Winner
Big Boss Man released their second album, Winner, in April 2005. The album had a subtly different feel to the first record, due to its more apparent Latin feel, although the base elements of funk, jazz and soul are all still there, as are the cool sounds of the Hammond organ.No singles were released from the album. However, Kelvin Stardust, the first track of the Winner album, was included on the 'Soulshaker Volume 2' compilation album released by Blow Up Records in July of that year.
To further differentiate from Humanize, the album featured more vocals (although still mostly instrumental) with four songs (Fall In Fall Out, Complicated Lady, Reach Out and Got It So Bad) now sporting full lyrics. Winner also features some French vocals in the song Tu as Gache Mon Talent Ma Cherie - in true Big Boss Man style, the only lyrics are those in the title of the song. This French number was written possibly due to their large fan base in France, where Winner garnered wide radio play.
To promote Winner, Big Boss Man embarked on a 12 date tour of France in the spring. They also returned to Spain for a 16 date Autumn tour, including a second national TV appearance on the Spanish television show "Radio 3". Possibly related to this, at the end of the song Jackson 16, there appears to be a clip from either a Spanish radio or TV show.
Club favourite The Hawk, the 11th track from Winner, was included on “Come On Soul” an international compilation of vintage and contemporary dance floor tracks released by the Legre record label in Hamburg in 2008.
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