Hot Number Explained

Hot Number
Type:studio
Artist:The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Cover:Hot Number.jpg
Released:1987
Studio:Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre:Blues rock
Length:38:34
Label:CBS Associated
Producer:Dave Edmunds
Prev Title:Tuff Enuff
Prev Year:1986
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Next Year:1989

Hot Number is a studio album by the American blues rock band the Fabulous Thunderbirds, released in 1987.[1] [2] It peaked at No. 49 on the Billboard 200.[3] The band supported the album by touring with Crosby, Stills & Nash.[4]

Production

Recorded in Memphis, Hot Number was produced by Dave Edmunds.[5] [6] The Memphis Horns contributed to the album.[7] Chuck Leavell played keyboards.[8] "It Comes to Me Naturally" is a cover of the NRBQ song.[9]

Critical reception

USA Today opined that "its bluesy orientation unfortunately downplays Jimmy Vaughan's [''sic''] guitar."[10] The Los Angeles Times determined that "the general familiarity of this record ... will probably appeal more to the band's new fans than to the old faithful." The Kingston Whig-Standard wrote that "Kim Wilson doesn't so much sing with the band as it sings behind him; the result is a less spirited and thinner sound."[11] The Toronto Star deemed the album "sweaty, grimy, bar-room rock 'n' soul."[12] The New York Times tied "Streets of Gold" to 1980s heartland rock songs about socioeconomic issues.[13]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kim Wilson; except where indicated

  1. "Stand Back"
  2. "Hot Number"
  3. "Wasted Tears"
  4. "It Comes to Me Naturally" (Al Anderson)
  5. "Love in Common"
  6. "How Do You Spell Love?" (Bobby Patterson, Jerry Strickland, Marshall Boxley)
  7. "Streets of Gold"
  8. "Sofa Circuit"
  9. "Don't Bother Trying to Steal Her Love"
  10. "It Takes a Big Man to Cry"

Personnel

The Fabulous Thunderbirds

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External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Brogan . Daniel . Fabulous Thunderbirds, Hot Number . Chicago Tribune . 3 July 1987 . Friday . 67.
  2. News: Okamoto . David . The Fabulous Thunderbirds: Hot Number . St. Petersburg Times . 12 July 1987 . 2F.
  3. Book: Whitburn . Joel . Top Pop Albums . 2010 . Record Research Inc. . 263 . 7th.
  4. News: Okamoto . Shari . Fresh off a two-month tour... . Daily Breeze . October 2, 1987 . E11.
  5. News: Washburn . Jim . Tuff T-birds – Band ditches its four-piece sound and gives fans a taste of true funk with 'Hot Number' . Orange County Register . July 3, 1987 . P44.
  6. News: Tucker . Ken . Summer Music . The Philadelphia Inquirer . 18 June 1987 . D1.
  7. News: Gilbert . Calvin . Thunderbirds still doing it their way with Hot . The Advocate . July 17, 1987 . Baton Rouge . Fun . 2.
  8. News: Stout . Gene . Fabulous Thunderbirds Are Tough Enough to Make It . Seattle Post-Intelligencer . October 9, 1987 . What's Happening . 8.
  9. News: Mackie . John . T-Birds add soul to R&B punch and it's a knockout combination . Vancouver Sun . 11 July 1987 . D8.
  10. News: Popular . USA Today . 8 July 1987 . 8D.
  11. News: Burliuk . Greg . Hot Number The Fabulous Thunderbirds . The Kingston Whig-Standard . 1 Aug 1987 . Magazine . 1.
  12. News: Quill . Greg . Hot Number The Fabulous Thunderbirds . Toronto Star . 7 Aug 1987 . E8.
  13. News: Pareles . Jon . Heartland Rock: Bruce's Children . The New York Times . 30 Aug 1987 . A1.

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