After four musical comedy/parody albums, this would be the last Cosby would do.
Like Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days, Cosby stated he improvised much of the material on the album.
The comedian's follow-up to his gold LP Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days Rat Own Rat Own Rat Own follows in the same musical parody vein and re-teams him with producer/keyboardist Stu Gardner.
The budget seemed to have been upped for this effort because there are strings and full choirs on some tracks. Cosby earns more musical mileage using his previous targets: Barry White's "A Simple Love Affair," and James Brown's "Boogie on Your Face" on the first two singles and the James Brown-ish "What Ya Think 'Bout Lickin' My Chicken." A laid-back cover of Len Barry's "One, Two, Three" has drippy strings, a quasi-classical choral, and a hilarious subject. But he also manages to mold his own identity with "Section #9," "What's in a Slang," and the funky "A Nasty Birthday."
On Disco Bill and the previous album, Cosby says that he improvised throughout the album.
01. A Simple Love Affair (Cosby, Gardner) – 4:38
02. What Ya Think 'Bout Lickin' My Chicken (Cosby, Gardner, Watson) – 4:04
03. Rudy (Cosby, Gardner) – 1:56
04. Boogie on Your Face (Cosby, Gardner) – 3:03
05. Happy Birthday Momma (Cosby, Gardner, Mays) – 4:01
06. That's How I Met Your Mother (Cosby, Gardner) – 3:19
07. 1, 2, 3 (Barry) – 4:10
08. Section #9 (Cosby, Gardner) – 3:12
09. A Nasty Birthday (Cosby) – 3:32
10. What's in a Slang (Cosby, Gardner) – 2:19
Credits
Bass – David Shields, Gary Stovall, Paul Stallworth
Bass [Featured] – Eric Ajaye
Drums – Ken Sprague
Drums [Featured] – Nate Neblett
Guitar – Gary Stovall, Wah Wah Watson
Keyboards – Larry Farrow
Percussion – Freddie Marrone, Paulinho Da Costa
Saxophone – Doug Richardson, Rudy Johnson
Strings [Contracted By] – Robert Dubow
Trumpet – Bobby Findley, Oscar Brashmear
Vocals [Singers] – Irene Cathaway, Kathelene Woehrle, Linda Mallah, Patty Bishop, Rebecca Louis, Stu Gardner
Companies, etc.
Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Capitol Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – Capitol Records, Inc.
Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester
Published By – Turtlehead Publishing Co.
Published By – Uts Rendrag Publishing Co.
Recorded At – Sound City Studios
Mixed At – Sound City Studios
Mastered At – Capitol Mastering
Production
Arranged By – Stu Gardner
Arranged By [Horn] – Stu Gardner
Arranged By [Vocal] – Stu Gardner
Art Direction – Roy Kohara
Photography By – Howard Bingham
Engineer – Bill Drescher
Executive-Producer – Larkin Arnold
Producer, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Ensemble [String], Clavinet, Synthesizer [Moog, Arp] – Stu Gardner
Written-By – B. Cosby, S. Gardner
Notes
Release Date: September, 1977
Duration: 34:14
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Funk, Disco
© 1977
Label - Capitol/EMI Records
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