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Cicero Park is the debut album by British soul band Hot Chocolate. It was released in June 1974 on the RAK Records label, owned by Mickie Most, who was the band's producer. The album peaked at number fifty-five on the US Billboard 200 album chart. The original 1974 LP release comprised ten original songs by the band's writing team, lead vocalist Errol Brown and bassist Tony Wilson. The album included the group's first major international hit, "Emma" and "Disco Queen", which had been a US hit for the American band The Stories. The album was issued on CD for the first time in an expanded 25-track 2-disc set in 2009. ==Reception== ''Cicero Park'' has received varying reviews from contemporary critics. In his obituary of Errol Brown in ''The Independent'', Spencer Leigh praised the LP for its lyrical content: :"Although Hot Chocolate are known as a singles band, they should be commended for their 1974 album ''Cicero Park'', which touched on issues of race and class. Many credit The Real Thing as being the first British band to do this, but Hot Chocolate's album pre-dates ''4 from 8'' by three years." Alex Henderson writing for ''Allmusic'' gave the album a mixed review. Citing that Hot Chocolate's albums including ''Cicero Park'' tended to be mildly uneven, but more often than not, the material (''Cicero Park'' ) is quite promising. Henderson praises the title track, the Curtis Mayfield-influenced "Could Have Been Born in the Ghetto", the funky "Disco Queen" but singles out "Emma" () a real treasure, although a depressing one.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cicero Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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