Hot Butterfly [Import]

Gregg Bionic Boogie Diamond, Gregg Diamond Bionic Boogie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 12, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: P-Vine Japan
• ASIN: B000BKJH6M
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #529,314 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hot Butterfly

2. Chains

3. When The Shit Hits The Fun (Rocket Pocket)

4. Paradise

5. Cream (Always Rises To The Top)

6. Fess Up To The Boogie

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Oddball Fun, May 5, 2006

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Zachary Guzman "Z. Guzman" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hot Butterfly (Audio CD)

Gregg Diamond always had a knack for making some rather unusual disco music. He had a distinctive style and this album is an excellent example of it. His lyrics could be a bit out there, but that's Mr. Diamond. Bionic Boogie was one of the names he used for the studio musicians he employed. The title track "Hot Butterfly" shows that he could be sensitive when need be without resorting to schmaltz. Measured and dreamy, it feels like the perfect closer after exhausting your body on the dancefloor. It also has a sweet lead performance by the late Luther Vandross, three years before he started his solo career. "Chains" is Diamond in his more quirky mode. It has a driving, rock-tinged beat layered with unison singing by the four excellent session singers employed on the album, namely David Lasley, Cissy Houston, Zachary Sanders & Luther Vandross. "When the s**t hits the fan (Pocket- rocket)" is one of the two silly filler tunes included on this six-song set. "Paradise" is a fast-tempo latin-influenced dancer with David Lasley's falsetto bouncing all over it. It's a catchy, busy tune. "Cream (always rises to the top)" is a mid-tempo dancefloor classic with soft, but insistent drumming and jazzy guitars flowing throughout. The song also has some of the most puzzling lyrics that Diamond ever wrote and Zachary Sanders lead vocal has lots of character to add to the piece. The album concludes with the goofy "Fess up to the boogie", which includes thought-provoking lyrics such as "The Wizard of Oz is number one because he fessed up to the boogie." Deep. Overall, it's a disco classic that has been transferred to cd with wonderful clarity. Last but not least, there's that freaky-looking album cover. In case you couldn't tell, that is a drag queen on the cover, looking quite fierce. She's obviously a Rocky Horror Picture Show fan.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite Disco/Funk Album of Favorite Band, September 21, 2010

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Winnifred - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Butterfly (Audio CD)

Can't help but get up and dance.

This is my favorite disco/funk type album. It is really interesting, different, like some other people have said. I can't say much critically about the composition, because that's not my forte. I just like interesting music. I found this on accident on the internet, but it's become one of the treasures of my library, and well known among all of my friends.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars disco pleasure, October 7, 2010

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Discollector (Paris, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Butterfly (Expanded Edition) (Audio CD)

Gregg Diamond has produced the most joyous disco songs of the seventies. Still waiting for the release of his masterpiece "Starcruiser" the listener will find in this album where Luther Vandross, cissy Houston, between others give their voice to a must have album. The production is so rich that would be impossible to pay nowadays. Disco at it's best!