Too Hot to Handle (Heatwave album)

Too Hot To Handle

North American artwork
Studio album by Heatwave
Released 1976 (UK)
May 30, 1977 (US)
Recorded 1976 at Audio International Studio, London, UK
Genre R&B, Funk, Disco
Length 38:36
Label GTO (UK)
Epic (US)
Producer Barry Blue
Heatwave chronology
Too Hot To Handle
(1976)
Central Heating
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Too Hot to Handle is the debut album by funk-disco band Heatwave, released in 1976 on the GTO label in the UK and in 1977 on the Epic label in the US. It was produced by Barry Blue.

The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2015 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

All tracks written by Rod Temperton.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Too Hot to Handle"  3:44
2."Boogie Nights"  5:03
3."Ain't No Half Steppin'"  5:09
4."Always and Forever"  6:14
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Super Soul Sister"  3:56
6."All You Do Is Dial"  4:11
7."Lay It on Me"  3:16
8."Sho'nuff Must Be Luv"  4:05
9."Beat Your Booty"  3:00

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1977) Peak
positions
UK Albums Chart[2] 46
Billboard Top LPs[3] 11
Billboard Top Soul LPs[3] 5

Singles

Year Title Peak chart
positions
UK
[2]
US
[3]
US
R&B

[3]
1976 "Ain't No Half Steppin'"
"Super Soul Sister"
1977 "Boogie Nights" 2 2 5
"Too Hot to Handle" / "Slip Your Disc to This" 15
"Always And Forever" 9 18 2

References

  1. Lytle, Craig. Too Hot to Handle > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  2. 1 2 "UK Charts > Heatwave". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "US Charts > Heatwave". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
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