Dope Dogs

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Dope Dogs
Dopedogs.jpg
Studio album by
Parliament-Funkadelic
ReleasedNovember 25, 1994 (Japan)
1995 (U.S.)
Recorded1994
Genre
Length76:30
Label
  • P-Vine
  • Hot Hands
  • Dogone Records
Producer George Clinton
Parliament-Funkadelic chronology
Urban Dancefloor Guerillas
(1983)		Dope Dogs
(1994)		 T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M.
(1996)

Dope Dogs is a 1994 album by Parliament-Funkadelic (also known as P-Funk All Stars). The album was first released on the P-Vine label in Japan. It was later released on the Hot Hands label in the United Kingdom. The United States release on the Dogone Records label, a custom label of Available Entertainment, was released under the name George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars. The U.S. version was remastered by David Libert of Available Entertainment. The album's theme deals with dope-sniffing dogs that become addicted to the very drugs that they are assigned to find.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Boston Globe (favorable) [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]
The Independent (favorable) [4]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Select U+25A0.svgU+25A0.svgU+25A0.svgU+25A1.svgU+25A1.svg [7]
The Village Voice A [8]
The Washington Post (favorable) [9]

Select gave the album a rating of three out of five, stating that there are "moves and grooves aplenty, but most of it leads nowhere" [7]

Tracks

The album's configuration varied among the Japanese, British, and American releases.

Japanese track listing

  1. "Dog Star (Fly On)" (G Clinton, DeWayne McKnight) – 8:11
  2. "U.S. Custom Coast Guard Dog" (G Clinton) – 4:53
  3. "Some Next Shit" (G Clinton, Michael Payne) – 6:11
  4. "Follow the Leader" (Rakim, G Clinton) – 5:30
  5. "Just Say Ding (Databoy)" (G Clinton, Tracey Lewis, D McKnight) – 4:33
  6. "Help Scottie, Help (I'm Tweaking and I Can't Beam Up)" (T Lewis, Hazel Lewis) – 5:04
  7. "Pack of Wild Dogs" (G Clinton, Andre Williams, Mike E. Clark) – 5:47
  8. "Fifi" (G Clinton, D McKnight) – 3:46
  9. "All Sons of Bitches" (G Clinton, Belita Woods) – 5:34
  10. "Dopey Dope Dog" (G Clinton, Daddy Freddy, Lige Curry) – 4:53
  11. "Sick 'Em" (G Clinton) – 6:13
  12. "Kibbles and Bits" (G Clinton) – 5:05
  13. "I Ain't the Lady (He Ain't the Tramp)" (G Clinton, Loic Gambas Bordas, Eebony Young) – 4:38
  14. "Tales That Wag the Dog Part 1 (Niggaa, Pleeeeeze!)" (G Clinton, T Lewis, Derrick Rossen) – 5:30
  15. "Tales That Wag the Dog Part 2 (Is That Your Bark or Your Bite?)" (G Clinton, T Lewis, D Rossen) –

British track listing

  1. "Dog Star (Fly On)" (G Clinton, D McKnight) – 8:11
  2. "Fifi" (G Clinton, D McKnight) – 3:46
  3. "Some Next Shit" (G Clinton, M Payne) – 6:11
  4. "Follow the Leader" (Rakim, G Clinton) – 5:30
  5. "Just Say Ding (Databoy)" (G Clinton, T Lewis, D McKnight) – 4:33
  6. "Help Scottie, Help (I'm Tweaking and I Can't Beam Up)" (T Lewis, H Lewis) – 5:04
  7. "Lost Dog" (G Clinton, Bobby Gillespie) –
  8. "U.S. Custom Coast Guard Dog (Hyper Mix)" (G Clinton) – 4:53
  9. "All Sons of Bitches" (G Clinton, B Woods) – 5:34
  10. "Dopey Dope Dog" (G Clinton, D Freddy, L Curry) – 4:53
  11. "Sick 'Em" (G Clinton) – 6:13
  12. "Gettin' Dogged" (G Clinton, Robert Johnson Jr., M Payne) –
  13. "I Ain't the Lady (He Ain't the Tramp)" (G Clinton, L G Bordas, E Young) – 4:38
  14. "Tales That Wag the Dog Part 1 (Niggaa, Pleeeeeze!)" (G Clinton, T Lewis, D Rossen) – 5:30
  15. "Tales That Wag the Dog Part 2 (Is That Your Bark or Your Bite?)" (G Clinton, T Lewis, D Rossen) –

American track listing

  1. "Dog Star (Fly On)" (G Clinton, D McKnight) – 8:11
  2. "U.S. Custom Coast Guard Dog" (G Clinton) – 5:15
  3. "Some Next Shit" (G Clinton, M Payne, Louis Kabbable) – 6:10
  4. "Just Say Ding (Databoy)" (G Clinton, Tracey Lewis, D McKnight) – 4:33
  5. "Help Scottie, Help (I'm Tweaking and I Can't Beam Up)" (T Lewis, Hazel Lewis) – 5:06
  6. "Pepe (The Pill Popper)" (G Clinton) – 6:08
  7. "Back Up Against the Wall" (G Clinton, D McKnight) – 5:51
  8. "Fifi" (G Clinton, D McKnight) – 3:58
  9. "All Sons of Bitches" (G Clinton, Belita Woods) – 4:33
  10. "Sick 'Em" (G Clinton) – 5:14
  11. "I Ain't the Lady (He Ain't the Tramp)" (G Clinton, L G Bordas, E Young) – 4:38
  12. "Pack of Wild Dogs" (G Clinton, A Williams, Mike E. Clark) – 5:47
  13. "Tales That Wag the Dog" (G Clinton, T Lewis, D Rossen) – 5:30
  14. "My Dog" (G Clinton, "Crop" Holyfield) – 4:29

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Gallucci, Michael. "Dope Dogs - P-Funk All Stars". AllMusic. Retrieved on 2009-08-09.
  2. ↑ Sullivan, Jim. "Clinton Stirs Up the Funk". The Boston Globe : October 8, 1999.
  3. ↑ Sinclair, Tom (March 15, 1996). "Dope Dogs Review". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved on 2009-08-09.
  4. ↑ Gill, Andy. "101 Digital Puppies". The Independent : April 28, 1995.
  5. ↑ "George Clinton / P-Funk All Stars - Dope Dogs CD Album". CD Universe . Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars: Dope Dogs". Rolling Stone : November 12, 1998.
  7. 1 2 Smith, Caspar (May 1995). "New Albums". Select (59): 99.
  8. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars". The Village Voice : November 3, 1998: Archived from the original on 2009-08-09.
  9. ↑ Himes, Geoffrey. "George Clinton: What Up, Dog?". The Washington Post : N.17. April 23, 1999.
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