Im Original: “The most entertaining thing about this ensemble salute to spicy, Memphis-style ‘50s and ‘60s R & B is the way it lets you surprise your friends. Play a selection such as “Knock on Wood” or “Bad Boy” for someone without identifying the singer, then watch their eyes bulge when you reveal that it’s the controversial national chairman of the Republican Party … Lee Atwater.” Robert Hilburn: Album Review: 'Red Hot' Features a Celebrity Surprise. In: The Los Angeles Times, 5. April 1990 (englisch).