Today Marks The 49th Anniversary of Parliament’s 3rd Studio Album “Chocolate City” Originally Released on April 8, 1975.
Chocolate City is the third album by the funk band Parliament, released in 1975 on Casablanca Records.
The album reached #18 on the Billboard Soul Albums chart.
Two singles were released from the album, the album’s title-track “Chocolate City” and “Ride On”.
“Chocolate City", the title track and first single, reached #24 on the Billboard Black Singles chart and #94 on the Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.
"Ride On" the second single reached #64 on the Billboard Black Singles chart.
Other tracks on the album reflecting the influence of Washington are "Let Me Be" drawing from 1970s D.C. gospel and "I Misjudged You" a homage to The Unifics, a Washington R&B ballad group.
Track-listing
1. Chocolate City
2. Ride On"
3. Together
4. Side Effects
5. What Comes Funky
6. Let Me Be
7. If It Don't Fit (Don't Force It)
8. I Misjudged You
9. Big Footin'
A 2003 CD reissue of Chocolate City contained three bonus tracks, including alternate mixes of "If It Don't Fit (Don't Force It)" and "I Misjudged You" and the previously unreleased song "Common Law Wife".
By Romie Rome for Musique Funkology
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