired J.T. Taylor as its new lead vocalist, Heatwave was a big influence. The Kool the Gang that emerged on 1979's Ladies' Night is certainly a lot more Heatwave-like than the gutbucket, down-and-dirty Kool the Gang of "Jungle Boogie" and "Hollywood Swinging." And it isn't hard to hear the parallels between Taylor and Heatwave's Johnnie Wilder. It's safe to assume that when Kool the Gang was reinventing itself, its members had Too Hot to Handle and Central Heating in their collections. With this excellent sophomore effort, Heatwave lived up to the promise it showed on Too Hot to Handle. The invigorating funk smash "The Groove Line" became a disco-era anthem, and the album's other big hit, "Mind Blowing Decisions," is a quiet-storm classic. From up-tempo funk grooves like "Party Poops" and "Put the Word Out" to the romantic Northern soul of "Happiness Togetherness" and "Leaving for a Dream," Central Heating is among Heatwave's strongest releases. - Alex Henderson, All Music Guide |
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Completely cosmopolitan with international grooves to spare, Heatwave emerged as one of the disco era's funkiest dance groups. American serviceman brothers Johnnie Wilder and his brother Keith Wilder were based in Germany when they first began perfor...Full Heatwave Biography
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Pros: An Almost Perfect R&B Album
Cons: Another CD That Isn't Long Enough!!!!!
This is a strong candidate for my favorite CD of all time.Heatwave were a ferocious funk band who like EWF could play catchy jams and also (in Heatwave's case) Philly style Northern Soul ballads.Of those types the lovely "Happiness,Togetherness" and "Mind Blowin' Descitions" are beautiful works of art.The rest is pure,unadultrated funky soul such as the ripping "Put The Word Out","The Groove Line" and the playful funk of the title song and "Party Poops".And "Send Out For Sunshine" is a rye piece of sudtle inner city social commentary set to some great clavinet work.One of the first albums I ever heard (on 8-Track no less hehehe)and if someday I am forced to be with only a handful of CD's this will be one of them!
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