Shockadelica
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| Shockadelica | ||||
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| Released | September 15, 1986[1] | |||
| Genre | Funk rock, Minneapolis sound | |||
| Length | 40:16 | |||
| Label | A&M Records | |||
| Producer | Jesse Johnson | |||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
Shockadelica is the second studio album by guitarist and songwriter Jesse Johnson. It was released on September 15, 1986, on A&M Records and peaked at number 70 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart.
According to Johnson, "Shockadelica" was a term he had used for years to describe an excited feeling he got from a song or woman.[3] Prince, upon learning that the album did not have a title track, recorded a song for himself called "Shockadelica" and released it prior to Johnson's album, leaving the impression that Johnson had stolen the name.[4] However the release of "Shokadelica" (as the b-side of "If I was your girlfriend") only took place in 1987. So the reference is either misunderstood or wrong.
The album is notable for featuring funk musician Sly Stone on the single, "Crazay".[5] The album features songs that primarily consist of mainstream funk; an exception is the album's closing track, "Black in America", which received attention because of its title. Johnson remarked that it was misleading. "The song is really about a universal situation where no matter what you do or who you are, people see you as a black or Jew."[3]
