1978 - Heatwave - Central Heating [mp3@320][mrtude42][h33t]

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Heatwave - Central Heating
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Review by Alex Henderson from allmusic.com

If you could use only one adjective to describe Heatwave's sound, it would be
"smooth." The band's romantic ballads and slow jams were the epitome of
smooth, and that adjective also describes many of their up-tempo funk
grooves. This isn't to say that Heatwave's funk lacked grit -- it had plenty of
grit, but even so, it was an undeniably smoother style of funk than
Parliament/Funkadelic, James Brown, Tower of Power, Rick James, or the
Bar-Kays. In fact, when Kool & the Gang switched to a smoother, sleeker
approach in 1979 and hired J.T. Taylor as its new lead vocalist, Heatwave
was a big influence. The Kool & the Gang that emerged on 1979's Ladies' Night
is certainly a lot more Heatwave-like than the gutbucket, down-and-dirty Kool
& the Gang of "Jungle Boogie" and "Hollywood Swinging." And it isn't hard to
hear the parallels between Taylor and Heatwave's Johnnie Wilder. It's safe to
assume that when Kool & the Gang was reinventing itself, its members had
Too Hot to Handle and Central Heating in their collections. With this excellent
sophomore effort, Heatwave lived up to the promise it showed on Too Hot to
Handle. The invigorating funk smash "The Groove Line" became a disco-era
anthem, and the album's other big hit, "Mind Blowing Decisions," is a quiet-
storm classic. From up-tempo funk grooves like "Party Poops" and "Put the
Word Out" to the romantic Northern soul of "Happiness Togetherness" and
"Leaving for a Dream," Central Heating is among Heatwave's strongest
releases.

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Tracklisting
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1. Heatwave - Central Heating [04:41]
2. Heatwave - Happiness Togetherness [03:56]
3. Heatwave - Leavin' For A Dream [03:20]
4. Heatwave - Mind Blowing Decisions [04:13]
5. Heatwave - Party Poops [03:48]
6. Heatwave - Put the Word Out [06:32]
7. Heatwave - Send Out For Sunshine [04:24]
8. Heatwave - The Groove Line [04:17]
9. Heatwave - The Star Of A Story [05:39]

Playing Time.........: 40:53
Total Size...........: 93.60 MB

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Artist...............: Heatwave
Album................: Central Heating
Genre................: Soul And R&B
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1978
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.82
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: http://www.allmusic.com/album/central-heating-mw0000691053
Ripped by............: mrtude on 8/3/2013
Posted by............: mrtude on 8/3/2013
Included.............: NFO, SFV, PLS, M3U, CUE
Covers...............: Front Back



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