Bootsy's Rubber Band - Bootsy? Player of the Year

​Today Marks The 48th Anniversary of Bootsy's Rubber Band's 3rd Studio Album "Bootsy? Player of the Year" Originally Released on January 20, 1978.

 

“Bootsy? Player of the Year” is the third album by the American funk band Bootsy's Rubber Band. The album was released in 1978 on Warner Bros. Records.

 

Bootsy? Player of the Year featured two hit singles, "Bootzilla" and and "Hollywood Squares".

 

"Bootzilla" peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles charts and the second single "Hollywood Squares" peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles charts.

 

At the height of the album's popularity, it competed head to head with Bootsy Collins' mentor George Clinton and his band Parliament, who had released the album Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome just two months earlier.

 

The album was produced by George Clinton and Bootsy Collins and arranged by "THE PLAYER". The album was reissued in 1990 by Warner/Pioneer of Japan, then through WEA International in the mid-1990s and then by Time/Warner in the U.S. in April 1998.

 

Tracklisting

 

Radio Active / A / Side 1

 

1. "Bootsy? (What's the Name Of This Town)"

 

2. "May The Force Be With You"

 

3. "Very Yes"

 

Monster Rock / A+ / Side 2

 

4. "Bootzilla"

 

5. "Hollywood Squares"

 

6. "Roto-Rooter"

 

7. "As In (I Love You)"

 

By Romie Rome For Musique Funkology.©