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America Eats Its Young is a 1972 double album by Funkadelic, released by Westbound Records. It expands the group's psychedelic rock and funk approach with a large cast of musicians, including members connected with Parliament and the collective later known as P-Funk. Its songs address war, poverty, racial inequality, consumer culture, and political dysfunction through satire, ensemble vocals, extended grooves, and densely layered arrangements.
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Why is America Eats Its Young called a Funkadelic double album?
Westbound Records released it across two LPs in 1972. Its expanded format gave George Clinton's collective room for psychedelic rock, funk, soul, satire, and experimental interludes.
What is the album's connection to Parliament?
Funkadelic and Parliament shared George Clinton and many musicians within the developing P-Funk collective. The two names nevertheless represented separate recording identities and contractual arrangements.
Did Bootsy Collins play on America Eats Its Young?
Yes. Bootsy Collins and his brother Phelps "Catfish" Collins were among the musicians who joined the expanded Funkadelic orbit around this period.
Which song best shows the album's political side?
The title track uses the image of a country consuming its own youth as social criticism. Songs such as "If You Don't Like the Effects, Don't Produce the Cause" make the record's political concerns even more explicit.
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