Central Heating (Heatwave album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Central Heating
| type = studio
| artist = Heatwave
| cover = Central heating heatwave album.jpg
| alt =
| released = 31 March 1978
| recorded = 1976–1977
| venue =
| studio = *Audio International (London)
| genre =
| length = 38:32
| label =
| producer = Barry Blue
| prev_title = Too Hot to Handle
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Hot Property
| next_year = 1979
|misc = {{Singles
|name = Central Heating
|type = studio
|single1 = The Groove Line
|single1date = 1977
|single2 = Mind Blowing Decisions
|single2date = 1977
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r9146 |tab=review |label=Central Heating > review |first=Alex |last=Henderson |accessdate=2012-09-19}}
| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
| rev2score = C−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: H|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=H&bk=70|accessdate=February 26, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
| rev3 = The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul
| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul |date=1998 |publisher=Virgin |page=150}}
}}
Central Heating is the second studio album by funk-disco band Heatwave.{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Arthur |title=Breakdown |work=Bay State Banner |issue=25 |date=30 Mar 1978 |page=15}} It was released in 1977 on the GTO label in the UK and in 1978 on the Epic label in the US. It was produced by Barry Blue. Central Heating sold more than a million copies in its first two years of release.{{cite news |last1=Partipilo |first1=Vic |title=On Location |work=Oakland Post |issue=216 |date=23 February 1979 |page=4}}
It was the last Heatwave album to feature bassist Mario Mantese and guitarist Eric Johns, as well as the first to feature new member Roy Carter on guitar. The album was also the final performance of Rod Temperton as an official member of Heatwave, although he would continue to write songs for the band after his departure until 1982.
The song "Star of a Story" appeared on George Benson's album Give Me the Night, a song written by Temperton, which was produced by Quincy Jones.
The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2015 by Big Break Records.
The two singles taken from the album were both hits. "The Groove Line" reached No. 7 in the US and No. 12 in the UK, while "Mind Blowing Decisions" also made No. 12 in the UK.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = Rod Temperton, except where noted.
| title1 = Put the Word Out
| length1 = 6:36
| title2 = Send Out for Sunshine
| length2 = 4:28
| title3 = Central Heating
| length3 = 4:46
| title4 = Happiness Togetherness
| writer4 = Johnnie Wilder, Jr.
| length4 = 4:00
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title5 = The Groove Line
| length5 = 4:20
| title6 = Mind Blowing Decisions
| writer6 = Johnnie Wilder, Jr.
| length6 = 4:16
| title7 = The Star of a Story
| length7 = 5:45
| title8 = Party Poops
| length8 = 3:51
| title9 = Leavin' for a Dream
| length9 = 3:23
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2015 remastered reissue bonus tracks
| title10 = Wack That Axe
| length10 = 3:46
| title11 = The Groove Line
| note11 = 12" disco version
| length11 = 7:26
| title12 = Mind Blowing Decisions
| note12 = 12" disco version
| length12 = 7:31
}}
Personnel
Heatwave
- Johnnie Wilder Jr. – lead, backing, and choir vocals, congas
- Keith Wilder – lead vocals
- Rod Temperton – Fender Rhodes piano, clavinet, synthesizers, acoustic piano, organ
- Mario Mantese – bass guitar
- Eric Johns – electric lead and rhythm guitars, Spanish Guitar
- Ernest "Bilbo" Berger – drums, timbales
- Roy Carter – rhythm and bass guitar, Fender Rhodes piano, acoustic piano
with:
- Frank Ricotti, Tristan Fry – percussion
- Chris Payne – trombone solo on "Happiness Togetherness"
- Ron Mathieson – acoustic bass on "Leaving for a Dream"
- Pat Halling – string leader
Technical
- James Guthrie, Geoff Calver – engineers
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for Central Heating !scope="col"| Chart (1978) !scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| UK Albums Chart{{Cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/heatwave/|title=UK Charts > Heatwave|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=2012-09-19}}
| align="center"|26 |
|---|
| scope="row"| Billboard Top LPs{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4466/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|title=US Charts > Heatwave|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=2012-09-19}}
| align="center"|10 |
| scope="row"| Billboard Top Soul LPs
| align="center"|2 |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="3"| Peak chart |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="30"| UK ! width="30"| US ! width="30"| US |
| rowspan="2"|1978
| align="left"| "The Groove Line" | 12 | 7 | 3 |
| align="left"| "Mind Blowing Decisions"
| 12 | — | 49 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|120648|Central Heating}}
{{Heatwave (band)}}
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