Rock the Boat [Gold CD]

Hues Corporation | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 16, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Gold CD
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B0000008M4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,082 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #11 in Music > Indie Music > Dance & DJ > Disco
  • #88 in Music > R&B > Soul > Philly Soul

Track Listings

1. Rock the Boat [12" Version]

2. Rockin' Soul [12" Version]

3. All Goin' Down Together

4. One Good Night Together

5. Love Corporation [12" Version]

6. Freedom for the Stallion

7. Bound on a Reason

8. Off My Cloud

9. The Family

10. Go to the Poet

Editorial Reviews

Rock the Boat was easily one of the most infectious hits of the '70s, and its bouncy melody (in its 12" single version) "anchors" this collection from the L.A. R&B outfit. Also includes Freedom for the Stallion; Rockin' Soul (12" single version); Love Corporation (12" single version); Off My Cloud; Family , and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Phooey!, June 7, 2001

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Ramon Grupe Cacho "oligodermie" (Makati, Metro Manila, The Philippines) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock the Boat (Audio CD)

I bought this CD for the, supposedly, 12" version of their one and only classic--"Rock the Boat," but for a little over three-minute version of the song, it is most definitely not worth buying at all. I suppose they still didn't have extended play versions at the time, but to advertise something as a 12" version should mean that it should be different from the am/radio short version, and this is way too short to warrant being called a 12' version. Forget this album, you might as well find the song in any of the various artists dance compilations in the same short, short format. Boo!!!!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than just Rock the boat, February 28, 2005

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock the Boat (Audio CD)

They named themselves after the business empire of Howard Hues and they recorded some excellent easy listening disco music in the mid-seventies, but they are remembered as a one-hit wonder. Although it's not strictly true, nearly all acts eventually get reduced to one hit in the public mind. Bing Crosby had over 300 hits in America, but how many people could name more than one?

Rock the boat is one of my favorite disco songs from the seventies. Anybody who was around at the time, or younger people who have listened to a lot of seventies music, will be familiar with it, because it regularly appears on various artists compilations and it gets its share of radio airplay. If, for whatever reason, you are not already familiar with this song, I recommend you seek out a various artists compilation on which it is included before worrying about this.

Formed in 1969, the Hues Corporation got plenty of practice working the LA nightclub scene before they got their break in 1973 via an appearance in the movie Blacula. Freedom for the stallion, their first single, was a minor American hit. Rock the boat followed, going to number one in America and number six in Britain, as well as being a huge hit in many other countries. Only one more significant hit followed. Rockin' soul went top 20 in the USA and top 30 in the UK.

All three hits are included in this collection of a group who may not have been among the most important disco groups, but whose music is definitely worth a listen.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Few but good tracks, December 24, 2001

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Emilio Dreyer Pacheco (Porto Alegre, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock the Boat (Audio CD)

Although including only ten tracks, this Hues Corporation compilation is actually quite good. At least it contains the beautiful soul ballads "Freedom For The Stallion", "Off My Cloud" and "Go To The Poet", apart from the obligatory hits (but I hear no difference in the alleged "12" mixes"). In fact, there is a better compilation: "The Very Best of The Hues Corporation", which has all the tracks on this one and more. But if you can't find it, the Golden Classics collection should be the second choice, even if it has fewer tracks than all others.