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{{Infobox album
| name       = Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Bootsy's Rubber Band]]
| cover      = pinocchiofunk.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = January 15th, 1977
| recorded   = 1976
| venue      =
| studio     = [[United Sound Systems]], Detroit; Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood
| genre      = [[Funk]], [[psychedelic soul]]
| length     = 38:59
| label      = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| producer   = [[Bootsy Collins]], [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]
| prev_title = [[Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band]]
| prev_year  = 1976
| next_title = [[Bootsy? Player of the Year]]
| next_year  = 1978
}}
'''''Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!''''' is a funk album by [[Bootsy's Rubber Band]], released on January 15, 1977. It reached number one on ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]''{{'}}s Top R&B/Soul albums chart, the first P-Funk release to achieve this goal. The album was produced by George Clinton and William "Bootsy" Collins and arranged by Bootsy and Casper (names William Collins uses to refer to his various roles <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20001031010007/http://www.funky-stuff.com/bootsy/inter_nft1.htm New Funk Times' Collins interview]</ref>).

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r31269|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev3Score = B+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Bootsy%27s+Rubber+Band |title=Robert Christgau review |publisher=Robertchristgau.com |access-date=2011-11-12}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev4score = favorable<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bootsycollins/albums/album/142472/review/6067529/ahhthe_name_is_bootsy_baby Rolling Stone review] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714182935/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bootsycollins/albums/album/142472/review/6067529/ahhthe_name_is_bootsy_baby |date=July 14, 2007 }}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
|rev5Score = B<ref>[http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv8-77.php Village Voice review]</ref>
|rev2 =''[[The Baltimore Sun]]''
|rev2Score = (favourable)<ref name=Bal>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1996-06-23-1996175170-story,amp.html|title=Funk is flying high|date=June 23, 1996|author=Considine, J.D.|author-link=J.D. Considine|website=baltimoresun.com}}</ref>
}}

Similar to most of Bootsy's other work, it is divided between [[Dance music|dance]] tracks and slow jams. The song "[[The Pinocchio Theory]]" inspired the [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] creation Sir Nose D'voidoffunk (see [[P-Funk mythology]]: the song says if you fake the funk, your nose will grow, and Sir Nose fakes the funk).

The title track was inspiration for [[Eazy-E]]'s 1988 track ''[[We Want Eazy]]'', with Bootsy making a cameo appearance in the song's musical video.

== Track listing ==
;Side I / El Uno&nbsp;– A Friendly Boo
# "Ahh... The Name is Bootsy, Baby" <small>(William Collins, George Clinton, [[Maceo Parker]])</small>&nbsp;– (6:52)
# "[[The Pinocchio Theory]]" <small>(William Collins, George Clinton)</small>&nbsp;– (6:08) (released as a single-Warner Bros. 8328)
# "Rubber Duckie" <small>(William Collins, George Clinton, [[Garry Shider]])</small>&nbsp;– (3:18) (released as the b-side to "The Pinocchio Theory")
# "Preview Side Too" <small>(William Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper)</small>&nbsp;– (0:56)
;Side II / Un Dos&nbsp;– Geepieland Music
# "What's a Telephone Bill?" <small>(William Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper)</small>&nbsp;– (5:58)
# "Munchies for Your Love" <small>(William Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper, Garry Shider)</small>&nbsp;– (9:39)
# "Can't Stay Away" <small>(William Collins, George Clinton)</small>&nbsp;– (5:28) (released as a single-Warner Bros. 8403)
# "Reprise: We Want Bootsy" <small>(William Collins, George Clinton, Maceo Parker)</small>&nbsp;– (0:20)

== Personnel ==
*[[Bootsy Collins]] - guitars, bass, drums
*[[Phelps "Catfish" Collins]], [[Garry Shider]], [[Michael Hampton]], [[Glenn Goins]] - guitar
*Frankie "Kash" Waddy, Jerome Brailey, Gary "Mudbone" Cooper - drums
*Joel "Razor-Sharp" Johnson, [[Bernie Worrell]] - keyboards
*Casper (William Earl Collins)- bass
*[[Fred Wesley]], [[Maceo Parker]], Rick Gardner, Richard "Kush" Griffith - [[Horny Horns]]
*[[Randy Brecker]], [[Michael Brecker]] - horns
*Gary "Mudbone" Cooper, Robert "P-Nut" Johnson - "front ground" vocals
*Fred Wesley, Bootsy Collins - horn arrangements

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album
! colspan="2"| Chart positions<ref name="allmusic albums">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p57829/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=Bootsy's Rubber Band US albums chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=2011-07-13}}</ref>
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:40px;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]
! style="width:40px;"| [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US<br>R&B]]
|-
|| 1977
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!''
| 16
| 1
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="3"| Chart positions<ref name="allmusic singles">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p57829/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Bootsy's Rubber Band US singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=2011-07-13}}</ref>
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:40px;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
! style="width:40px;"| [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US<br>R&B]]
! style="width:40px;"| [[Hot Dance Club Songs|US<br>Dance]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|1977
| style="text-align:left;"| "The Pinocchio Theory"
| &mdash;
| 6
| &mdash;
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Can't Stay Away"
| &mdash;
| 19
| &mdash;
|}

==See also==
*[[List of number-one R&B albums of 1977 (U.S.)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.discogs.com/Bootsys-Rubber-Band-AhhThe-Name-Is-Bootsy-Baby/master/14565 Bootsy's Rubber Band - ''Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!'' at Discogs]
* [http://mother.pfunkarchive.com/motherpage/albums_bootsy/alb-ahh.html Bootsy's Rubber Band - ''Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!'' on The Motherpage]

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[[Category:1977 albums]]
[[Category:Bootsy Collins albums]]
[[Category:Warner Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by George Clinton (funk musician)]]