Funk of Ages

{{Infobox Album  | Name = Funk of Ages | Type = studio | Artist = [[Bernie Worrell]] | Cover = Funkofages.jpg | Released = 1990 | Recorded = 1990 | Genre = [[Funk]] | Length = | Label = [[Gramavision Records]] | Producer = Bernie Worrell, Joe Blaney, [[Bill Laswell]] | Last album = ''[[All the Woo in the World]]''<br />(1978) | This album = '''''Funk of Ages'''''<br />(1990) | Next album = ''[[Blacktronic Science]]''<br /> (1993) }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r22279|pure_url=yes}} link]|noprose=yes}} '''''Funk of Ages''''' is the second solo album by former [[Parliament-Funkadelic]] keyboardist [[Bernie Worrell]]. The album was released in 1990 by [[Gramavision]] Records. The album includes contributions by numerous guest musicians including [[David Byrne]], [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Keith Richards]], [[Vernon Reid]], and [[Phoebe Snow]], as well fellow [[P-Funk]] band mates [[Bootsy Collins]], [[Maceo Parker]], Gary Cooper, [[Doug Duffey]], and [[Mike Hampton]]. ==Track listing== #"Sing" (Worrell, [[Michael Hampton]], [[David Byrne]]) 4:34 #"B.W. Jam" (Worrell, Gary Cooper, Joe Polanco) 3:30 #"Funk-A-Hall-Licks" (Worrell, [[Bootsy Collins]], Cooper, Doug Duffey) 5:20 #"Ain't She Sweet" (Yellen, Ager) 5:02 #"Y-Spy" (Worrell, [[Steve Jordan (musician)|Steve Jordan]], [[Charley Drayton]]) 4:27 #"Real Life Dreams" (Worrell, D Nyce) 4:43 #"Beware of Dog" (Worrell, Doug Bowne, M Bowne) 2:37 #"Straight Ahead" (Worrell, Sheila Washington, John Denicola, Patty Maloney, G Small) 3:59 #"Don't Piss Me Off" (Worrell, [[Jerry Harrison]], C Midnight) 4:26 #"Volunteered Slavery/Bern's Blues/Outer Spaceways" (R Roland/Worrell/[[Sun Ra]]) 4:45 #"At Mos' Spheres" (Worrell) 3:55 #"Real Life Dreams On" (Worrell, D Nyce) 1:39 ==Personnel== *'''Sing''' *Synthesizer, Organ, Synth Bass, Lead Vocals: Bernie Worrell *Drums: [[Steve Ferrone]] *Guitar: [[Michael Hampton]], [[Jimmy Ripp]] *Electric Sitar: Jimmy Ripp *Percussion: Larry Fratangelo *Background Vocals: [[David Byrne]], Gary Cooper, Sheila Washington *'''B.W. Jam''' *Clavinet, Synthesizer, Synth Bass, Percussion: Bernie Worrell *Drum Programming, Synth Horns, Samples, Sequencing: Joe Polanco, Gary Cooper *Horns: Uptown Horns *Background Vocals: Bernie Worrell, Gary Cooper, Sheila Washington, Steve Washington, Jenny Douglas-Foote *'''Funk-A-Hall-Licks''' *Clavinet, Synthesizer, Organ, Lead Vocals: Bernie Worrell *Bass: [[Bootsy Collins]] *Drums: [[Steve Jordan (musician)|Steve Jordan]] *Keyboard: [[Herbie Hancock]] *Guitar: [[Keith Richards]], Jimmy Ripp, Bootsy Collins *Saxophone: [[Maceo Parker]] *Background Vocals: Gary Cooper, Sheila Washington, Jody Bell, Doug Duffey *'''Ain't She Sweet''' *Arrangement: Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins *Piano, Synth Bass: Bernie Worrell *Bass, Drum Programming: Bootsy Collins *Synthesizer: Bernie Worrell, Herbie Hancock *Percussion: Larry Fratangelo *Banjo: Jimmy Ripp *Vocals: Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, Gary Cooper *'''Y-Spy''' *Clavinet, Synthesizer, Organ, Lead Vocals: Bernie Worrell *Drums: Steve Jordan *Bass, Snare, Lap Steel Guitar: [[Charley Drayton]] *Guitar: Keith Richards, Steve Jordan *Percussion: Steve Jordan, Charley Drayton *Vocals: Steve Jordan, Gary Cooper, Loren Qualls *'''Real Life Dreams''' *Organ, Clavinet, Synthesizer, Lead Vocals: Bernie Worrell *Drums: [[Sly Dunbar]] *Bass: [[Robbie Shakespeare]] *Guitar: Jimmy Ripp, Steve Jordan *Percussion: Larry Fratangelo, Gary Cooper *Background Vocals: Sheila Washington, Jody Bell *'''Beware of Dog''' *Clavinet, Organ, Synthesizer: Bernie Worrell *Guitar: [[Vernon Reid]] *Drums: Doug Bowne *Bass: Jimmy Hawkes *Saxophone: Maceo Parker *'''Straight Ahead''' *Clavinet, Synthesizer, Synth Bass, Lead Vocals: Bernie Worrell *Drums: [[Steve Ferrone]] *Guitar: Jimmy Ripp *Bass: Warren McRae *Background Vocals: Gary Cooper, Sheila Washington, Patty Maloney, John Denicola, Michael Camacho, Doug Duffey *'''Don't Piss Me Off''' *Synthesizer, Synth Bass, Samples: Bernie Worrell *Lead Vocals: Phoebe Snow, Gary Cooper *Organ: [[Jerry Harrison]] *Drums: Dennis Chambers *'''Volunteered Slavery''' *Producer: [[Bill Laswell]] *Organ, Electric Piano: Bernie Worrell *Vocals: Bernie Worrell, Gary Cooper *Chatan, Conga, Tambourine, Bells: [[Aïyb Dieng]] *'''At Mos' Spheres''' *Producer: Bill Laswell *Organ: Bernie Worrell *'''Real Life Dreams On''' *Organ, Clavinet, Synthesizer: Bernie Worrell *Drums: Sly Dunbar *Bass: Robbie Shakespeare *Guitar: Jimmy Ripp, Steve Jordan *Percussion: Larry Fratangelo, Gary Cooper {{P-Funk}} [[Category:Bernie Worrell albums]] [[Category:1990 albums]] [[Category:Gramavision Records albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Bill Laswell]]