Track Listing DISC 1: 74:31: 1. Funk Express Card 2. J.R. (Just Right) 3. Blasters of the Universe 4. Bad Girls 5. Back N the Day 6. Where R the Children 7. Female Trouble's (The National Anthem) 8. Wide Track 9. Funk Me Dirty 10. Blasters - (with Eddie Hazel) 11. Good Nite Eddie 12. Sacred Place, A 13. Half Past Midnight 14. It's a Silly Serious World
DISC 2: 45:42: 1. J.R. (Just Right) 2. Funk Express Card 3. Back N the Day 4. Bad Girls 5. Good Nite Eddie 6. Where R the Children 7. Funk Me Dirty 8. It's a Silly Serious World 9. Sacred Place, A
| Details | | Playing Time: | 120 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Bernie Worrell, Bobby Byrd, Buddy Miles, Eddie Hazel, Fred Wesley, George Clinton, Maceo Parker, The Horny Horns | | Producer: | Bootsy Collins | | Distributor: | Ryko Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel: Catfish Collins, Razor "Sharp" Johnson, David Spradley, Frankie "Kash" Waddy, Rick Gardner, Kush Griffith, Mike Mitchell, Vince Campbell, Don "Tiger" Martin, Sweat Band, Gary "Mud Bone" Cooper, Robert P-Nut Johnson, Anthony Cole, Wes Boatman, Ronni Harris, Godmoma, Tony, Carol, Casper, The Player, Fuzz Face, Trey Stone, Super-T, Ron Jenning, Pretty Fatt-Sheila, Cynthia, Kristin Gray, Greg Fitz, Dee "Dirty Mug" James, David Cox, Anthony Goodin. Includes liner notes by Bootsy Collins. All songs written or co-written by Bootsy Collins. This is part of The Black Arc series. In 1994, when the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Spin Doctors, and other funk-influenced alternative rock groups had co-opted the greasy grooves pioneered by James Brown and George Clinton, the time was ripe for an old-school master to show the younguns how it's done. Naturally, Bootsy Collins stepped up to the plate, delivering a righteous slab of funk-o-delica that recalled the heyday of Parliament et al. With star-shaped bass and platform soles in tow, Bootsy finds a stone cold booty-shakin' middle ground between his earlier bands and LOVESEXY-era Prince.
Editorial Reviews 3.5 Stars - Good - ...propelled by sticky polyrhythms that will have even Dr. Dre doing a double take. Throw in a stanky bottom, horns, some female vocalists and the whirling guitar licks that Bootsy perfected with James Brown, and you have original uncut funk for the '90s... Rolling Stone (10/20/1994)
...is the work of an artist expanding without losing his energetic core. The title track is ambient funk, while `Back `N the Day' is a nostalgic romp anchored by a [Maceo] Parker sax solo...has not only shown us funk's past and present; he has shown us its future... Vibe (09/01/1994)
3 Stars - Good - ...the whole album pulses with the rhythmic wizardry of the classic P-Funk cuts of years past... Q (10/01/1994)
...This is the hot stuff Prince should be making and contains some of the phunkiest Bootsy in years... Melody Maker (09/10/1994)
...The operative word in all things Bootsy is funk and this...is an extravagant double-disc groovescape... Option (11/01/1994)
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