George Clinton - Greatest Hits [Original recording remastered]

George Clinton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 9, 2000)
• Original Release Date: May 9, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: The Right Stuff
• ASIN: B00004SZDD
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,082 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Not to be confused with Greatest Funkin' Hits, this disc collects 10 tracks from George Clinton's '80s Capitol solo albums, most of which have been out of print for far too long. Nothing else here dented the charts as hard as "Atomic Dog," but it's fascinating to listen back to how the funk mastermind dealt with changes in the music (not least the growing power of rap). "Do Fries Go with That Shake!?" stands as one of Clinton's finest tail-waggers of this period, while "Last Dance" handily nicks a hook from David Bowie to mock a too-shy club-goer. Throughout, the beats are pumping and the wit and invention never flag, despite the inclusion of "R&B Skeletons in the Closet," whose anti-crossover stance is somewhat dated. Rounding out the package are a vintage Parliament/Funkadelic concert medley and an entertaining one-off side project single. --Rickey Wright

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars CENSORED = Zero Stars, May 15, 2001

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"mrnobody" (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: George Clinton - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

At first this looks like a fly collection of tunes from Clinton's solo career, which it would be if it weren't CENSORED. When the record labels don't release multiple versions, "clean", "explicit", etc., it seems reasonable to assume that you will be getting the artists original work, unadultered. Not so in this case, there is the one edition only, and it is censored. Not only that, but unlike a lot of the newer censored discs, its not just a word that's omitted while the music continues: this is just a BEEP that overrides all tracks -- talk about interrupted groove! Of course, that's a minor detail, if record companies feel compelled to put "Explicit Lyrics" labels on those albums with naughty words, then they should feel equally compelled to put a "CENSORED" label for ANY censorship (whether done as lamely as this or more subtley).

5.0 out of 5 stars Woof the Hi Spots, August 20, 2008

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T. A. Smith "addison" (iowa city) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: George Clinton - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This is all good, maybe even better than. The Realsurreal Prezdent of P-Funktified States, Clinton, is Master of the Funk, the One, and standing on it. As everyone nose, all human must stand for something. So, stand it. (If not to signify)

3.0 out of 5 stars the king who birthed Prince, September 2, 2003

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"perryink2" (castle rock) - See all my reviews

This review is from: George Clinton - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

With hair coloured like a pack of Lifesavers, sunglasses to shame Elton John and an over-the-top greatest hits powerload of pumping high-energy funk fire, flashy acid R&B and outrageous double-entendre wordplay, the mastermind of the Parliament/Funkadelic collective of the `70s proves he - more than any of his contemporaries - never relinquished his funk renaissance mission. Every single one of these 12 tracks is a funkadelic dance chestnut, cherry-picked from deleted vinyl and forgotten moments from Clinton's highly-productive studio work in the `80s - Do Fries Go With Shake?, Loopzilla, Nubian Nut, Atomic Dog, R&B Skeletons. It's all jumbo funk ballyhoo blown up to Japanese B-movie monster proportions and glittered up with stomping synths, Sly Stone acid overtones and comic sex/dance word twists - a formula that sounds impossibly refreshing more than a decade later. Where Prince flirted with similar-minded - and more successful - experiments on 1999, Purple Rain and Sign O' The Times, Clinton's Greatest Hits reveal the King, a man so far ahead of any of his contemporaries it's taken more than a decade for the rest of us to catch up.