''Computer Games'' is the debut album by American funk musician George Clinton, released by

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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

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, 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

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fell victim to renewed legal problems and scant label support in the mid-1980s. According to Glenn Kenny of ''

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'', after the end of his

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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

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; rather than reject the new technology, he adapted it here in his own unique way".Kenny, Glenn
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''. Retrieved on 2009-08-05. The single "Loopzilla" hit the top 20 of the R&B charts, followed by "

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" which reached No. 1 R&B but peaked at No. 101 on the pop chart. The album was listed by ''

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'' at #97 on its list of the "Best Albums of the 1980s".

Track listing

# "Get Dressed" (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins) – 3:41 (released as a single-Capitol 5222) # "Man's Best Friend/ Loopzilla" (Clinton, Kenneth Gambrell,

Garry Shider Garry Marshall Shider (July 24, 1953 – June 16, 2010) was an American musician and guitarist. He was musical director of the P-Funk All-Stars for much of their history. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, with fifteen ...

, David Spradley) – 12:51 (released as a 12" single-Capitol 8556) # "Pot Sharing Tots" (Clinton, Walter Morrison) – 3:45 # "Computer Games" (Clinton, Morrison) – 6:46 # "

" (Clinton, Shider, Spradley) – 4:47 (released as a single-Capitol 5201 and 12" single-Capitol 8556) # "Free Alterations" (Darryl Clinton, Clinton) – 4:20 # "One Fun at a Time" (Clinton, Morrison) – 4:29

Personnel

*George Clinton * Eddie Hazel,

, Junie Morrison, Tony Thomas - guitar *

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, Junie Morrison - bass *

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, David Spradley, Junie Morrison, Rahni Harris - keyboards * Dennis Chambers, Jerry Jones - drums *Larry Fratangelo, Muruga Booker - percussion * Fred Wesley, Larry Hatcher,

Maceo Parker Maceo Parker (; born February 14, 1943) is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s and Prince in the 2000s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of ...

, 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,

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, 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

Year-end charts

Notes

References

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External links

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