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    Cigar Classics, Vol. 2: Urban Fire

    03/25/1997


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    All Music Guide Review

    If the first volume in this thin concept series was squarely aimed at the parents of baby boomers, then the second entry (Urban Fire, get it?) is just as clearly targeted toward boomer-aged funk and disco music fans who remember the era fondly. This makes perfect sense, as the cigar-smoking fad that caused this series to coalesce into being is basically a yuppie-driven market, so the inclusion of polyester-influenced tracks like "Yes We Can Can" by the Pointer Sisters, "Shake (Your Booty)" by the Gap Band, "Car Wash" by Rose Royce, "Everlasting Love" by Carl Carlton, and the inevitable (and obnoxious) "Popcorn" by Hot Butter make perfect compilation-worthy sense. Left-field filler (though hardly that from a musical standpoint) includes "Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City" by Bobby Bland, "Don't You Wanna Make Love" by the largely unknown and seldom anthologized Shotgun, the wild breakneck tempo of "Bold Soul Sister" by Ike & Tina Turner, and the sultry "Love Me Right" from Denise LaSalle completing this 14-track package. Not quite a disco package, but awful damn close. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

    Cigar Classics, Vol. 2: Urban Fire Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Yes We Can Can
  • Pointer Sisters

  • 2
  • Shake
  • Gap Band [1]

  • 3
  • One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)
  • Four Tops

  • 4
  • Tell Me Something Good
  • Rufus & Chaka Khan

  • 5
  • Cutie Pie
  • One Way [1]

  • 6
  • Car Wash
  • Rose Royce

  • 7
  • I Gotcha
  • Tex, Joe

  • 8
  • Everlasting Love
  • Carlton, Carl

  • 9
  • Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City
  • Bland, Bobby

  • 10
  • Love Me Right
  • LaSalle, Denise

  • 11
  • Don't You Wanna Make Love
  • Shotgun [1]

  • 12
  • Stir It Up
  • LaBelle, Patti

  • 13
  • Bold Soul Sister
  • Turner, Ike and Tina

  • 14
  • Popcorn
  • Hot Butter [Easy]

  • Credits of Cigar Classics, Vol. 2: Urban Fire

    • Vartan
    • Art Direction, Assistant Producer


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