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- Date Released: April 25, 2001
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Disco, Soul/R&B, Soul
- Label: Fantasy
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Certainly the least typical but nevertheless one of the most beautiful of Sylvester's albums, 1981's Too Hot to Sleep is the late gay icon's attempt to please a record company that thought it could turn its gender-bending disco diva into the next Teddy Pendergrass. Barred from recording with Patrick Cowley, the hi-NRG pioneer who put the synthesizers on dance-floor classics like "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)," Sylvester turns to simmering soul. He trades his trademark falsetto on several cuts for a sultry baritone that failed to endear him to the R&B masses, yet proved the singer could step outside the gay music ghetto and still shine. Motown veteran Harvey Fuqua oversees the jazzy arrangements, while labelmate Jeanie Tracy and former Two Tons o' Fun singer Martha Wash supply classy vocal support. The material isn't Sylvester's most memorable, but the album's low-key charms offer an early morning counterpart to the peak-hour dance-floor intensity of Sylvester's most beloved achievements.
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They Say...
Many overlook the fact that Sylvester was as much of a soul artist as he was a disco artist, what with his gospel roots and his ability to wrap his voice around a slow, deliberate arrangement. That's a shame, since there are soul-loving disco haters who simply avoid Sylvester's records for his disco connections, not to mention his sexual orientation. He was one of the most versatile artists of his time, singing deeply and sensually ("Thinking Right") one moment and then reaching up for a type of falsetto that will either cause your goose pimples to rise or make you run for shelter ("Can't You See"). Too Hot to Sleep is one of his most refined and laid-back albums, a consistent but unremarkable one that puts a spotlight on his crooning (best heard on his version of "Ooo Baby Baby"). The problem with this record is that it seems too much like a compromise. It's lacking in personality and hardly captures all of what makes Sylvester Sylvester. [Fantasy reissued this album in 1999 and combined it with 1977's Sylvester; Too Hot to Sleep was retained as the title.]
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| 01. |  |
Over And Over |
7:06 |  |
| 02. | |
I Tried To Forget You |
5:05 | |
| 03. | |
Changes |
3:11 | |
| 04. | |
Tipsong |
4:06 | |
| 05. | |
Down, Down, Down |
5:21 | |
| 06. | |
Loving Grows Up Slow |
4:09 | |
| 07. | |
I Been Down |
3:42 | |
| 08. | |
Never Too Late |
3:01 | |
| 09. | |
New Beginnings |
1:17 | |
| 10. | |
Thinking Right |
4:15 | |
| 11. | |
Can't Forget The Love |
4:02 | |
| 12. | |
Too Hot To Sleep |
5:23 | |
| 13. | |
Give It Up (Don't Make Me Wait) |
3:49 | |
| 14. | |
Here Is My Love |
5:07 | |
| 15. | |
Can't You See |
3:12 | |
| 16. | |
Ooo Baby Baby |
3:19 | |
| 17. | |
I Can't Believe I'm In Love |
4:32 | |
| 18. | |
New Beginnings (Reprise) |
1:19 | |
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