Bootsy? Player of the Year

Bootsy? Player of the Year is the third album by the American funk band Bootsy's Rubber Band. The album was released on Warner Bros. Records on January 20, 1978. 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 Clinton and Collins and arranged by "The Player". The original vinyl version of the album contained a pair of cut out star shaped eyeglasses.

Bootsy? Player of the Year
Studio album by Bootsy's Rubber Band
Released	January 20th, 1978
Recorded	1977
Studio	United Sound Studios, Detroit, Michigan Hollywood Sound Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Funk
Length	44:51
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Bootsy Collins, George Clinton
Bootsy's Rubber Band chronology
Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! (1977) Bootsy? Player of the Year (1978) This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N (1979)

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.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]
The Village Voice	B[3]

Bootsy? Player of the Year featured two hit singles, "Bootzilla", which went to number one on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles charts, and "Hollywood Squares". The album peaked at number one on the Billboard Soul Album charts for four non-consecutive weeks. It sold more than 500,000 copies in its first six months of release.^[4]

Track listing

Radio Active / A / Side 1

1. "Bootsy? (What's the Name of This Town)" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Maceo Parker) - (6:59)
2. "May the Force Be with You" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper) - (6:02)
3. "Very Yes" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper) - (8:24)

Monster Rock / A+ / Side 2

1. "Bootzilla" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton) - (5:38) (released as a single-Warners WB 8512)
2. "Hollywood Squares" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Frank Waddy) - (6:15)(released as a single-Warner WBS 8575)
3. "Roto-Rooter" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Phelps Collins) - (6:25)
4. "As In (I Love You)" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Bernie Worrell) - (5:08)

Personnel

• Phelps Collins, Bootsy Collins - guitar
• Frank Waddy, Bootsy Collins, Gary Cooper - drums
• Bootsy Collins - bass
• Joel Johnson - keyboards
• Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Richard Griffith, Rick Gardner - horns
• Gary Cooper, Robert Johnson - vocals

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions[5]
		US	US R&B
1978	Bootsy? Player of the Year	16	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions[6]
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1978	"Bootzilla"	—	1	—
	"Hollywood Squares"	—	17	—

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1978 (U.S.)