A Fifth of Funk | ||||
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![]() Japanese pressing of the CD "A Fifth Of Funk" | ||||
Studio album by George Clinton Family Series | ||||
Released | July 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1972–1981 | |||
Genre | Funk, soul, dance | |||
Length | 77:26 | |||
Label | P-Vine; Sequel Records (UK); AEM Records (US) | |||
Producer | George Clinton | |||
George Clinton Family Series chronology | ||||
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A Fifth of Funk is the fifth and final installment of the George Clinton Family Series collection by Parliament-Funkadelic collective members. The album was released in Japan in 1993 by P-Vine Records, and later in the same year by AEM Records in the United States and Sequel Records in the United Kingdom. The compilation's producer and P-Funk leader George Clinton gives his final thoughts about the tracks on the album, as well as his feelings on the entire Family Series project, for A Fifth of Funk's final track. The title is a play on words of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, as well as Walter Murphy's 1976 disco hit "A Fifth of Beethoven".
Track listing
[edit]Song credits for A Fifth of Funk adapted from album liner notes.[3]
- "Flatman and Bobin"
- Artist: Parliament (1978) Producer: George Clinton
- Drums: Tyrone Lampkin
- Bass: Bootsy Collins
- Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
- Guitars: Garry Shider
- Horns: Horny Horns
- "Count Funkula (I Didn't Know That Funk Was Loaded)"
- Artist: Lonnie Greene (1980) Producers: Ron Dunbar, Lonnie Greene
- Drums: Lonnie Greene
- Bass: Donnie Sterling
- Guitars: Tony Thomas
- "Thumparella (Oh Kay)"
- Artist: Ron Ford (1981) Producer: Ron Ford
- "Eyes of a Dreamer"
- Artist: Jessica Cleaves (1981) Producer: Ron Dunbar
- "I Found You"
- Artist: Phillippe Wynne (1981) Producer: Phillippe Wynne, Ron Dunbar
- Background Vocals: Brandie (Telma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent)
- "Ice Melting in Your Heart"
- Artist: Brides of Funkenstein (1977) Producer: Ron Dunbar
- Drums: Tyrone Lampkin
- Bass: Junie Morrison
- Guitars: Junie Morrison, Garry Shider
- Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
- "Clone Ranger"
- Artist: Trey Lewd's Flastic Brain Flam (1978)
- Producers: Gary Shider, George Clinton
- Drums: Tony Davis
- Bass: Stevie Pannall
- Guitars: Garry Shider, DeWayne McKnight
- Background Vocals: Brides, Parlet
- "Who Do You Love"
- Artist: Bernie Worrell (1978) Producers: Bernie Worrell, George Clinton
- Drums: Tyrone Lampkin
- Bass: Rodney 'Skeets' Curtis
- Percussion: Larry Fratangelo
- Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
- Guitars: Gary Shider
- "Up Up Up and Away"
- Artist: Brides of Funkenstein (1979) Producer: Ron Dunbar
- Drums: Jerry Jones
- Bass: Rodnick Chandler
- Guitars: Eddie Willis
- Keyboards: Rudi Robinson, Bernie Worrell
- "Can't Get Over Losing You"
- Artist: Junie Morrison (1978) Producer: Junie Morrison
- All instruments by Junie Morrison
- "Rat Kissed the Cat"
- Artist: George Clinton and Brides of Funkenstein (1977) Producer: George Clinton
- Drums: Tiki Fullwood
- Bass: Billy Bass
- Guitars: Gary Cooper, Garry Shider
- Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
- Horns: Horny Horns
- "Too Tight for Light"
- Artist: Funkadelic (1979) Producer: George Clinton, Junie Morrison
- "Every Little Bit Hurts"
- Artist: George Clinton, Diane Brooks, & Funkadelic (1972)
- Producer: George Clinton
- "Interview - Final Thoughts"
- George Clinton
Notes
[edit]- ^ Staff. "Overview: A Fifth of Funk". Allmusic. Retrieved on 25 August 2009.
- ^ Larkin, Colin. "Review: A Fifth of Funk". Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul: 70. 1 March 2002.
- ^ Track listing and credits as per liner notes for A Fifth of Funk album
References
[edit]- Colin Larkin (1998). Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin Books. ISBN 0-7535-0241-0.