Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | January 15th, 1977 | |||
Recorded | 1976 | |||
Studio | United Sound Systems, Detroit; Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood | |||
Genre | Funk, psychedelic soul | |||
Length | 38:59 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Bootsy Collins, George Clinton | |||
Bootsy's Rubber Band chronology | ||||
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Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! is a funk album by Bootsy's Rubber Band, released on January 15, 1977. It reached number one on Billboard magazine's Top R&B/Soul albums chart, the first P-Funk release to achieve this goal. The album was produced by George Clinton and William "Bootsy" Collins and arranged by Bootsy and Casper (names William Collins uses to refer to his various roles [1]).
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+[3] |
Rolling Stone | favorable[4] |
The Village Voice | B[5] |
The Baltimore Sun | (favourable)[6] |
Bootsy's second album is widely considered his best: the Motherpage gives it five-star ratings. Similar to most of Bootsy's other work, it is divided between dance tracks and slow jams. The song "The Pinocchio Theory" inspired the George Clinton creation Sir Nose D'voidoffunk (see P-Funk mythology: the song says if you fake the funk, your nose will grow, and Sir Nose fakes the funk).
The title track was inspiration for Eazy-E's 1988 track We Want Eazy, with Bootsy making a cameo appearance in the song's musical video.
Year | Album | Chart positions[7] | |
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US | US R&B | ||
1977 | Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! | 16 | 1 |
Year | Single | Chart positions[8] | ||
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US | US R&B |
US Dance | ||
1977 | "The Pinocchio Theory" | — | 6 | — |
"Can't Stay Away" | — | 19 | — |