Planetary Invasion

by Midnight Star

Overview

This nine-piece band made their mark with their sci-fi instrumentation and aggressive dance numbers. This album spawned three singles that fall into that loop with the first being "Operator." With its pugnacious rhythm and frigid keyboard hits, this dance number held the number one spot on the Billbaord R&B charts for five weeks. "Scientific Love" was the third single; a techno-funk track seasond with Belinda Lipscomb's intense delivery. It was a top 20 single at number 16. Aside from its horrific title, "Body Snatchers" is all about the dance floor with its has embraceable All three of the aforementioned utilized the wizardry of Vincent "Zino" Calloway on the vocorder. The chart success of this album is credited to the production work of Reggie Calloway, the nucleus of the group, who was concurrently producing and writing songs for the Deele and Klymaxx. He and his brother Zino would go on to write and produce number one hits for Natalie Cole, LeVert, Teddy Pendegrass and Gladys Knight. ~ Craig Lytle

Product Details

Release Date:	10/31/2007
Label:	Unidisc
UPC:	0068381711526
Rank:	77960

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Midnight Star   Primary Artist
Melvin Gentry   Guitar,Vocals,Percussion,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background),Drums
Zino Zoid   Flute,Trumpet,Vocoder,Trombone,Keyboards,Percussion
Kenneth Gant   Guitar (Bass),Trombone,Keyboards,Bass (Vocal)
Bill Simmons   Keyboards,Saxophone,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Bobby Lovelace   Drums,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Belinda Lipscomb   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Bo Watson   Vocals,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Vincent Calloway   Flute,Trumpet,Vocoder,Trombone,Keyboards,Percussion
Papa-T   Scratching
Reggie Calloway   Flute,Trumpet,Keyboards,Percussion,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Melvin Gentry   Composer,Lyricist
Robin Jennings   Engineer
Chance Johnson   Producer
Colleen Graven   Producer
Bill Simmons   Composer
Marlene Bergman   Design Adaptation
Agostina Lombardo   Make-Up
Bernadette Fauver   Production Supervisor
Reginald Calloway   Composer
Bobby Lovelace   Composer,Lyricist
Belinda Lipscomb   Composer,Lyricist
Valerie Skard   Producer
Michelle Azzopardi   Producer
William Simmons   Composer
Adam Varon   Producer
Dennis Lewis   Art Direction
Kenneth Lovelace   Composer
Charles Levan   Producer
Jim Greene   Engineer
Boaz Watson   Composer,Lyricist
Marc Hauser   Photography
Kenneth Gant   Arranger,Composer
Bo Watson   Composer
Kevin Flaherty   Producer
Cheryl Pawelski   Producer
Vincent Calloway   Composer
Richard Torres   Liner Notes
Dave Schultz   Mastering
Tom Cartwright   Reissue Producer
Terence P. Minogue   Producer
Kenneth Edmonds   Composer
Bernadette Cooper   Composer
Reggie Calloway   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Ric Probst   Mixing,Engineer
Jeff Cooper   Composer