| Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) | ||||
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| Released | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Electro, funk, hip hop | |||
| Length | 46:04 | |||
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| Producer | Afrika Bambaataa, Eric Calvi, Gavin Christopher, Lee Evans, Michael Jonzun, Bill Laswell, Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Rae Serrano, Doug Wimbish | |||
| Afrika Bambaataa chronology | ||||
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Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) is a studio album by Afrika Bambaataa, released in 1986 by Tommy Boy Records. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [5] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 6/10 [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]
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.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Adapted from the Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) liner notes. [8]
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Michael Ciro : Guitars
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| 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 |
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