Very Best of Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 20, 1993)
• Original Release Date: April 20, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000006MVA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  DVD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,045 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic seventies soul, March 20, 2000

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Eric V. Moye - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of Hot Chocolate (Audio CD)

It has been a long long time since I had the chance to listen to anything by Hot Chocolate, since my vinyl is all stored away in a closet. I forgot how much I missed these guys. H.C. was everywhere on the radio in the seventies, with good reason. Happily, this collection has most of their best work.

The poignant "Emma", even leaving the 'message' aside shows their vocal abilities; deep and lush. But these fellas surely could burn down the house, and did so: "Every One's a Winner" is a classic, as is the now over-used "You Sexy Thing". They jam through "Don't Stop it Now", and "Could've Been a Lady" and even "Disco Queen". One of my personal favorites is "So You Win Again" for every one of us lucky guys who has been crushed by some gal (not to be confused with the similarly titled and messaged Hank Williams classic).

Good stuff.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where's 'Confetti Day'?, October 21, 2007

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Bruce Lewis "Rush Lover" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Best of Hot Chocolate (Audio CD)

As everyone else has said this is an excellent album of music from a great band. But there's something missing.

I have this album on vinyl. There is a (quite good) song on the vinyl called "Confetti Day" which is conspicuous by its absence on this CD. I wonder what happened to it. Why would they drop this song from the CD?

Otherwise an excellent album. If you like this kind of music, then there is much to like here.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Catchy pop-funk by ground-breaking British group, April 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Very Best of Hot Chocolate (Audio CD)

Hot Chocolate, remarkable for being the first black British group to have continued success, made a carefully costructed, catchy brand of funk and soul music. Everyone knows You Sexy Thing because of its inclusion in The Full Monty, but most of the other 18 songs are well worth hearing too.

Hot Chocolate, fronted by the songwriter Errol Brown, didn't have a lot to say musically, but were at their best when their songs were emotional pop narratives, like Emma, It Started with a Kiss, and the anti-racist polemic Brother Louie. The major hits So You Win Again and the eponymous song are just pleasant light funk.

It's worth buying if you enjoy their biggest hits (and they stacked up an impressive number of them), but it's hardly an essential addition to one's collection.