Electric Spanking of War Babies [Import]

Funkadelic | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 27, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
• ASIN: B0001P1HY2
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #172,893 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

With George Clinton, a humorous phrase could be nothing more than playful tomfoolery, or it could be a double entendre with a deep political meaning. The phrase "electric spanking of war babies" falls into the latter category -- it referred to what the funk innovator saw as the U.S. government using the media to promote imperialistic wars. To Clinton, the American media functioned as a propaganda machine during wartime. But whether or not one cares to examine its hidden political messages, Electric Spanking is an above-average party album. Spanking falls short of the excellence of One Nation Under a Groove and Uncle Jam Wants You and didn't boast a major hit single, but amusing funk smokers like "Electro-Cuties" and "Funk Gets Stronger" aren't anything to sneeze at, nor is the reggae-influenced "Shockwaves." Spanking turned out to be the last album Clinton would produce under the name Funkadelic -- when he hit the charts again in 1983, Mr. P-Funk was billing himself as a "solo artist." ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

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5.0 out of 5 stars Funk Gets Stronger, November 5, 2009

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G. L. Richardson "dubzilla" (westfield new jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Electric Spanking of War Babies (Audio CD)

The last great Funk Mob album. Starting with the Pedro Bell cover--getting back to his normal greatness after the less that his stellar "Uncle Jam wants You" cover. The band calls on it's mentor Sly Stone for "Funk gets Stonger" part 2. They call on the Beatles for a reprise. "Icka Prick" is a sleeper classic with George topping himself in the obscene silliness genre. There is a reggae attempt that isnt too bad. The title track is new wave funk. Overall good fun for all involved-no "Hardcore Jollies" or "Maggot Brain" but easily ahead of the rest fo the funking masses of the time--this record signalled the decline of funk as I knew it up until this point.