Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!

Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! is a funk album by Bootsy's Rubber Band, released on January 15, 1977. It reached number one on Billboard's Top R&B/Soul albums chart, the first P-Funk release to achieve this goal. The album was produced by George Clinton and William "Bootsy" Collins and arranged by Bootsy and Casper (names William Collins uses to refer to his various roles ^[1]).

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Baltimore Sun	(favourable)^[6]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[3]
Rolling Stone	favorable^[4]
The Village Voice	B^[5]

Bootsy's second album is widely considered his best: the Motherpage gives it five-star ratings. Similar to most of Bootsy's other work, it is divided between dance tracks and slow jams. The song "The Pinocchio Theory" inspired the George Clinton creation Sir Nose D'voidoffunk (see P-Funk mythology: the song says if you fake the funk, your nose will grow, and Sir Nose fakes the funk).

The title track was inspiration for Eazy-E's 1988 track We Want Eazy, with Bootsy making a cameo appearance in the song's musical video.

Track listing

Side I / El Uno – A Friendly Boo

"Ahh... The Name is Bootsy, Baby" (William Collins, George Clinton, Maceo Parker) – (6:52)
"The Pinocchio Theory" (William Collins, George Clinton) – (6:08) (released as a single-Warner Bros. 8328)
"Rubber Duckie" (William Collins, George Clinton, Garry Shider) – (3:18) (released as the b-side to "The Pinocchio Theory")
"Preview Side Too" (William Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper) – (0:56)

Side II / Un Dos – Geepieland Music

"What's a Telephone Bill?" (William Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper) – (5:58)
"Munchies for Your Love" (William Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper, Garry Shider) – (9:39)
"Can't Stay Away" (William Collins, George Clinton) – (5:28) (released as a single-Warner Bros. 8403)
"Reprise: We Want Bootsy" (William Collins, George Clinton, Maceo Parker) – (0:20)

Personnel

Bootsy Collins - guitars, bass, drums
Phelps "Catfish" Collins, Garry Shider, Michael Hampton, Glenn Goins - guitar
Frankie "Kash" Waddy, Jerome Brailey, Gary "Mudbone" Cooper - drums
Joel "Razor-Sharp" Johnson, Bernie Worrell - keyboards
Casper (William Earl Collins)- bass
Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Richard "Kush" Griffith - Horny Horns
Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker - horns
Gary "Mudbone" Cooper, Robert "P-Nut" Johnson - "front ground" vocals
Fred Wesley, Bootsy Collins - horn arrangements

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions^[7]
Year	Album	US	US R&B
1977	Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!	16	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions^[8]
Year	Single	US	US R&B	US Dance
1977	"The Pinocchio Theory"	—	6	—
1977	"Can't Stay Away"	—	19	—

References

^ New Funk Times' Collins interview
^ AllMusic review
^ "Robert Christgau review". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
^ Rolling Stone review Archived July 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ Village Voice review
^ Considine, J.D. (June 23, 1996). "Funk is flying high". baltimoresun.com.
^ "Bootsy's Rubber Band US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
^ "Bootsy's Rubber Band US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-13.

External links

v t e Bootsy Collins
Discography
Studio albums	Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! Bootsy? Player of the Year This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N Ultra Wave The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away What's Bootsy Doin'? Lord of The Harvest Fresh Outta 'P' University Play With Bootsy Tha Funk Capital of the World
Singles	"The Pinocchio Theory" "Bootzilla" "Body Slam!"
Science Faxtion	Living on Another Frequency
See also	The_J.B.'s

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Parliament discography	Osmium Up for the Down Stroke Chocolate City Mothership Connection The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein Live: P-Funk Earth Tour Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome Motor Booty Affair Gloryhallastoopid Trombipulation Medicaid Fraud Dogg
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Bootsy Collins	Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! Bootsy? Player of the Year This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N Ultra Wave The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away What's Bootsy Doin'? Jungle Bass Blasters of the Universe Lord of the Harvest Keepin' dah Funk Alive 4-1995 Fresh Outta 'P' University Live in Louisville 1978 Play with Bootsy Live in Concert 1998 Live in Oklahoma 1976 Christmas Is 4 Ever Tha Funk Capital of the World
Eddie Hazel	Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs Rest in P
The Horny Horns	A Blow for Me, a Toot to You Say Blow by Blow Backwards The Final Blow
Bernie Worrell	All the Woo in the World Funk of Ages Pieces of Woo: The Other Side Blacktronic Science Free Agent: A Spaced Odyssey
The Brides of Funkenstein	Funk or Walk Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy Live at the Howard Theatre
Parlet	Pleasure Principle Invasion of the Booty Snatchers Play Me or Trade Me
Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins	A Whole Nother Thang (1976) Radio Active (1978) A Whole Nother Radio Active Thang (1994)
Ruth Copeland	Self Portrait (1970) I Am What I Am (1971) Take Me to Baltimore (1976)
Mutiny	Mutiny on the Mamaship (1979) Funk Plus the One (1980) A Night Out With the Boys (1983) Aftershock 2005 (1996)
Other spinoffs	Quazar (1978) Sweat Band (1980) Federation of Tackheads (1985) Lifestyles of the Roach and Famous (1988) Out of the Dark (1993) Funkcronomicon (1995) Heavy Metal Funkason (1998)
Filmography	PCU Parliament-Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove George Clinton: The Mothership Connection
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