Ahh the Name Is Bootsy Baby

Bootsy Collins, Bootsy's Rubber Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 11, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002KGK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,807 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby

2. The Pinocchio Theory

3. Rubber Duckie

4. Preview Side Too

5. What's a Telephone Bill?

6. Munchies for Your Love

7. Can't Stay Away

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Bassist for James Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic, Bootsy's solo career has been a George Clinton produced extension of the P-Funk philosophy, with Collins portraying the role of "Starchild, Player of the Year." Collins' vocals, are off-handedly cool in the manner of Jimi Hendrix, whose flamboyance Collins unmistakably aspires to. However, the music is definitely in the Parliament vein, with practically everyone from the band's late-'70s peak aboard, including Mike Hampton, Jerome Brailey and the horny horns. Conceptually, sci-fi reins, and the watery sound of Collins' aqua-bass doesn't get in the way of a mostly up-tempo album. This might be his best solo work. --D. Strauss

Product Description

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No Track Information Available
Media Type: CD
Artist: COLLINS,BOOTSY
Title: AHH...THE NAME IS BOOTSY BABY
Street Release Date: 06/11/1996
Domestic
Genre: SOUL/R & B

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superior Funk, May 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Ahh the Name Is Bootsy Baby (Audio CD)

Bootsy's follow-up to his smash debut "Strechin' Out" it is by far Bootsy's finest solo album. From the super-hits "Ahh.... The Name is Bootsy,Baby" &" The Pinocchio Theory (fake the funk and your nose gotsta grow) to my slow song favorites "What's a Telephone Bill?" & "Munchies for your Love" (i had to get older to really know what Bootsy was talking about). Bootsy's always right on time. Long live the funk. This lp always reminds me of my sister Valencia. Peace to the Producer Mr. George Clinton & Mr. James Brown.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!, June 4, 2004

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Robert Jones (st. louis, mo. usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ahh the Name Is Bootsy Baby (Audio CD)

My friends, what you must understand is that Bootsy and crew are "Master Musicians." Most American music listeners expect the endless slight variation on the same thing. You will never get that from Bootsy. When the album "Mothership Connection" was made, it was not to be duplicated. George Clinton & Bootsy hardly ever looked back. They looked forward, even as they were recording or playing live. Part of what makes Bootsy and the entire P-Funk Mob so great is the fact that they refused to be locked into one style of music. If you want to grow as a music listener, expand you understanding of the craft and witness artistic boundaries beginning pushed, then this is the CD for you. But if you are closed in mind, you will not comprehend a fine piece of work such as Bootsy's "Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!" I think it's a gem of a CD.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SAY BOOTSY!!!!!, February 5, 2005

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Andre S. Grindle "Andre' Grindle" (Brewer Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ahh the Name Is Bootsy Baby (Audio CD)

I kid you not-THIS ALBUM IS CRAZED!!!The critics are all 100% right-'Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy,Baby' should carry a disclaimer saying 'Warning:This album will FUNK YOU UP'.Maybe one complaint is that,at least on the uptempo cuts Bootsy doesn't know when to relax-this is hyper extended funk that's loud,cacaughanous and obviously bassy to the extreme.The first side just punches right in with the insane title track,doesn't change a thing on "Pinocchio Theory" and "Rubber Duckie" then smooths out on the calmer ballad styles of "Munchies For Your Love" and "What's A Telephone Bill" on the second half,pointing out what a strong straight singer and good songwriter Bootsy is.
Of course it's right back into funk with the slower burning groove of "Can't Stay Away" with it's crazy cartoon vocals.So in conclusion if your not into having disco mixed in with your funk or think George Clinton's Parliafunkadelicment Thang is a bit self indulgant for your tastes this (as well as most of Bootsy's other solo albums of this period) deliver the funk in a far less refined way-giving it up straight,or totally out of shape as the Rubber Band will give it!