This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N

This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N
Studio album by Bootsy's Rubber Band
Released June 1, 1979
Recorded 1979
Genre Funk
Length 44:34
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Bootsy Collins, George Clinton
Bootsy's Rubber Band chronology
Bootsy? Player of the Year
(1978)		 This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N
(1979)		 Ultra Wave
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Smash Hits6/10[2]
The Village VoiceC+[3]

This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N is the fourth album by the American funk band Bootsy's Rubber Band. It was released through Warner Bros. Records on June 1, 1979. Unlike previous albums by Bootsy's Rubber Band, this album did not generate any hit singles. The album was more experimental in nature than previous efforts. It would also mark the last time that the name "Bootsy's Rubber Band" would be used on a Bootsy Collins related project until the 1982 12" single release "Body Slam".

The album's cover was drawn by P-Funk album artist Overton Loyd and included an 8-page comic book entitled "The Almost Finished Comic" also drawn by Loyd.

The album was produced by George Clinton and Bootsy Collins under the aliases Dr. Funkenstein and Starr-Mon. The album was reissued first in 1990 by the Warner/Pioneer company in Japan and then by Warner Music-Europe. In 2007, the album was licensed through Rhino Records and reissued through the Collectors Choice music service.

Track listing

  1. "Under The Influence of a Groove" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Bernie Worrell)
  2. "Bootsy (Get Live)" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Maceo Parker)
  3. "Oh Boy Gorl" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper, Ron Dunbar)
  4. "Jam Fan (Hot)" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Phelps Collins)
  5. "Chug-A-Lug (The Bun Patrol)" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Robert Johnson, Phelps Collins)
  6. "Shejam (Almost Bootsy Show)" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Ron Dunbar)
  7. "Reprise (Get Live)" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Maceo Parker)

Personnel

Singles

Three singles were released from the album:

The single "Bootsy (Get Live)"/"Pt. 2" features almost two minutes of music that was not included on the album version and has never been released on CD. The B-side of "Jam Fan (Hot)", "Shejam (Almost Bootsy Show)", featured an instrumental version of the song that also was not on the album and has not been issued on CD.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r31271
  2. ↑ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (September 20 – October 3 1979): 25.
  3. ↑ Village Voice review


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