Redd Hott

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Redd Hott | type = studio | artist = Sharon Redd | cover = Sharon Redd - redd cover.JPG | alt = | released = {{Start date|1982|08|29}} | recorded = 1981–1982 | studio = Eric Matthew | genre = * Post-disco * funk * urban contemporary | length = | label = Prelude | producer = * Darryl Payne * Eric Matthew | prev_title = Sharon Redd | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Love How You Feel | next_year = 1983 }} '''''Redd Hott''''' is the second studio album by American singer Sharon Redd.<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/redd-hot-mw0000767270|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=August 13, 2023}}</ref> In October 1982 all the cuts from this LP hit number one on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart for one week.<ref>{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=214}}</ref> Although none of the album's tracks made the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, "Beat the Street" made it to number 41 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=486}}</ref> "Never Give You Up" peaked at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18841/sharon-redd/|title=Official Charts: Sharon Redd|website=Official Charts }}</ref>

==Track listing== '''Side A''' # "Never Give You Up" (Darryl Payne, Eric Matthew) – 7:00 # "You're the One" (Payne, Matthew) – 6:20 # "Send Your Love" (Payne, Matthew) – 6:57

'''Side B''' # "Beat the Street" (Payne, Matthew) – 5:40 # "In the Name of Love" (Sharon Redd, Ricky Williams) – 6:30 # "Takin' a Chance on Love" (Redd, Ruth Carson, Gene Redd, Matthew) – 5:02 # "We're Friends Again" (S. Redd, Matthew) – 4:43

==Personnel== *Jay Leon – string and horn arrangements *Carole Sylvan, Jocelyn Smith – backing vocals *Eric Matthew – producer *Recorded and mixed at Eric Matthew Studios

===Other=== *Lester Hyatt – clothing *Rory Bernal / Beauty Bookings – hair, make-up *Celia Sebire – jewelry *Martin Snaric – stylist coordinator *Linda Edwards – stylist *Trudy Schlachter – photography *Ruth E. Carson – album coordinator

==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Redd Hot'' ! scope="col"| Chart (1982) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|UK2|59|date=19821024|rowheader=true|access-date=February 13, 2024}} |}

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Category:1982 albums Category:Sharon Redd albums