Maggot Brain

This is fine.

strange concept album, but honestly not bad for 1971. Gotta hand it to them

Weird but not unpleasant. Until the last two minutes of the album when they apparently felt that the perfect way to end things would be a series of fart noises. Other than that, though, it’s ok.

Buen album, un poco psicodélico pero divertido

Stand Out Songs: Can You Get To That Back In Our Minds

This album was stellar right up until the last song when it lost me. That's okay, still a funky fresh album, would recommend and enjoy in the future. A solid 3.5 but rounding down to 3 for the last song.

interesting but out there

Starts and ends with interesting tracks, but both drag on for too long. Still a good album 3/5

First listen

La mezcla de estilos de música hace que el álbum sea armonioso. La música funk no es de mis estilos favoritos, pero al mezclar el el rock y el soul hace que pueda disfrutar de este album.

Not my type of music, but that doesn't mean its bad

Альбом с хорошими и плохими песнями. Но в целом очень хорошо. Особенно по сравнению с тем, что было раньше 6/10

Mmmm no sé, algo hizo que no me gustara más el álbum. No está mal. Eso sí, la primera canción con esas guitarras, uf.

No. 395/1001 Maggot Brain 3/5 (3x) Can You Get To That 4/5 Hit It and Quit It 3/5 You And Your Folks 3/5 Super Stupid 3/5 Back In Our Minds 3/5 Wars Of Armageddon 3/5 (3x) Average: 3,09 Was alright, but not among my favorites.

Il funk é strano, però simpatico

Groupe inconnu. Excellent premier morceau : un monumental solo de guitare de 10 mn. Après on retrouve un funk qui groove bien. Et on trouve encore quelques chorus dans d'autres morceaux ('Super Stupid' est un beau mélange funk rock). Découverte sympa donc, que je pourrais ré-écouter mais qui ne rejoindra ma collection (quelques morceaux moins intéressants, ou trop bizarres : samples de mauvais gout vers la fin du dernier morceau). =>3/5

Not what I expected. There was a lot of good in this album. Loved the guitar playing. Way more bluesy than what I was expecting. This album takes a left turn a few times and goes into interesting places. Overall, I liked the album, cool writing, but too many left turns... Even for Funkadelic.

I think "Maggot Brain" is one of the greatest guitar solos, so it kinda pains to me to say this, but every other track is mid. 2.5 stars.

Interesting album, great opener and good vibe all the way through, though I don’t really understand that satirical elements of fart noises and spoken word stuff I’ll have to read more about it

Okay, this will make my second Funkadelic album I’ve listened to from the 1,001 must-listen list. The first was the band’s debut, Funkadelic. I liked it alright, but didn’t love it. Hopefully, Maggot Brain, the group’s third album, will be even better. I already know the title song is one of their biggest songs, though I don’t know if it’s a hit, per se. The album was recorded in 1970 and 1971, in Detroit, right after all the riots and crazyness of late 60’s. This was the last album from the original Funkadelic lineup, as three members left the band after the album was recorded. George Clinton is still at the helm, the leader of the band. According to our good friends at Wikipedia, the album hit the top 20 on Billboard’s R&B chart and Maggot Brain, while not a single, is the best known song off the album. Probably because it’s a 10 minute improvised guitar solo by guitarist Eddie Hazel. I'm pretty sure I’ve listened to this album one time in my life, and heard a live version of Maggot Brain as an extra on the reissue of Funkadelic’s debut album. So, let’s go. Track 1 is Maggot Brain, okay, rip the band-aid off right away. I’m just four minutes in and this is an amazing build. Hazel is an incredible guitarist. He plays with a lot of feel and passion. There are certain guitarists for whom it seems like the guitar is an extra limb. Hazel feels like one of those guitarists. Supposedly, Clinton was under the influence of LSD during the recording of thise song and told Hazel to play as if he were just told his mother had died. That’s heavy stuff. Supposedly, other band members and instruments are playing on the track, but Clinton turned them down in the mix, allowing Hazel’s guitar to be the main focus. I know when you hear a 10-minute-long guitar solo, you kind of roll your eyes, but by the end of it, I wanted another five minutes. Just a song you can feel down into your soul. Track 2 is Can You Get To That and it was the second single off the album. I have heard this song before. I clearly remember the low bass voice in the chorus. This definitely reminds me of a Sly & the Family Stone song. It’s sung by the whole group as well as Isaac Hayes female backing group, Hot Buttered Soul. The song is fun, but coming after Maggot Brain, I think it was a bit doomed. Nothing could match its epicness Track 3 is Hit It and Quit It and it starts out funky as hell. Clinton seems to have perfectly taken Sly Stone and James Brown, added LSD, and created a combo rock and funk band. This song has a funky riff that pulls you into the pocket and holds you down. Now we get a nice organ solo. Uh-oh! I just heard it, more cowbell. And now Hazel comes in to end the track with a blazing solo. This song rules. Track 4 is You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks and it starts out like Hit It and Quit It, funky. The bass line is really grooving. Besides being funky, the song has a message. “Ha, but if in our fears, we don't learn to trust each other And if in our tears, we don't learn to share with your brother You know that hate is gonna keep on multiplying And you know that man is gonna keep right on dying.” The song asks the folks to stop fighting each other and come together to combat the injustice and hate in the world. It’s a nice message, but it's rang out for decades and it’ll continue to ring out for decades, sadly. Track 5 is Super Stupid, and this is amazing. This song is a bit more hard-rocking, almost punk funk. I really love the guitar sound in this song. Hazel is a vastly underrated rock guitarist. This album has been really good so far. The main riff of SuperStupid wouldn’t be out of place in an Aerosmith song, like 70’s Aerosmith, not the ballad machine they became in the 90s. That song was just fire in your face. Hazel is still rocking out during the fade. Track 6 is Back In Our Minds and I can tell this one is going to be weird. The song features what sounds like a triangle with a whammy bar. It's another we need to come together to take on the man type song. “We don't fight no more We done closed that door This time for sure We can't stand no more Fussin' and a-cussin' each other When we're supposed to be brothers Livin' in this world we all live in” Oooh, we have some horns chiming in at the end and a nice gospel piano. Not my favorite song on the album, but not too bad. Track 7 and the final track is Wars of Armageddon. This song is all about the drums. Tiki Fulwood is putting on a clinic. Even when Hazel comes in with another hot solo, you can’t help but focus on the drums. The song is almost 10 minutes long, but the drums keep you locked in as Clinton keeps throwing these psychedelic sounds and voices at you. I’m reading that this song was looked at as a freak-out. Holy crapballs….is that farting I hear? I’m seeing where some reveiwers look at this album as dark and sonically reflecting one of the country’s lowest moments in its history. There is darkness, but there’s a lot of humor and fun as well. Though at the end of Wars of Armageddon, we all blow up in nuclear war. But, at the end of the song, there remains a heartbeat of funk in the universe to carry on forever. So there’s that. I must admit, I didn’t love the album. Maybe because over 50 years is separating it from today. Maybe I just don’t get Clinton and what he was trying to accomplish during the recording. Maybe I’m too uptight as someone in the 60s might say. But, I do believe this album is important, if for nothing else than to show the world that Black folks can rock, man. I think a lot of people just think funk when they think of Funkadfelic, but they’re a rock band as much as they are a funk band. For sure, check out the song Maggot Brain, it’s brilliant. The album is just 38 minutes long, so while I didn't love it, it's a fun time. Broaden your mind without the LSD and just listen to Funkadelic.

Its on okey ablum don't think its for me though could get some great samples from it

n tô chapado o suficiente pra ouvir esse álbum, mas com ctz estando muito chapado eu daria 6 estrelas

I love the singing and a lot of the music but it definitely gets too weird for me in places, especially the final song. Fav song: Can You Get To That Least fav: Wars Of Armageddon

The whispering at the end of the first track gave me goosebumps. Not a huge fan of starting and ending the album with 10 minute long songs. Can You Get To That is gorgeous, such an incredibly well made and performed song that contrasts so much with the chaos of the rest of the album. Favourite song: Can You Get To That Least: Wars of Armageddon

bardzo przyjemne

Pretty good, very funky (duh). I liked their voices. Super Stupid was my favorite. 5.3/10.

Me costó conectar. Es un álbum tranquilo para comenzar

Who doesn’t love an album that starts with a 10 minute guitar solo? Not bad but a little disjointed.

Pretty good in the middle but too much about this is gross

Catchy

Местами прикольно

Not really my thing but good either way

I had no idea that hook from Can You Get To That was them. Cool

Hit it and quit it 🆒

Totally different from what I usually listen to and this album is reasons why I love this project.

Really liked this one, its not too hard on you The songs are quite long tho

Good and weird

The title song is of much more interest than the rest (which are fine/good pale in comparison nonetheless).

Soul rock? Ta piola, tiene una onda stairway to heaven + rock + soul con varios efectos acústicos. Tiene onda "estoy probando cosas"

First time listening to Funkadelic album. Surprised and not what I was expecting. Hear the influence this had on Lenny K.

I was liking this album until the second half of Wars of Armageddon. Other than that, I liked it.

I liked this more than the other Funkadelic project but not by much.

I always thought this album was popular just because of its amazing album cover. The bands name is fitting. The guitar work on the first song is impressive. Overall though it was just ok for me.

I enjoyed this even though it was outside of the norm for me. Amazing guitar throughout. This is the kind of album you throw on headphones and enjoy the ride (and smoke em if you got em).

Earl besser

fun, instrumental, upbeat

Hoping I don't get crucified for this but a bit average

Interesting, not really my jam but very cool. Funky, obviously!

found and know their sound, too bad it's not my preference highlights: Can You Get To That

Not really for me, a bit too strange. I can see the genius, but it wasn't fun to listen to.

Maggot Brain the song 5/5. Maggot Brain the album....unfortunately, I don't think the rest of it lives up to that amazing first track and the rest of it is fairly forgettable to me.

such an interesting mix, the riffs gave me chills

lekker !

Not my type

"Play this solo as if your mama just died." Those were apparently the instructions provided to create the now-iconic solo in the opening title track. The rest of the songs are not far behind that absolute titan of psychedelic soul, though, of course, none ever reach that height. Funkadelic really displayed their interplay on the rest of the songs, like on "You and Your Folks..." and the closer "Wars of Armageddon." This is definitely an influential piece but, with all of the acts that clearly aped it in the years that followed, Maggot Brain has sort of worn thin, and a listener might come in thinking they've heard all of this before. This one is best listened to while the listener divorces themselves from all the subsequent influences. Taking this album on its own, at face value, is the best way to listen to it to appreciate what it did for funk. Key Tracks (besides the title:) Hit It and Quit It, You and Your Folks Me and My Folks, Super Stupid

Good album, some good guitar work and interesting production. Likely groundbreaking back in its day but not something I enjoyed overwhelmingly.

A strange album where some songs are a blend of almost heavy rock and funk that groove and others are too long. Over all I find this album has a strange sense of humor, at least I found it quite funny at times … I mean it starts with "Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time and you all knocked it up" after all. Favorite Songs: Can you Get to That ; Hit it and Quit it

very interesting. not inclined to listen again but obviously very beautiful nonetheless.

Maggot Brain - 3/5 Can You Get To That - 4/5 Hit It And Quit It - 3.5/5 You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks - 4.5/5 Super Stupid - 4/5 Back In Our Minds - 3.5/5 Wars Of Armageddon - 3/5

Short, albums, ok to zone out to

1st time I’ve listened to this early Funk album. Lots of things happening, it’s a fun mix.

Favorite songs: Can You Get to That, Hit It and Quit It, Super Stupid

Non l'ho finito. È strano ma ci sta. La prima meravigliosa

First song starts good but is a bit to long. Couple after are good then if falls off during the end Can’t give it a 5 just because it’s funkadelic and don’t think it is a 4 either high end 3 teetering on a 4 Will upset a few people I know, deal with it

237/1089 a pretty nice funky record faves: can you get to that, wars of armageddon 54/100

I like funk and I also like various psychedelic styles. What Funkadelic presents on “Maggot Brain” is actually very special, and it doesn't just seem in places as if the right substances were essential for an unclouded listening experience. However, since these were not supplied and were not clearly recommended, I am judging my sober experiences here. These can be described as mixed: really cool moments alternate with those that simply leave you perplexed.

Favorite Track: Maggot Brain

great fun album, love the instrumental.

Bizarre but I kinda liked it

6.0/10

Fun listen. Call it a 3.5 rounded down.

어려워

There's some really good guitar on this. Favorite Track: You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks

Top Songs: Can You Get To That

I dug this but just wasn’t really drawn in even though I listened to it twice in a row.

3 세션이 되게 조흠

Cool, but intense

Nice listen. Really loved the first track with the soulful intro and the long melodic Hendrix-styled solo, and enjoyed a good chunk of the rest of the tracks. Surprisingly for "Funkadelic" it didn't sound all that funky to me, or at least my white ass impression of what funk is. Still, an enjoyable listen. 3.5 stars.

That was a weird album. I was not expecting all the guitar shredding on the first track, but the follow up had some good funk, maybe not commercial and fun like other funk albuns I listened to it here, but good funk as well. I can see why it is on the list and agree with it, but it will be not in my holy grail of funk albuns 3/5

Way less funky than the artist would suggest, still fun!

3.5

I've always seen the iconic album cover, but never gave this a listen. I was pleasantly surprised and the soundscape they were able to create here. Although a couple moments dragged, that was not widespread on this. I can't wait to give this some more listens.

Nice and easy, but not of my type tbh

Tick tock tick tock 10 minute songs can work but 2 of then is pushing it

This would've gotten a 4 if it hadn't fallen off so hard after the first couple tracks. The last track really cemented the 3 star rating. Otherwise this was great, love the sound and feel to it.

quite enjoyed the guitar on this. lyrics were meh. and then the weird animal/fart sounds on the last track..... shame since it started so strong.

I know this is classic, but the gigantic farts in the last song dropped this from 4 to 3.

Creative but often juvenile jamming. Sets the stage for other Afro-Pop rock crossovers. Influential & sometimes, but not often, great. A 3.

Out of the ordinary. Good rhythm

Cow bells & organ track fav.

En del kult, flink folk, men ingen bangers

An incredible opening that the rest of the album didn't live up to. I've listened to Maggot Head four times through now, it reminds me of the Mars Volta. Really great song, ok album.

Well this album had certainly many styles and in that sense didn't get boring. Can't say I liked a lot of the songs but then the ones I did were interesting. Solid 3

more power to the pussy. more pussy to the people

Off to a bit of a rough start with a 10 minute meandering instrumental song. The rest of the album was alright, but a bit too unfocused and jam-like for my taste. Low-point was definitely the fart sounds in 'Wars of Armageddon', which also turned out to be a 10 minute meandering journey. Not a big fan, but wasn't terrible. Weak 3.

Fun. Jammy. Little Hendrixy.

Cool

Funky and a bit psychodelic. I didn’t really understand the first 10min track although I understand how it can be seen as cool

It starts off very promising with a long beautiful improvisation, the harmony is straightforward but the guitar work makes up for it. The rest, i could barely remember since it sounded like run of the mill funk to me. Not a bad listen but definitely a letdown after that first song.

Started off as a boring album, mellowed out into an OK album, ended on annoying. I'll go with 3 stars since overall is was meh.

I dunno if I can get quite this funky on a regular basis

Songs I saved: Can you get to that Hit it and quit it You and your folks, me and my folks

Experimental in a fun way, but a little too far out at times.

cool I did like the funk of the first one but not really my vibe

Not really songs for me, mostly instrumentals. But its vibey

Favourite Track: Maggot Brain

1. Definitely an introduction. Guitar is so good. Love intros like this, that set up a concept. Definitely kept your attention for 10mins. 2. Good song, not as interesting. 3. Good beat, and guitar riffs are nice. 4. Liked the instrumental, very funky. Definitely better than the other two albums I have listened to. I appreciate the concept and the guitar solos are amazing. The first track is definitely the best. Last track has another great guitar solo. Top song: Maggot Brain.

2 muy altos HIGHS (incluida la primer y maravillosa cancion) pero lo que está en medio de esas 2 me parecieron muy simplistas

Maggot Brain is the third studio album by the American funk rock band Funkadelic, released by Westbound Records in July 1971. The album charted on the Billboard R&B Top 20. It is perhaps best known for its ten-minute title track, largely consisting of an improvised solo by guitarist Eddie Hazel. In 2009, Pitchfork named it the 17th best album of the 1970s. In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked Maggot Brain the 136th greatest album of all time in its updated list.

ha sit monm

Sort of fun, sort of annoying

Maggot Brain leads with ten minutes of rock riffs that give way to some real soul. "You and your folks, me and my folks" probably still as resonant today. Favourite track: hit it and quit it.

Hard not to think of black mass over highway 90

I kind of liked some of their music, it was fun and funky. But I did not like the voices, the singing. And it’s a bit dated.

The review that says “ Guitar goes whéeeeerreeaaaarrrgh” is pretty much a perfect description - the title track absolutely rips. My personal enjoyment of this album does reflect the quality of the music itself. While I likely wouldn’t return to this, I absolutely appreciate this album for what it is.

Un album pratiquement qu’instrumental et très surprenant dans la recherche de voix (enfant, animal), mais très funky, surtout le premier son. On dira de cet album que c’est du rock funk avec un rythme assez soutenu des guitares électriques, parfois et une voix masculine particulière. Dernier album du groupe avant leur séparation. Les membres du groupe fait partie de the Parliaments (doo woop) abandonné à cause de problèmes legaux.

Interesting!

Liked it

No real strong stand outs for me, but the guitars were good. It would be good on for background sound, but probably won’t revisit it.

I enjoyed the Rick aspect of this.

funky

First song was amazing, after that it was meh

Extremely funky and a bit psychadelic, gestalt mind, Mother Nature kind of vibe.

It was kinda funky and pretty experimental, I think it would've benefited from being much more funky and a little less experimental

*1971. American funk. *This is a pretty cool album - classic funk. RATING - 6.5/10

I feel like the idea of a ten-minute song built around one long guitar solo, was more exciting in a 70s studio with a load of drugs and cool funk musicians that its actual execution. It’s a decent album but just not massively my thing.

I liked this album. It would have been a 4 star album if not for the excessively long instrumental tracks that opened and closed it.

It was okay, I could hear the levels of the guitar "crying" in a sense. This album needed an intro about it. Didn't gravitate to it right away, nor change the music right away. It just played in the background.

it was synth synth

I love black talent. The main instrument was just a cowbell, yet they were able to make Wars Of Armageddon sound good (besides the random diarrhea part near the end). Very funky

Was vooral instrumenteel, maar opzich wel een vibe 6.5/10

Was pretty groovy and actually liked some of the songs.

At little bit uneven yet fun listen.

Best Song: Can you Get to That I call a little false advertising here. When you call your album Funkadelic, you expect some serious funk. I did not receive the the dosage of funk said title would respect. It was ok, nothing I would go out of my way for or listen to again. 3/5.

It's alright. Groovy for sure but not much else going on, at least for me to enjoy it.

a REALLY great listen. worth a second listen

Cool psychedelic stuff but would totally flop in today's day and age.

One nation was such a cracker expects big things. Was a bit average

super stupid je CRAZYYY ok prdeži su već too much wtf ahhahahahahahahahahah veoma neozbiljan album u neku ruku? jer kako je na početaku ploče onako introspektivna, melanholična skoro pesma koja ti totalno preuzme kontrolu nad emocijama u dobrom smislu (bez zezanja najunikatnija prva pesma na albumu koju sam ikada čula, kakva gitara auf), a na kraju imamo pesmu koja zvuči kao kad bi las vegas bio komad metala koji kad staviš u mikrotalasnu eksplodira? ako to ima smisla? zašto čujem prdežeee lollllll. ali poštujem! sredina albuma je super, funky, rocky, veoma zabavno za slušanje, ali možda su u nekim trenucima svi ti isprepletani sintisajzeri i gitare i sve malo too much. ali opet, stvarno ima neverovatnih muzičkih momenata, kao npr u maggot brain i stupid crazy. veoma zanimljiva ploča definitivno.

Decent Record, nice grooves, and shredding guitars. Super Stupid is great, fucking great riffs...

Ziemlich cool, aber kein WOW. Bej MaggotBrain habe ich mich auch auf was anderes eingestellt

I really wanted to love this but I just don’t think it’s for me. Most of the album feels more like psych rock than funk, which is a genre that’s never really appealed to me. I’ve never really understood the love for Maggot Brain either, and the end of the last song is just kinda gross. There are definitely some cool moments here though, I might need to check out some later P-Funk albums to see if that’s more my vibe. Favourite tracks: Can You Get To That, Super Stupid

High highs and low lows.

Somewhat strange listen. It’s groovy but not as funky as I expected, bass-wise. I know this is considered a classic. To my ears, it’s not as tight as it could be but maybe that was on purpose. 2.9/5.0

★★★½

enjoyed some of it but that last song really brought it down for me

Está buenisimo, me gustó muchisimo hasta que llegó el último tema, ahí ya no me gustó. Solido 7, lo volvería a escuchar.

Funky for sure. I loved the title track. The rest isn't too bad. Not 100% my cup of tea but enjoyable.

It is okay, not my style. I didn’t liked in a specific way any song. Is actually 2,5

I really don’t get the first song at all. It’s trippy, sure, but I really just find it boring. The rest of the album is nice and groovy, with a series of wonderful jams. It’s a pretty fun listen, but not a total standout to me. The closer makes up for the first track though…fart sounds were a nice touch LOL

May need another lizen

Nothing hit the highs of the title track, but this was very enjoyable until the end; Back in our Minds and Wars of Armageddon were near unlistenable

The title song was outstanding and I enjoyed the rest way more than I expected. 3.5 stars rounded down but would probably go to 4 with a few more listens.

Zaujímavé funky, nie celkom na každodenné počúvanie... Prvá pieseň ma nadchla, hlavne kvôli gitare, ostatné boli pre mňa priemer. V každom prípade, v čase vzniku to muselo byť veľmi silné...

Nice funk album though the ending track is odd

Ok hot takes here but I like everything but the title track, album cover, and back in our minds. The album cover and title are so disgusting I’m sorry but no, not feeling the maggot brains. Didn’t love the title track because it was a little boring for an almost like 11 minute song and back in our minds just sounds bad but everything else is super good funk and was definitely a put on can you get to that was a standout and the Armageddon song has a cool like nuke dropping part that’s unique.

This was fun. Very short album; very funky, and a bit more rock and roll-inspired sounding than I was expecting (listened to while hot tubbing with Cam)

not my taste

Favorite song: Hit It And Quit It.

It's okay; very funky. Not my fav but it's good. :p

Funky chill krautrock. Better than shit for brains.

It's pretty damn funky I guess. It was a lot less funky than I expected (in terms of, I vaguely know Parliament out of the P-Funk collective). I can respect that the opening track is a sick 10 minute guitar solo but I also don't...want...a 10 minute guitar solo....I want some funky distorted guitar in a normal song or 4. It's not bad, but it's not my thing. It's also kinda lacking in cohesion. But it is funky. Also what the hell is Wars of Armageddon. Just...really ruined the ending.

заслуженные 3 очка.

I would not personally listen to it but I liked the guitar in it. Very good!

The album cover and name made me think it would be a much darker sound. Maggot Brain gave Pink Floyd vibes was very instrumental, very different from the next two songs. Can you get to that was much more of a bop i really enjoyed this song. Hit it and quit it was also enjoyable but I didn’t like it as much as can you get to that. You and your folks, was ok not my favorite in the album the beat didn’t draw me in like the others did. Super stupid I liked it sounds like it was probably the song that would’ve made it on the radio, more similar to the popular songs in the genre I liked the little piano doot doots half way through. Back in our minds starts off especially funky I digged that but I didn’t love the vocals, loved the reggae sounding trumpet. Wars of Armageddon ended the album the way it started with the long instrumental, I liked how it did a full circle. Fave Songs: can you get with that, super stupid Least Faves: you and your folks, back in your mind

Ignore the band name, because this is a rock album through and through. The middle has some funky elements, but there are more big guitar riffs than there are juicy funk licks. The hooks are in those riffs, not in the choruses or grooves. The middle is good, not amazing, but it's the bookends that make up most of the album's runtime. Despite its reputation, I feel that the title track is the album's biggest weakness; the guitar solo goes on for too long without doing anything new, and the second half in particular is so atmospheric that it borders on noodling. I much prefer the closer and its loud, jamming rhythm (I could do without the sound effects though). There's a bold, brash energy here, but I wish the styles were blended better. A mix of rock and psychedelia with a little funk would work better than a long psych jam followed by a bunch of rockers.

Pretty cool album, enjoyed the musicianship

me gustó, igual me gusta el funk en general así que joya. el primer tema medio raro igual pero el resto bastante son buenos.

babado

it was good not my preferred genre but it was listenable

Nice

I kinda think the band name says it all. Its funky, and good. Maggot brain is acrazy good track

Not my usual kind of music but the guitar is amazing. Interesting

buen disco para ponerte si estás puesto de setas, mal disco que ponerte si estás en casa deprimido con el corazón roto

Honestly thought I was going to enjoy this album more. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy it but more to the tune of a 3/5 than a 4 or 5.

Good album 2.5

not my kind of music but i liked back in our minds - good start to 1001 days!

Not for me. Well constructed, but I think this made me realise that vocals (and to a certain extent, lyricism) is a very important part of my musical listening experience. For me, there was that sense of 'lack'. The opening and closing tracks were strong for me though! That being said, probably not a re-listen.

Sooo groovy and funky

Overtones of Hendrix & Parliament - surprisingly raucous guitars, unsurprising funky beats

Sjuka gitarrer, goa röster. Men ingenting jag skulle lyssna på

A fun album that trips occasionally

not fully clicked yet, but see potential

Nice funky vibe to the melodies, interesting guitar riffs, but mediocre lyrics, at best. Overall easy to listen to and interesting enough to keep me engaged.

Super weird, kinda fun, not at all bad

hated the first/title track, but it got better from there fart noises???????? what is happening

Holy guitar - I had no idea about this band nor about this album. I felt the guitar solos deep within my core! YES.

Very strong front but the back half fell off.

Funkiest guitar this side of Jimi Hendrix

No tällaista kovaa sähkökitaran särövingutusta introssa, joka kestää kymmenisen minuuttia. Aloin jo miettiä että koska tämä levy loppuu mutta vasta intro loppui LOL. No mikäs siinä sen jälkeen lähti oikeastaan funk osuuksia ja erikoiset biisit liikeelle. Pitkälti sellasta rock n rollia, kyllä nämä aikakauden jutut maistuu.

very good

Like kneeling before a crumbling monolith of sound—with saturated, downtuned guitar riffs, plodding drum patterns, and a thick, almost narcotic mix—this heavy metal album still towers with power with vocals half chant, half sigh, yet showers you in dust as it decays, its foundation long weakened by repetition and excess.

Track 1 and 5 are fire I can leave the rest

erstes lied war geil. rest ganz gut, aber auch nicht mehr.

It's good but not that much what I'm into

Gonna be honest, this is one of those albums that I've kinda always judged based on its cover. I know the album art is considered classic, but I've always hated it and stayed away based on that. But listening to it, its a lot better than my misconceived notions of it were. However, being funk it's just not really in my wheelhouse. Dangerously close to getting the 2 purely based on the fart and bathroom noises at the end of the album, but it'll still get my "Good, but just not really what I'm into 3".

Funky! I like the experimental guitar

Funk, but almost in a weird way. Liked it more than a normal funk album because of that.

The first track was a bit slow for me but loved the center

The title track is basically a ten minute guitar solo by Eddie Hazel and it’s great. It’s mire rock inspired than funky. From the second track on we’re fully in the funk landscape. Notable tracks include Maggot Brain, Can You Get to That, Hit It and Quit It, Super Stupid. Solid album overall.

Did not need the farts at the end.

Better than I expected since I normally hate glam funk like Parliament. This is more rootsy. Quite nice.

Funk rock still works, and this album has its ups and downs. Overall, not bad.

Yeah, pretty fun, some real nice grooves in here. Unpopular opinion tho - the iconic titular track is not *that* great. Doesn't fit with the rest of the album, no beat and if I wanted to listen to a 10 minute long fuzzy guitar solo without breaks ... well I just wouldn't ever want to listen to that. Maybe one to relisten to. 6.5 / 10 Best track/s: Super Stupid, Can You Get To That

Hljómsveitin stendur undir nafni, fönkí og flott

Gott funk, en ég skil ekki af hverju sum lögin eru 10 mínútur.

Des sons vraiment cool notamment le premier, mais d'autres vraiment bof..

mouaif

Très sympa malgré un petit problème de balance sur les aigus. J'ai écrit ça trop vite, 1er son excellent, la suite est bien et le dernier son serait sympa sans les bruits de prout...

This was pretty funky. It didn't irritate me. I'll give it a 3

good to listen to, but largely unenthused. i think i prefer their other album, 'America Eats Its Young'. good! but not anything to write home about.

Funky, title track is giving Pink Floyd. A bit long tho and bot much else going on

Fine

Dont mind this bit of spaced out soul-funk at all! Maggot Brain, the title track, is pure 70s chillout, and the fact that it's 10 minutes plus long doesn't bother me at all - i could listen to this all day. Also loved Hit It And Quit It and the sound effects thrown in to Wars Of Armageddon. It's a total stoner album, and if i was listening to this with a big fat bifter it would be 5 stars all the way. But I wasn't, so it'll have to settle for 3.

Would not buy.

Another funk album that I can't really get into. I feel a bit sad because I've been waiting for this one to appear. Maybe the funk is just not within me. I appreciated the instrumentals (especially the rhythm section) and the guitar on the first track blew me away. But the rest of the songs just didn't do anything for me. And then it ends with baby cries and fart noises. Why

I really thought I was going to love this. I went in with high expectations, which was probably a mistake. The first songs were good, but the crying baby and diarrhoea noises really threw me off. Which is a shame, because I really liked the instrumental part of this song. I really would’ve given it 4☆ if not for that. ☀︎ Maggot Brain 4/5 ☀︎ Can You Get To That 3.5/5 ☀︎ Hit It And Quit It 4/5 ☀︎ You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks 3.5/5 ☀︎ Super Stupid 4.5/5 ☀︎ Back In Our Minds 3/5 ☀︎ Wars Of Armageddon 1.5/5

This album puts strong foot forward and then stumbles; the opening 10 minute guitar solo may be the most emotional guitar ever recorded. There's a lot of good funkiness here, but also the first time I ever thought a song needed less cowbell.

Its alright, sometimes enjoyable, would replay if im in the mood for it, but not daily.

The title track, "Maggot Brain" really starts the album off on a high note. It's an interesting, lengthy and complex guitar solo. It truly feels like you're being lifted off the ground while you listen to it. However, I don't really think that the rest of the album can keep up the momentum. I was really excited going into this, but my excitement didn't last in what I would say is a relatively short album to begin with. That said, for being 1971 this was clearly ahead of it's time. 3.5/5.

I've listened to this 3 times now but over many years. The title track is an all timer but the rest feel left behind and under developed.

I don't like funk. Was expecting to really dislike this, and while I wouldn't say I liked it, it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Never knew "Rill Rill" by Sleigh Bells heavily samples "Can You Get To That". That's the thing about funk though: it's heavily sampled by other bands, but I almost always prefer the new use to the original. "Wars of Armageddon" was bad, but at least the album is only 36 minutes, so for that I'll sneak it up to a low 3/5.

This album isn’t my vibe, but that is some shit hot guitar. The first five tracks are great, but it gets way too strange at the end. I’m not a huge fan of vibratone. However, the album has a lot of funk energy, and it is ridiculously upbeat. It’s pretty Zappa, and it demands attention straight off the bat, but overall i find it a little too psychedelic prog for my tastes. Also, the cover freaks me out.

Post Hendrix guitars in the sesame street style

It was ok nothing spectacular...enjoyed the first three songs

Ganske bra, minus låta med prompelyder på slutten.

Would listen when I feel like appreciating some good guitar rips.

Funky, trys paskutinės dainos galimos tik per youtube.

Now, if we’re doing best album COVERS of all time, this is maybe top 5. Classic. I think I’m realizing I just don’t super love funk. There is nothing wrong with this, I can see why it’s many people’s favorite thing. It’s just not my tempo!

Funky 7/10

Track 4 stole the show!

Great.

2.5 if i could. Good jams

A very funky album, kicked off with a great 10 minute hendrix like guitar solo

I'm not sure how I feel about this album. I enjoyed it, but I can't seem to articulate why. I don't plan to listen again, but it was a nice listen.

It for sure is funky. Nothing immediately stands out to me honestly. I could see myself listening to any song here without paying much attention. I just don't think it would ever be my first choice. Funk music is definitely something I like, but I think I like more funk rock than just funk. Either way, still very solid and worth a listen.

Funky

Öppningslåten med 10 minuter gitarrylande hoppar jag gärna över. Men vilket sväng på de efterföljande låtarna! Staples Singers har lämnat kyrkan för funken. Den skitiga och förvrängda basen i Me an my folk... är alldeles underbar. Hendrix-ambtionerna i avslutande Wars of Armageddon drar tyvärr ner helhetsintrycket något.

Funky shit.

J'aime beaucoup cet album. À moitié. 3.49 étoiles

This artist and album are a real suprise - not at all what I was expecting Played it a few times already, and it seems to be growing on me more each time Interesting . . .

I've heard some of these samples in more modern music, so it's really great foundational stuff. And the band lives up their name.

ya good too

I've never really been that high on Funkadelic, but this is a pretty solid album. I previously only knew the title track and "Can You Get To That" from the sample on Sleigh Bells' "Rill Rill". The last two tracks bring the album down a bit for me, but otherwise, it's good. "Super Stupid" is probably the highlight for me. 3.5 stars.

some good songs in here but mostly mid

Funk filled with rock guitar solos. Some otherworldly lyrics. Fun overall.

not goog

This to me was a great eye opener in terms of the history of funk rock and how that has filtered through time to inspire those who came after. As I always say the intro and outro songs are very important, and this intro song was fantastic in terms of preparing you for what the record has to offer. A really intriguing listen, however I don’t think it’ll be one that I’ll be having on repeat. A good listen nonetheless

Title track was best the rest was mid

5/10

Good stuf.. but a bit too soft

This album exhibits a lot of diverse music. “Can You Get to That” sounds like classic Funkadelic and is a good track. The title track basically is a lengthy guitar solo. “Super Stupid” sounds exactly like a Jimi Hendrix song to me. The final track is packed with sound effects and doesn’t have much else going for it. Overall it’s a good album but not quite four stars.

I know a lot of people like this one, because I see it in a lot of top rated lists (it has a memorable cover)! I don't know if I'll like it, though, because the first track is a 10 minute guitar solo (which wiki inexplicably classifies as "space rock"). Did I already say that this is definitely not who I thought George Clinton was?? Well, it turns out George Clinton (old white vice president) is also named George Clinton, but I didn't know there were two famous ones of them. So you can't really blame me for mixing them up, can you? In other shocking revelations, 'Can You Get to That' is where the have-a-heart music in Sleigh Bells' 'Rill Rill' comes from! I had no idea that wasn't an original. And in turn, "I once had a life / or rather life had me" must be a reference to The Beatles' 'Norwegian Wood', right? We're all connected, man. The song itself is fine; it's no 'Rill Rill' (or Norwegian Wood) but it's groovy enough. The same is pretty much true for the rest of the non-10-minute-guitar-solos. I think I liked the other Funkadelic album better, but this is fine. Lowlight: 'Maggot Brain' (the song - unpleasant title, unpleasantly long guitar time)

6.5/10 Enjoyable Highlights: Maggot Brain Can You Get to That

Pretty safe experimentation, some occasional good songs (Hit and Quit It / Super Stupid) but otherwise rly overrated

not what i expected, but good

All a bit before my time but I loved the guitar work on this - I would listen again, particularly to the title track

Was very funky.

слишком психоделично для моего понимания и незатуманенного сознания

Feared the worst from the title and album cover. But actually pretty good. Much better than their other one on here that was just puns on the word funk.

Maggot Brain is the first full album I've listened to from the world of the great George Clinton and, to be honest, I was hoping to get a bit more out of it than I did. The musicality on show is excellent, but the first & last tracks feel like they have a completely different sonic identity than the middle five tunes and I was hoping for the "funk" part of Funkadelic to come out a bit more than it did. It's an album I can appreciate and I certainly didn't have a negative experience running through it, but it's not something I can really see myself putting into heavy rotation. Highlights: Can You Get to That, Hit It and Quit It, Super Stupid

Funkadelic, _Maggot Brain_ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Solid, if not something I'd listen to tomorrow. It did awaken my mind though to _black men brought rock'n'roll to the fore, and rather than immediately concede it to Elvis and a thousand others—and rather than carve out their own niche and stay there, a la R&B + hip hop—some said "this is still ours" and staked their claim._ (Chuck Berry and Little Richard, Sheriff and the Ravels, the Drifters, Bootsy Collins and Prince and Death, Bad Brains and Living Colour after them) Kind of a shame that record producers and artists had the antagonistic relationship they did, else Parliament and Funkadelic might have powered through into the 90s and beyond, rather than be discarded because the names and rights were owned and being squeezed for profit by their studio. Anyway, there's notes of Hendrix and Sabbath in Maggot Brain, though most of it is funk-oriented and meant to make you feel the groove and/or sing along with the chant-like refrains. And if I'm gonna close my eyes and listen to cosmic American music, with bands dressed in cool costumes full of sewn-on motifs and crazy makeup and headgear: I'll probably flip on Funkadelic over KISS anytime. It's not so hard to hear the jump from this directly to Afrika Bambaataa. Like not at all. So it's easy to see this as maybe George Clinton and Black Rock's last push to stay in mainstream pop, even as the genres had already splintered.

2,8/5

Might have hyped this up in my mind a bit so feeling a tad disappointed. But it was still a very enjoyable album, really like the closing tracks random vocal samples. Some really nice drumming.

ok, rounding up to 3

Would have been 4 stars but there's so much weird shit in this album haha

I thought this album had decent noises throughout. I liked the song "Back in Our Minds" when they brought out the splinkaphone and the other song where they recorded a baby crying. That was pretty interesting. Very unconscious music. Perfect for talking over it.

That was a pretty nice album, I enjoyed the mix of funk and psychedelic rock. The melodies were pretty wild and fresh for me. I liked the "Wars of Armageddon" the most.

Need to be in the mood for a thorough full listen again. Kinda "spacey", as I thought, and has some interesting hooks, none that stayed in my head after. I don't think I fully understand the impact this album had, as it has been highly regarded from friends over the years. "Stoner friendly" vibe, walking the "hippie" line as well, imo.

I prefer the Parliament album.

Very good, early funkadelic, not too bootsy an early funk classic.

They've done better

Not what I was expecting. A different listen for sure. Didn’t love or hate.

I can funk my delic like the best of ‘em. And this album was a fun listen especially with the middle finger to the industry right outta the gate with a 10-minute guitar solo. The tough sounding Super Stupid could probably be renamed: Here Lenny Kravitz, hold my beer. But the last track? That’s what bowel moves this one down a notch.

I was into this. Great grooves and baselines. Solid guitar work. So I was thinking maybe I’ve been sleeping on Funkadelic and I should be a fan. But the last song kind of lost me. A bit too long and the jam wasn’t great. Then I really didn’t understand all the doo doo bathroom noises. I’m always in for a good fart joke but these didn’t really land for me.

3+ Skip the first song, 10 minutes of nothing

entretenido, pero es un 3 de 5

Improvised funk jams. I can hear some of John Frusciante's influences. Top track: Hit It And Quit It / Maggot Brain

The thread of bonkersness is characteristcally prominent as Clinton ambles through psychedelia, funk, soul and rock. At all times it retains a vintage, vinyl feel whilst never veering into psychedelic or funk naffery. The melodies and grooves are not compromised for cheap bass-funk, nor poor psychedelic-production tropes. But the album feels like a warm up for the superior 'One Nation Under a Groove', by which time they had developed and near-perfected this funk, soul, jam, blues, pop, rock sound. But having the nascent Funkadelic sound here is none too bad at all. It comes in a notch below 'One Nation'.

uneven - some songs are awesome and others.

Idk about this one

decent, was expecting a little more funk

No es para tanto orgasmo, dos golondrinas no hacen verano lo sabemos.

Make sure to open ears properly.

As much rock as funk

Fantastic Solo on Title track Can you get to that is lovely, 2 stand outs are You and your folks Super Stupid 7/10

A mixed bag. The opening track is weird, boring and redundant as a mood setter, but it is promptly followed by some catchy pop hits. Not bad, but not essential listening. Lose the Hendrix style self-indulgence and it could have been better.

Guitar rifts were neat! A little strange lyrically although I assume that’s the point with the album name being what it is. Not my flavor of music but good artistically.

It was good but I just couldn't catch the vibe, sound quality not amazing

pretty funky, think i gotta be on acid for this to hit

Not as good as it should be. Only a couple of tracks have real upbeat driving grooves that I would call funk. But what do I know?

3.5 stars

I really like this album EXCEPT for the thing I'm always told I'm supposed to go crazy over, which are the two long, extended, shrill and increasingly annoying songs/guitar jams/sonic explosions that open and close the album. The stuff sandwiched in the middle is interesting and quirky and kind of fun. But it comes out to about fifteen minutes of material. Overall, it feels like another entry in the "didn't get enough attention when it came out and for that reason and others (George Clinton eventually becoming GEORGE CLINTON) wound up getting a bit TOO much love ultimately" category. I appreciate that they were branching out into uncharted waters, but 1971 was a fantastic year for soul/r&b; Marvin Gaye, Roberta Flack, Sytlistics, Chi-Lites, Sly Stone, Al Green, Ike and Tina and more I'm sure I'm forgetting put out major albums that year. Not to mention that it was also one of the best years ever for pop/rock. It's kind of easy to see how Maggot Brain got overlooked. And I can't say I'd put it in my top 20 albums for that year. 3 1/2.

This was truly weird, mostly in good ways, though some of it did not land for me. I can see the influence on Prince and others.

Start your album with a ten-minute jazz-funk ramble to weed out the posers, then hit ‘em between the eyes with the leaded gas. Funkadelic does shit their own way.

I love the grooves and the guitar wow. The emotions are really strong in the beginning especially, I loved the dark mysterious vibes. But the last 2 songs are too goofy for me.

Over half of it ends up being instrumental, so wasn’t really expecting that from a funk record (that doesn’t end up playing too much like a funk record). 6/10

One of the most iconic guitar songs of all time followed by some pretty good funky jams. I definitely was really digging this till the literal fart noises on the last track. Wow that was lame. Dropped from at least a strong 4 to a mid 3/5

I like most of this. I don't know enough about funk to know how to talk about it but this is entertaining and I would listen to it again for sure

I mean, it's undeniably funky. The crying on the last track scared the shit out of me when it happened though. A funky beat made terrifying with that and the rest of the shit going on.