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Funkadelic Electric Spanking of War Babies Release Date: 1981 Running Time: 44:10 Label: Charly Rating:

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

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Electric Spanking of War Babies	Morrison, Clinton, Bishop	8:39
2	Electro-Cuties	Ali, Clinton, Ford	6:12
3	Funk Gets Stronger, Pt. 1	Clinton, Hampton	6:40
4	Brettino's Bounce	Fratangelo	3:40
5	Funk Gets Stronger- She Loves You	Clinton, Stewart	4:26
6	Shockwaves	McKnight, Dunbar	0:16
7	Oh, I	Clinton, Curtis, Shider	5:08
8	Icka Prick	Clinton, Shider	4:53
9	Icka Prick	Clinton, Shider	4:09

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