Planetary Invasion

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Planetary Invasion
Midnight Star Planetary Invasion.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 11, 1984
Recorded1984
StudioQCA Recording Studios and Fifth Floor Studio, Cincinnati, Ohio
Genre R&B
Length45:12
Label SOLAR
Producer Reggie Calloway
Midnight Star chronology
No Parking on the Dance Floor
(1983)
Planetary Invasion
(1984)
Headlines
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Planetary Invasion is the fifth album released by R&B group Midnight Star. Released in 1984 and produced by group member Reggie Calloway, this album peaked at number seven on the R&B albums chart led by the number-one R&B single "Operator." This single also scored the group their first (and to date, only) top-20 single on the pop charts, peaking at No. 18 in early 1985.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Body Snatchers" (Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Melvin Gentry, Bill Simmons, Bo Watson) 6:55
  2. "Scientific Love" (Calloway, Gentry, Kenneth Gant, Belinda Lipscomb, Watson) 6:19
  3. "Let's Celebrate" (Calloway, Jeff Cooper, Gentry, Lipscomb, Bobby Lovelace, Watson) 4:57
  4. "Curious" (Gentry, Lovelace, Watson) 4:19
  5. "Planetary Invasion" (Calloway, Calloway, Lovelace, Simmons, Watson) 6:10
  6. "Operator" (Calloway, Calloway, Lipscomb, Watson) 7:30
  7. "Today My Love" (Calloway, Watson) 4:59
  8. "Can You Stay with Me" (Calloway, Cooper, Lipscomb, Lovelace, Simmons, Watson) 4:03

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [2] 32
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [3] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1985)Position
US Billboard 200 [4] 89
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [5] 27

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [6]
US US
R&B
US
Dance
1984"Operator"18115
1985"Scientific Love"801619
"Body Snatchers"31

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