America Eats Its Young is the fourth album by Funkadelic, released in May of 1972. This was the first album to include the whole of the House Guests, including Bootsy Collins, Catfish Collins, Chicken Gunnels, Rob McCollough and Kash Waddy. It also features the Plainfield-based band U.S., which consisted of guitarist Garry Shider and bassist Cordell Mosson, on most of the tracks. Unlike previous Funkadelic albums, America Eats Its Young was recorded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and in the UK. The original vinyl version contained a poster illustrated by Cathy Abel. The bottom of the poster features the first widespread appearance of the Funkadelic logo, which would later appear on the cover of the album Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On.
This song represents the first major songwriting effort of Bootsy Collins as a member of Parliament-Funkadelic, and is widely considered the introduction to his musical persona.
sang lead vocals, with Frank Waddy on drums. The song is a remake of a faster version, titled "I Call My Baby Pussycat", recorded by Parliament on their 1970 album Osmium. Two versions of the song, based on the original Parliament version, appear on the 1996 live Funkadelic release . This later version of the song was originally retitled "Pussy," and that title appears on the cover of some vinyl versions of the album, and on some modern CD reissues. Under record company pressure, the titled was restored to "I Call My Baby Pussycat," on future Parliament-Funkadelic releases featuring the song, and some future CD pressings of America Eats Its Young. Both titles can be found on modern CD pressings of the album.
Lead guitar and backup vocals: Eddie Hazel
America Eats Its Young
steel and string guitar arrangements by David Van De Pitte
Biological Speculation
Steel and string guitar arrangements by David Van De Pitte
"Miss Lucifer's Love" features vocals by Fuzzy Haskins and string and horn arrangements by Bernie Worrell. Its songwriters are George Clinton and Fuzzy Haskins.
Lead vocal: Fuzzy Haskins
Lead guitar: Eddie Hazel
Wake Up
String and horn arrangements by Bernie Worrell
Personnel
Keyboards & Melodica: Bernie Worrell
Percussion: Zachary Frazier, Tiki Fulwood, Ty Lampkin, Kash Waddy
Guitar: Harold Beane, Catfish Collins, Ed Hazel, Garry Shider
Violin: Victoria Polley, Albert Pratz, Bill Richards, Joe Sera
Viola: Walter Babiuk, Stanley Solomon
Cello: Ronald Laurie, Peter Schenkman
Vocals: Harold Beane, Diane Brooks, Bootsy Collins, Catfish Collins, George Clinton, Ray Davis, Ronnie Greenway, Clayton Gunnels, Fuzzy Haskins, Ed Hazel, Prakash John, Steve Kennedy, Garry Shider, Calvin Simon, Grady Thomas, Frank Waddy, Randy Wallace, Bernie Worrell
