Hot Chocolate (album)

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Hot Chocolate is the second studio album by British soul band Hot Chocolate. It was released in November 1975 on the RAK Records label, owned by Mickie Most, who was the band's producer. The album peaked at number thirty-four on the UK Albums Chart^[2] and forty-one on the US Billboard 200 album chart.^[3]

The original 1975 LP release comprised ten original songs, of which only one ("You Sexy Thing") was credited to the band's writing team, lead vocalist Errol Brown and bassist Tony Wilson. Brown and Wilson wrote rest of the album separately, with the band members Harvey Hinsley, Patrick Olive and Tony Connor contributing "A Warm Smile". The album includes the group's best-known hit, "You Sexy Thing" and the top-10 UK and Irish hit "A Child's Prayer".

The album was issued on CD for the first time with six bonus tracks in 2009.

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Errol Brown; except where indicated.

Side one

1. "Hello America" – 3:25
2. "The Street" – 5:09
3. "Call the Police" (Tony Wilson) – 3:59
4. "Dollar Sign" – 2:58
5. "You Sexy Thing" (Brown, Wilson) – 4:05

Side two

6. "A Child's Prayer" – 3:52
7. "A Warm Smile" (Harvey Hinsley, Patrick Olive, Tony Connor) – 5:24
8. "Amazing Skin Song" – 4:05
9. "Love's Coming on Strong" (Wilson) – 3:42
10. "Lay Me Down" (Wilson) – 3:29

CD bonus tracks (2009)

11. "Cheri Babe" – 2:52
12. "Sexy Lady" (Brown, Wilson) – 3:20
13. "Blue Night" – 4:02
14. "You Sexy Thing" (B-Side Version) (Brown, Wilson) – 4:01
15. "Everything Should Be Funky" (Wilson) – 3:06
16. "You Sexy Thing" (Single Version) (Brown, Wilson) – 4:04

Personnel

• Errol Brown – lead vocals
• Tony Wilson – bass guitar, vocals
• Harvey Hinsley – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Patrick Olive – percussion, bass guitar, backing vocals
• Tony Connor – drums, electric Piano, backing vocals
• Larry Ferguson – keyboards
• The CCS Horns – 2 trumpets, 1 trombone, alto, baritone and tenor saxophones
• Mickie Most – producer
• John Cameron – arranged by (1 to 3, 5, 7 to 16)
• Phil Dennys – arranged by (4, 6)
• P. Linard & Co. – album art

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