Computer Games (album)

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Computer Games is the debut album by American funk musician George Clinton, released by Capitol Records on November 5, 1982. Though technically Clinton's first "solo" album, the record featured most of the same personnel who had appeared on recent albums by Parliament and Funkadelic, both formally disbanded by Clinton in 1981. Conceived in the aftermath of a period marked by financial and personal struggles for Clinton, Computer Games restored his popularity for a short time before P-Funk fell victim to renewed legal problems and scant label support in the mid-1980s.

Computer Games
Studio album by George Clinton
Released	November 5, 1982
Recorded	1981–1982
Studio	The Disc Ltd., East Detroit; United Sound Systems, Detroit
Genre	Funk, electro-funk
Length	40:09
Label	Capitol
Producer	George Clinton
George Clinton chronology
Computer Games (1982) You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish (1983)
P-Funk collective chronology
The Electric Spanking of War Babies (1981) Computer Games (1982) Urban Dancefloor Guerillas (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	8/10[4]
The Village Voice	A[5]

According to Glenn Kenny of Trouser Press, after the end of his Parliament-Funkadelic collective, Clinton's album was titled as a "nod to the burgeoning wave of techno-funk that was beginning to overtake almost every other form of dance music; rather than reject the new technology, he adapted it here in his own unique way".^[6]

The single "Loopzilla" hit the top 20 of the R&B charts, followed by "Atomic Dog" which reached No. 1 R&B but peaked at No. 101 on the pop chart.

The album was listed by Slant Magazine at #97 on its list of the "Best Albums of the 1980s".^[7]

Track listing

1. "Get Dressed" (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins) – 3:41 (released as a single-Capitol 5222)
2. "Man's Best Friend/Loopzilla" (Clinton, Kenneth Gambrell, Garry Shider, David Spradley) – 12:51 (released as a 12" single-Capitol 8556)
3. "Pot Sharing Tots" (Clinton, Walter Morrison) – 3:45
4. "Computer Games" (Clinton, Morrison) – 6:46
5. "Atomic Dog" (Clinton, Shider, Spradley) – 4:47 (released as a single-Capitol 5201 and 12" single-Capitol 8556)
6. "Free Alterations" (Darryl Clinton, Clinton) – 4:20
7. "One Fun at a Time" (Clinton, Morrison) – 4:29

Personnel

• George Clinton
• Eddie Hazel, Garry Shider, Junie Morrison, Tony Thomas - guitar
• Bootsy Collins, Junie Morrison - bass
• Bernie Worrell, David Spradley, Junie Morrison, Rahni Harris - keyboards
• Dennis Chambers, Jerry Jones - drums
• Larry Fratangelo, Muruga Booker - percussion
• Fred Wesley, Larry Hatcher, Maceo Parker, Richard Griffith - horns
• Bootsy Collins, Brenda Forman, Brides of Funkenstein, Carmen McGee, Clip Payne, Darryl Clinton, Garry Shider, Gary Mudbone Cooper, George Bunny, Godmoma, Gwendolyn Dozier, Jessica Cleaves, Jessie Driscoll, Jimmy Keaton, Joyce Pearson, Julius Keaton, Junie Morrison, Larry Heckstall, Parlet, Ray Davis, Robert "P-Nut" Johnson, Ron Ford, Tracey Lewis, Trina Frazier, Vanessa Poe, Veronica Faust - vocals

Technical

• David Baker, Mike Iacopelli, John Jaszcz, Tony Ray, Greg Reilly, Jeff Turkin, Jim Vitti, Greg Ward – recording engineer
• George Clinton, William Collins, Ted Currier, Walter "Junie" Morrison, Gary Shider – Producer
• George Clinton, Junie Morrison, Fred Wesley – arrangements
• Greg Reilly, Jim Vitti – mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1982–1983)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[8]	40
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[9]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1983)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10]	8