Track Listing

1. Let Me Party With You (Party-Party-Party)
2. Don't Even Try (Give It Up)
3. It's Time to Twist
4. I Got What You Need
5. I'm a Fool - Bunny Sigler, Marcia Ann Taylor
6. Your Love Is Good - James Anthony Carmichael, Bunny Sigler
7. Only You [*] - Loleatta Holloway, Bunny Sigler

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #277941 in Music
• Released on: 1995-12-05
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Andre 3000's role-model needs more product.
LET ME PARTY WITH YOU is Sigler's big hit album because of the one song; but if you look deeper you'll find an intriguingly original artist. A number of his albums aren't listed in Amazon because they've yet to be issued digitally. It is my hope that by writing about a few of these, someone will consider undertaking that task.

1980's LET IT SNOW is Bunny Sigler's last album on Sal-Soul, and a strangely catchy amalgam of pop songwriting techniques. One wonders if Sigler threw in everything AND the kitchen sink because he preminisced this would be his last solo album for 23 years. It has long been my opinion that Bunny's 1976 album MY MUSIC, is the complete blueprint for Andre 3000's whole shtick, and even LET IT SNOW has little things to remind us who originated it all. There's acapella intros, tacked onto heavily funked up love songs, with frequent kazoo breaks, sudden Funkadelic style guitar bits, latin conga solos, random vibraphone washes, sharp horn stabs, sudden psychedelic synth wooshes and mind melting vocal effects; all with Spinners-style back-up vocals over a powerful bass and drum combo (which is either the rhythm section from Instant Funk or MFSB).

"Super Duper Super Man" moves from a children's record style 'Dark Kent' sketch to a majorly thumpin' funk breakin' disco bomb, while the title track is a mid-tempo heavy funk love song. "Girl You Driving Me Crazy" is a fairly normal uptempo disco number, except there's the seemingly off-the-cuff spoken intro with sweet nothing's like ... "Git your hands out my pockets baby; but while you got 'em in there..." that's dead on Andre 3000; and off course then there's the brain disintegrating trip-out ending. "Dis Away & Dat Away" is possibly the least original idea here, feeling a bit like a Gap Band meets the O'Jays love child, except for the five part harmonies, Prince-style rhythm guitar parts and of course; the kazoo. "How Can I Tell Her" is in the Commodores slow groove zone and really is the most normal of the bunch though Sigler still has fun when it comes to singing "Gee, I really hate to leave you right now" in the most disingenuous fashion (Andre again); while "Slow Down" is a seriously coked up disco stomper that brings to mind a high-steppin' Pointer Sisters buttshaker. Other than "How Can I Tell Her," there's not a radio-friendly hit in the bunch, for much the same reason P-Funk found the hits few and far between; there's some weird s**t going on here! But if you like your groove with alot of character and originality, this could be good to you. Sigler comes from the smoother side of the same planet that Jimmy Castor and Swamp Dogg are from. I mean; his name is Bunny for cryin' out loud! If you're wondering whether to stick your toe in, his MY MUSIC album is a much stronger introduction, though this one's only slightly toned down. As for myself; I dig it. Somebody please add this title to Amazon, and issue a CD.

By the way, after a half dozen years of telling people about this guy & how influential songwriter he is; I just learned he's featured on the songs "Hey Ya" and "Speakerboxxx" by Outkast. Kudos to them for including the prototype once they found success.

Let me Party with you
Salsoul Music comes through with Bunny Sigler's "Let me Party with you" on CD. My only complaint is that the album has not been remastered. Song times:

1. Let Me Party With You (Party-Party-Party) (12:25)
2. Your Love Is So Good (09:51)
3. I Got What You Need (07:18)
4. I'm A Fool (4:01)
5. It's Time To Twist (05:43)
6. Don't Even Try (Give It Up) (4:41)
7. Only You (06:15)

I agree with the assessment that "Let me Party With You" has a similiar sound/feel to "Got to give it up" by Marvin Gaye. Still a good song though. Again, I do feel that this CD is a great value ($7.50/US), I just wish it had been remastered...Four stars!!