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Hot Chocolate - Box Selection - Their 8 RAK Albums 1974-1983 FLAC album

Hot Chocolate - Box Selection - Their 8 RAK Albums 1974-1983 FLAC album

Tracklist

Cicero Park (June 1974)
1-1 Cicero Park 4:43
1-2 Could Have Been Born In The Ghetto 5:52
1-3 A Love Like Yours 3:31
1-4 You're A Natural High 3:08
1-5 Emma 3:53
1-6 Changing World 4:32
1-7 Disco Queen 3:36
1-8 Makin' Music 3:46
1-9 Funky Rock 'N' Roll 4:49
1-10 Bump And Dilly Down 3:00
Hot Chocolate (October 1975)
1-11 Hello America 3:25
1-12 The Street 5:09
1-13 Call The Police 3:59
1-14 You Sexy Thing 4:05
1-15 A Child's Prayer 3:52
1-16 A Warm Smile 5:25
1-17 Amazing Skin Song 4:06
1-18 Love's Coming On Strong 3:43
1-19 Lay Me Down 3:31
2-1 Dollar Sign 3:00
Man To Man (July 1976)
2-2 Heaven Is In The Back Seat Of My Cadillac 5:21
2-3 Living On A Shoe String 4:23
2-4 Sugar Daddy 5:31
2-5 Man To Man 4:32
2-6 You Could've Been A Lady 4:25
2-7 Sex Appeal 4:08
2-8 Harry 4:01
2-9 Don't Stop It Now 3:03
2-10 Seventeen Years Of Age 3:58
Every I's A Winner (March 1978)
2-11 Every 1's A Winner 4:50
2-12 Confetti Day 4:40
2-13 Sometimes It Hurts To Be A Friend 5:25
2-14 So You Win Again 4:32
2-15 Stay With Me 4:08
2-16 Runaway Girl 3:26
2-17 I'm Gonna Make You Feel Like A Woman 3:42
2-18 Put Your Love In Me 5:47
3-1 Love Is The Answer One More Time 3:00
Going Through The Motions (July 1979)
3-2 Going Through The Motions 5:50
3-3 I Just Love What You're Doing 6:36
3-4 Dreaming Of You 5:24
3-5 Dance (Get Down To It) 4:45
3-6 Mindless Boogie 8:57
3-7 Night Ride 6:11
3-8 Congas Man 4:19
Class (November 1980)
3-9 Love Me To Sleep 4:00
3-10 Losing You 4:21
3-11 Gotta Give Up Your Love 3:41
3-12 Walking On The Moon 5:39
3-13 Green Shirt 3:39
3-14 Children Of Spacemen 4:07
3-15 Brand New Christmas 4:25
3-16 Are You Getting Enough Of What Makes You Happy 4:20
Mystery (August 1982)
4-1 Girl Crazy 3:21
4-2 Mystery 3:48
4-3 Are You Getting Enough Happiness 5:51
4-4 No Tears 3:48
4-5 Chances 4:01
4-6 It Started With A Kiss 4:03
4-7 You'll Never Be So Wrong 4:29
4-8 Emotion Explosion 4:04
4-9 One Nights Not Enough 4:18
Love Shot (October 1983)
4-10 Sexy Carribean Girl 5:26
4-11 Let's Try Again 4:28
4-12 Secret Hideaway 3:12
4-13 Tears On The Telephone 3:13
4-14 Jeannie 3:44
4-15 I'm Sorry 4:41
4-16 Friend Of Mine 3:42
4-17 Touch The Night 5:16
4-18 Love Is A Good Thing 3:54
4-19 I Gave You My Heart (Didn't I) 3:46

Companies, etc.

  • Remastered At – Abbey Road Studios

Credits

  • Mastered By – Ian Jones

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 5099994748727
  • Label Code: LC 0542

Hot Chocolate - Box Selection - Their 8 RAK Albums 1974-1983 FLAC album

Musician performer: Hot Chocolate

Title: Box Selection - Their 8 RAK Albums 1974-1983

Date of release: 2011

Style: Soul, Funk, Disco

Genre: Funk & Soul

Size FLAC: 1494 mb

Rating: 4.3 / 5

Votes: 776

Other Formats: VQF MOD AA MIDI XM AAC VOC

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Related to Hot Chocolate - Box Selection - Their 8 RAK Albums 1974-1983 FLAC Albums

Umrdana
Oh yes I completely agree!!! Bought it, and it sounds awful, but at least I have em on CD... RIP Errol...
Umrdana
Oh yes I completely agree!!! Bought it, and it sounds awful, but at least I have em on CD... RIP Errol...
Moralsa
It's great to see all these albums on CD, but the remastering is mediocre on average, and it's atrociously bad on their most famous track, "You Sexy Thing". A noise reduction filter has been applied with too-high settings, so detail is missing or muted. And of course it's mastered in the modern way: very "loud", with clipping, so the dynamic range is crap. Get it if you must, but I would hold out for something better. But let's be real here. Nothing better is forthcoming, so just go get high-quality LP rips via BitTorrent, from people who actually care.
Moralsa
It's great to see all these albums on CD, but the remastering is mediocre on average, and it's atrociously bad on their most famous track, "You Sexy Thing". A noise reduction filter has been applied with too-high settings, so detail is missing or muted. And of course it's mastered in the modern way: very "loud", with clipping, so the dynamic range is crap. Get it if you must, but I would hold out for something better. But let's be real here. Nothing better is forthcoming, so just go get high-quality LP rips via BitTorrent, from people who actually care.
Siatanni
Remember that remastering is an art! So it is not objective, depends on personal taste. You say that the Abbey Road remaster sounds completely dull & compressed. Trust me, thats how the LP sounded. David Bowie made 4 remasters of his Ziggy Stardust and yet not fully pleased so personally I am glad when a remaster sound exactly as the original master tape and repeat when the remaster comes from the original tapes..
Siatanni
Remember that remastering is an art! So it is not objective, depends on personal taste. You say that the Abbey Road remaster sounds completely dull & compressed. Trust me, thats how the LP sounded. David Bowie made 4 remasters of his Ziggy Stardust and yet not fully pleased so personally I am glad when a remaster sound exactly as the original master tape and repeat when the remaster comes from the original tapes..
Brariel
Hi, I don't have the original LP but some 12" (but not this track). But I don't understand why I should compare this mastering against a vinyl? I compare these two and the better wins (knock-out basis).The 1st track on my video comparsion (from Abbey Road) sounds completely dull & compressed. Try to play it loud in a club for 2000 people. It sounds horrible and produces no fun (I tested it). It's not because of "depends on original production". The original production has more dynamic which is clearly reduced which shouldn't be done by professionals.I'm sure the 2nd has the natural noise (and maybe more because of the copy of the analog master tape for the Austrian record company back in the time) - and more room (dynamic). I definitely prefer this for playing in the club. Of course - the noise could be a little bit removed if possible but I'm sure it's not easy to avoid removal of the highs. (Read Steve Hoffman forum or interviews - I would have posted a link for you but the link doesn't exist anymore regarding "noise").After my holiday I will compare 2-3 other tracks - incl. from my original vinyls.
Brariel
Hi, I don't have the original LP but some 12" (but not this track). But I don't understand why I should compare this mastering against a vinyl? I compare these two and the better wins (knock-out basis).The 1st track on my video comparsion (from Abbey Road) sounds completely dull & compressed. Try to play it loud in a club for 2000 people. It sounds horrible and produces no fun (I tested it). It's not because of "depends on original production". The original production has more dynamic which is clearly reduced which shouldn't be done by professionals.I'm sure the 2nd has the natural noise (and maybe more because of the copy of the analog master tape for the Austrian record company back in the time) - and more room (dynamic). I definitely prefer this for playing in the club. Of course - the noise could be a little bit removed if possible but I'm sure it's not easy to avoid removal of the highs. (Read Steve Hoffman forum or interviews - I would have posted a link for you but the link doesn't exist anymore regarding "noise").After my holiday I will compare 2-3 other tracks - incl. from my original vinyls.
Wel
well to my ear the abbey road remastering is superior to the orher track in comparison (very equalized) , originally this is a lo-fi production so you should make the same comparison with an LP press of that period. if you have time make this and post it, i would be glad to hear it.
Wel
well to my ear the abbey road remastering is superior to the orher track in comparison (very equalized) , originally this is a lo-fi production so you should make the same comparison with an LP press of that period. if you have time make this and post it, i would be glad to hear it.
Rko
NOTE: This should be a reply to the reply by "tasper72" - I don't know why it is after "mjb" now! I can't delete or remove it.Sorry, the re-mastering is horrible - please see & listen this video comparsion. For more info please see my reply on mjb comment above.
Rko
NOTE: This should be a reply to the reply by "tasper72" - I don't know why it is after "mjb" now! I can't delete or remove it.Sorry, the re-mastering is horrible - please see & listen this video comparsion. For more info please see my reply on mjb comment above.
Whitebinder
Correct. The re-mastering is horrible - please see & listen this video comparsion. Track 1 is this "remastering" - Track 2 is from a CD compilation from Austria (1998) - not on discogs.com. ;) ... The mouse cursor moves up and down and shows you which track is playing. Played on a Xone-95 mixer, set the channels to the same "loudness" (mid/highs/low all in the middle) and moved between left/right with fader. And this is remastering quality by Abbey Road Studios ??? I hope anyone hears the nice sound on track 2 (the Austrian compilation).
Whitebinder
Correct. The re-mastering is horrible - please see & listen this video comparsion. Track 1 is this "remastering" - Track 2 is from a CD compilation from Austria (1998) - not on discogs.com. ;) ... The mouse cursor moves up and down and shows you which track is playing. Played on a Xone-95 mixer, set the channels to the same "loudness" (mid/highs/low all in the middle) and moved between left/right with fader. And this is remastering quality by Abbey Road Studios ??? I hope anyone hears the nice sound on track 2 (the Austrian compilation).
Akinohn
I wonder in which devices you are listening these discs. The remastering is excellent and the sound faithfull. Some tracks are indeed dull but that depends on original production. Ian Jones is a serious professional and one of few technicians that were allowed to put hands on the master tapes of Maria Callas and Von Karajan. That says all.
Akinohn
I wonder in which devices you are listening these discs. The remastering is excellent and the sound faithfull. Some tracks are indeed dull but that depends on original production. Ian Jones is a serious professional and one of few technicians that were allowed to put hands on the master tapes of Maria Callas and Von Karajan. That says all.