Take It While It's Hot

Track Listings

1. Never Let You Go

2. Sincerely Yours

3. Love Games

4. Let Me Be the One

5. Heartbreak

6. Take It While It's Hot

7. Victim of Love

8. Hooked on You

Take It While It's Hot,Sweet Sensation,Atlantic / Wea,Dance Music,Freestyle,Pop,R&B,Soul,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

Tracks:

Never Let You Go
Sincerely Yours
Love Games
Let Me Be The One
Heartbreak
Take It While It's Hot
Victim Of Love
Hooked On You

Customer Reviews:

a hot dance record.......2007-05-30

take it while it's hot is a hot dance record.songs likehooked on you,love games,never let you go,heartbreak,and take it while it's hot will keep you dancing so do what the title says and keep on dancing.

Let's Dance to Freestyle!.......2005-12-28

While never quite as popular as their contemporaries, Expose, Sweet Sensation did have a minor string of hits with their freestyle dance songs back in the late 80's. "Never Let You Go", "Hooked On You" and "Sincerely Yours" were their biggest dance floor hits. For me, Sweet Sensation falls into that category of interchangeable freestyle girl groups - Cover Girls, Pajama Party, Giggles, etc. Nothing very special to differentiate them from the pack of other freestyle girl groups, but they did have some catchy songs and were fun to dance to.

While this CD brings most of their strongest songs together in one disc (although their cover of "Love Child" from 1990 is blatently missing) "Never Let You Go" is the only cut that could be considered an extended dance mix. The other tracks seem to be album or single versions. The CD is amazingly short, only running about 40 minutes so there was more than enough space to feature some of the longer versions or some of the nice accapellas normally featured on their 12" vinyl singles.

My peeve: if you're going to basically release a dance CD, why not feature the full length remixes - how most people remember them?

Running times are:
1. Never Let You Go 6:08
2. Sincerely Yours 4:50
3. Love Games 4:17
4. Let Me Be the One 5:10
5. Heartbreak 4:37
6. Take It While It's Hot 4:59
7. Victim of Love 5:45
8. Hooked on You 5:06
Total Running time: 40:52

If you want a better selection of Sweet Sensation dance length songs take a look at their "It's Time To Jam!" remix CD.

ESSENTIAL 80'S MUST HAVE MUSIC.......2005-08-17

This album is a must have for the 80's child. Every song on this album is pure magic. Granted there are only 8 tracks on this album, the quality makes up for it.

Listening to this album brings me back to my early years. It's still relevant with todays dance music.

I'd have to say my favorite song is Hooked On You. I just loved the synthasized beat to it. When I listen to this album, I can not sit still!

It may be from the 80's, but it's deffinately worth having it in your music collection.

More late great 80's dance music!.......2004-01-22

I was hooked the first time i saw the video to 'Hooked on you' and then i got this cd and it just takes me back when good dance music ruled!! I miss good fun dance music like this, Sweet Sansation had good voices and they were given good dance material.

Expose wannabes from the late 80's.......2003-01-07

Sweet Sensation was clearly an attempt to make a teen, second-rate Expose down to the keyboard synthesizers, backbeat, and even the lead vocals in "Never Let You Go" mimic those heard in "Point Of No Return" or "Come Go With Me." Oh yes, and there is even a song here called "Let Me Be The One," which was a song on Expose's debut album. Then there's the cover, which clearly shows two whites and a Latina, close to the ethnic lineup of Expose.

"Never Let You Go", clocking in at a little over six minutes, is two minutes overlong, using that excess time for filler noises.

In contrast, "Sincerely Yours" which was the single from the album to make the Billboard charts and it isn't that bad, as it starts with a Spanish guitar before yielding to the Expose-type keyboards. Upon hearing the melody of the opening line, "Dear I write you this letter. to show you how our love means to me," I instantly thought, "AHA! The Supreme's 'You Keep Me Hangin' On." They crib that melody all right. Still, there's a slight Latin flavour in the song that pardons its obvious derivative roots.

"Love Games" incorporates a few video game sounds, a few old school rap scratches, and is about a louse who plays around. The snide spoken line "If you wanna go play games. Why don't you go and ask your daddy for a quarter" seems well deserved. Game over, bucko!

"Let Me Be The One" is a filler ballad that mimics the Expose song plus tries to mirror another one--"Seasons Change". "Heartbreak" contains the usual flurry of synth effects, like glass smashing and staccato vocal dubbing.

The title track begins with "It's time to jam." followed by shrill tinny horns. This is kind of an upbeat mimic of Expose's mid-paced "Let Me Be The One" and has echoes of Miami Sound Machine's early material. This song actually isn't that bad. However, I also detect them cribbing some of the Jets' sound as well.

"Victim Of Love" boasts a squishy rhythm synthesizer that sounds like a rubber ball bouncing, and does have some catchy hooks.

"Hooked On Love" is the third single-worthy song here. Another song that could've been done by either the Jets or Expose, this features gaggle of random noise. I see here the kind of new breed R&B-pop that would explode in 1990 and 1991. The girls' singing in unison isn't bad here.

This was a Platinum Vibe Production, and I don't know about yielding platinum. Copper maybe, and my rating is generous a a result. Well, the hot-looking cover also swayed me, I'll be honest. Although derivative, somewhat of a guilty pleasure, considering that the girls here were in their mid-teens. Sure, they did better in covering "Love Child" in their subsequent album, but that was a lineup change. But after that...

Take It While It's Hot / Love Child (2-CD)
Average customer rating:

A "Must Have" for any Freestyle Fanatic!

Take It While It's Hot / Love Child (2-CD)
Sweet Sensation
Manufacturer: Collectables Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000LP6KZI
Release Date: 2006-12-19

Tracks:

Never Let You Go
Sincerely Yours
Love Games
Let Me Be the One
Heartbreak
Take It While It's Hot
Victim of Love
Hooked on You

Tracks:

One Good Man
Each and Every Time
Bring It Back
If Wishes Came True
I Surrender
Destiny
Love Child
Pleasure and Pain
He'll Never Know

Customer Reviews:

A "Must Have" for any Freestyle Fanatic!.......2007-02-13

This 2 CD Set is a "Must have" for any Freestyle Fanatic!
Includes all their biggest hits! Including the # 1 "If Wishes Came True".
This is 1 double CD Set worth having in your collection!