Funkcronomicon

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Funkcronomicon
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Compilation album by
Axiom Funk
ReleasedJuly 18, 1995
Recorded1989–1995
Genre Funk, dance, rock, electronica, soul
Length90:09
Label Axiom, Island Records
Producer Bill Laswell
P-Funk collective chronology
Dope Dogs
(1994)		Funkcronomicon
(1995)		 T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M.
(1996)
Bill Laswell chronology
Subsonic 2: Bass Terror
(1995)		Funkcronomicon
(1995)		 Second Nature
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Billboard (favorable) [2]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [3]
CMJ (favorable) [4]
Entertainment Weekly (A-) [5]
The Independent (favorable) [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Trouser Press (favorable) [8]
Vibe (favorable) [9]

Funkcronomicon is a 1995 various artists collection of tracks produced by Bill Laswell under the name Axiom Funk, after Laswell's associated record label. It is a 2-CD set that was released by Island Records. Funkcronomicon features heavy participation from various members of Parliament-Funkadelic, to the degree that Funkcronomicon is widely considered to be a full-fledged P-Funk album. The album features what may be Pedro Bell's last authentic artistic renderings, as well as P-Funk guitarist Eddie Hazel's last recordings before his death in 1992. The album comprises newly recorded tracks, as well as tracks that have been featured on other Bill Laswell productions. Produced and compiled at Greenpoint Studio in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, [10] Funkcronomicon contains songs that were recorded as early as Maceo Parker's For All the Kings Men (1989) period. [1] The album title is a play on Necronomicon , a fictional book. [7]

Contents

Track listing

Disc one

  1. Order Within The Universe (written by Bernie Worrell, Bill Laswell) 3:17
  2. Under The Influence (Jes Grew) (written by George Clinton, B Laswell, B Collins, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare) 5:45
  3. If 6 Was 9 (written by Jimi Hendrix) 6:00
  4. Orbitron Attack (written by Grace Cook [a pseudonym for Eddie Hazel]) 12:29
  5. Cosmic Slop (written by G Clinton, B Worrell) 5:15
  6. Free-Bass (Godzillatron Cush) (written by B Laswell, B Collins, Dennis Weeden) 5:43
  7. Tell The World (written by B Collins, Maceo Parker, Sylvester Stewart) 3:53
  8. Pray My Soul (written by G Cook) 5:08

Disc two

  1. Hideous Mutant Freekz (written by G Clinton, B Collins, B Worrell, B Laswell) 7:25
  2. Sax Machine (written by B Collins, M Parker, Bobby Byrd) 7:47
  3. Animal Behavior (written by B Laswell, B Collins, Buckethead) 7:09
  4. Trumpets And Violins, Violins (written by J Hendrix) 3:38
  5. Telling Time (written by Nicky Skopelitis) 4:57
  6. Jungle Free-Bass (written by B Laswell, B Collins) 5:38
  7. Blackout (written by DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight) 3:44
  8. Sacred To The Pain (written by G Cook, Umar Bin Hassan) 4:54

Personnel

Producer: Bill Laswell

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