''Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends'' is the third studio album by George Clinton. It was released in 1985 by

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. Though it wasn't as successful as ''

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'', Clinton's first solo album, ''Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends'' received favorable reviews among critics. While many former P-Funk musicians are featured on the album, it also features collaborations with more contemporary performers such as

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, Steve Washington, and keyboardist

Thomas Dolby Thomas Morgan Robertson (born 14 October 1958), known by the stage name Thomas Dolby, is an English musician, producer, composer, entrepreneur and teacher. Dolby came to prominence in the 1980s, releasing hit singles including "She Blinded Me ...

. ''Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends'' employs various producers from the

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musical collective, including Clinton,

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, Washington,

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, Clinton's son Tracy Lewis, Wimbish, and Dolby.

Track listing

#"Double Oh-Oh" (George Clinton,

, St. Song) (released as a single-Capitol B-5473 and as a 12" single-Capitol V-8642) - 5:47 #"Bullet Proof" (George Clinton, St. Song) (released as a single-Capitol 5504 and as a 12" single-Capitol V-8653) - 6:19 #"Pleasures Of Exhaustion (Do It Till I Drop)" (George Clinton, Steve Washington) - 7:05 #"Bodyguard" (George Clinton,

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) - 3:49 #"Bangladesh" (Tracey Lewis) - 4:55 #"Thrashin'" (Rodney Curtis, Shawn Clinton, Garry Shider) - 5:38 #"Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends" (George Clinton,

, Bernard Alexander) - 6:01

Personnel

*Lead vocals: George Clinton and

*Almost lead vocals:

, Sandra Feva, Joe Harris *Background vocals: Pat Lewis, Sandra Feva, Jimmy G, Tracey Lewis, Andre Foxxe, Garry Shider, Linda Shider, Robert Johnson, Michael Payne, Jerome Rogers, Lige Curry, Patti Curry, DeWayne McKnight, Steve Washington, Sheila Washington, Debbie Wright, Faye Cavendar, Shirley Hayden, Mallia Franklin, Gary Cooper, Bootsy Collins, Louie Kababbie, Rod Simpson, Ron Ford, Jeanette McGruder, Jim Wright, Shawn Clinton, Daryl Clinton, James Wilkerson, Beverly Wilson, *Guitars:

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, Andre Foxxe, Tony Hooks,

Eddie Hazel Edward Earl Hazel (April 10, 1950 – December 23, 1992) was an American guitarist and singer in early funk music who played lead guitar with Parliament-Funkadelic. Hazel was a posthumous inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in ...

, Garry Shider, Bernard Alexander, Steve Washington, Stew Simon *Real bass: Rodney Curtis,

, Steve Washington *Electric bass chips: Bootsy Collins, Doug Wimbish, David Spradley, Steve Washington *Keyboards: Thomas Dolby, Junie Morrison, Bootsy Collins, Tracey Lewis, Doug Wimbush, Eric White, Steve Washington, David Spradley *Fairlight and assorted keyboard chips: Thomas Dolby *Real drums as in traps: Dennis Chambers, Bootsy Collins *Electric drum chips: Bootsy Collins, Tracey Lewis, Bernard Alexander, David Spradley *Sequential circuits and linn drums: Steve Washington *Percussion:

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, Bootsy Collins, Larry Fratangelo *Strings: Bob Basso, David Everheart, Manny Capote, Lorraine Basso, Bogden Chrusey, Gary Wedder, Stu McDonald *Horns:

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, Greg Boyer, Greg Thomas, Benny Cowan, Eric White, Ken Faulk,

Ed Calle Ed Calle (born ''Eduardo J. Calle'') is a musician from Miami, Florida. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Calle plays the saxophones, flutes, clarinets, EWI, and keyboards, engineers projects, and performs vocals. He also composes and arrange ...

*Flute solo on "Pleasures Of Exhaustion (Do It Till I Drop)": Mike Fleming *Saxophone solo on "Bangladesh":

* Air Raid Siren guitar synth on "Bulletproof":Stew Simon

Notes

References

External links

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