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Man to Man (album)

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Released
  
August 1976 (1976-08)

Release date
  
1976

Label
  
Rak Records

Artist
  
Hot Chocolate

Producer
  
Mickie Most

Genre
  
Funk

Recorded
  
Chateau du Regard, Coye la Forêt, Oise, France Morgan Studios, London

Length
  
44:47 (with bonus tracks)

Man to Man (1976)
  
Every 1's a Winner (1978)

Similar
  
Their Greatest Hits, The Very Best of Hot Chocolate, Cicero Park, 20 Hottest Hits, Love Shot

Hot chocolate man to man 1976


Man to Man is the third studio album by British soul band Hot Chocolate. It was released in August 1976 on the RAK Records label, owned by Mickie Most, who was the band's producer. The album peaked at number thirty-two on the UK Albums Chart and one-hundred and seventy-two on the US Billboard 200 album chart.

Contents

The original 1976 LP release comprised nine original songs, of which only one ("You Could've Been A Lady") was credited to the band's original writing team, lead vocalist Errol Brown and bassist Tony Wilson. Wilson had left the group following the band's second studio album. Brown wrote the majority of the album separately, with the band members Harvey Hinsley, Patrick Olive and Tony Connor contributing two songs. The album did not spawn any major hits in the UK or US, although "Don't Stop It Now" and the title track made the UK top twenty.

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

Hot chocolate man to man


Track listing

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

Side one
  1. "Heaven Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac" – 5:10
  2. "Living On A Shoe String" – 4:19
  3. "Sugar Daddy" – 5:29
  4. "Man to Man" – 4:22
Side two
  1. "You Could've Been a Lady" (Brown, Tony Wilson) – 3:48
  2. "Sex Appeal" (Harvey Hinsley, Patrick Olive, Tony Connor) – 4:01
  3. "Harry" (Hinsley, Olive, Connor) – 4:00
  4. "Don't Stop It Now" – 3:02
  5. "Seventeen Years of Age" – 3:56
CD bonus tracks (2009)
  1. "Beautiful Lady" (Hinsley, Olive, Connor) – 2:48
  2. "Eyes Of A Growing Child" (Hinsley, Olive, Connor) – 3:57

Personnel

Hot Chocolate
  • Errol Brown – lead vocals
  • Harvey Hinsley – guitars
  • Larry Ferguson – keyboards
  • Patrick Olive – bass, backing vocals
  • Tony Connor – drums
    • Production
  • Mickie Most – producer
  • Doug Hopkins – engineer
  • John Cameron – arrangements
  • Gered Mankowitz – photography

    • Songs

    1Heaven Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac5:12
    2Living On A Shoe String4:18
    3Sugar Daddy5:28

    References

    Man to Man (album) Wikipedia
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