Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere)

Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere)
Studio album by
Afrika Bambaataa
Released1986 (1986)
GenreElectro, funk, hip hop
Length46:04
Label
ProducerAfrika Bambaataa, Eric Calvi, Gavin Christopher, Lee Evans, Michael Jonzun, Bill Laswell, Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Rae Serrano, Doug Wimbish
Afrika Bambaataa chronology
Planet Rock: The Album
(1986) 		Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere)
(1986) 		Death Mix Throwdown
(1987)

Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) is a studio album by Afrika Bambaataa, released in 1986 by Tommy Boy Records.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10[6]

From contemporary reviews, Melody Maker reviewed the album in 1986 giving it a negative review, finding it redundant, cliched, and boring.[7] Robert Christgau commented that, while it "tops the UTFO albums" musically, he was "grieved to report that only "Kick Out the Jams" overcomes the formlessness of personality his detractors have always charged him with—it's got Bill Laswell all over it."[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Afrika Bambaataa, except "Kick Out the Jams" by Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Michael Davis and Dennis Thompson

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Bambaataa's Theme (Assault on Precinct 13)"5:05
2."Tension"5:18
3."Rock America"5:53
4."Kick Out the Jams" (MC5 cover)6:17
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Funk Jam Party"5:47
2."Funk You"6:49
3."Bionic Kats"4:36
4."What Time Is It"5:58
5."Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere)" (silent version)0:21

Personnel

Adapted from the Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) liner notes.[8]

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1986 Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records CD, CS, LP 01008
Japan 1987 CBS/Sony CD 32DP 640
United States 2005 DBK CD dbk527

References

  1. ^ Robbins, Ira (2007). "Afrika Bambaataa". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  2. ^ Greenberg, Adam. "Afrika Bambaataa: Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 71.
  5. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 8–9.
  6. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 27–28.
  7. ^ McCoy 1992, p. 162.
  8. ^ Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) (sleeve). Afrika Bambaataa and Family. New York, New York: Tommy Boy Records. 1986.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

References