Release Date: 11 August 2014
Label: Bbr / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5013929049635
Genres: R&B
Description
Platinum Hook was a slick R&B/Funk combo who released three
albums on Motown between 1978 and 1983. Having signed to the
label for their debut eponymous release in 1978, Platinum Hook offered up a smooth and engaging R&B/Funk sound that
more than matched their label mates and other rivals of the
time.
Platinum Hook opens with the tight club groove Bittersweet, a
horn and synth led track that introduces the groups lead vocalists
Tina Renee Stanford and Stephen Daniels to blistering effect.
Track 2 is an excellent cover of Shotgun's mid-tempo funk jam
from the previous year, Hotline. ''Til I Met You and Lover
What You've Done (To Me) are both smooth soul ballads that still
bring the funk into the rhythms and help round out the albums
overall sound. Standing On The Verge (Of Getting It On), a cover
of the Funkadelic classic, can hold its head up high to the
original. Both Hooked For Life and Gotta Find A Woman are
soulful mid-tempo grooves with an emphasis on the slick
harmonies. Closing track City Life is a full on high-tempo
Disco/Soul number leaving you breathless, but gasping for more.
Tracklisting
Kevin Ayers
Wrath
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Tigertailz
The Fall
