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Release Date: May 19, 2015
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Personnel: George Clinton (vocals); Junie Morrison (guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizers); Bootsy Collins (guitar, bass, drums); Michael Hampton (guitar, avatar); DuWayne McKnight (guitar, synthesizer); Andre Williams, Eddie Hazel (guitars, background vocals); Maceo Parker (saxophone); Richard Griffith, Larry Hatcher (trumpets); Fred Wesley (trombone); Doug Duffy (piano, keyboards, synthesizer); David Spradley (keyboards, synthesizers); Bernie Worrell (keyboards); Ron Cron (keyboards, synthesizers); Michael Payne (synthesizer, bass, background vocals); Lige Curry (bass); Larry Fratangelo, Maruga Booker (percussion); Garry Shider, Gary Cooper, Ron Ford, Darryl Clinton, Shirley Hayden, Kim Seay, Lane Strickland, Tracey Lewis, Robert Johnson, Blackbird McKnight, Jimmy Giles, Mallia Franklin, James Gilmore, Rev. Huriah (background vocals).
Producers: George Clinton, Junie Morrison, Garry Shider.
Engineers: Greg Riley, Greg Ward, Jim Vitti, Dave Baker, Richard Akor, Rick Barro, Dennis Hetzendorfer, Jim Sessody, Mike Iacapelli, Gary Praeg, John Bauer.
Recorded at United Sound, Detroit, Michigan; The Disc, East Detroit, Michigan; Criteria Recording, Miami, Florida; Cloudbourne, Grosse Point, Michigan.
George Clinton's solo recording career got off to a great start with Computer Games (1982), an all-around great album boasting the R&B chart-topper "Atomic Dog." But his follow-up, You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish, was a different story. For one, it's short on material, featuring only six songs that run anywhere from five to nine minutes in an effort to extend this release to full-length status. Worse, the material is relatively weak in terms of songwriting, with the extended jamming often standing out as the highlight of each song. Secondly, the songs vary greatly in style; for instance, "Nubian Nut" is a clumsy rap song that is a clear standout, partly on account of its charming awkwardness, while "Quickie," another standout, is driven chiefly by the guitar riffing of Andre Williams. Co-produced by Walter "Junie" Morrison and Gary Shider and co-written by a long list of names (no song crediting less than three writers!), You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish is a messy album that one suspects may have been written in the studio and comprised of miscellaneous musical ideas and lyrical bits. While this makes it an undoubtedly curious album, especially for those well acquainted with Clinton's odd ways, it doesn't necessarily make it a great album. Far from it, actually, as it retrospectively made Computer Games seem all the better. ~ Jason Birchmeier
Producers: George Clinton, Junie Morrison, Garry Shider.
Engineers: Greg Riley, Greg Ward, Jim Vitti, Dave Baker, Richard Akor, Rick Barro, Dennis Hetzendorfer, Jim Sessody, Mike Iacapelli, Gary Praeg, John Bauer.
Recorded at United Sound, Detroit, Michigan; The Disc, East Detroit, Michigan; Criteria Recording, Miami, Florida; Cloudbourne, Grosse Point, Michigan.
George Clinton's solo recording career got off to a great start with Computer Games (1982), an all-around great album boasting the R&B chart-topper "Atomic Dog." But his follow-up, You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish, was a different story. For one, it's short on material, featuring only six songs that run anywhere from five to nine minutes in an effort to extend this release to full-length status. Worse, the material is relatively weak in terms of songwriting, with the extended jamming often standing out as the highlight of each song. Secondly, the songs vary greatly in style; for instance, "Nubian Nut" is a clumsy rap song that is a clear standout, partly on account of its charming awkwardness, while "Quickie," another standout, is driven chiefly by the guitar riffing of Andre Williams. Co-produced by Walter "Junie" Morrison and Gary Shider and co-written by a long list of names (no song crediting less than three writers!), You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish is a messy album that one suspects may have been written in the studio and comprised of miscellaneous musical ideas and lyrical bits. While this makes it an undoubtedly curious album, especially for those well acquainted with Clinton's odd ways, it doesn't necessarily make it a great album. Far from it, actually, as it retrospectively made Computer Games seem all the better. ~ Jason Birchmeier