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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.

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.TitleLength
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
Bonus Tracks (2010 BBR release)
No.TitleLength
11."Birthday (single edit)" (Johnnie Wilder, Jr.)3:52
12."Eyeballin' (US 12" Disco Version)"6:37
13."One Night Tan (US single remix)"3:54
14."Therm Warfare (UK single edit)"3:26
15."Birthday (US 12" Version)" (Johnnie Wilder, Jr.)6:05

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. ^ a b c "US Charts > Heatwave". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-09-19. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "UK Charts > Heatwave". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-09-19.