Maggot Brain

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.

I was about to give this a 4. It had so many great hits. Super Stupid seems like early Gary Clark Jr. There was some funk and some hard rock. The opening track was cool too. Then, these last two songs...weren't...great. Back in Our Minds was unsettling and Wars of Armageddon was just a bunch of noises over funk.

Good not great.

Bit of Funk never hurt anyone. Got to be in a sassy mood to really get behind this though.

Definitely funky!

Not bad!

I won't deny that this was a genre-defining/transforming record. Despite primarily being a funk group, there's more emphasis on the guitar here thanks to one Eddie Hazel. Definitely inspired by Jimi Hendrix with the fuzz and "wah" effects utilized throughout. I must've thought this album was better than I remembered though, as it came off as inconsistent after my most recent listen. Yes, the opening track's guitar solo and "Super Stupid" were great for the above reasons, but things just slipped into more of an eccentric mess from there.

“Maggot Brain” es una revolución sonora que fusiona música funk, R&B y psicodelia de una manera tan innovadora que sigue sonando actual y es difícil de creer que fuera publicado en 1971. En apenas 37 minutos de duración demuestra cómo en aquella época se hacía música tan interesante y distintiva con infinitamente menos recursos que los que tienen los artistas y productores actuales. “Maggot Brain”, canción que abre y da título al álbum arranca con un monólogo en el que describe a una sociedad podrida desde la raíz, un problema que tiene su origen en el cerebro. El resto del tema son 10 minutos de un increíble solo de guitarra (considerado uno de los mejores de la historia) de la mano de Eddie Hazel. En esta larga instrumental de cerca de 10 minutos, el guitarrista plasma de manera brutal el dolor, el duelo y la desesperación de toda la raza humana. A lo largo del álbum se encuentran más reivindicaciones sociales como el grito de unión de toda la sociedad sin importar su procedencia y condiciones de vida en “You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks”. En “Super Stupid” el grupo aborda el tema de la drogadicción y sus consecuencias, narradas de una manera exagerada, para asegurarse de que el mensaje llega a todo oyente. El cierre del álbum, “Wars of Armageddon”, es una absoluta delicia y locura auditiva: psicodélico, caótico, revolucionario y grotesco, pone el foco en la libertad y el poder. Este último tema es una absoluta locura auditiva que comienza con el llanto de un bebé que causa molestia a un ciudadano y termina con el latido de un corazón y un último toque musical, representación de la demencia colectiva de la humanidad. Sin duda, es una de las canciones más extrañas y originales que he escuchado en mi vida. “Maggot Brain” no es tan solo un álbum más de música funk, es un disco lleno de mensaje, repleto de instrumentales psicodélicas que posicionan este álbum en la vanguardia de la música de los 70 y del género funk psicodélico en cuanto a sonido y letras.

It was okay

3.5 stars. Really liked this, especially the opening and closing tracks - the middle ones were just okay. Not necessarily my usual type of music but it was a great listen with some sounds that really tickled my ears and I'd happily give it another spin.

Super stupid, but fun.

***An ok album

A bit of deja vu as I press submit on ATCQ with a comment about wishing I had known their music better when I saw them on Lollapalooza and then seeing (what was essentially) another group about which the same thing could be said. Same Lollapalooza, even. The universe is so weird. While listening to this album this morning, I am reading an article about the death of Dave Parker and it mentions his famous tee shirt that said "If you hear any noise it's just me and the boys boppin" which was inspired by lyrics from Parliament's "Mothership Connection." I don't REALLY believe we are living in a simulation, but things get really weird sometimes... And then about 15 minutes after I typed that last part, I receive a text message from the guy I went to that Lollapalooza with, first time I've heard from him in almost a year.

Dit album is gemaakt om te bewijzen dat het gemaakt kan worden. Ik schrik altijd als ik dat lees. Krijgen we weer amuzikaal snob-geluid. Maar het valt me mee. Dit album lijkt te draaien om het (lange) titelnummer. Het nummer met de minste funk nota bene. Het heeft juist een wat zwart gitaargeluid. Er volgt een hele hoop vergeetbaarheid en een sample-extravagance. Met wel weer een koekoeksklok, speciaal voor een luistermaatje.

I have tried listening to this before, and I didn't care much for it. I'll give it a second shot today, and hopefully come away with a better feeling. I definitely enjoyed it more this time around. ⭐⭐⭐

After listening to this album I have just one question. Why the fart sounds on the last track? It's so out of left field and out of place that I'm still dumbfounded. The last track really ruins the album which is a shame.

Excellent guitar work on the first track. Unfortunateøy, the rest of the album doesn’t live up to the standard set by the title track.

One of my first real listens of funk. I liked it, but still not a huge fan of the long songs. But more tolerable here for sure. “More power to the pussy/more pussy to the people” preach

Funky and fun. Not sure how often I would put it on, but enjoyed hearing it.

met my bf down at the taco truck…

Ironically Funkadelic is the less-funky iteration of George Clinton’s collective. Fun listen.

so... i have finally finished my exams and you are telling me that i need to lsiten to a super long face-melting, mind-bending guitar solo as relief? but anyway im always as rotten as a nest of maggots. so i listened it in the complete dark, with a blindfold on my eyes. and i can say that the title track is the finest ten minutes of guitar wankery i ever heard. it deserves a high score. but the rest are really mid. 3.5/5

1971. Funk. Rock. Psychedelica. 6/10 Maggot Brain

Funky😎

Gradvis svakere for hver låt dessverre

super funky

Beginning is awesome, ending kinda sucks

Funky

Ja okay... Funk nok.. Sejt og memorabelt album art.

Spot on varebetegnelse. Det er syret funky shit

Decent album. Super stupid and Maggot Brain were good songs. Wars of Armageddon was pretty terrible. Overall decent album that holds up well today. 6/10

Cool but the fart sounds ruined it a bit

Funk and Psychedelic Rock is not my thing but this album really impressed me. The opener is a really artistic and beautifully mastered guitar solo and the middle chunk of the album is full of some great funk rock. 7/10

Wild

Foonkey

peaked at the first track - the 10 minutes psychedelic excursion was the highlight of the album. the funk side wasn't nearly as gripping.

Ok

already listened to it. thought it was good but not massively into it

Very funky, as per the name. I didn’t care for the last for first songs. Some tracks were enjoyable, and the album reminded me of a song by Vulfpeck: Rango II.

Good tunes but not my style :)

3 estrelas. sei da importância mas sempre impliquei com esse disco, acho superestimado.

It was okay, not my genre

On the lower side of 3

It took me a goddamn long time to unlock and appreciate the magic of this (partly because I despise the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and John Frusciante seems to be a mean little copycat of George Clinton's ravaging guitar fury on the title track). While I do enjoy some good scattered, all-over-the-place records, the pendulum on Maggot Brain swung a little too fast for me to catch up. Still, minus a few points of the production choices, such as the ultra-heavy delay on the drums in "You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks", the metallic dings on "Back in Our Minds" and, ofc, the farting noises on the closer. Sure, a good fart can make one laugh harder than the hardest-hitting joke, but a "joke" doesn't get better when told a bazillion times over. Too much "humor" tends to ruin the listening experience for me (mainly because it wears off so quickly), but there's still so much to like on Maggot Brain nevertheless.

Really liked this, big pink Floyd fan and they sounded similar at parts

Not a typical Greorge Clinton sound. It felt more like background music.

Good music. Liked the experimentation.

Album was okay. It really picked up around Super Stupid.

No conocía nada sobre este género p-funk y genial haberlo conocido de esta forma, buen álbum que mezcla rock, funk, con algo psicodélico haciendo buen honor a Hendrix. No se si sería un álbum que escucharía a menudo pero como historia me gustó. Maggot brain es un tema brutal, la manera de relatar algo la guitarra espectacular. Aunque me parece extraña la manera en que está mezclada la canción por momentos la guitarra se paneaba extraña y de colaba.

Ahh another Funkadelic album, I'm becoming quite a fan! This was a cool album not mind-blowing but it was fun

It was fine. It didn't really capture my imaginatoin.

355/1002 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

Cool guitar riffs and solos. Boomers need background music too.

PRETTY FUNKY

Can You Get To That is etched in my brain as an all time great funk song. First two tracks are strong but the rest of the album sounds like they overindulged in LSD and it went downhill from there. 2.5/5. Raising to a 3.

interressant aber Ned meins fav track -

I'd rather not drown in my own shit. The first song, Maggot Brain, is fantastic. Overall album is solid. Some strange stuff but some cool guitar and melody, too. Nice to get a mostly instrumental album.

Good funk

Another album I've listened to before, I like it but the only real stand outs are "Can you get to that" & "Hit it and Quit it". Over half the album is the opening and closing 10 minutes songs that are just kind of there. Great album art and name though.

last song bizarre but loved the first song overall pretty cool but not my style

It's a bold move to start your funk-soul album with a 10+ minute guitar solo. This was okay, but I think when it comes to Funkadelic I'm more of a Greatest Hits fan.

Maggot Brain is great background grooving music, Can You Get To That was pretty fun, not so much a fan of the rest but still listenable.

Kiedyś byłoby więcej

The title track fucks. Hard. The rest of the album doesn't really live up to it. Some of the tracks in the middle I enjoyed, but others not so much. Especially whatever the fuck that was at the end. Higher side of 3

Excellent guitar work. Some of the songs are better than others. I eventually skipped ahead during "Wars of Armageddon" because it was just unpleasant to the ear with all the screaming.

Not shabby. Interesting.

p246, 1971. 3 stars. Weird, but in a good way. Suffers from the usual early 70s wankage on some of the tracks, but there's enough here to keep interest. And guitarist Eddie Hazel is a bit good.

meh 3/5

Great guitar work but some of the songs are long winded and rambly.

It’s all fine until the last song. Hesitating to give it a four but I don’t like screaming.. It’s a very brave to put two 8-9min tracks, and the album is just 37 minutes long. I like the first two songs.

i do love me some funk. I appreciate what Funkadelic does. and i will always appreciate this sound. however, this album leaves a lot to be desired. two very long opening/closing tracks that feature a lot of odd sounds and just sound way out there. this feels like less of an album and more of a compilation of unfinished ideas that were put on a record. i dig the middle of the album, so it gets a three but thats where it stops for me.

The first song was really chill and good for just being 10 minutes of guitar. There was a lot of intentional weirdness in the singing and sounds, which made the album really unique. But sometimes the weirdness also took away from actually good sounds, so it was pretty much a wash.

Change my mind: the urge to put a ten-minute track on an album in the 70s is the same urge dudes have to start a podcast with their buddies today, just evolved. At the very least, it’s an entertaining album. There’s definitely a lot to applaud, but I don’t quite get the funk genre enough to fully appreciate the hype. Would be great to have playing with the windows down on a road trip.

I listened to this album Sunday evening while cleaning up house after hosting Easter brunch with friends and Easter dinner with family. It was perfect for that scenario. A 10 minute long guitar solo would normally get on my nerves, but it works while you're cleaning. I was really grooving with this album and was planning on giving it a 4 up until the last song. Who decides putting cats screeching in a song was a good idea? Overall I liked the album, but it lost a star on the last song.

Pretty decent. More psychedelic and less groovy than i might expect

First listen to this album - feel I missed a trick not being stoned

Some good moments.

Definitely a classic, but not one that fully clicks with me, unfortunately. I love a few of these tracks - Can You Get To That is the cream of the crop, for sure, and not just because its sample is the backbone of a certified indie pop by Sleigh Bells - but others, like the title track and its meandering solo, don't have the same punch. Three stars is underrating this, for sure, but I think this is a round-down from 3.5 record.

Groovy, funky and sometimes rocking. Very interesting combination.

nice riffs, bit too psychedelic for my taste.

Good album

Very good, dog meget lang i starten og meget eksperimentelle sange.

Destaques - Hit It and Quit It - You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks - Wars Of Armageddon

Groove maneiro, album bem construído e bem completo mas nada muito fora da curva, esse final do cara peidando cagando e gitando me pegou mt desprevenido, 6,5/10

sem tempo hoje irmão, barulhos de vaca e peido

Very funky but also quite strange, especially the last song. I was definitely bopping to some of the songs but the album feels a bit unbalanced, maybe even unfinished? It's quite short and I'm not sure some of the elements really make sense in some the of the songs. Still had a good time nonetheless

Either really liked the song or hated it. Ended up saving 4 songs but not the album in Spotify

2.5 rounded up to 3

This absolutely belongs on this list. But for me it's just OK.

Same as the last Funkadelic album - mostly enjoyable if a tad overindulgent

It was OK, wasn't my vibe

Loooove Can You Get to That? and have for a long time, but the rest of the album isn't as good unfortunately

Not great

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would. A few great songs I'll listen to again but also a couple that weren't my style. Opened me up to a different style of music which is great.

השיר הראשון תפס אותי לא מוכן גם השיר האחרון היה מפתיע, לא הבנתי מה הם קשורים לאלבום, התחכמות מיותרת שאר האלבום אהבתי

A freak out.

Holy shit that opening guitar solo... what a sound.

Excellent stoner album.

Great moments but slightly overjerked. Can You Get To That bangs

I don’t have much patience for the opening and closing tracks. But: Sandwiched between these two tedious 10 minutes tracks are 5 five songs that evoke the spirit and sounds of the city, that make an excellent EP. Meanwhile, I really hate the cover of this album. If they wanted to disturb me, they did. I’ll be glad when it’s not showing up all over my phone.

I love Funk, and I was looking forward to this one. Bookended by some rather lengthy tracks, the album is more accessible and enjoyable in the middle. I’m guessing I need to spend more time with this one to appreciate it more fully!

Rock, Jazz, 1971 -> 3

Except for the first track, the music is not clear to me. 6 out of 10.

Correcto

Wasn't sure at first but found myself getting absorbed. Feels like one I might go back to and get more from it on repeat listening

Surprisingly I really like the title track. It's a bit proggy but in a way I actually enjoy! I came across 'Can You Get That' weirdly because of Sleigh Bells who sampled it. Very very different versions but both are excellent. Probably not an album I'll listen to again.

Good stuff, jam band esque

Made me want to go out and listen to a heap of Frank Zappa.

Great tribute to Hendrix. How come I’ve never heard this before?

Given that this was released in 1971, it's very cool. I actually enjoyed it a bit.

The first track was crazy with headphones and the last track was crazy with headphones but more cat sounds and fart noises.

Eerste nummer was geniaal rest minder Eerste nummer zou ik 4,5 geven wordt een 3 omdat de rest van het album gewoon niet echt mn ding js

Funky and fun to vibe to. It really starts off on a high note with some great psychedelic rock in Maggot Brain , but it slowly drops off after that (other than Super Stupid, which also had some great solos)until you get to Wars of Armageddon which ends with a screaming lady and fart sounds?

The funk was good, just too into this record.

60’s-70’s funk sound

Weird, outlandish lyrics

Good album

Loved the first track but everything after wasn’t really all that exciting for me (except “Back In Our Minds”)

Going from the first track to the rest of the album gives me whiplash, outside that its pretty funky as the title implies. Some great hooks and beats, its fun but a little dark, if that makes sense.

Loved every song with the exception of the first and last songs which were so awful they each knocked a star off. What a weird unbalanced album. I get what they were going for with those two tracks but man they were unpleasant to listen to

"Maggot Brain", the title track didn't resonate with me quite the way it seemed to with others. Skilled guitar player, no question, but Hazel's guitar solo did not rock my world. Favorites: "Hit it and Quit it" and "Super Stupid". I respected the creativity of "Wars of Armageddon", even if I don't think I will feel ever feel compelled to return. I am not convinced that anyone "needs" to hear this album before they die.

An album blending funk and rock helmed by top-notch musos should be something right up my alley, but honestly the result is thoroughly forgettable. I was already familiar with the title track of this album because a guitarist friend of mine raved about it back in high-school. I never told him this at the time, but I thought it sounded like incredibly run-of-the-mill bedroom noodling. Time has only intensified that opinion and I don't understand why it's so well regarded as a guitar piece. It's possible that my dislike of that track influenced my perception of the rest of the album as there are definitely some funky tracks on here. Can You Get To That is probably the best track with it's use of 12-string acoustic. However, nothing really stands out, and I don't think the rock influences really elevate any of the pieces - they simply sound like funk songs with more distortion.

The first song is incredibly bad and is over 10 mins long. I would have switched off if I wasn't committed to listening to every one of these stupid albums from start to finish. The last song also dreadful but not quite as bad. Respect for the farts around the 7.40 mark. On the positives I was already aware Can You Get To That is a brilliant song and I thought Super Stupid was the pick of the bunch. Maybe a generous 3 as I wouldn't listen from start to finish again.

Funky!!

Wild wah guitars over tense arpeggios to start off, then surprisingly acoustic back porch folksy sound (like if The Band could groove) given the astral funk journey they'd embark on shortly. The gritty guitars and organs work together nicely to pick out some funky riffs. Fun polyvocality with playful interplay between the singers and instruments, its a gospel choir having a party. The guitar keeps shredding wah over the top and the sound moves form the porch into a dirtier garage rock style.

Que sorpresa de disco! Me esperaba un disco de funk pero se acerca más a la psicodelia. Todo un descubrimiento

Expected a bit more. I usually enjoy funk/psychedelic music, but this was a bit more mellow and less energetic than I presumed. Still, it was a nice listen, especially considering when it came out.

This was a cool album, but the 2 ten minute songs that bookend it get kind of boring.

Some great tracks but the two 10 minute songs that bookend the album get kind of boring

It's not my type of music definitely but it isn't bad for me as well. I'd say I'm neutral about this music. The one thing that I enjoy is guitar parts!

Again Maggot Brain is great!......what was the rest of that?

Discazo, lo re disfrute. Todas las canciones tienen mucho groove. No sé cómo, pero logran que siempre quiera moverme a la par del ritmo. Y en general suenan súper bien juntos, muy integrados cada uno por su parte. Hay dos cosas que no me convencieron: la calidad del sonido (que bueno igual por la época no tengo de qué quejarme) y que siento que todos los temas están muy cargados de cosas. Ya me pasó con otro album, uno de Stevie que no recuerdo el nombre. Pero personalmente siento que esa como pared sonora es demasiado y a veces me agobia. Pero en general fue muy bueno y lo disfrute. Tengo que escuchar más suyo. 7/10

Starting this project on a whim, how long will I stick with it? First time intentionally listening to Funkadelic without Parliament. Not what I expected but cool. Oh yeah, I do know "Can You Get To That" and not only bc of the Sleigh Bells song that samples it. Groovy lol Other than that and maybe one other track, this is an album I probably won't come back to.

Decent, but doesn't really stand out with anything in particular.

Wow, Wars of Armageddon is an incredibly annoying piece of cacophony. Other than that, it's grand, but not necessarily something I'll come back to very often.

3.5, in a cosmic way

Pretty funky. 3/5

3*

One mind melting guitar solo does not a great album make - but what a guitar solo in the title track! Feeling kind so we'll go 3 just based on that alone even though the rest I could give or take

These people are sickenly funny. Maggot Brain song dind't have the right to be that smooth!

I'd seen this album cover crop up a lot, so I'm glad to have finally given it a listen. I think this is broadly pretty good. It's quite funky, with some driving beats and uplifting moments. 3.5 rounded down.

Gotta love anything that comes out of Detroit. Its funky. Which is only applicable in about 27% of my daily life.

Fun little groovy album.

I didn’t feel the funk

Emotional rollercoaster po prvej pesnicke smh

Surrounding

6/10 Very nice 11-29-2024

Me estaba gustando y pensaba ponerle 4 estrellas, pero luego llegó el track final experimental de 10 minutos en donde escuchamos muchos ruidos, entre ellos mugidos y pedos, y pues nadie quiere escuchar pedos. Así que le bajo una estrella, por pesaos.

The narration and sound effect scared tf out of me but liked Maggot Brain

The real question is: more power to the pussy or more pussy to the power?

Fine P-funk stripped of its ridiculousness and gimmicks.

This album was pretty fun! I am not sure how often I will return to it, but it was a good time! The solo song of "Maggot Brain" was fun, although it did go a little long in my opinion. However, what the fuck was "Wars of Armageddon"....the burping throughout it was so weird. Overall though, I did enjoy most of this album. Probably more of a 3.5 Liked songs: "Can You Get To That" , "Hit It and Quit It" , "You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks" , "Super Stupid"

Pre-listening thoughts: my brain feels like maggots rn Post/during listening thoughts: not the opening song being nine minutes… I was sorely mistaken expecting just a funk album I suppose. Sue me for seeing the name Funkadelic and expecting funk. Instead it’s a psychedelic rock fusion album. I think I wanted to like this a lot more than I actually did. The genre blend just isn’t quite working for me today because I really did just want a pure funk album sorry 😭. It’s really unique and I’ll give it credit and maybe on another day I’d enjoy this more. But today I’m kinda meh on it. 5.5/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: I dont think so? Fav tracks: Can You Get To That, You and Your Folks… Least fav tracks: Maggot Brain, Super Stupid

Much more rock oriented than I was expecting. Very Hendrixesque. First song is incredible. Also Rill Rill sample! Pretty good but lots of the middle got lost in the shuffle.

Liked Can You Get To That

5/10…funkadelic soul

I can see why this was very influential at the time, very experimental. But most of it sounds very repetitive to me.

1. 3/5 Chill, veel gitaar goede intro maar moet erbij neerzitten niet voor op playlist wanneer je willekeurig liedjs speelt. Panning links guitar rechts is heel cool. Van deze intro lijkt het of het een art album zal zijn. Zeer mooie intro. 2. 3.5/5 Mooie groove, mooie bas, wel raar met de harmonieën maar maakt het net goed. Perfecte duratie 3. 4/5 Guitaar intro nice, weeral goede groove. Hoge achtergrond stem gaat goed met de Guitaar. Speciaal (toetsenbord) gebruikt, uniek. Schreeuwende guitaar zoals Jimi Hendrikx 4. 3.5/5 Mega groove. 5. 4.5/5 Zeer goede intro, hoge pace, Jimi Hendrix reallyyy, na de tekst komt enkel instrumenten voor 1.30 minuut. 6. 2/5 goofy ahh beat. Wel mooi blaasinstrument op het einde. 7. 2.5/5 Raar dat baby aan het wenen is en man roept maar goed liedje. Rare stemmen gebruikt maar is nog wel decent door de guitaar. Fucking kak geluiden hell nah. More pussy to the power. Drug ahh song

No los conocía. Sin más; en 1971 hay muchísimos lps mejores.

cool, but little bit tiring in the end

An album I'd been meaning to listen to but hadn't got round to it. Surprised that I didn't like it more but maybe it would grow on me if I gave it another go. Fav track: Can You Get to That

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Really funky, enjoyed

Wasn’t so keen on the title track but I liked some of these songs. Some are reminiscent of early Talking Heads.

Undeniably funky, but very all over the place tonally - loved the title track, but the rest just feels a bit rough and unfinished in places. Can You Get To That has some great vocal work too, but it all just felt a bit... There? Nothing too amazing, sorry Funkadelic but I don't tee hink I'll be back to this one.

3 за 10-минутный эпос я уже понял что гитарист может пилить соло, можно было на пятой минуте остановиться

This is really good music and for me it's very situational a to when id like to listen to it. The song Maggot Brain has parts that sounded like Pink Floyd, specifically Wish You Were Here (which came 4 years later).

Devoid of funk

#74 - some bangers and some ridiculous fillers.

Reading all the raving reviews makes me think that I missed something here.. this album was fine but forgettable in my opinion. I get experimentalism but feel like this could have been better. 3/5

I thought it is going to be better. I skipped the last song as i found it annoying.

Take some bluesy guitar work, add a whole bunch of funk and integrate it with some weird themes -= good stuff

Pretty slick entry. Maybe not the best album but I can appreciate the long jams that bookend a pretty fun 35 minute album. Hard not to get behind a band called Funkadelic that seems to just want to get together and have fun making music. Love seeing Bernie Worrell of Talking Heads (and elsewhere) pop up as a band member. 2.89 stars

3.

This album is weird af, but also nice. Nice grooves. Title track is an instrumental masterpiece. Being from 1971 I see how this record made the list but... too weird maybe.

First song great. Rest is not for me

Looks and album titles can be deceptive. As illustrated here. One look at this album and I wasn’t looking forward to it. But what a great guitar solo to start it all off. Not what I’d expect on a funk album and it wouldn’t have sounded out of place on one or two of my prized harder sounding prog rock albums. Well produced sound as well. Guitar echos bouncing from my speakers to every corner of my lounge. This was 10 in the morning so what it’ll sound like at night after a few beers?? That first track was perhaps the highlight (so much so that I bookmarked it as a favourite) as it soon reverted to what I expected and a funk sound which does not do it for me. But then Super Stupid came along and I could have been listening to Hendrix. Wiki dares to state that at times tracks on the album bettered Hendrix. Wouldn’t go that far but a great effort as regards that one track. The long last track, Wars of Armageddon I was expecting another great guitar solo but it turned out to be an overlong jam. But that great first track really made this album and worth the entrance price alone. Cover art was intriguing. Was that a head of someone buried whose brain had been infested with maggots or just a carelessly discarded head? Either way not worth pondering too long at 10am. 3/5 18/10/24

3 - I really liked the opening mood of the first song but nothing else grabbed me

Funky and smooth, but also chill. Something seems missing though. Not a fan of very long tracks but the shorter ones were decent. Highlights: Super Stupid

You know what, my expectations were genuinely on the floor when I saw a nine minute track titled Maggot Brain up first. I wanted to hate it and give it 1/5; but, and I can’t pinpoint when, I actually started to really enjoy it

That was a nice surprise. Shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, or an album by its title! Enjoyable guitar work as I’d expect from this lot, but some really weird samples that spoilt things.

I seem to like George Clinton's sound, mellow stuff going on in the background and a fuzzed up whah whah fest of a guitar. But I don't like it enough to listen to it as a go to.

That first song set the expectations too high

It was OK. Funky, but washed over me a bit.

Þetta byrjaði ekki vel. Ég bjóst við alvörufönki og svo var þetta í upphafi eins og einhver væri bara að prófa nýja gítarinn sinn. Svo skyndilega varð þetta bara frábært og algjört fönk sem ég fílaði í ræmur. Fékk mig til að vilja hlusta á fönk. Bara aðra plötu en þessa einmitt út af tilraunadæminu

First song made me text my dad. You get LOST on that track, you zone the fuck OUT. I described it to dad as being taken out of your body, being given a power wash, and being put back in. That's powerful music. Now there were a few songs after that that did nothing like that for me but the talent never left the building so yes.

Side one: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Side two: ⭐⭐ I guess I take the average? Waste of a great start.

Something sounding very nice, yet too experimental for me to enjoy

Like the first song, it's awesome. Rest is fine.

Not on Spotify

Compared to other Funkadelic albums I think this is a bit weak. Hit it and Quit It is a stand out. I don’t get the hype around the Maggot Brain guitar solo.

Maggot Brain goes down as one of the greatest guitar solos of all time, but rest of the album struggles

Pretty good. Funky + psychedellic, funnily enough. Some nice moments but somehow inconsequential.

I’ve been vacillating between liking this album and not liking this album. Can You Get to That and Back in Our Minds were pretty good. But otherwise, eh.

Don’t like Super Stupid or Wars of Armageddon

Hard to comprehend how early this was for great guitar music. Pioneering, but didn't entirely love it.

Przyjemne, nie znałem tego gatunku. takie 3/5, ale jakby się dało to dałbym 3,5/5.

Kinda interesting and kinda ok. Was pleased I heard it, but not quite the music I want right now. Mild comfort. 3 stars. Potential for more, but not quite seen or felt right now.

01) Maggot Brain - 8,5 02) Can You Get to That - 7,5 03) Hit It and Quit It - 7,5 04) You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks - 7,5 05) Super Stupid - 7,0 06) Back in Our Minds - 7,5 07) Wars of Armageddon - 6,0 TOTAL: 7,36 (74/100) Current ranking: 167/305

Seemed like the first song is from a different album by a different altist. 🤔

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Certainly funky, certainly not that interesting

- Nicht unbedingt mein Genre, aber einige coole Songs sind dabei

I think I liked it? Don't quite remember to be honest

Funky

This is a weird record. It's funky. But it's also quite a bit maudlin at times. I'm used to my funk being up up up all the time and no slowing down. Power to the pussy, that's a sentiment I can appreciate. There's so much exploration here, and I don't think all of it landed. Was a cool ride, but not one I'm gunna take again.

thought this was fun! last song was just a lot of noises. probably wouldn't listen to much of it again

Never heard this album before. The first song is a great instrumental which sounds ahead of its time. Pretty much everything on this album works. I bet they were amazing to see live. Strong 3 stars. "Power to the pussy"

I rather liked some of this. I've listened to the cover of Can You Get To That by Balancing Act so I rather enjoyed the original.

as a vibe/lyric listener, an 11 minute instrumental is not my cup of tea but overall enjoyed the sound

Cool acid punk sound overall but the bookends feel a bit indulgent. Worth the listen.

Strangely enough I have never listened to this record. Not what I expected but not bad

ich lieb s albumcover so fest 10 MIN GMÜETLICH hä ich hans gfühl ich kenns?? debi hani denkt ich han das nanie glost poaaah ich liebsssss die brüellend gitarre mite ruhige, schlaflied-mässige gitarre im hindergrund schochli much aber jo ER HET TÜFI STIMM FUNNY jaa aaber umhaue tuts mi jz nöd you and you folks findi sticht jz chli meh usse, sehr geil mitem bass super stupid het echli led zeppelin chords? richtigg geil back in our minds hani eis zu goofy gfunde tibiheitsch findi v.a. die geil wo mich ah led zeppelin erinneret, wie au wars of armageddon ok nvl jz gahts recht ufd eier schwanke zwüsche 3 und 4, aber ehrlich gseit ischs echli wenig konsistent füres 4i

honestly a little disappointed overall. aside from Wars Of Armageddon it fell a little flat for me with less substance than some of the other stuff i heard from them. i feel bad giving it a 3 but i don’t think it cracks 4 with only having one song with relisten ability

Perfectly decent funk music. Maggot brain is a stunning song though

This is alright?

Not my favorite P-Funk album. It was fun hearing where some of the samples came from. Not sure if i'd listen to it again.

I think I tend towards the Parliament version of this band over the Funkadelic version. Though there is some great guitar work on this album, overall, I liked it just okay.

The contrast from the first and second song is crazy. The first one is a 10 minute guitar solo where the guitarist is shredding while the second one is a pretty normal song. This through me for a loop especially because most of the album afterwards is normal funk. Then the last song is weird as hell (some guy farts on the microphone!). This album is both pretty decent and absolutely sucks so I'll just give it a 3 and stop thinking about.

Funky Probably wouldn’t listen again

I thought this would be right up my street, but it fell flat 3/5 …Maggot Brain was amazing, a solid 5/5, but the rest of the tracks didn’t live up to the magic of the first one. The songs were really short too. Reviewed 23/08/2024

It’s nice

Odd, I think I'd like an instrumental version a lot more. 3/5

Who would have thought that band with the name Funkadelic would sound funky? Jokes aside this was a solid album that doesn't appear to take itself too seriously. I wouldn't call it my favorite, and the fart noises at the end were definitely unnecessary. Musically it focused heavily in the instruments, which were all solid.

Starts out slow- i understand the stylistic choice (especially with the message of knocking up the earth and imagery of decay / maggots) but not the sound I look for in Funk. Album then picks up and becomes much more high-energy and fun. I liked "Hit It and Quit It" a lot. Definitely a lot of strong emotion and raw sound in this album

Слишком психоделично для меня. Под определенное настроение - прикольно.

Big funk. Can’t tell them what to do. Felt the beat, but their art is wild style.

A bit of an odd one. I really like the middle section, but it’s bookended by two, ten minute tracks, that take up 2/3 of the album. The first one is a noodling Hendrixesque guitar solo, the last track is a bit of a sloppy jam. The middle part is great funk but there’s just not an album’s worth of music here. 3 stars I guess, coz it’s really good but also pretty lame.

Um...okay? Non so perché mi aspettavo mi cambiasse la vita

Some bangers, some sleepers. Didn’t feel complete, idk needed more

High 3 - very good!