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Parlet | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 7, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001E50
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,876 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pleasure Principle

2. No Rump to Bump

3. Help from My Friends

4. Wolf Tickets

5. Love Amnesia

6. Misunderstanding

7. Play Me or Trade Me

8. Huff-N-Puff

9. Funk Until the Edge of Time

10. Ridin' High

11. Cookie Jar

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not a bad compliation, November 25, 2003

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bustin bob (seat of Funkadelica) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

..but could have used Are You Dreaming from the Pleasure Principle lp. Parlet was a dammed funky group of ladies, they just somehow got lost in the shuffle of the growing P-Funk Universe and were often the victims of lack of promotion. The Brides (Clinton's other more rock oriented female troupe got more love). The sound is often billed as straight Disco, but its really not. This is at best 'disco-ish' funk. Ridin' High just flat out jamms, with a fat bass from Donnie Sterling. Wolf Tickets should have been a smash with its JB's -like horn arrangements. My favorite all time Parlet track is on here though and that be No Rump to Bump, which is just booty-stanking fonk. I wish Parlet could be more well known.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE CONCUBINES OF FUNKENSTEIN, May 27, 2004

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Jonathan Stroud (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

Parlet was true, sexy, feminine, funk!!! These three ladies oozed funk while their counterparts, The Brides of Funkenstein, were more conservative. They could convey true "low down funk" with simple lyrics that made little since (as in "Cookie Jar" and "Misunderstanding"). The Brides may have been married to Dr. Funkenstein, but Parlet had his heart!!!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars play me or trade me turn me loose let me go, August 25, 2001

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Sherance M. Brothers (Jasper, Alabama United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

chapter in the p-funk history book no one looks at,re-release the brides first 2 cd's and we'll be straight, first of all parlet was good but never got their respect. the first cut pleasure principle was good features maceo, skeet on his solo was jazzy, and funky, the girls saying da-da-da de de de da da that was infectious, that moves the song along, no romp to bump has a punishing bassline probaly provided by casper, love that jam, help from my friends has a nice synth groove, the girls playful hooks are catchy, wolf tickets is okay, love amnesia has a nice bassline thanks to billy bass, misunderstanding is a overlooked p-funk ballad the lyrics are silly the beat slams,the horny horns, bernie worrell, skeet did a nice job. play me or trade me is too disco but still enjoyable cause of the hooks, huff n puff is the clkosest parlet came to funkadelic, funk until the edge of time has a nice beat the lyrics arte incredible,ridin high is a little disco but stil danceable, the last cut cookie jar was the winner of the cd that is so funky, george clinton does some vocals, that was the funkiest parlet song ever.this is for funkateers who want a female's perpective of the mothership connection-someone e mail george saying we want more she-funk with a little bit of maggot brain, and cosmic slop to go unreleased that is.