America Eats Its Young

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

America Eats Its Young · In May 1972 came Funkadelic's fourth studio album, and immediately their first double album. For the first time all the House Guests took part, among them Bootsy Collins, Catfish Collins, Chicken Gunnels, Rob McCollough and Kash Waddy, and on most tracks also the band U.S. with Garry Shider and Cordell Mosson. Unlike the earlier records, it was recorded in Toronto and in the United Kingdom.

The album is above all experimental, contains no hits and reads like a lesson in the history of Black music. The biographer Kris Needs called it George Clinton's great statement on the Vietnam War. Reviews were divided. Robert Christgau liked only Biological Speculation and Loose Booty and later called it the group's worst album. Ned Raggett of AllMusic thought it worth every minute. According to the Rolling Stone Album Guide, it contains elements that led Clinton to Parliament, such as vocal harmonies and the playful humour of Bernie Worrell.

Listening

Track list

1. 1You Hit the Nail On the Head7:11Apple Music ↗
2. 2If You Don't Like the Effects, Don't Produce the Cause3:43Apple Music ↗
3. 3Everybody Is Going To Make It This Time5:54Apple Music ↗
4. 4A Joyful Process6:13Apple Music ↗
5. 5We Hurt Too3:47Apple Music ↗
6. 6Loose Booty4:52Apple Music ↗
7. 7Philmore2:32Apple Music ↗
8. 8I Call My Baby Pussycat5:09Apple Music ↗
9. 9America Eats Its Young5:51Apple Music ↗
10. 10Biological Speculation3:06Apple Music ↗
11. 11That Was My Girl3:44Apple Music ↗
12. 12Balance5:31Apple Music ↗
13. 13Miss Lucifer's Love5:58Apple Music ↗
14. 14Wake Up6:29Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗