Ultra Wave

Ultra Wave
Warner Bros.
Producer	Bootsy Collins, George Clinton
Bootsy Collins chronology
This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N (1979) Ultra Wave (1980) The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away (1982)

Ultra Wave is the fifth album released by

and reissued through the Collectors Choice music service.

Album background

Ultra Wave was produced by

, Ultra Wave showcases a more experimental and progressive approach.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s	B+[2]

The Globe and Mail wrote that "the accessible stuff here is in 'Fat Cat', a spiteful dance tune and the quite lovely 'Sacred Flower', lyrically bland but lush and deep in the backgrounds."^[3]

Track listing

1. "Mug Push" (Phelps Collins, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton)
2. "F-Encounter" (Bootsy Collins, Rick Evans, Ron Ford, George Clinton)
3. "Is That My Song?" (Bootsy Collins, David Spradley)
4. "It's a Musical" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Carl Small)
5. "Fat Cat" (Phelps Collins, Bootsy Collins)
6. "Sacred Flower" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton)
7. "Sound Crack" (Bootsy Collins)

Personnel

• Bootsy Collins - vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion
• Phelps Collins
  , Rick Evans - guitar
• Joel Johnson, David Lee Chong, Mark Johnson - keyboards
• Jerry Jones - drums
• Carl Small - percussion
• Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Richard Griffith, Larry Hatcher - horns
• David McMurray - lyricon solo on "Sacred Flower"
• Brides of Funkenstein
  , Robert Johnson - vocals

Singles

• "Mug Push/Scenery" (Warner Bros. WBS 49599)
• "F-Encounter/Instrumental w/Rap" (Warner Bros. WBS 49661)
• "Is That My Song?" (Warner Bros. WBS 49708)

The single version of "F-Encounter" features a solo rap by Collins that was not included on the album and has never been released on CD.

The B Side of "Mug Push" contained a non-LP track entitled "Scenery" that was released on the CD compilation Back in the Day: The Best of Bootsy.

References