Parlet - 1979 Invasion Of The Booty Snatchers (2013) FLAC

Artist: Parlet
Title: Invasion Of The Booty Snatchers
Year of Release: 2013 (The Island Def Jam Group)
Original Release: 1979
Genre: Funk, P-Funk
Format: FLAC

AllMusic:
Parlet's second album Invasion of the Booty Snatchers found Parliament/Funkadelic leader George Clinton supervising a new edition of the female trio. Jeanette Washington was still on board but this time she joined forces with Shirley Hayden and Janice Evans instead of Debbie Wright and Mallia Franklin. However, Invasion of the Booty Snatchers (whose title is based on the 1950s sci-fi/horror movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers) isn't a radical departure from Parlet's first album, Pleasure Principle. Clinton (who produced this 1979 LP with Ron Dunbar) still goes for variety and Parlet's sophomore album is as unpredictable as their first. While goofy numbers like "No Rump to Bump" and "Huff-N-Puff" are very Parliament-sounding, "Ridin' High" (a minor hit) and the glossy "Booty Snatchers" have more of a disco influence -- "Ridin' High," in fact almost sounds like a marriage of P-Funk and Chic. Meanwhile, the pleasing "Don't Ever Stop (Lovin' Me, Needin' Me)" is a conventional Northern soul ballad -- conventional by Clinton's standards that is. As strong as Invasion of the Booty Snatchers is the LP wasn't a huge multi-platinum seller; many of the P-Funk addicts who bought Parliament and Funkadelic's albums religiously didn't spend a lot of dollars on Parlet. Nonetheless, Invasion of the Booty Snatchers is arguably the group's finest and most impressive release.


Track List:
1. Ridin' High (Ron Dunbar / Donnie Sterling)
2. No Rump to Bump (George Clinton / Ron Dunbar / Donnie Sterling)
3. Don't Ever Stop (Lovin' Me, Needin' Me) (George Clinton / Ron Dunbar / Glen Goins)
4. Booty Snatchers (Pete Bishop / George Clinton / Ron Dunbar)
5. You're Leaving (George Clinton / Gary Cooper / Ron Dunbar)
6. Huff-N-Puff (Ron Dunbar)

Personnel:
Vocals - Jeanette Washington, Janice Evans, and Shirley Hayden
Guitars - Gordon Carlton, Jerome Ali, Phelps Collins, Bootsy Collins, Michael Hampton, Kevin D. Oliver, Tim Moore, Glenn Goins, Garry Shider
Bass - Bootsy Collins, Donnie R. Sterling, Jeff Bunn, Jimmy Ali
Drums - Frank Waddy, Gary Cooper, Bootsy Collins, Kenny Colton
Percussion - Carl Small, Larry Fratangelo
Keyboards/Synthesizers - Bernie Worrell, Ernestro Wilson, Joel Johnson, Manon Saulsby
Horns - Benny Cowan, Greg Boyer, Greg Thomas
Additional vocals - George Clinton, Mallia Franklin, Donnie Sterling, Cheryl James, Ray Davis, Ron Ford, Robert Johnson, Gary Cooper, Gordon Carlton, Janice Carlton