Maggot Brain

Love the Funk!

Father of mother 4/5

Not what I was expecting in a good way

The title track opening this album is one-of-a-kind, that's for sure. This atmospheric plea to save Mother Earth is a very current topic, and the latter is mostly conveyed through a tearful 10-minute guitar solo. One for the ages. When you get to the band's funk-rock routine right after this impressive opener, the transition (or lack thereof) is a bit jarring, to be honest. But fortunately, "Can You Get To That", "Hit It And Quit It" and "You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks" are excellent cuts. Their vocals are fun and soulful, and the rough edges of the instrumentation bring a lot of life to the proceedings. This LP loses steam a little on the second side, though. And that rather self-indulgent jam at the very end (ten minutes that are less stellar than the ones of the opener) prevents me from giving Funkadelic a perfect grade 4,5/5 stars, mostly for the record's first side and its historical importance for African-American music. Feeling generous today, so I'm gonna round up that mark to five. If you asked to me choose between team Bill Clinton and team George Clinton, I know for sure which horny sax player I would pick. Next, please. Number of albums left to review: 536 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 223 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 108 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 135

Very funky and psychedelic album, liked it a lot! Highlights: Maggot Brain, Can You Get to That

Fuck yes.

A little too quirky free form for me. I was going to say it's good background ambient music but some of the repetitive percussion gets grating

Doom funk.

casu martzu

Maggot brain is so good it elevates the rest of the album

The first and last songs were just so weird but interesting. I liked it much more than I thought I would. I think if there had been something more I would give a 4, but this is a pleasant 3.

This album (while I really like it) has always creeped me out. Has to be the absurd 10 minute guitar solo to start the album; it really does set a tone that affects the more basic tracks. e.g. "Can You Get To That" is a great/classic tune with I suppose you'd call a happy/major sound to it - it reminds me of the theme song to the old freaky '70s kids show "Vegetable Soup" which captivated and terrified me (the animation). Disparate and weird thoughts but even after hearing this album for the ~75th time my mind still goes there. Anyhow - the album is of course a keeper, even if I occasionally think putting "Maggot Brain" as the lead track was a terrible move... maybe it works exactly as-intended. e.g would I hear the rest of the album in the same way without the dark/space/haunting (and too long by about 5 minutes, honestly) solo to lead it off? It all would maybe have sounded "more normal" (which it kind of is, not disparaging it tho) eh I don't know. The bookends of the title track and "Wars of Armageddon" are like the horror-bun to the album's party mix tunes on the inside; a combination of great/accessible funk-rock tracks and a proto-metal song in "Super Stupid" - anyways, even if I occasionally get annoyed by a bit of the beginning and end, it's a complete album in the truest sense - listen to the entire thing. 8/10 4 stars.

last 3 songs not avail on spotify

Maggot brain - Can you get - 3.8/5 Hit it and quit it - 3.8/5 You and your folks, me and my folks - 3.9/5 Super stupid - 3.8/5 Back in our mind - 3.6/5 Wars of Armageddon - 3.6/5

Hell yes. I'm usually more of a song/melody guy than a groove guy, but for whatever reason this hits the spot.

10 Albums You Actually Need To Hear Before You Die Chapter 3: Who says a funk band can’t play rock? - Funkadelic’s “Maggot Brain” I’ve just sat down after dropping the needle on my original, 1971 pressing of Maggot Brain. My stereo system is configured to employ Brian Eno’s 3 channel “ambient speaker system” as diagramed on the back cover of Ambient 4: On Land. Without going into too much technical detail (you can find the diagram online), you wire a third speaker to the positive connections of your left and right speaker outputs, creating a speaker that primarily plays the music that’s panned to the far right and left sides of the stereo field of your records. You place that speaker behind you, forming a triangle with your left and right speakers in front of you and, voila!, “ambient speaker system”. Or, maybe more accurately, “poor man’s surround sound.” Whatever term you want to assign it, the effect is impressive. Eddie Hazel’s guitar on the title track is enveloping, swirling around in front and behind me. His guitar sounds as though it was dipped in lysergic acid before he picked it up to play, much like the man’s brain was when he recorded this solo…or so the legend goes. If Maggot Brain was the only track on this release, that alone would be justification for a five star review. It is truly one of the greatest guitar solos ever committed to tape and, as a whole, this record cements Hazel’s legacy as one of the greatest to ever pick up the instrument. When most people think of Funkadelic, they think of Parliament-Funkadelic, they think of Mothership Connection or We Want The Funk or Flash Light and the massive success George Clinton and company had in the late 70’s. I know I did before hearing this record 20+ years ago, but don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love those records and that era of P-Funk, too. What the average music consumer doesn’t know is that Funkadelic is one the greatest rock bands to ever grace a stage: A blistering, heavy psychedelic rock band. As if that wasn’t enough, they also happen to be one the funkiest bands to ever exist on planet Earth. Now that you’ve heard this record, you’re part of the club…Feels good, doesn’t it? Go and explore the Funkadelic catalog: Standing On the Verge of Getting It On, Cosmic Slop, Hardcore Jollies, Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow, Let’s Take it to the Stage, One Nation Under a Groove…this band is so damn good. After hearing a few albums, you’ll undoubtedly slap yourself in the forehead and ask “Why hasn’t anyone told me how fucking great Funkadelic are? Why don’t more people talk about this? Where have these records been all my life? What else have I been missing out on?”

Funk classic with amazing guitar playing. Title track guitar solo worth 5 stars alone.

3/7

Deja mucho que desear. Fuera de Maggot Brain, no hay una sola canción que me guste realmente. El closer literalmente suena a flatulencias. La verdad, después de escuchar la primera, pensaba que sería mejor. Fuera de eso, no estoy seguro de que fuera mi caso, pero viendo la portada, no me sorprendería que más de uno haya llegado con la idea de que sería malo tan solo por verla; tierra, esos colores y esa expresión tan exagerada hacen que sea desagradable. Creo que es la portada más fea qué he visto hasta ahora.

FUNKY!

Incredible funk album. A little repetitive, but a banger start to finish.

The opening track, is probably one of the best songs I´ve ever heard. It continues very good along the rest of the songs. I´m happy to discover this band, definitly going to listen more from them.

Some parts I liked and some parts not so much

The title track is one of the greatest guitar solos of all time, and the rest of the album is still pretty great to the end.

sonzao massa

Really good album that opens with possibly one of the best guitar performances ever recorded. The rest of the album is still pretty good but pales in comparison.

Great energy and an incredible "Maggot Brain" song. 4.5/5

At first I was not convinced with beginning but later parts made me enjoy this album. Mix of funk and psychedelic themes is really interesting

I’d seen this album before as an inspiration to Childish Gambino’s “Awaken, My Love!” so I was very interested to check it out, that along with the groups name ‘Funkadelic’ it seemed this was going to be an album filled with groovy beats and interesting sounds and I’m here for it. The album kicks off with the title track ‘Maggot Brain’ which is a 10 minute mostly instrumental masterpiece that features some of the coolest sounding guitar I’ve ever heard. It did seem a little strange to lead such a short album with such a long intro track but I love the song regardless so I’m not complaining. It’s an atmospheric experience and very clear to see where Gambino got the inspiration from for his album. This is followed up well by the next 2 tracks, the first being ‘Can You Get To That’ which is a smooth track filled with group vocals that you can’t help but groove along to. The next track being ‘Hit It and Quit It’ which is a lot more in your face funk with a guitar and keyboard leading the way. The next 3 tracks follow a similar sort of style, each being particularly groovy in its own way with a shout out the guitar player on ‘Super Stupid’ absolutely rocking that track. The album finishes with ‘Wars of Armageddon’ which, like the opener, is a 10 minute mostly instrumental track but this time we’ve got some wild percussion leading the way with some very impressive drumming filled with an assortment of sounds in the background. It’s a very interesting way to end the album but I think it gives the bands name justice as this is very funky. Honestly I loved this album, it encapsulates everything jazz and funk that I love and does it in such a compact album that they leave no room for filler, couldn’t recommend this enough.

Heard the title track enough times that I was pretty sure I’d enjoy the rest of it. And I did. Even the goofy sound collage at the end (which I listened to twice just to appreciate the high energy performances behind the sounds) May 8, 2023 Album 400 (skipping Yeezus, I’ll hear it when I’m good & ready), Checkpoint reached. Buds are on the branches. Rain’s falling instead of snow. Thankful that the albums I like from this list far outweigh the ones I don’t. Reminder to self: don’t forget to keep an eye on new releases & bands, as fun as it is to explore the past!

I think I've heard every song on this album at least once or twice but somehow I don't think I've listened straight through. Loved it. Right up my alley with the blend of funk, psych, and straight forward guitar shredding. 5/5

This album really blew my mind. I was expecting straight up funk and was met with a crazy psychedelic / funk / rock fusion. And I mean, can we think of a more insane name than Maggot Brain?

Funky

Loved this. Music virtuosity. Listened twice.

It was good, not memorable at all for me.

weird.

God DAMN.

Much more rock than I was expecting

Pues mira, por la falta de respeto de la última canción, un 1.

Ef eitthvað hefur verið tilraunakennt á sínum tíma, þá er það þetta. Drullugott stöff, mjög svalt!

parecia que ia começar bem, gostei da sonoridade da primeira música, mas conforme o álbum ia progredindo, a qualidade foi caindo. num geral não gostei do álbum, mas o nome combina com o que entregue: é psicodélico.

Funk psicodélico. Me ha gustado. Un 4.

Pues mira, por la falta de respeto de la última canción, un 1.

Classic funk, sampled a lot. Ahead of its time

Groovy yummm

3/5. Not my favorite Funkadelic but some of the songs still jam.

Wouldn’t be my choice but for a 1971 album this contains a surprising blend of influences and musicianship. Probably a good band to have seen live.

Pretty solid.

Honestly bored the balls clean off me

First track rocks.

This was great!

Great

See now this, this takes the madness of Scuicide or throbbing Gristle and makes MUSIC. This was so much fun and though slightly off-putting in parts, felt worth it!

With 'Maggot Brain' as the insanely iconic opener and 'Wars of Armageddon' as the chaotic funky closer announcing the end of the world, you might think that the 5 tracks squeezed in between are fillers. But they consist of energetic, catchy pop, funk and psychedelic in just the right proportions. This album deserves all the praise. Although I don't know what the hell 'Back In Our Minds' is.

Who the hell opens an album with a 10 minute guitar solo with little to no backing band? George Clinton, the genius madman, that’s who! When that solo is Eddie Hazel’s legendary “Maggot Brain”, without a doubt one of the greatest solos ever recorded, I’ve got nothing to complain about either. The rest of the album is a weird mixture of dark, gritty funk and Clinton’s LSD-trips come to live. There’s a lot to love but it doesn’t hit a home run.

Mmmm maggoty

the early songs are really cool but this is another one that devolves into noise 3.5

A beautiful mix of funk and psychedelic grooves and with enough dirty liks to make me do the stank face on a few occasions well done. Parts made me think it was birthed out of a sweaty love between Jimi Hendrix and Santana. I could defiantly get into more of this.

-Listened to this album before- BFL: Maggot Brain is one of my favourite funk albums of all time (only beaten by “There’s a riot goin on” and “funkentelechy”. The grooves and fills on this are unparalleled and all the musicians are absolutely amazing under George Clinton’s command. Look forward to listening to this one again. AL: Reminded myself of why I love Funkadelic and Parliament so much - will never stop being brilliant - especially the opening track - 10 minutes of funky trippy mayhem

Enjoyed it

I knew of this record. In vinyl circles, it's considered a classic. But I'd never heard it. This is great. It's nasty and funky exactly how I need it to be. It's so weird. And I love it.

A lot of weird noises. Not bad music, definitely not for me though.

Terrible

This is my second Funkadelic album on this generator. I found this one heavier than the other one in that it was skewed more towards psychadelic rock than it was towards funk and soul like the first album of theirs that I reviewed was. This album, obviously, featured the 10 minute epic song Maggot Brain, which was a bonus song on the first of their albums I listened to. It is a phenomenal song that features the amazing skill set of Eddie Hazel. George Clinton was apparently obsessed with shit. Taking shits, talking about shitting... It was all fair game with him. I noticed it in the first album by Funkadelic that I got (One Nation Under a Groove). There is a song on that album called Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (Doo Doo Chasers) that deals heavily with shit. Frequently throughout this album he refers to drowning in shit, and taking shits. Within the first 30 seconds of the first song on the album he talked about shit. Also, the last minute of the song Wars of Armageddon features farting/shitting noises laid over a funky beat for some reason. A passion of his apparently. Overall, another great album! This band was super talented, and I can see how they have influenced the face of music as we see it today. Favourite songs: Super Stupid, Can You Get To That, Hit It And Quit It, "You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks", Maggot Brain, I Miss My Baby Least favourite songs: Back in Our Minds, Wars of Armageddon 4/5

Wild guitar work on the title track, well worth the price of admission. And the fun continues, there's an infectious groove here. Played this about 6 times in a row. Even the cow noises didn't annoy me (neither moo or bell), and I don't usually have patience for this sort of shenanigans.

Trevligt omslag och välspelat. Kanske bättre än vad jag tycker just nu.

Norm

Amazing stuff. It's so loose and so tight simultaneoulsy. Funky as all get-out, fantastic arrangements, and with great melodies (other than the opener, which I must admit threw me at first). Am almost at a loss for words to describe it but discovering this made my day. So good I played it twice.

The most BONKERS opening ten seconds for any album. Maggots and drowining in your own shit probaboy was the expected norm as album openers go back in 1971. THis is going to sound terribly, terribly wrong: Maggot Brain reminds me of a black Pink Floyd. For that reason alone I love it.

Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time For y'all have knocked her up. I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe I was not offended For I knew I had to rise above it all Or drown in my own shit. Outstanding album. One of the best things George Clinton ever made. 5/5

nice 3.8

Some of the songs had fantastic guitar, but it was balanced out by the weird noises they decided to include.

This is so 70s, but mostly in a good way. Also, love Eddie Hazel's guitar

Not particularly memorable.

Funking fantastic. I had no idea. The first track melted me. The second is that song I know, but never heard it before. The rest are passable on their own, but as a whole this album's got a juicy vibe. Thanks for the introduction!

Funky

Jam funk.

This is a very groovy album. Most of the guitar work is pretty nice and the drums are dynamic enough. The problem is I don’t find much of it very interesting, they all kind of blend together. It doesn’t help that two 10 minute songs start and end the album and then the rest are just clashed in the middle that barely up 15 minutes. It feels too short a lot of the time. Overall it’s not horrible though and it has its good moments but this definitely isn’t a favorite.

I don't think I've been as genuinely sad to get to the end of an album as I was for this album. It is wonderful.

AGHHHHH this is serving guitar solos even I can enjoy!!! The pure emotion in that delivery on Maggot Brain, grabs even the short attention span I usually have for guitar solos and I cannot help but listen in awe. The thought of watching/listening to this live in a field makes me almost jizz. This is one of my favourite albums of all time ever. What some might interpret as lacking cohesion, to me gives diversity and variation throughout the album. Pure EXCITING influential, mind-bending funk. Can You Get to That is an all-time favourite feel-good song, absolutely love it's exuberance and different vocal sections. Also great messages in this and all the other tracks too. LOVE the length of the album it's punchy and fun and doesn't arrogantly try to take up all of your day haaha. In general an album I can 100% get behind!

Firstly I'm confused as I was so certain we had already had this one but whatever! Or another Funkadelic album. Anyway, I loved this. Loved the way the album built up and has some absolute bangerz on there I already love. Great lyrics too with wise messages

This really is one of the best albums of all time. It is strange that the song Maggot Brain is so different to the rest but it really is one of the greatest guitar performances ever. It was recorded when the guitarist was instructed to play what he'd play if he'd just been told his mother had died. The rest of the album feels quite different but is also excellent.

At times brilliant and at times just weird as hell. The musicianship is fantastic, particularly that of Eddie Hazel.

And just like that, Funkadelic gained a new fan. 4.5/5

Fantastic except I didn’t care for the last track.

I discovered this recently. Guitar focused instrumentals are great. Shorter songs are good too.

Hit It and Quit It

It's freaky and weird. I like freaky and weird! Parts could fit right in on a Deep Purple album which I wasn't expecting.

YES! When the other Funkadelic album came up, I saw that this existed. I listened to it right away. I knew Maggot Brain from the Mike Watt album Ball-Hog or Tugboat - J Mascis shreds this into oblivion. After reading about how the song came about, I can feel it. Absolutely loved this.

Very nice, short album. Loved the title track and 'Can you get to that' is my favourite. Couple of annoying songs but overall very good album.

Very much feels like a natural continuation of the psychedelic sound of the 60s with a smattering of proto-prog and Jimi Hendrix flair.

Where has this been all my life!? Definitely has some… interesting bits. But it works. And parts are just musically wonderful. Just really astute and talented. I enjoyed this one. Not quite five stars but not quite four. I’ll go high to be polite.

Un clásico, no puedo decir nada que no se haya dicho antes sobre esta obra maestra. No es mi estilo de música pero es de muy fácil escucha y se disfruta mucho.

I wish I had aged as well as this album.

не сказать что запомнила, но не напряг. неее поняла почему спотифай показывал слова к тайтл треку а я их так и не услышала там

One of the most tasty guitar albums from the 70s. Maggot Brain is audacious and seductive at the same time. Love it

Snazzy but I'm not cool enough to like the first song

Fucking out there. Artistry.

Wow, I had no idea that Funkadelic got this guitar-heavy! Should have been listening to this for years. I didn’t have a lot of time with it, but will come back for more.

I had never heard this album before today (only admired the cover over the years). It is truly great. The opening track is outstanding - Eddie Hazel gives one of the all-time great performances on electric guitar. And the band just launches from there & no prisoners are taken. I’m gob-smacked at how good this record is & how I’ve spent the last 50 years not listening to it.

I recently listened to Parliament's Mothership Connection (great party album, five stars!), and it is hard to believe that this is from the same P-Funk collective. It is dark and disturbing, and funky, and funny and scary and rocks pretty hard. The title track is one of the most monumental rock guitar solos. It is bold choice to mix out most of the rest of the band, and to lead the album with a ten minute long single take guitar solo. The album is bookended with the much more up tempo, frantic Wars of Armageddon freak out, that pre-sages Miles Davis' electric albums. The songs in the middle are all winners, although darker in tone than typical for P-Funk. Super Stupid in particular is one of my favourite rock songs ever, and certainly the best Hendrix song that he never wrote. Can You Get To That, Hit It and Quit It, and You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks are all classics, and widely sampled. This album is all widely covered and sampled. showing how influential this record is. Half the band quit after this album (although some of them came back), and they never made another album quite this heavy ever again. And it was probably unsustainable. I love it, classic, five stars. (A small anecdote: I bought my copy of this album mail order in the 2000s from Ernie B's Reggae. Ernie B's stocks both kinds of music: reggae and not-reggae. This was a re-issue on the hipster 4 Men With Beards label. And the stamper on one side was misaligned, so the stylus travels and elliptical track and the record audibly goes out of tune. Very annoying. Ernie B's did refund my money, to their credit, but I have not yet managed to replace my unplayable copy of this album. But here's a tip for all you players at home; avoid the 4 Men With Beards pressings.)

Great finding. Ended too quickly.

3?

I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe.

Except for opening title track I sense nothing more than the pain going to the dentist. 1.4

That title track is a masterpiece. Funk, rock, and soul blending together in a beautiful package that doesn't at all feel like 10 minutes. The rest of the album did not match up which is the only reason this isn't getting five stars, but it's hard to beat that first song. Eddie Hazel probably levitated and heard the applause of God when he recorded that.

Score: 60 The first track isn't really great because it's mixed in such a way that the white noise hissing is very loud. The last track isn't great because it's crying babies, animals yelping and loud wet farts set to a funky beat. All the other tracks are good which leaves you with 15 minutes of good music. Very cool. 50 years later and everyone is still racist and farting

This was one wild and wacky album. It felt like one long drug fueled jam session, though not always consistent or even coherent. It starts off one way, kind of calm, and completely becomes something crazy by the end. The last track is so insane, it might actually be the most genius thing to ever be created. I think I am just too normie to get it. 2.5 funky farts out of 5.

So the title track is really one of the best pieces of psychedelic music out there, and the funk aspects are also amazing, I just wish there was more maggot brain

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9.5/10. maggot brain es de las mejores canciones jamas ever. el resto es igual buenisimo pero la segunda mitad watea un poco siento. solo x eso no es un 10 pero dick en bola cambio de opinions dps.

Very Hendrix. Straight ahead funk rock. Unnecessary sound effect noodling son Armageddon and Back In Our Minds is the weakest song. High 3 - good.

Vreemd album. De openingstrack is huismerk Pink Floyd. En dat bedoel ik niet negatief deze keer. Gewoon een prima track. Track 2 is funky gedoe waar ik niet heel veel mee kan. Het komt te onverwacht na die Pink Floyd opening. Op track 3 komt na een tijdje heel even een huismerk Jimi Hendrix om de hoek kijken. Ook dit huismerk doet het qua prijs/kwaliteitsverhouding meer dan prima. Rest van de track is erg meh. Track 4 is ook funky, maar omdat het minder onverwacht is kan ik er beter mee omgaan. Vervolgens hoor je op track 5 een huismerk Lenny Kravitz, die opzij wordt geschoven door eerder genoemde huismerk Jimi die nu een wat grotere rol opeist. Heel goed van 'm. Op track 6 hebben ze collectief drugs gebruikt denk ik. Dit had achterwege gelaten moeten worden. Dan volgt alweer het laatste nummer. Er is nog tijd over, dus ze mogen 10 minuten doorgaan. Dat hoef je de man op de cowbell maar één keer te vertellen. De drugs werkt nog een beetje na. Huismerk Jimi doet een aardige duit in het zakje. Orgeltje, fan van ook. More_cowbell.wav. De drugs blijkt niet slechts na te werken, ze hebben stiekem bijgepakt. Net wanneer je bedenkt dat deze track alleen nog scheetgeluiden mist... Dus nogmaals: Vreemd album. Maar daardoor eigenlijk wel een topervaring. Ik ga dit niet nog 10x luisteren in m'n leven, maar ik geef het wel 4 sterren.

1.5

восхитительный альбом. последний трек с криками выглядит неожиданно, но работа отличная 4+

Not my cuppa tea

Titelsong ist eins der besten Soli sie ich kenne. Rest des Albums fällt etwas ab. Ist aber dennoch großartiger Rock.

Rather good.

This shit was good. I've always conflated Funkadelic with Parliament and didn't realize they were different. Really loved this bluesy rock

Impossible to overstate the influence George Clinton had on music.

Getting old sucks! Yes there are the hairs that start to pop up on your ears but far worse is the requirement to have a colonoscopy. Yesterday was the day! 1001 decided I should spend that special day with Funkadelic. That was fun. The album that is - not the dreaded camera angle. The guitar work was quite good and the overall sound was good to have in the background while I was focussing on other things. I will definitely listen to this album more often than I revisit the cameraman. Even before I click the vote button, I can hear you saying "Thanks for sharing".

Eddie Hazel's lead guitar really makes this album. The title track is epic, as is the story behind it, and his solos take center stage in a number of the other tracks. I prefer the loose arrangements, improvisations and hard rock feel to the material they released later in the decade. Between a 4 and 5 for me.

So George Clinton says to Eddie Hazel, play your guitar like your mother just died so we got this 10 minute minor masterpiece. The rest of the album is uneven and not very cohesive unfortunately. The album is book-ended by another 10 min opus, Wars of Armageddon that was supposedly recorded when Clinton was high on LSD - and it sounds like it, full of crazy lyrics, and fart sounds. More pussy to the people!

Catfish, the album. The first song is really good

shred in the first song is insane, the distortion and the reverb is crazy the rest was kinda mid, not as good as the opening track

So good from start to finish. Every track here is so solid, but the title track is the real clincher for me. Whenever I'm feeling emotions that I don't have words for, I put this on and let Hazel speak for me through his guitar.

Atmospheric sound with unapologetic groove that really works together to make a distinct and potent record.

я перед запуском: о, будет прикольный фанк я под конец: ебучий психодел ааааааааааааааааааааааа

Меня чуть не вырвало (в прямом смысле) от стереоэффектов в первом треке, мой мозг слегка поехал не туда. В целом звучит прикольно, вспомнились недавно прослушанные Bluesbreakers, только с более протяжным звучанием, более лаконичными аранжировками и женским вокалом. Ладно, хреновое сравнение, но мне кажется, посыл у музыки тот же: музыка свободного народа или что-то в этом духе. После второго трека сравнение можно точно выбросить, в музыкальном плане это совсем-совсем другое. Здесь уже какой-то джаз-свинг пошёл. Мне вот только не нравится, что записаны барабаны как-то странно... Вот эта "дискретизация" ритм-секции чёт мееее. Не, ну с жанром здесь вообще тяжело. И регги есть, и хард-рок, и вот эта первая экспериментальная композиция. Каждый раз, после того, как я составляю своё мнение об альбоме, я иду читать отзывы профессиональных (надеюсь) критиков на Википедию и тд; восторгаются первой тягомотиной с всратым стерео. То ли я быдлан, то ли там (в музыкальных редакциях) сидят люди с проф.деформацией и завядшими ушами. Сложно, сложно. 3/5, потому что это явно хуже предыдущего альбома и по вайбу, и по качеству сведения. К тому же, мы не очень подружились с заглавным треком: "встречают по одежке"

Вначале напомнило стереотипный хор в США (факт не даёт отрицательных очков альбому), но после середины чёт не оч и даже пердёж не спас. 3+

If Pink Floyd replaced pretension with groove

A delightfully weird experience

A very good album, in fact the first one I've put on my liked songs in Spotify

Good album full of some funky riffs and grooves.

I've listened to this one a few times over the years, and it is definitely groundbreaking. However the second half just drags for me for some reason. The first half is just fantastic though.

This was some ok funk. Not good enough to hole my attention though.

Bar none, some of the best guitar playing I've ever heard on a record. Just... shredding, incredible. Album loses a little steam near the end, but it's all fun, funky, and delightfully weird. Favorite tracks: "Maggot Brain", "Super Stupid"

1971. Can You Get To That, Hit It and Quit It, You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks

Might not be into it right now but it’s very interesting.

The best

heavy and groovy at its best moments, unlistenable and obnoxious at its worst. opening solo is cool but overly long and masturbatory. vocals are whack. saved by some creative guitar work. 2/5

Fun and interesting - will probably listen to a couple songs again

Funky for sure

Meh - I was expecting something with serious Funk - a la Parliament or some of Earth Wind and Fire - what was presented was a mishmash of what was at times blues guitar over motown rythms, followed by 'artistic' sound doodlings. Seriously unimpressed

Eddie Hazel. Sure there's more to the album. But Eddie Hazel. Damn. If you can't feel the opening track in your bones, you might be dead already. He brings so much hot emotive fuzz to the proceedings. Whether it's true or not that he was told by George while very high to play as if he'd just been told his mother died, it's a great legend - and very believable. Whatever brought it out of him ought to be thanked. "Can You Get to That" seems like a strange way to come out of that trip but it works! We started with the psychedelic, now we must have the FUNK. From here on out it's a solid mash of both. A perfect synthesis of mind melt and booty shake. Some major highlights of which include the spaced-out reverb-heavy echo of the drums on "You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks" and the hard rock onslaught of "Super Stupid." YMMV on "Wars of Armageddon" but it's a damn fine freak-out jam to close this peak P-Funk session.

Good. This would be a 5 if the last song wasn't so weird (and not that good).

OH YEAHHH BABEY YEAHHH this shit is literally perfect lmao i give a lot of albums 5s but this one is a 10,000

This album really encapsulates the essence of 1971, or at least how I imagine it. It's kind of a strange album, with two extended instrumental pieces bookcase five very different songs. It also has a fairly epic ending with a coo-coo clock, fart noises, and a nuclear explosion. It's all nicely funky, though, and that's what holds it together.

This wasn't exactly what I was expecting when I saw Funkadelic come up. The opening track had me with head tilted and brows furrowed trying to figure out what this album was. It was a nice ride though.

Delightfully bonkers.

I love the dark, funky feel of this strange album. A great journey from the long, crazy guitar solo opening track through groovy funk culminating in the trippy “Wars of Armageddon” with its crazy sounds. Felt like I was on some sort of crazy trip - one I’ll be glad to take again!

Ok

rva pis

J'ai très rarement entendu un album aussi funkadélique que celui-ci, le dernier en date étant celui de Sinclair.

L'album commençait sur de belles promesses grâce à d'excellentes guitares, qui seront malheureusement vite remplacées par des cuillères, egorgements de femmes, chats et autres bruits de pets.

One of my favs - heater after heater, fun n funky

Some werd spacy funky rockin stuff

Ég á mjög erfitt með þetta umslag, en tónlistin er töff.

Interessant àlbum que barreja funk, rock an roll i certa psicodèlia. El primer tema és brutal, més de 10 minuts de riffs, solos i arranjaments vibrants. Bon descobriment.

Fun!

Last thing I expected was an 8 minute stoner guitar solo to open this up. Super Stupid kills it. Def an inspiration for Lenny Kravitz meets Led Zeppelin heavy riffs. Wars of Armageddon is trippy asf. Weird train bells, alarms, crazy sound effects. Could be something off the Beatles more experimental takes.

enjoyed it. dense funk. would like to regularly revisit.

I like it, I respect it, but I wouldn’t search it out.

1/05/23: Just an incredible fucking trip. Every song is perfect from a creative and musicianship standpoint. The drum fills and absolute instrumental carnage in Wars of Armageddon, the crying guitar in Maggot Brain, the sunny vibes on Can You Get to That. I haven't revisited this album in a while and happy that this generator gave me an opportunity to listen to this one again.

Dobar je album, ali ne toliko koliko ga ljudi dižu. Prva stvar je najbolja, ovo ostalo je dobro. I koji kurac je sa zadnjom stvari? Pred kraj sa prdežima? Prva stvar > sve ostalo. 3.5

Very funky very cool

Not for me, basically a funk rock jam session.

I will instantly forget this album, only remembering that the title track is some impressive guitar spread over 10 minutes. Can appreciate the musicianship, just not for me.

This is an album I'll never listen to again, basically someone fucking about on a guitar for 30mins. While I did enjoy parts of the guitar work, the album as a whole was not that interesting. Highlights were "Hit it and Quit it" and "Maggot Brain".

This was great, not sure I've ever heard an album like this before. That opening track was almost prog rock and didn't know what to expect afterwards but i enjoyed it. Good mix of funk and rock.

Ooooh I love this album! You and Your Folks... is one of my fave songs of all time. But is this FIVE stars? Tough call, but I'm going to go for it. Rounding up because I really love the stand outs, and the less "poppy/funky" tunes are still quality.

Solid funk rock album. Good grooves here, but both the long bookend tracks are a bit too much psyche for me. Not terrible, but not amazing.

100%%%

Not for me... I can appreciate the 'funk' though. Might have been better if I was in a different mood.

lo mejor el solo de 10 minutazos de Maggot Brain

The guitar solo, despite its iconography within rock, is not inherently cool. I hear you protest, what about Hendrix, or Keith Richards, or Slash? Well, with each of those, I can meet you with three that will cause you to hesitate`visibly before ultimately declaring them uncool. In fact, here we go with 9 lead guitarists who aren't very cool, or aren't quite cool, or just aren't cool: Eric Clapton (dodgy politics, frequent soporific blues), Brian May (consider the next seven words: the rock musical We Will Rock You), Mark Knopfler (headband, anti-punk), John Frusciante (is there a group uncooler than the Red Hot Chili Peppers? Possibly within Christian metal, but even that's a toss-up), Dave Gilmour (I've a friend who'd fuck the young Gilmour, but I listened to The Wall this morn and it's a load of widdle), Pete Townshend (one of the founders of the rock opera genre, so thus a guilty forefather to We Will Rock You), Stevie Ray Vaughn (mainly for the innumerable pauchy American white boys who insist unfathomably that he was better than Hendrix), Prince (do you want to listen to one of the three-disc jazz-funk splatterings he'd wank out thrice a year? God no), and Robert Fripp (yeah, heavily inspired by Segovia, sadly inspired to invent prog fucking rock). So, my point infallibly proven, let's discuss Maggot Brain. Maggot Brain is, in the standard Funkadelic tradition, absolutely plastered with LSD. George Clinton's opening monologue, with its munching the Universe's mind maggots, tells us succinctly where he's coming from. And then we get to the solo. The title track is a 10 minute guitar solo by Eddie Hazel done in one take. As direction, George Clinton told Eddie to play as if his mother had just died, then to play as if she had come back to life. Now, Eddie Hazel and his solo are bang in the middle of cool territory, and Maggot Brain reveals a key aspect which separates the uncool, shrimpy-dicked guitar nerd who's never felt a lady's bumps and the searingly cool guitar hero with a foot-long wanger and a list of sexual conquests bested only by Genghis Khan. Hazel's guitar solo is adept but not flashy. Pretty much all the guitarists on Santa's uncool list seem to think that the quality of the guitar solo is proportionate to the speed of the scales played. Eddie Hazel's solo does not follow that philosophy. His fingerwork is as gorgeously langorous as often as it is hyperactively clustered. And as such, it in no way suffers from the major flaw of the uncool guitar solo: it doesn't feel like a barrage of empty, meaningless notes played fast. The sentiment to the track Maggot Brain feels genuine and spontaneous, and it's a real connoisseur's choice of guitar solo. But that leads to a familiar issue concerning the entire album: like Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies and Chic's Risqué, the rest of the album may shrivel under the shadow of an overbearing opener. So, as I am fair, kindhearted and priapic, I shall now listen to the album except for the first track. See you in half an hour. Of course, the rest of the album features the rest of Funkadelic, and Funkadelic, for all their loony-toon wildness, were a band as tight as an Italian waiter's swimming trunks. And with delight, the other songs of the album boom when taken separately from the title track. You notice the humour of the album, oft immature but no less charming for that. You should also notice, if you're smart, how much of Maggot Brain belongs within hard rock as much as funk. Not only do we have the immensity of the title track's axemanship, many of the other tracks stuff us with blood-red riffs. George Clinton well dug the zeitgeist of hard rock, and so Maggot Brain is that fanastic mongrel of funk, soul, psychedelia and rock so hard you could hammer a nail in with it. NoRadio, signing off.

Solid 70s funk. Pretty much by definition. Took a strange turn with all the farts at the end.

HAZEL RIPS THE GUITAR LIKE A MF !!!

Rock leaning, which isn’t my thing. But can appreciate the conscious lyrics.

Прикольный фанк-альбом, но кроме заглавной композиции, он не показался чем-то примечательным (хотя ритмические рисунки в нём цепляют здорово).

What a great surprise this album was! I loved that it opens with a ten minute guitar solo that's just wonderful. Sounded almost like a early Pink Floyd, David Gilmore solo.

epic soundtracks

Surprisingly hypnotic.

A classic, albeit not that funk.

I mean it's alright. Can't ever imagine think ooh I must listen to Maggot Brain. If I was 30 years younger and wasted I'd probably feel different but it's just not the kind of music that features in my life anymore. 2½ out of 5.

Visceral

Love this album cover. The guitar solo in the song Maggot Brain is stupendous. Smooth and directly from outer space. It wails past Neptune and into my car stereo. Super Stupid is a funky number, much like I expect all Funkadelic songs to be. I was surprised by the diversity. A great album.

Awesome

Title track is a fantastic extended guitar solo, a bit like Santana - marred only by the spoken sections.

Spotify is missing the last 3 tracks, but that was FUN. Major 70s guitar vibes and funky beats.

Certified banger

Track one, eleven minutes of shredding. Track seven ten minutes of funk. In between five short and sharp tracks. Superbly listenable.

Pretty coool

Not your typical funk album

This album has a great vibe to it. I don't know that I had ever listened to it all the way through until this sitting. 'Can You Get To That' is an all-time great song. This album feels very cohesive and I found lots to like on it. The longer opening and closing tracks serve as good psychedelic bookends. I'll definitely continue listening to this one. Standout Tracks: Maggot Brain, Can You Get To That, Hit It and Quit It, Super Stupid, Back In Our Minds.

Helluva opening; this stereo, fuzzy wah guitar tone would make both Hendrix and Jerry Cantrell drool. The rest of the album was ok; fun to listen to, but didn't necessarily keep me engaged. Very nice as background music, just not a lot there for active listening.

Liked parts of this quite a bit, but overall a little same-y. 3.49/5

Love how George Clinton decided to start the album out by having Eddie Hazel pull out the greatest solo of all time. More artists should follow suit. A-

When I was like 16 or 17 years old, the title track to this album blew my mind. I was just getting serious about guitar, and I was obsessed with Edward Hazel's solo on it. I think this and All Along the Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix) made me go out and buy a wah pedal. I was just as pleased with Hazel's playing on the rest of the album. I think there's some weaker spots on the album that didn't quite "hook me," but my god, revisiting that opener was something. Love the first half of this album.

The title track is worth 4 stars alone, i like the experimentation but it kinda fell off at the end

Monstrous record. I just have to give it 5 stars. Perfect blend of psych, acid rock, funk, and soul. The guitar playing on this record rivals Hendrix. Play this, and play it loud!

All hail Eddie Hazel.

Holy shit. What an opening song. Great feel, great guitar solo. The rest of the album was decent.

great

Loved the cover of this one. It could have been a poster for a Beckett play. Wish the songs could’ve been as interesting and existential as a Beckett play. Weirdly I thought the first song sounded like they were trying to be Pink Floyd and then the rest turned out to be fairly innocuous. Ironically, my favourite song was “whole lot of BS.”

not bad

First half was badass, psychedelic, funky and experimental jams. The last few songs were just sounds, alarm clocks and bells dinging. Overall I did enjoy listening and will be adding some George Clinton to my playlists.

All bands should open an album with an epic guitar solo. I was moved. I was prepared to give this 5 stars until we got to the watery flatulence sounds at the end of Wars of Armageddon. Why.

Highlights: Maggot Brain, Wars on Armageddon 4,5/5

it's ok

Beaucoup aimé l'expérimentation, je me suis laissé porter. Je le réécouterai certainement.

First 2 songs are great rest are forgettable

This is definitely a five-star cover! 1971, this has been a dangerous period, some really weird shit has been coming out. This was no doubt weird, especially the first and last tracks, which are apparently the highlights for the critics. I, of course, have little patience for music that is best experienced with an altered state of mind. But- In between: pounding, funky, hard, loud, rock songs very different from anything I’ve heard before. I want more. Yeah

Resten är helt bra men det sku va bättre om det var bara gitarrsolo i 36 min

Fuck a ballick

Banger. Great band

Banger!

Was close to almost liking the music but then it went into a direction that I didn't enjoy as much. Some jarring noises added that ruined it for me.

Amazing psych/prog/funk. I've heard people say you can find out a lot about someone and their music taste by who they prefer - Beatles or Stones, Lennon or McCartney. I think you can add another one, being Sly and the Family Stone or Funkadelic. I'm firmly in the Funkadelic corner. More out there and adventurous, and crucially alongside the epic guitar freak outs and social commentary there is also a self awareness and sense of humour.

I mean its funky but yeah idk

eu gosto como a musica maggot brain é completamente desconexa do resto do album. um solo lendario e sombrio de 10 minutos no contexto de musicas dançantes funk com refrões e instrumentais malucos. eu amo as guitarras nesse album, tem um timbre e estilo hendrix no meio de composições e escalas que lembram zappa. (quase) todas musicas aqui são super alegres e dançantes. de volta pra maggot brain: puta merda que solo foda. a maneira como ele passa de efeito pra efeito do nada e tudo ecoa no outro lado é inacreditavelmente bem pensado. esse album é uma loucura.

Funky sound

I love this album and hate this album. George Clinton and Funkadelic are a great collection of musicians. "Maggot Brain" is a ten minute self-indulgent guitar solo. Eddie Hazel is out of control. I love the emotion he presents but I hate it because its not my guitar solo. Haters are just jealous. This is psychedelic album with a funk vibe. Difficult to endure in concert format but a pleasure to listen to in a chill, listening room setting. Very dark and angry so not for everyone but I love the emotion and relevance to today even though it was recorded over 50 years ago.

The album was short but the songs were long. I don’t really like the ‘jam band’ genre, but these funky jams were better than Phish.

I need a documentary or long-form explanation of how Parliament, Funkadelic, P-Funk, et. al. intertwine, but for the moment, I'll voice a generalized impression that the whole Funkadelic universe was more influential and impactful than it gets credit for. I heard so many elements that seemed to filter into later music — Sly and The Family Stone and James Brown and others deserve similar credit, as well (and get it) — and George Clinton has a singular ability to make a record sound like a party. With a funky backbeat. I think a 3-star rating is under selling this album, but it was hampered by the opening title track, which I didn't really get the point of, and my need to listen more (and more intently) to the songs to really appreciate what's going on here.

Meh. I honestly never understood people's love for this album. One Nation Under a Groove is a good album; this one just feels like a lot of noodling.

Not the Funkadelic vibe I expected but I enjoyed nonetheless. Had I played this album outside of this experiment, it’s likely I would have abandoned the album on the first song simply because it lacks the hard funk I expect from Funkadelic. Like most, I put on George Clinton and I want to get funked up. But sticking with it I got to You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks and deemed it my favorite track on the album. This album came out on my 4th birthday. I wonder if I caught it on any airwaves back then?

Well that was funky AF! It doesn’t hold the force of the first track but it’s great overall, even if it gets weirdly sounding by the end.

"Maggot Brain" is the third studio album from Funkadelic and the last one with the original line-up. Pyschedelic funk. Funk Rock. R&B. Acid Rock. Progressive Soul. Yes, this is quite an incredible trip. And trip they did as George Clinton doesn't really recall making this album due to a certain something(s). Nonetheless, this is outstanding. Two guitar-heavy jams bookend this album with pyschedelic soul/R&B fusion nestled in between. Is the title the nickname of guitarist Eddie Hazel and/or the finding of George Clinton's brother's body in an apartment. Another myth/theme with the record includes an association with a satanist cult based on liner notes. Mysteries abound. George Clinton begins the song "Maggot Brain" with a spoken-word dialogue "the maggots in the mind of the universe" and then it goes into essentially a nine-minute guitar solo by Eddie Hazel. Fuzz. Wah-Wah. Guitar delay. It's dreamy, pyschedelic. Clinton famously told Hazel "to play like you were told your mother was dead" and boy did he. The second song "Can You Get to That" adds an acoustic guitar giving a folk/blues start and then kicks into soul. The "Hot Buttered Soul" singers from Issac Hayes anchor the song with some outstanding backing vocals. "I once had a life, or rather, life had me." A pyschedelic guitar-start to "Hit It and Quit It." A soul-drenched organ. An R&B rhythm section. Shake your booty!! Another mind-blowing guitar solo fades this song to an end. "Super Stupid" comes on like an Isaac Hayes song. Drums and pecussion give the groove. Pyschedelic organ and guitar. "Wars of Armageddon" ends things with nearly a ten-minute freak-out jam and guitar, drums, percussion, organ. Pyschedelic sounds including a baby crying, railroad guard noise, cows, owls, farts, thunder and other oddities end things appropriately. Some people may think that the first song is almost a separate album from the rest. I disagree especially with the ending song. I wouldn't change a thing. A highly original album. And a very high recommendation.

This oldschool funk still breathes a lot of Gospel and Soul heritage. Some sounds are playful and experimental. Not the worst companions for gray and lazy Sunday afternoon.

First off, I have heard and loved some of Eddie Hazel's solo work before, but had no idea that he was part of Funkadelic. That explains some of the excellent guitar work such as on Super Stupid. Unfortunately, a lot of the superb guitar work gets lost in the subpar production. Unfortunately, this duality holds true for my entire opinion on Maggot Brain. There are some really fantastic tracks that I feel absolutely deserve 5 stars such as Super Stupid, but then also very annoying/unpleasant parts such as the last two tracks. 3.5 stars for me. Easy 4 if the production were better and easy 5 if the last two tracks would live up to the previous ones along with better production.

I tried multiple times. I just don't get it

Fun, consistent, you can hear their influences and who they influenced, maggot brain,

Funkadelic is Pink Floyd for people who are really tired of the fact that Pink Floyd has only like two songs you can actually dance to. I know it's the most divisive track on the album, but I absolutely love "Wars of Armageddon". It's such an absolute trainwreck of a song, that only a genius could have pulled it off. Singing "Power of the pussy" followed by a solid minute of fart sound effects? Genius. Without a single shred of irony. The title track "Maggot Brain" is crazy as well. That guitar solo could bring a skeleton back to life. That being said, I'm not the biggest fan of songs 2 through 6, they're clearly very well made but just not for me. Lacking in the fart sound effect department.

Honestly this seemed a little half baked to me. George Clinton is a legitimate genius so obviously there is still a lot in it, but I definitely not at the top of my list as far as his output goes.

They know how to groove and bring the funk - I was expecting more from this though, ended up feeling underwhelmed.

Starts off heavy with one of the most intense and emotional guitar solos of all time, then reverses course, and goes on to lay down some of the catchiest funk jams known to man. A beautiful slab of manic-depression that I think would make Jimi proud. I'd argue that Parliament/Funkadelic is THE archetype of funk. By comparison James Brown is simply a genre of his own. Incomparable really in how he predated everyone by so far. I'd say he was proto-funk in the same way Iggy Pop was proto-punk. Only other major contender for the title is Sly Stone, and I love Sly, certainly another major pioneer, but he and his Family don't jam nearly as hard, nor were they as eccentric and flat out buck wild as George Clinton and his crew of fearless maniacs. And that's what I think it takes to be truly funky; that no holds barred eccentricity where you can really let that freak flag fly. Holding nothing back. Like straight up just overdub fart sounds into that last track. No fucks given. Definition of funk to me.

Was not expecting the absolute prog intro guitar song. Definitely went on about 3 mins too long but sounded neat. Rest of the tracks tracked a bit more of what I expected, but overall very nice psych-funk-rock in the tradition of Parliament and a bit of Hendrix. The repetition of the titles and lyrically swirling around that is kind of fun, not typical anymore. They’re all having a good ole time for sure.

Not the best Funkadelic

Very good guit solos

Love this. Great grooves, great guitar, great energy. 4 stars.

Starts strong, then kinda meh

Weird - besides the over wrought two songs that bookend this record, the rest is solid funk tracks that stand the test of time. Pity that the psychedelic noise fest bring this otherwise fine record down.

funk, vario, parti rock pop e eletteoniche

Nice discovery for me, title track was quite a trip and the rest of the album was some nice funk.

Initially I was skeptical when the weird spoken intro to the title track started but that was quickly dispelled by the epicness of the rest of it. The other tracks on the album stand in weird contrast with nothing really notable. Wars of Armageddon tries to recapture some of the feel of Maggot Brain but wrecks it with the bizarre pussy lyrics.

This funking rocks.

Funk Yea.

What a delight to listen to. I loved it. 5/5

Melted my little maggot brain.

Some greasy cool era defining punk, groovy very nice. At times however, the album sort of disappears up its own arse and takes you somewhere angular and uncomfortable. Perhaps I'm not up to the challenge but it felt like an occasional lack of focus. I've enjoyed this album for a while though despite its scent of incoherence

Love love love this one.

Still my favourite and their definitive album

More rock than funk

I am fortunate enough to own this on vinyl. Great record! The title track is my favorite.

funky

Very funky

Not good

I mean….. it’s a 5. Duh.

This is so different and so interesting to listen to! I find it different than One Nation Under A Groove. Does not make me want to get up and move in the way that album does. How did they get away with using sketchy language in that era? Maggot brain is a strange title and the cover is a little scary. Have not yet discovered if there is some symbolism there. A little grating to the ears at times but some parts are nice in an interesting way to listen to. You find yourself thinking, what will they do next?

Nice Funk.

This album was awesome but I was expecting something else from the title and band name so the first song dissapointed me but now I love it after relistening. Its a great album but frustratingly plays with expectations and the final song was a bit naff. A great record

Leuk achtergrondmuziekje, maar niet leuk genoeg om echt te luisteren. Dan ga ik me al snel storen aan die vreemde overdreven gitaarsolo's en zo. **

Funky

kind of fun music. But not something to put on speakers.

Call today Funky Friday! Maggot Brain is not the name I would have gone with but the album was funkadelic regardless. Some long songs peppered with some shorter ones made this a quick listen but was great for getting my morning started. I feel like I've heard this band before, but none of these rang any bells. Great album to end the week on!

Obligatory 5 star on this one. A legendary album that blew my mind the first time I heard it. I still can't get over the title track, it's just incredible. I love how chaotic and psychedelic this ordeal is, even though there is a chunk of coherent songs in the middle. All in all, there were only two tracks on here I didn't love, and the rest were bangers of one kind or another. As much as I wish the whole thing were as psychotic as the opener or closer, it's still an amazing ride. Not sure what the P-Funk purists think of this one, but it's right up my alley. A true classic for me. Kinda shocked I don't have it on vinyl yet, might need to correct that. Favorite tracks: Maggot Brain, You and Your Folks, Super Stupid, Wars of Armageddon, Can You Get to That. Album art: Iconic as hell, and one of my favorites ever I'd say. Truly pretty terrifying, this woman's screaming head poking out of the dirt. Paired with the album title, it's the kind of project that lots of people would be scared to even touch. Seems cursed in the best way. Important to note that this cover was undoubtedly a huge influence on Childish Gambino's "Awaken, my love!" album cover. Donald Glover even mentioned the record in his "what's in my bag" video years before. 5/5

Now I know why the title track of this album is considered a classic. Really superb guitar improvisation, remarkable for its creativity and technical proficiency. It’s the high point of the album, the rest seems rather run of the mill to me…

Favourite Song: Can You Get To That One for the Karaoke: Hit it & Quit It One for the Car: Maggot brain. Could imagine floating around Los Santos doing bits to this

I usually do 'one to sing in the shower' but this time i'm doing 'one for the karaoke' because i would, in some dive bar, select the first track and air guitar the shit out of it on stage. Right in front of the down and outs. It would be like Napoleon dancing the skit, and that bar would erupt i tell you.

Favourite Song - You and your folks.m, me and my folks One for karaoke - Maggot Brain (just done some mad interpret dancing) One for a run - Super Stupid Great start to the album and some funky a fuck songs. For some I just wanted even more funk. Why hold back the funk? Just go funk to the wall I saw.

Outstanding

Where do you even start with this? Well start by putting on the incredible title track, then sit back and read up on the album. Or if you don't know the legend of George Clinton & P-Funk start there and go down a rabbit hole. This is an album where one member of the band took part in a 'acid speed eating contest' over 24 hours and never played again. Meanwhile, another band member was kicked out for drug use. If excessive drug use fair play, but I'm led to think it must have been for insufficient drug use This is a band I once saw live who came on stage 7 hours late with G Clinton wearing nothing but a massive nappy So enjoy the stories, sit back and continue listening to Maggot Brain. It's really very, very good isn't it ..

The album has some decent funky music with some very slow going just non vocal music but overall a good funky album and consistent

I'm not a fan of funk so I was dreading this after seeing the title but it wasn't actually all that bad. Some funk is hiding in there under quite a bit of soul, rock, and R&B. A few songs were great, and some gave me a Santana vibe.

Great sounding album.

Yum yum did not listen rip

Alright, that title -- whew! Getting past that (and the bizarre flatulence noises at the end of the album) and this was an enjoyable, fun album to have in the background while I worked. Doubt I'll seek it out again (so 2 stars) but enjoyed it more than I expected

Maggot brain pretty good

Really enjoyed, get the hendrix vibe

77/100: I really wanted to like this album. I really did. I went in fearful it was just gonna be “Maggot Brain” (the song) and a bunch of a filler, but hopeful there were hidden gems in this album. I’m afraid my fears were realized with this one; however, the song “Maggot Brain” is such an unbelievably, indescribably amazing song that this is still a good album in my mind just because it has that one song on it. I could ramble on about Maggot Brain for hours, I could try to describe how the guitar makes me feel with my eyes closed, how I always thought it was bullshit when people said they felt like they were floating during an enjoyable experience until I listened to this song. I could try to describe the chilly feeling of the hair on my arm slowly rising up as my mind melts into the song, but I think that takes away from the ineffable beauty of this song. Just listen to it.

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Progressive. Wide range of awesome sounds.

Pretty good. Probably very influential and revolutionary for its time.

Cool funky album

9/10

Great album 10/10

What a ride! The title track is such a gripping and moving work of art. The funk surely spreads quickly after this song ends and begins discordant chaos. It's fun and groovy, but I feel it doesn't always land perfectly. I'd say there are some weaker spots in the second half, but Super Stupid was definitely a highlight on the side B.

This was awesome. So much personality in this album, and the range is great. More than a few songs you could jam out to, absolutely worth a re-listen. Closer to a 4.5.

pretty throwaway except maggot brain which is deep as fuck

That guitar solo is insane.

Great guitar solo on the title track.

Funky. But didn’t capture my attention.

Funkadelic for sure! First track was my fave, still loved the rest though!

Like it! Surprised it was from the early ‘70s, still sounds relevant today.

Tracks: Best To Worst 1. Maggot Brain 2. Can You Get To That 3. Wars Of Armageddon 4. Super Stupid 5. Hit It And Quit It 6. Back In Our Minds 7. You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks Final thoughts: This album is definitely high on LSD, most of the songs were all over the place, specifically the first and last. It opens with a black man telling us we fucked the Earth (figuratively and literally) and leads off into a 10 minute guitar solo which I have to say is excellent. Supposedly the guitar was told in the first half to think his mother died, then in the second half she survived, very odd. The last song is a culmination of explosions and fart noises, very odd as well. The entire album is one drug induced black trio which I enjoyed fair enough. 6/10

Its cool.

5 exrellas

Me encanto

Not as purely funky as their later releases, but it doesn’t matter. This is a raw, rip-roaring musical merry-go-round with jaw-dropping guitar work.