The Very Best of [Import]

Hues Corporation | Format: Audio CD

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• Audio CD
• Format: Import
• ASIN: B00000C3CZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,858,981 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1998 release on Camden featuring over 65 minutes of thegreatest recordings by this '70s disco/ soul act thatappeared in the blaxploitation film 'Blacula'. 20 tracks,including their huge smash 'Rock The Boat', plus 'Rockin'Soul' and 'Freedom For The Stalli --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Missing b-sides, March 17, 2011

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C. Sotelo (Morristown, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

On the B-side of the 45 "Rock The Boat" a great song that is way before it's time
"Were all Going Down Together". i don't see this anywhere in these collections.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good choice for fans, May 12, 2002

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R. Riis "rriis" (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

"Rock the Boat" went to number one, but people forget the sound-alike follow-up "Rockin' Soul" came close to making the top ten and that "Freedom For the Stallion" was a pretty soulful chart 45 as well. This collection of singles and LP tracks is the best representation of the group you'll find. Omitted is a 1977 chart single "I Caught Your Act".

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than just Rock the boat, March 17, 2003

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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: Very Best of (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, 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 artist 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.