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class="infobox-above summary album" style="font-style: italic; color: inherit; background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Nbtfac.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Nbtfac.jpg/220px-Nbtfac.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/Nbtfac.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="317" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Brides_of_Funkenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Brides of Funkenstein">Brides of Funkenstein</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">1979</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1979</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">Funk</a><sup id="cite_ref-CG_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">42</span>:<span class="s">24</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/George_Clinton_(funk_musician)" title="George Clinton (funk musician)">George Clinton</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Brides_of_Funkenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Brides of Funkenstein">Brides of Funkenstein</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/Funk_or_Walk" title="Funk or Walk">Funk or Walk</a></i><br />(1978) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy</b></i><br />(1979) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Howard_Theatre" title="Live at the Howard Theatre">Live at the Howard Theatre</a></i><br />(1994) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy</b></i> is the second album by the American female funk band <a href="/wiki/Brides_of_Funkenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Brides of Funkenstein">Brides of Funkenstein</a>, released on <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic Records</a> in 1979. Morphing into a trio on the second album release, the vocalists consisted of <a href="/wiki/Dawn_Silva" title="Dawn Silva">Dawn Silva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheila_Horne" title="Sheila Horne">Sheila Horne</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jeanette_McGruder" title="Jeanette McGruder">Jeanette McGruder</a>. Horne and McGruder served as background vocalists on subsequent <a href="/wiki/P-Funk" class="mw-redirect" title="P-Funk">P-Funk</a> concert tours. </p><p><i>Never Buy Texas From a Cowboy</i> would be granted a Cashbox Rhythm & Blues Award in 1980 for 'Best Female Group'. The song slated for the award was the 1979 single "Didn't Mean To Fall In Love", written and produced by <a href="/wiki/Ron_Dunbar" title="Ron Dunbar">Ron Dunbar</a>. The album's top single release, "Never Buy Texas From a Cowboy" became a hit in the Midwest, Europe and Asia. </p><p><i>Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy</i> was produced by George Clinton except for "Smoke Signals", which was produced by Clinton and <a href="/wiki/Bootsy_Collins" title="Bootsy Collins">Bootsy Collins</a>, and "Didn't Mean To Fall In Love", which was produced by Ron Dunbar. 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Guide</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">A−<sup id="cite_ref-CG_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pittsburgh_Press" title="The Pittsburgh Press">The Pittsburgh Press</a></i> noted "the lack of satirical, sometimes fantastic lyrics of P/Funk."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Morning_Call" title="The Morning Call">The Morning Call</a></i> wrote that "there's entirely too much screaming, counter-beats, and dissonance in the background."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> listed <i>Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy</i> at No. 26 on its list of the 50 "coolest" albums of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Never_Buy_Texas_from_a_Cowboy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>"Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy" (<a href="/wiki/George_Clinton_(funk_musician)" title="George Clinton (funk musician)">George Clinton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Dunbar" title="Ron Dunbar">Ron Dunbar</a>) (released as a single - Atlantic 3640) 15:15</li> <li>"I'm Holding You Responsible" (George Clinton, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hazel" title="Eddie Hazel">Eddie Hazel</a>) 5:30</li> <li>"Smoke Signals" (George Clinton, <a href="/wiki/Bootsy_Collins" title="Bootsy Collins">Bootsy Collins</a>) 6:40</li> <li>"Mother May I" (<a href="/wiki/Garry_Shider" title="Garry Shider">Garry Shider</a>, Tracey Lewis, Jim Vitti) 5:35</li> <li>"Party Up In Here" (George Clinton, Rodney Curtis) (released as a 12" single - Atlantic PR 354) 5:33</li> <li>"Didn't Mean to Fall in Love" (Ron Dunbar, Pete Bishop) (released as a single - Atlantic 3658) 4:00</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Never_Buy_Texas_from_a_Cowboy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Dawn Silva, Sheila Horne, Jeanette McGruder - vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Worrell" title="Bernie Worrell">Bernie Worrell</a>, Gary Hudgins, Ernesto Wilson, Jerome Rogers, Rudy Robinson - keyboards</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bootsy_Collins" title="Bootsy Collins">Bootsy Collins</a>, Jeff Bunn, Rodney Curtis, Donnie Sterling, <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Nazarian" title="Bruce Nazarian">Bruce Nazarian</a> - bass</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garry_Shider" title="Garry Shider">Garry Shider</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Hampton" title="Michael Hampton">Michael Hampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/DeWayne_%22Blackbyrd%22_McKnight" class="mw-redirect" title="DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight">DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Nazarian" title="Bruce Nazarian">Bruce Nazarian</a>, Bootsy Collins, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hazel" title="Eddie Hazel">Eddie Hazel</a>, Rodney Crutcher - guitar</li> <li>Bootsy Collins, Dennis Chambers, Kenny Colton, Jerry Jones - drums</li> <li>Larry Fratangelo, Carl Small - percussion</li> <li>Jessica Cleaves, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Davis_(musician)" title="Ray Davis (musician)">Ray Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mallia_Franklin" title="Mallia Franklin">Mallia Franklin</a>, George 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