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Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night Audio CD

A fair review of the Pat Benatar "In the Heat of the Night" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Pat Benatar reviews here, or go back to the Pat Benatar tabs.

Pat Benatar Band: Pat Benatar
Title: In the Heat of the Night
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Release Date: 2006-04-04
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Heartbreaker 2: I Need a Lover 3: If You Think You Know How to Love Me 4: In the Heat of the Night 5: My Clone Sleeps Alone 6: We Live for Love 7: Rated X 8: Don't Let It Show 9: No You Don't 10: So Sincere

Classic Benatar
The big hit on this is Heartbreaker. Though Pat's second album, Crimes Of Passion, is the critic's and fan's deserved favorite, this is no slouch. It has since become a classic rock staple and is one of the best female-vocalist rocker songs ever recorded. Pat is opera trained and has a control over her voice that lets her sing loud, soft, high, low and everywhere in between. She is easily one of the top 3 best female rock vocalists of all time. Listen to her sing on the other hit from this album, We Live For Love, and you will have to agree. She also wrote that song btw. Her boyfriend at the time, Neil Giraldo, is an excellent guitarist and also the main songwriter for their act. The album has a post-punk, new wavish sound that still sounds interesting and fresh to this day. I Need a Lover was also a minor hit. Highlights include:

Heartbreaker
I Need A Lover (Written by John "Cougar" Mellencamp but performed first by Benatar)
In The Heat Of The Night
My Clone Sleeps Alone
We Live For Love
Rated X
So Sincere

There is also an inferior remake of The Alan Parson's Project's, "Don't Let It Show" that highlights Pat's voice nicely. If you like Pat, get this! Now! If you're new to Pat, this is a great place to start. Get the remastered version that has only this debut on it, not the 2fers that are offered for Benatar since the remastering is not good. .


Pat's best!
I particularly like her cover of Alan Parsons' "Don't Let It Show. This is my favorite Benetar cd. ".


Pat Was Off To An Amazing Start!!!!
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The Heat Is So Right
From the thumpity thump drum beat in the opening number "Heartbreaker" to the ending guitar squeeze of "So Sincere", Pat has it going on in every single note of these 10 excellant songs. I'm typing this as I listen to the gloriousness that is Pat Benatar's debut album. It was 1979 and the city was steamy and so was Patty Patty - just look at that cover; and the cover actually summed up the music you hear. The city groove of the title cut with its sultry lyrics and Pat's high octave kicking in, it's one of those overlooked tracks of such a great career; the new wave crashes in on here as well most notably on the single "We Live For Love" and the Nick Gilder cover "Rated X", but rock is there for our girl including her version of Mellencamp's "I Need A Lover" which is so much better here than his version, I don't care if he did write it. The fact a woman is not only singing lines like "I need a lover who knows the meaning of hey hit the highway/ someone who'll thrill me then just go away" but that she actually hisses the vocal. This is a woman you don't want to mess with but such a heat wave of sensuality, you would want to try it. There's cabaret lounge thrown in on "My Clone Sleeps Alone" which in turn belts into a rocking little ditty by the end of those 3 and a half minutes. The uber rock ballad "Don't Let It Show" breaks into the uber rock domination of "No You Don't" with barely a breath. Just listen to some of these songs and Pat's delivery on them - one second of hoarse foulness and one second later a high note of epic proportions all over a cover of new wave nuances and rocking guitars. In The Heat Of The Night is one of my all time favorite albums of all times and everyone should hear it. Now the whole album is recently reissued by Chrysalis in glorious sounding form - though the artwork sucks (is it so hard to give the woman a little extra like at least a picture on the jewel case!) so you owe it yourself and also for all those girls with their fists in the air who won't be taken advantage of, to get yourself a copy of this CD. Perhaps there should be a new motto "What would Benatar do?" Can you see it? Numerous stickers with WWBD? I think I'm calling someone about that.
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Benatar's first a great one
Hearing it on CD even more amazing. Pat's crystal clear voice is striking and her range is fantastic on her first offering. Guitar solos are great without being overly done. "I Need A Lover" is a little commercial-sounding compared to the rest of the material. Some of the compositions that are minimal on instruments showcase her talent (the title track). If you've never heard Benatar before, give it a listen. It might make you an instant fan and wanting more.


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