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Starts really strong. Gets a little jam bandy at the end. Not a bad listen.
A fun and energetic album, gets a bit repetitive at times but it’s got great vibes
This album seems like it's meant to be played in full at a dance club. I really like the bass and guitar work. It gets a little repetitive in some places but other than that I don't have any real criticisms. This isn't a genre I have a ton of experience with and I don't know if I'll go out of my way to listen to this album in full again, but I had a good time with it today.
Not a fair rating as Spotify had blocked nearly the whole album.
After listening to 500 or so albums, I've really come to appreciate creative, distinctive sounding artists that march to their own beat. Funkadelic is one of those bands. This is such a deeply joyful and fun ride of an album. It's groovy and irreverent and downright ridiculous at times, like all the best funk is. It's an exercise in excess, built with richly textured sounds, stellar musicianship and some of the best guitar work ever put to record. Not on Spotify, but easy to find on YouTube. Fave Songs: One Nation Under a Groove, Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!, Cholly (Funk Getting Ready To Roll!), Groovallegiance, Into You
I really enjoyed this album. A great one. Sucks I couldn’t enjoy this on Spotify or Amazon. Had to listen to this on YouTube and painfully hear ads everything song. Even with that I still enjoyed this great album. Not gonna add any songs to the plays list. I will still give this a 4!
Already here for this.
Great, rambling funk rock from the master.
Today's album was a weird one to fit into a genre. It was funk, rock, psychadelica, and soul all seamlessly mixed into a fantastic listening experience! Funkadelic started life as a sister act to George Clinton's doo wop group, the Parliaments. Funkadelic is where all the experimentation happened, whereas the Parliaments stayed true to the funk genre. It is said that the name Funkadelic came from the fact that most of the inspirations for their music came from LSD trips. This makes sense, given some of the song titles. Notably: Lunchmeataphobia and Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis. The musical talent in this band is amazing! Stand out props to Michael Hampton for blowing the roof off of the place and shredding guitar licks in the song Maggot Brain! Overall, a great album! Will definately listen again! I had to find the album on YouTube though because Spotify doesn't have it for some dumb reason. Favourite songs: Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!, Maggot Brain /Chant (Think! It Ain't Illegal Yet!), One Nation Under a Groove, Lunchmeataphobia (Think! It Ain't Illegal Yet!) Least favourite songs: Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis / Enema Squad (the Doo Doo Chasers) 4/5
Inspired a thousand samples!
Excellent funky, throbbing, rock, groove music. Heady, heavy, thick. Love it
This exercise has helped me realize just how much I like funk. The stankier the better - and this is plenty stanky.
A really nice and exciting combination of funk and rock! The album sounds very fresh, despite being almost 50 years old. The funky flow of the tracks, together with rock-sounding guitar riffs and solos is providing plenty of fun. But what separates this record from any others is just one song - Maggot Brain. It is one of my favourite songs of all time. The version on this album is a little bit different than original, which I find supreme. Still, the atmosphere of the song, slow tempo, extraordinary solos and melodies, every version of this song will be on top of everyone's lists (in my opinion). Actually, in comparison to this track, I don't find the rest of the album that attractive, but the bar is set very high on this one. Maybe that's a bit unfair, but for me it's going to be Funkadelic=Maggot Brain forever.
Only 2 songs were listenable!!! the rest were blocked! Lucky for me i own the album!!
Phenomenal album. Not a single bad song and one song in particular I thought was amazing and gave me goosebumps with that guitar: "Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!" I can see how this album must have been transformative to the music scene at the time it was released.
So good.
Sadly this was not available on Spotify or Amazon Prime :-(
As usual, very funky. Great album by funkadelic. Clinton is a legend.
Was only listen to a few tracks since the majority wasn't available on Spotify. Pleasant to the ears but this genre has been overplayed recently in my area so there wasn't a surprise factor.
4/5 Great. Classic Funk. Best Track(s): One Nation Under a Groove, Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!, Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers), Into You, Maggot Brain (Included on Bonus EP), Lunchmeataphobia (Think! It Ain't Illegal Yet!) (Bonus EP) Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers) also wins the award for the most bizarre song title ever.
Funky AF, as it should be.
4.0
My first introduction to funk! Loved it :-)
Lace up dem skates and get funky wit it!! get on the good foot!
Not spending a ton of time with this...can't really figure out why this album is considered better than others by Funkadelic. It's a bit more jam-based, I guess. More "grooves" and sick instrumentals. Great sense of humor. Dancier, certainly. It's good. But I don't know. I kind of prefer Maggot Brain and Standing on the Verge Of Getting it On. Maybe it's because this, as a late-70s cut, was dancier? Also, it appears to be the best performing Funkadelic record which tells something of the story. Whatever the case, I'm probably more likely to revisit other P-Funk records. But still very groovy, indeed. I'll give it a 4 just because I think it will grow on me with time.
Really fun, super creative. Way more variety and just plain quirkiness than I thought there would be coming in. I was thinking a strong 3, but the guitar solo on the last track converted me to a totally new religion.
I like da funk.
Great funk rock, love maggot brain
This album is super awesome
7/10 Honestly could be better (or worse) because it’s my first album using this website. A lot of solid tracks, with a couple of great ones. I havn’t listened to a lot of funk, but I am intrigued and exited to listen to more.
Could only listen to title track on Spotify
Arguably one of the greatest funk jams of all times!!
Funk is good.
Groovy stuff, funky rhythms, and surprisingly inventive melodies. Feel like it earned it's. 4/5
Funky & fantastically arranged. These are some skilled & talented artists, and I can hear where Prince got a lot of his sound from. I've just added this album to my library. 4.5
It funking rocks hard
Was looking forward to this one but not on spotify. Will try to listen to it some time. Got it now. Really good except the toilet song.
Really cool album. Too bad it isn't more accessible since you can't find it on Spotify. Favourite songs from the album: One Nation Under Groove, Lunchmeataphobia (Think! It Ain't Illegal Yet!), Maggot Brain
When funkadelic starts talking about flushing out the mental diarrhea, I felt that. 4.5/5
A fun Monday morning album. Not on Spotify, had to use YouTube.
Bel sound degli anni '70 :) Lo ascolterei ancora.
In generale non sono un amante del funk, ma devo dire che ho apprezzato molto l’originalità di quest’album, soprattutto per il sound che ricorda molto Frank Zappa.
Extremely funky album. This inspired tons of music moving forward and I'd be shocked if this hasn't been sampled hundreds of Times since it's release. Very awesome album all the way through
Maggot Brain is the netter record *****
The magic of 70's funk. I loved it.
Shame this one isn’t on Apple Music because I love Funkadelic! George Clinton was just such a genius - he was excellent at finding perfect roles for every instrument. Really cool record that only gets 4 stars because of its unavailability and because it isn’t quite as good as Maggot Brain.
Psychadelic. Must listen on next mushie trip.
Another band like Gil Scott-Heron that I've wanted to explore more of, I love Maggot Brain and didn't really know what else to check out by these guys. This was a really fun listen, Promentalshitbackwash... was a great track despite the name Will listen again
Couldn’t find the complete album. But Funky single though.
lo confieso, la de 10 minutos no la he escuchado, todas las demás me han gustado mucho, no es mi estilo del todo, lo escucharía en momentos específicos pero eso no le resta valor.
There's so much going on in pretty much every one of these songs - yet it doesn't seem messy or scattered. Each part, each instrument, each voice - sits just right in the arrangement and the mix. Sure it's funky, but in many (most?) places I'd call this rock - even progressive in parts? there are a lot of complex musical passages in here to keep the interest up just where you might think it's about to become repetitive. Killer lead guitar almost throughout the entirety of the record. Contains more than enough weirdness to make it classic Funkadelic yet is oddly accessible, even if to my ears there was absolutely nothing that could have been a hit single (although from online accounts this was their biggest selling album so what do I know). Fun and great party (or probably stoner) music :) 7/10 4 stars.
This album is literally what I think of when I hear the word funk. I can't really describe it beyond, "it is just so funky". Great album.
Pretty much what I think of when I think of funk. This album somehow feels retro and futuristic at the same time in the best way. Love it.
Good album, good bass lines and harmonies, solid jamming, worth another listen. Just wish it was easier to find now that it’s out of print
One Nation Under A Groove - 5/10 Groovallegiance - 9/10 Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock? - 10/10 Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers) - 10/10 Into You - 10/10 Cholly (Funk Getting Ready to Roll!) - 10/10 Lunchmeataphobia (Think! It Ain't Illegal Yet!) - 8/10 P.E. Squad/DooDoo Chasers (”Going All-The-Way Off” Instrumental) - 7/10 Maggot Brain (Live) - 9/10
Had to listen on YouTube so no idea as far as which songs I liked most, but definitely enjoyed the funk. Heard a lot of the west coast rap origins within this album too, since P-Funk was highly influential in building that sound.
Katten det svänger!!
An enjoyable bit of Funk Rock. Favorites: "One Nation Under a Groove", "Groovalegiance", "Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!"
Protomatic or whatever that DOO DOO squad song is goes crazy. Pretty fire all the way through. Cool version of Maggot Brain. The bass and guitars are on point.
Great mix here of rock with the funk. As the one song says "who says a funk band can't play rock?" It's obvious where bands like Fishbone & RHCP get their chops from. The guitar solo on Maggot Brain is aMAZing. All hail Funkadelic! Reviews do talk about their owing a lot to progressive rock. I don't know if I see that as much. I see them owing more to jam bands than anything else, longer rock solos and instrumentals are not necessarily only linked to progressive rock. I mean, live versions of "Dazed and Confused" go on (and on and on...) for a half and hour. Even with that, it was really good. I had it on on a long car ride, but I did not get a chance to really *listen* so I listened to it again and really appreciated what was going on there. Definitely one I will come back to. Maybe a 4.3 or 4.4, one that is going on the list to purchase.
Really solid. So much funk, great blend of guitar and other instruments. I really gotta go out and listen to more of George Clinton's work. If anything, the tracks didn't all need to be so long because they didn't vary that much as the songs went along. Still, the title track is a beauty. Groovallegiance has a cool reggae sound and these guys are absolutely right on Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock (they just kill it). The 4th track is annoying with the echo singing and scat motif so it's hard to enjoy the really good guitar work. Into You and Cholly bring it back though not quite as good as side one. I'm not sure I really count the bonus tracks but Maggot Brain has quickly become one of my favorite guitar solo songs of all time. The recorded version on the album of the same name is amazing (so much emotion in Edward Hazel's guitar). And then the guitar work in Lunchmeataphobia is soooo heavy - love it. Waffled between a 4 and 5 (song length and hard to listen to track 4 vs. giving serious weight to the awesome bonus tracks).
Funk-rock. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
4.5
Effortlessly funky and cool. There are just so many influences going on here and in turn it influenced those after it. A great sound.
This review for one nation under a re-groove since this album is hard to find
I don't know what I was expecting but this album is insane. Like, made by people I'm pretty sure are actually insane. Also... kind of a jam?
Just what it says
Funk-rock. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
This is not a reviews, but Id like to read about the album @ wikipedia One Nation Under a Groove is the tenth studio album by American funk rock band Funkadelic, released on September 22, 1978 on Warner Bros. Records. Recording sessions took place at United Sound Studio in Detroit, Michigan, with one song recorded live on April 15, 1978 at the Monroe Civic Center in Monroe, Louisiana. The album was the first album to include keyboardist and frequent songwriter Walter "Junie" Morrison. One Nation Under a Groove was Funkadelic's most commercially successful album, reaching number 1 on the Billboard Magazine Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, number 16 on the Billboard 200, and being certified platinum in the US. It reached number 58 in Canada. It was one of the band's most critically lauded albums, and ranks at or near the top of many "best album" lists in disparate genres. The album was later featured on Vibe magazine's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century list. The album is ranked number 177 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in both 2003 and 2012 editions, before moving to number 360 in the 2020 edition. The album is listed as one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Really fun album to listen to. Super dance-able and still has some meaning behind the creative lyrics. I just wish it was on Spotify so I could come back to it easily. 7/10
Like damn, yeah, cool and funky and good
tema la taille de la note que j’aurais mis si j’avais pas du l’écouter sur youtube
Love this, superb funk/rock blend
Belle découverte. Visiblement une forte influence sur Prince.
Enjoyed a lot of this, got a little tired of it in places. But it does contain one of my favorite lyrics of all time, “The fear of being eaten by a sandwich.”
Pretty good, though I did not like it as much as Maggot Brain. The presence of a live version of Maggot Brain as a bonus track on this album made this even more evident.
this is great, funk music but every songs tries to really put something new out. Opening track is just a great song and the rock and roll one is cool too
"One Nation Under A Groove" is tirelessly energetic, relentlessly funky and has to be one of the best parties of the 1970s. It radiates positivity, optimism and fun for most of its running time, at the hands of George Clinton and the vast roster of incredible musicians. The album was released originally as a 40 minute set before a bonus EP was added with a great live edition of "Maggot Brain": I've focused just on the original LP here. For its entire seven and a half minutes, the title track never lets up. From its bouncy bassline to the various vocal hooks rippling through it, it's infinitely danceable and impossible to resist. Next, the sprightly "Groovallegiance" brings some levity (Bernie Worrell knocking it out of the park with an uncomplicated keyboard solo, and Clinton with some beautiful falsetto in the verses). "Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock" is another prime cut: a Hendrix-esque riff transforming into a celebration of musical inclusivity and genre diversity. The band pull off the amazing feat of stuffing the arrangements to the rafters with overlapping lead parts, flourishes and production tricks, but leave room for spontaneity in the energetic performances. As an ensemble, they lock together perfectly and keep the songs feeling fresh throughout, despite the length of many of them. There's also a great sense of humour and playfulness running throughout the whole record, but the scales only tip slightly too far with "Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis", the only place the record loses some credibility for me. This jam is long and unfocused by comparison, in an awkward jumble of spoken word prayer with the makings of a lovely soul ballad in the background. I'm too prudish to enjoy hearing about a musical bowel movement to clear my mental diarrhoea. Whether they thought of it as a novel metaphor, a parody of evangelism or just a joke, it just brings down the impact for me. Despite this, though, as a whole it's a sheer delight. The power of Funkadelic is such that they're enough to make you believe fried ice cream really could be a reality.
This was just fun. It’s been years drive I listened to a funk album. This was a great one to listen too.
This is not my favorite Funkadelic album, but that being said, this album is still pretty great. It opens strong and features call backs to earlier songs and lyrically expands the George Clinton universe a bit more. This album is joyous and lighter than Maggot Brain yet still has some absolutely phenomenal bass lines and arrangements.
Greatt
My sort of genre ! An interesting mix of tunes, my favourite being the 1st track of course. Consequently has to be 4* I think.
Fuuuuunky as hell
I got to see Parliament Funkadelic in the early 2000s. Was epic, but I don't think I fully understood the history of the group. This Funkadelic album did a lot for music a the funk scene. They made it fun, while also addressing some issues. A great live version of Maggot Brain, which (to me) is the best song they've produced. It's just so dense. Rarely do I sit down and really listen to a Funkadelic album front to back and I wasn't sure if I'd really enjoy the whole ride. I did. I did enjoy the ride.
Funky
Okay, I can dig this. The one about poop was a little weird, but overall a funky little record.
Groovy baby
An enjoyable funk album with some of the better elements of disco music. I like that the overall vibe is lightweight and even a bit humourous, with an emphasis on FUN (perhaps even tongue in cheek). I loved things like the doowop backing vocals on Groove allegiance and the song titles themselves. Overall I felt like I was listening to an album length version of Sly & Family Stone 'Dance to the Music', which is a good thing!
Aside from the overused funk/groove wordplay, and being about 20 mins too long - I enjoyed the album.
Nice album funk, quasiment un côté progressif dedans qui rend ça intéressant.
Damn! Pretty cool. Songs are kind of long though. Found El Michels Affair after listening to related songs.
Cool, funky, of course groovy and a lot mellower than I anticipated. Probably my first run at listening to an entire Parliament album. Good+.
Pretty cool old funk album. Probably would've been a 3 or 3.5 for me, but the final groove on Maggot Brain to end the album was so sick it pushes this one over the line to a 4 for me! front and back cover artwork also whip ass.
Well, I didn't realize how much I enjoyed funk and disco until I started listening to this album list. This album is just delightful to listen to.
Excellent funk
Funky
Funk con bastantes toques de rock.
They had me at "Musical Bowel Movement". I'm going to need George Clinton to resolve all of the license issues he has with our go-to streaming services, because this thing slaps and slaps hard. As of this writing, the only way you can listen to this album in its entirety is on YouTube, which, is fine I guess. I seriously considered buying a physical copy of the album on vinyl or CD. Maybe that's what George Clinton wants from all of us. If that's the case, we shouldn't argue with the Godfather of Funk.
Funkabbestia, davvero un gran bel groove.
Excellent - other than the title track i'd never given Funkadelic much attention. Some fantastic guitar action going on both lead and bass! Will be revisiting for sure and it may even get added to the vinyl wants list!
Very funky, and very good
Great funk album with prog rock influences Favorite Track: One Nation Under a Groove Relisten: Yes
Alot of fun to listen to
Fried ice cream is a reality!
I like the funk
Outstandingly funky, but of course it would be. Entertaining, eclectic and electrifying.
This was fun and took some unexpected detours. If you came here for funk (and let’s be honest- of course you did) you won’t be disappointed. But the band plays rock just as well - even getting into prog rock territory on Side Two of the album! Fave tracks: “One Nation Under a Groove” “Lunchmeataphobia (Think! it ain’t illegal yet!)” “Who says a Funk Band Can’t play Rock?”
pretty good. i found it interesting how many elements of hard rock this incorporated, but i'm not sure if i liked that. 7/10
7/10. Funky
Worth the odyssey it took to find it
Full funk, with plenty of long tracks so you can feel the groove all the way through. Only available on spotify and youtube, oddly. This is a high 4 star album for me.
I definitely like this. It felt more energetic and and varied than other funk I frequently come across. another one where context and recent albums come into play. It's a 3.5 for me, but when I compare it to the Parliament from the other day, I liked this a fair bit more. I think I'll bump it to a 4 because of that.
Yeah this was very funky and had some great tracks in there, also my favorite song title ever
I was surprised to learn that Eddie Hazel had nothing to do with this record. The P-Funk roster is DEEP. Obviously this is funky, but there's a prog rock thing happening here that's super interesting. A couple of the tracks (especially the bits with the repetitive call and response) fell flat for me. Best track: One Nation Under A Groove
Solid
Fantastic funk with psychedelic prog rock leanings.
Funky! A little too funky at times - I mean, not every word in the song needs to be, or rhyme with, "funk" - but otherwise really fun. The back stretch of the album lost lyrics altogether and went down the path of awesome solos.
I honestly didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did. Funk and rock fused into something wonderful. Energetic and kept me going throughout the work day.
Groovy, still wanna get funked up
This is great, just what I'd expect from Funkadelic.
I don’t know anything about this band or record. But I’ll “get down just for the funk of it.” I don’t know this for certain but there have to be people in this band who played with the Talking Heads in the 80s. Yep. Just looked it up. Bernie Worrell. Synth player on Stop Making Sense. This is probably less conducive to listening while working because it deserves to be played loud at 2:30 am, when you’ve really decided to make a real night of it… Highlights: One Nation Under a Groove; the title “Maggot Brain.”
noice
Fried Ice Cream is a reality!
Nice songs!!
Funkeyh
Said funk way too much
Absolute banger. Legitimate album to listen to before you die - not just for itself but also for everything else that came after: No G Funk, Daisy Age hip hop or Neptunes prosecutions without this band. And it’s just so damn funky - impossible to stay still when listening to this. There are a few tracks that overstay their welcome ("Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers)"). But overall an absolute classic.
Gotta have that funk
Ooh I like a bit of funk!!
Just a collection of bangers.
Creative, irreverent & topical.
ой, сначала подумал «ну понятно» и скептически подошёл. но где-то ближе к середине меня сломало. пиздец охуенные запилы же. ну и грув реально ПРИСУТСТВУЕТ моднейший по тем временам. конечно, мне легче вот такую музыку воспринимать в использовании каких-нибудь Ламаров-хуемаров, когда всё это адекватится современной обработкой. Но всё-таки не могу не признать, что душевное музло и с немалой долей угара, что уважабельно (посмотреть на названия хотя бы). В общем норм, с удовольствием бы на часок зачиллить под эту тему с тугим блантом (зачеркнуто) с бутылкой вискарика или типа того. 8/10, пусть его
Good funk rock. Pity about the dross that is "Promental..."
I used to have the title track of this album on a couple of playlists years ago, but never heard much more by Funkadelic. I still absolutely love the title track and there were also some more good parts on this album, especially Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock and the live track Maggot Brain which both have some sick guitars. It's not the kind of music I want to listen to for too long in one go or particularly often. But for every once in a while it's pretty good.
I sometimes eat mice.
I really like this. Funky, interesting and a lot like maggot brain.
Excellent
No lo sé, Rick. Chido, pero una hora de sonidos tan similares no me hace querer regresar al disco. Me gustó who says a funk band can't play rock y ese bonus track final que rompe un poco la monotonía. De repente me sonó a talking heads algunas partes Mood: pachecón-rockeron.
Psychedelic Freak Funkrock, frisch vom Mutterschiff - wem da nicht Hose und Hirn platzen, der ... sollte sich mal die eine anziehen und das andere ausknipsen, oder? Mich jedenfalls kickt diese in ihrer ernsthaften Albernheit und Weirdness ja auch wahnsinnig integrative, einfach alle Völker rauschartig verschmelzende Sex- und Koks- und LSD-Mischung ("One Nation Under A Groove", remember?) mit zunehmendem Alter immer mehr. Weiß auch nicht warum, aber so isses ja nun mal. Da passiert einfach so viel! Herrlich, wie es überall schengelt und bumst an Deck, und blubbert und quietscht und lickt und wie die größte Angst darin besteht, von einem Sandwich gegessen zu werden: bitte beamen Sie mich hoch, denn who says an old white cis male can't jump? Abgesehen davon natürlich auch beeindruckend: die bei aller Verpeiltheit schiere technische Perfektion (das Live Medley, meine Güte!), die aber nie auch nur in die Nähe von kaltem Muckertum gerät. In dem Zusammenhang allerdings auch anzumerken: gegen Ende wird's mir mit der P E Squad ein bisschen ZU verpeilt. Aber hey: sonnige 4 Punkte schicken wir auf jeden Fall ins All!
It's very clear how much this album influenced many modern songs. This is not exactly my preferred music style, but it's very easy to understand why this is a complete classic.
Pues no es un álbum al que regresaré, pero tiene buenos momentos y es divertido en general, de repente muy rockero. En realidad me gustaron tres canciones: la titular, "Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!" y ese medley en vivo muy bueno igual. 7.5/10
I like George Clinton I like Parliament I like Funkadelic But I'm still waiting for George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic https://youtu.be/vdj5Ts8asdQ
Classic
Hard to find
Funky and fun and impossible to resist dancing to. Maggot Brain came earlier in this project and this isn't as awesome as that album, but is still a great listen. These guys, despite being the epitome of the 70s, never sound dated, and give everything they have on every track.
I guess I’m supposed to love this. I really like funk and this is one for the most famous, seminal fuck albums of all time. I kind of liked it but it honestly just doesn’t grab me.
Hyvä Funk pistää tanssahtelemaan. Tätä Vantaalta Lahteen ajaessa kuunnellessa pää ei juuri alkanut nyökyttelemään eikä sormet naputtamaan rattia. Parhaimmillaan funk pistää jorausvaihteen missä ja milloin vaan, tämä ei pistänyt. Hyvä levy kuitenkin, vaikka ”se jokin” jää uupumaan. 3/5
George Clinton og hans univers er visjonært, kult og vanskeleg å få til på plate. Det vert litt for langdrygt og litt for repetetivt, men framleis kult. Bare ikkje ei heil plate kanskje? Dette er ikkje min favoritt i Funkadelic/Parliament katalogen og vert sjeldan satt på. Anbefaling: Sjekk nokre av dei glimrande liveinnspelingane som ligg på youtube
Funk, ja. Er det ikke litt som med emo? Masse fine folk som liker det, i teorien noe som virker som en god idé, men på tross av en lang rekke forsøk finner jeg ikke så mye glede i det selv. Liker Maggot Brain, da. Det jeg liker minst er når de stapper funkpølsa full av funkklisjeer, som i tittelsporet. Og samme låt er vel opphav til mye mye av skepsisen, for One Nation Under A Groove har jeg jo hørt noen ganger før. Resten er ukjent, og det viser seg noe overraskende at det funker helt fint å la det dure i bakgrunnen.
3/5
Un poco monótono
2,5
This one was difficult to access and I could only find it on YouTube with adds which affected my experience a tad. Overall it was fun funky and enjoyable! 6/10
Really fun for the most part, although I think the slower songs drag down the more upbeat stuff.
Funk, but nothing overally unique or new.
Groovy
Bruh another album that’s not available on yt music😭 FRIED ICE CREAM IS A REALITY Whoever sang into you has such a nice deep voice I love it. That was good, I enjoyed it! The guitar solos were nice and I liked the vocals and grooves. I wish this was on streaming so that I could’ve added stuff to my playlist but bc I have to go out of my way to listen to it I probably won’t return to it. There were a couple boring tracks that I think it could do without especially cause it was almost an hour. Overall 3.34/5
Not usually my thing but there was someone going mental on the electric guitar in the background the whole time and I’m into that
Much to love about this funky album. Shame that it's hard to track down. Undeniable talent among the musicians playing.
Not their best but still solid
Je wordt er vrolijk van!
3.5
I respect this kind of music, but I don't love it.
First album I had to source from YouTube instead of Spotify. What I enjoyed about that was having to fully focus on it, since I’m a plebe without YouTube Premium and can’t close the YouTube app. Liked this a little more than Maggot Brain Playlist add: “One Nation Under a Groove” since it was available on Spotify
cool. me levantó la caminata matutina.
It's definitely funky. Will I listen again, I don't know. Maggot brain is better for sure. I'm not sure I like it, actually. I do, but not much. 3 3 Heard before? No Owned: No, 105/399 (26%) Will I get: Maybe
A lot more scatological than I was expecting!!
very nice psychedelic funk and grooves
It’s not my everyday choice but overall it absolutely slaps.
Classic
Missing on Spotify. Listened to what I could.
Funk kort och gott Funkar o bakgrunden när man gör mat, men inget jag sätter på fler gånger antar jag.
3.2 2x
This is one funky record. Such a nice groove throughout yet not as good as some of the earlier records. Glad to have listened to it with this list as I had put it off with it not being on Spotify at one point. 8/10 [KEEP]
ON MY WAY
A fun funk album but overall very middle of the road for me. I have recently gotten albums on this list that were the same genre or close to it and perhaps that made this album get a lower grade but I kept thinking that I wanted to listen to those instead of this a bunch of times.
Funkadelic madness, the more twisted groovy expression of 1970s funk and soul but magical.
Good when there's a focused song, a lot of time is spent on a half baked grooves accompanied by proto skits which really outstay their welcome for me
Most songs was not available on Spotify. It gets one star for each song
unsurprisingly, i'm not groovey enough for this album. nonetheless, it's not a total catastrophe listening to it.
Skit bra men man orkar ju inte lyssna
Bitvis asbra, bitvis jättestökigt. Den 11 minuter långa låten om bajs drar ner betyget rejält.
I think this album has the same problem as the Parliament album on this list. While I love funk and soul music (two favourite genres on the website), this album really doesn't click with me for some reason. Maybe it's the psychedelic rock parts that are not as good; I'm not sure. However, this is way better than the Australian political party One Nation of the same name.
7.5/10 - I had to listen to this on YouTube which probably skewed the review. The song “One Nation Under a Groove” was fantastic.
The funk was delivered as promised
Couldn’t listen to on Spotify. YouTube ads were killing me. Love me some funkadelic. Will listen to in it’s completion, but will have to be broken up do to the damn ads
George Clinton named the album after a friend watched the P-Funk Mothership land on stage during a concert, looked at the UN staffer raising flags of member nations alongside it, and said what he was seeing was one nation under a groove. Clinton took the phrase, built an album around it, and the band recorded it while singing to themselves corny or not, here we come. It is corny. It is clever. It went to number one on the R&B chart and stayed there for six weeks. Widely regarded as the greatest funk album ever made, which is a significant title held by an album I used as background music and forgot was playing. This is not a criticism of the album. Background funk is a legitimate and honorable artistic achievement. George Clinton would probably be fine with this review and would possibly use it as a pull quote. 3 out of 5. Three stars for an album that does exactly what it promises, gets you down just for the funk of it, and asks nothing more of you than that. Sometimes that is enough and sometimes it is not quite enough for a 4. Today it was not quite enough for a 4.
Not an easy way to find this about but it was good
I wonder if they like funk
It's fine.
I was a bit mixed on this one. There's some good funky tunes, but I didn't love all of the repeated spoken lyrics on some of the songs and that made them grow a little stale. That being said, I'm still looking forward to some more funk albums as this project progresses.
Love this music - not quite as good as Mothership Connection imo but still really fun. I hear influences from Herbie Hancock and Jimi Hendrix all over this. Would give this 3.5 stars if I could do half ratings. Side note - this was really hard to find, none of the streaming services had it. Ended up getting it on YouTube.
Fun funk album
Maggot Brain alone almost pulls it to a 4 but I don't remember really any of the other tracks
Not available in its entirety on Spotify for some reason but funky stuff indeed! I quite liked this and used it as amotivation to listen to some other material
This funkadelic record is not on spotify. Maggot brain is amazing so this is probably also good I will review when I get a chance to listen
7/10
Not on Apple music so did not listen, which is unfortunate because I enjoy Maggot Brain.
funky
I really liked Maggot Brain, and was excited for this one. I was disappointed that 1) It wasn't available on Apple Music (no fault on the band) 2) it felt pretty unfocused. While there are some good grooves, there wasn't anything as immediate as Maggot Brain. Important band, but not sure I'll revisit.
Maggot Brain é melhor que esse álbum
Ну тіпа норм. В більшості своїй це просто звичайний фанк. Лише пісні типу "Lunchmeataphobia" і "Maggot Brain" витягують цей альбом від потрапляння у категорію двох зірок. Оцінка: висока 5/ низька 6
This grooves!! Classic Funkadelic finding their groove and keeping it going for 5-10 minutes while random singing and guitars play over top of it. The guitar solos were FANTASTIC. I loved how almost every song the RHYTHM was practically the/a guitar solo. I loved the grooves. However it just didnt have the staying power for me. It felt a little too cleaned up / mainstream, almost Marvin Gaye for me at times. I liked their rougher more rockin stuff. None of the songs wowed me or got stuck in my head.
A fun listen. Good for a change of pace. Feel like i should break out the roller blades and head to Skate A Way
2026.07.07-08.
Aptly named band, aptly named album.
I woke up feeling funky and low and behold George motherfunking Clinton was the next album. My only connection with him was the movie PCU when I was about twenty so this was a fun funky listen. 7/10 Top song Maggot Brain/Chant
C'est le deuxième album du groupe que je trouve dans la liste. J'avais beaucoup apprécié le premier, mais celui-ci m'a moins parlé. Il faut dire que j'ai trouvé les titres longs très répétitifs, quoique parfois assez rigolos (notamment Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers), rien que le nom est incroyable). Alors j'ai écouté la version longue (sans m'en rendre compte, ma foi), donc peut-être que mon appréciation est un peu faussée. Mais en tout cas, c'était un album dans l'ensemble bien plus funk que rock, donc ça me parle un peu moins.
Another good album from Funkadelic of funk and funk rock jams. It's too bad it's not on Spotify. The talking on Promenatal...Dodoo was distracting from the jam.
Those funky funksters are funking funked. It really is the top genre for self referencing, rock is way below in second place. Everything I know about funk came from a 2p machine in metroland arcade, and while I'm vaguely aware of one nation under a groove it didn't make the playlist of this machine so this funkadelic album at least can't be said to be a-tier. It's a lot of fun but I cant really get into it, it sounded exactly what I expected and it's fine. 2.5.
Elevator music for talented listeners. Excellent guitar.
good vibe, but repetitive and songs are too long
Very fun vibes. Songs were long though
It's just fine. Doesn't hold a candle to their older stuff
If only the Australian One Nation was under a groove (and this funky)
Just one song but vibe
far out. da funk. groovy.
Solid funk rock & as a result a pleasure. Nothing stand out, except (the hideously named) maggot brain, which could almost be forgotten at the end but is the strongest track.
listened so fast and messy, but I liked filling a diary listening to this half of tracks, btw, not avaliable in my country, what a pity
Du funk sympa mais un peu toujours pareil
Sympa
Slightly disappointed … was expecting to love it but it was just OK.
Groovallegiance - ...DARE I SAY,...has a great groove to it. Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad - "The fear of being eaten by a sandwich" "Fried ice cream is a reality!" OBSESSED. Cholly (Funk Getting Ready To Roll!) - great groove halfway through. Maggot Brain - great to hear this transportive one again.
good funky tunes
фак а делик двигай тазом
can't rank because it's not available on Spotify!
Listened to this album while hyping myself up to take my prescribed cough syrup. 3.5/5 ⭐️, solid musical ideas throughout but it all blended together for me. 159/1089
this rules. the musicality is so serious and the lyrics are so silly. i was stuck in traffic singing about fried ice cream is a reality. realized i knew all the guitar solos from my little brother learning guitar growing up. added to the library, fave track who says a funk band cant play rock
Not on Apple Music. Tbh didn’t need another album form this group. First one was cool but nothing life changing.
If you like funk, this is for you. If you don’t like funk, this is for you.
It’s a shame this isn’t streaming anywhere at the moment, because this album is a lot of fun and makes a great first impression.
Decent enough! Felt almost nostalgic having had them back at the start of this saga as my album #4
Der alte funk catcht mich nicht, aber irgendwie cool
Good vibing music and upbeat. Enjoyed the album, but not going to be a frequent listen.
Definitely some interesting stuff and also some stuff that I thought was kind of meh and weird.
Not me favourite genre, but some good tunes and music
Even though it's not quite my thing, I've found it fun and interesting.
Groovy
Favourite Songs: Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad P.E. Squad / Doo Doo Chasers
While I thought this was good, I couldn’t help but think it was slightly weaker than Maggot Brain, which we had a while back on this site. I thought the lyrics here were good, but not great. In fact, they became slightly too repetitive for my liking. I think the same can be said for the actual music here, too. It was good, but slightly too repetitive and not as adventurous as Maggot Brain.
Me gustó. Son canciones largas pero tienen buena onda. Estaba estudiando y me concentré mucho!!!
Funky cowbell and dings and whistles are great and so fun. Beat is so clear through whole song. So laid back but still with energy. I like the ensemble feel.
Prog funk, George, bootsy The doo doo chasers
6/10 It seems wrong scoring this album so lowly - it's fun, it rocks and it is the funkiest thing ever. However, some tracks are too long. Way, way, too long. I almost had to skip, and I've not done that on the most misogynistic hip hop nor indulgent prog. Probably the best 3 star album yet.
Still funky but I liked Maggot Brain more. Likes: One Nation Under A Groove; Who Says A Funk Band Cant Play Rock
Fun listen. Hard to find though. Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock?! and Maggot Brain/Chant Live were my favorites. 6.2/10
Funky and groovy. I guess everything you might expect from a band with this name and an album with this title.
A lot that I love as is with every funkadelic album I’ve heard. As compared the other albums I’ve heard it is sadly a little less interesting but still an incredible listen regardless.
Great
Consistently well written, Groovy and part of the founding fathers of Funk music.
3/5
Ultimately quite boring but some great musicianship.
Coool!
Just didn’t feel like my thing for some reason
Solid funk. 3/5
Better than Coldplay
not too bad
Solid record
Not available on Apple Music
so this album is not available on spotify so i listened to a few songs on youtube, not my preferred method and I feel like i lost the flow but overall funk is always a good idea.
cant listen on spotify or apple music
Very fun! "Into You", "Cholly", and "Going All The Way Off" were my favorites
Gibt es auf spotify nicht vollständig sadly
nach ein wenig recherche hab ich das ganze Album gefunden und es angehört. Ich bin zum Entschluss gekommen, dass es ein paar ganz gute songs hat, aber größtenteils nicht sehr aus Funkadelics discography heraussticht. Mein Lieblingssong ist : Groovallegience
Bit hard to tell as only three tracks were available for me to play. Region locking is rubbish. Anyhoo, what I heard was fine
Very funky, very nice.
Thought this was cool from a music history perspective but not really my personal taste. Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad was wild lol
Lacks the structure and clean simple arc of Maggot Brain, but more ideas, more sounds, more cray-cray, and while not more Funk, possibly more P? It feels long, but it's hella groovy.
sie LIEBED nothing but the funk sege. so fest. ich chume im moment nonig dri. s isch sehr viel moll und irgendwie chli trurig? macht das sinn? promentals isch au wieder chli gibberish irgendwie. es passiered vier lead-sache glichzitig. wisooo. das album söll sochli s definitive statement vo parliament/funkadelic sii und ich checks nöd so würklich. aso d gitarresoli sind easy aber glichzitig wird afoch gschnorret amel? häää? und jo d message vo liebi und zemesii isch do und so aber ich hets nöd ganz checkt wennis nöd glese hett.
I really like Funkadelic but this album is up and down for me. Some great moments with the title track and the rendition of Maggot Brain, but also some stuff I find forgettable.
Titellåten är facit på hur funk ska låta, den är fantastisk. Men generellt föredrar jag Parliament, även om skillnaderna kanske är små, det är mer rock över Funkadelic, mer gitarr mer gitarrsolon, mer flum och mindre stadigt groove . Antagligen är det min dansgolvsnerv som talar. Stundtals är den här plattan förstås riktigt skön, betydligt bättre än tidigare recenserade Maggot Brain, men det blir ojämnt. Stabil trea
Mestadels tungt sväng. Rätt varierande låtkvalitet. Bra inledning. Slutet på skivan känns lite ofokuserad. Eller är det jag som tappar fokus.
Not totally into this, but there's some cool moments. "Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!" and "Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers)" probably my favorites. 3 stars.
Funkydunkyspelunkybooboobalicious stuff although it gets a bit baggy towards the end and during the extra EP with the Maggot Brain live version. 3 bags of popcorn and a bag of soda.
No available streaming. Found an old, poor copy on Youtube. Poor quality leads to less than ideal listen.
This was more laid back than most of the funk I've heard. It was interesting but I prefer something more upbeat, I think.
One song. Repetitive
Not as much funk as their newer stuff but still funky!
It is a ok album, it is not what I like to hear so I will not add a lot of information here
Al principio un poco ufff, pero después bastante guay
3.5/5 funky and fun
Seems it’s incomplete on Spotify so I can’t say for sure but this is super anthemic in a way that makes it hard to listen to, say, commuting. Maggot Brain is superior. (Also two Funkadelic albums on this list???)
Funkigt de sa, funkigt det var.
It was surprisingly hard to stream this. Good album, though.
really fun! fantastic musicianship (the guitar playing especially, also some really nice tones) and infectious grooves and free-spirited nature. a bit of a mixed bag but definitely a worthwhile listen
뭘 느끼지
Not on spotify
One of the most irritating aspects of funk music, at least the way Funkadelic plays it, is that the favorite subject for the song is “Funk” and just how fucking funky the song you’re listing to is. It’s a bit like watching a movie you’ve never seen before with the director’s commentary on. It really takes you out of the experience of listening to the music to have the music make reference to itself all the time. However stylistically and musically there was a lot more to this album than I expected. The songs are all a little too long but this is party music, not music for sitting and brooding over so that’s not tragic. Pretty fun all things considered.
3.25. It’s hard to be in a bad mood while listening to funk, the groove is infectious. And I also love a funk pun, but a little goes a long way.
There is a some great funk music throughout this album. Nothing ever quite topped the opening track and it maybe was a bit too long overall but still a classic album.
Very good album. 3,5
Good cooking music. Had to pull this guy up on YouTube, Spotify does not recognize the sovereignty of any nations under a groove.
- Excellent bass - Some interesting ideas - Really long songs, sometimes wears out the rhythm a little too much - Sort of fun once you get into it more - Not for me - Liked 'Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?' and 'Into You'
Some days are funkier than others. Maybe this wasn't one of the funkiest, so i'll give this a solid 3/5
Loving this but can't help thinking how much better this would be live. Live version might have much more sweat and danger that I kinda miss on album listening that feels too sterile.
(4/7) they groove pretty strong but sometimes longer than my attention span
We all need more funk in our lives!!!
Pretty groovy. Sucks the only way to listen to it is on YouTube.
Pretty standard funk album, nothing special in my eyes