Maggot Brain

Title track is awesome and easy to jam along with for 10m, final track random and hilarious, great album.

entretenido, pero es un 3 de 5

8.2/10 - great guitars and overall THE funk album, maggot brain (the song) is a 10/10

Had heard of funkadelic but did not know songs off the top of my head. Actually recognized a lot as I played this and also could hear the influence they had in Red Hot Chili Peppers. Great album!

Loved this. Great mix of music.

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

A real mind bender. I was expecting some straight up funk tunes, but instead what I got was a down & dirty psychedelic experience. I dig it.

10/10

>4

This record is absolutely wild. You can tell the musicians are really having fun making this music. Opening track is heartbreaking, while other songs like “Back in Our Minds” actually made me laugh. A really great listen.

no doubts that this one is a 10/10, from the guitar wails to the fart sounds it’s a masterpiece thru and thru 🙏🏽 🐛 🧠

Not my first time funkadelicing, but perhaps enjoyed it more than ever today. A slow grower mayber. Going 4 (for now).

Really enjoyed it - awesome cover and great album name. More psychedelic/ trippy than I was expecting -esp the opener. Fav track Can you Get to That. Will defn listen again - a high 4.

Maggot Brain Love this album, from the superb cover to the sci-fi, distorted, acid-spacey 10 minute long guitar solo title track to the fantastic, country-folk tinged singalong of Can You Get to That, to the funk-pop of Hit It and Quit It, to the distorted drums and call for harmony of You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks, the funk-rock strut of Super Stupid, the loping groove of Back in Our Minds, and the final over the top acid casualty fart-jam of Wars of Armageddon. And it’s another one where you can hear who it influenced, particularly Primal Scream and for better or worse Red Hot Chilli Peppers, although neither of those manage to hit the same, loose and tight groove and playing, particularly Bernie Worrell’s superb keyboards and Tiki Fullwood’s drumming. 37 minutes of superb acid-blues-funk-rock-pop, simple 5 for me. 🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠 Playlist submission: Can You Get to That

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'.

The first track would be fascinating listen while on something, but I'm not on something, so my listening experience was really not all that. I thought it had some interesting uses of echoes, and repeating guitar licks that change slightly each time they're replayed. The other tracks were great! My favorite was Can You Get To That, with You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks being another honorable mention. Not a fan of how 10 minutes of time was spent on the opener and closer (2/3 of the album). Really wasn't all that, but the few songs between were great!

znany i osluchany krazek, trzeci z dyskografii funkadelicow, funkowanie z 71, to chyba jeden z ich najnormalniejszych albumow pod wzgledem kontentu lirycznego, bo nie ma tu za bardzo priczowania, czy wchodzenia na dziwne tory szczania pod drzewami jak zdarzalo sie na innych albumach, zawsze mam go w pamieci jako bluprinta czarnego psychodelicznego rokowania, ktorego wirtuozem byl pan george clinton stojacy za sukcesem funkadelica jako producent i ktos na ksztalt lidera, bo funki to projekt ktory powstal z innego zespolu clintona, parliamentu, ktorego statek matka juz byl ficzurowany na liscie, te dwa zespoly stworzyly wlasna definicje funkowwego brzmienia pod przewodnictwe wlasnie tej postaci, plyta zaczyna sie dziesiecio minutowym instrumentalem, ktory brzmi jakby sam hendrix opetal gitarke, ten niebieskawy opening tworzy mocny kontrast z reszta o wiele barwniejsza glosniejsza i zwyczajnie bardziej funkowa jaka jest pozostale piec trakow, calosc zamyka sie w 36 minutach i jest naprawde czyms unikalnym muzycznie, na plejce swoje miejsce znalazly juz kiedys can u get to that i hit it and quit it, ktorch czar opiera sie glownie na wokalach i chorkowaniu, ale dzisiaj jakos bardziej urzekly mnie instrumentalne traki, wspomniany openingowy maggot brain i super stupid, wiec album zdecydowanie do wielokrotnego odsluchu w zaleznosci od nastroju inaczej trafia

That was surprising. I had heard the later works by Parliament Funkadelic, this was not that. Listen to it twice and I will listen to it again.

Highlights: Can You Get to That

uneven - some songs are awesome and others.

Hard to listen to. Some good riffs in there, but at least as repetitive as any funk album and the extraneous sounds and sound effects make for a tough listen. Literally ends with a fart.

Mind boggling!!

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

Funktastic

albumin nimikkobiisi on intense

Pleasantly suprised

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

really unique and interesting! super fun as well

- Help what? - The first song was mostly instrumental so I probably wouldn't listen again. - The rest of the album was a lot better It was alright but not too rememberable. I would listen to a couple songs again as the album did get better after the first song but overall it wasn't the best.

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.

very new to me, but also very enjoyable!

Yavaş tempo kalite müzik. Süt gibi akıyo.

Some of these songs weren't for me, but that's obviously because I just am not funky enough to comprehend them.

Absolute classic.

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.

first song was like a stretched out pink floyd dark side guitar solo, really cool. second song is the full composition, verses hook, theme, very solid. last song is cool with the baby coos and protest audio overlaying the instrumentals. Overall this is exactly what I expect a masterful 70s album to sound like- trippy guitar, soulful organ, upbeat percussion.

I wanted to like this, but the singer is truly obnoxious. There are vocalists out there who could have made this work, and I liked the eclectic feel to the music, but this ain't working as-is.

Not really my thing, but not terrible

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

Funky, I enjoyed it but not really my thing. Clearly quality music but not what I would listen to.

Álbum sensacional! Muito bem feito. Celest Phoenixcall.

Heared title track since my teenage years and love it since then. Haven't heared the other tracks until today. They are all good, but title track is one of the best guitar moments in the whole history of music (and I'm not even big fan of the genre or band). Great stuff!

One of the greatest albums of all time. In my personal top 50.

Cover 7 Funk rock! Yes! Love it! Groovy, Funky. Not Rock n' Roll. Rock n' Soul!! Definitely will check it their discography.

Вроде и музыка, но за что её любить, не понятно

I'm not sure what other people are hearing that I'm not, didn't enjoy this at all.

This album deserves 5 stars alone because of the title track with Eddie Hazel providing one of the best guitar solos of all time. Little known is the contribution of George Clinton to this who apparently messed with the effects simulationously from the studio while Eddie was playing. The other songs? Also great and the crazy P-Funk stuff you need. So let's say that without "Maggot Brain" the album would be 4 stars but with it I give it 5!

Now we're talking again. What a find this has been. From the entrancing 10 minute psychy, proggy epic which ushers in proceedings, to the bouncy, soul-infused funky bops which follow and never really degrade much in quality from there on in, this comes in at a tight 36 minutes and it breezed by for me. "Back In Our Minds" is perhaps the one track here which didn't immediately blow me away, but it was still a pleasure to listen to nonetheless. This is absolutely the type of funk I can get behind rather than the self important, overwrought exploits of later bands which I've never warmed to. At its core, it just wants to rock out and have a great time, and that really shines through in the compositions. That solo (you know the one I'm on about) in that title track is truly mind-bending. Onto the vinyl wishlist this goes, and I will be investigating these further.

4/5 mostly instrumental

Good guitar riffs but felt like every song dragged on for real

Hadn’t heard this before vcant beat a bit of funk. Will listen again

Love it love it love it. Always will.

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.

From the searing genius guitar solo that opens this to the funk-freak show (and bodily function?) saga that shuts it down, this is awesome. Psychedelic without that earnest showiness, weird, rocking, funny, incisive. Brilliant record.

Did not know what to expect for this one. Worth while listen, but nothing really struck a chord.

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.

There’s a song with farts!

I imagine I will listen to this album again many times, very nice.

I like it for 4.5 , but let's round it :)

The title track is worth 6 stars.

Favorite Track: Can You Get To That

Brain-melting intense bookends in ‘Maggot Brain’ and ‘Wars Of Armageddon,’ with five of the heaviest, haziest, alien-sounding psychedelic soul/funk/R&B/rock songs you’ll ever hear wedged in between. Kids, this album is what happens you take too many drugs.

Amazing record. SO funky but so subversive. Highlights: Can You Get To That, Hit It and Quit It, Me and My Folks, You and Your Folks, Super Stupid Wars of Armageddon is a hilarious closer (fart sfx?!).

I like the concept : funk meets psychedelic. Made for a really entertaining listen with a surprising range of styles from minimalist, to blues and heavy rock. Did some reading about these guy's and it sounds like they were absolutely the real deal. I knew Parliament a bit and certainly the name Funkadelic was super familiar to me but digging deeper opens up this whole world of the P Funk Collective and Afrofuturism that seems limitlessly deep and full of lore. I think this is a great example of how music can shape and define a whole cultural movement and these guys deserve a ton of credit for being at the forefront of that wave.

Oh hell yes! I always have some time for more Funkadelic in my life!

Was having a good time, until we started shittin' and fartin' on the last track. I need someone to explain to me the inspiration there.

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

Second song was ok. Other than that I didn’t like this one.

Perfect for work

It’s time. The guitar work alone on this album is enough to give it a 5 but sprinkle in like 3 hits and an incredibly tight band and you have this beautiful album. I am glad I was forced to listen to this a few years back, it’s a great album that I never gave any credit to because I hadn’t been exposed to it. It’s experimental it’s fun it’s exciting it has a fart section. 10/10.

I've previously been pretty unexposed to Funkadelic, but damn this album was entertaining. Shredding guitars with super funky parts. Very fun vocal melodies and harmonies. The bass is grooooooooovin. The lack of formal "structure" on this album makes it stand apart from others I would consider in similar genres. They also put some crazy filters on the drums that were interesting at parts, specifically You and Your Folks. I loved the fart section. Some of those sounded itchy... Mid to low 4

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

Listened before, this shits fire

Great starter, better than the rest of the album

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

J - 2/5 Best Track - "Hit It & Quit It" F - 1/5

Great jam album with solid guitar tones; definitely heard samples used in more modern works.

Classic!

Docked because of last track

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.

really great album, had some sick fucking guitar riffs and overall was really good! There were some moments where i felt a bit bored, though. Also the farts at the end... what? It's a 3.5 but I guess I can only rate with multiples of 1. Alright.

Шикарный альбом!!! Всегда ловлю под заглавную песню музыкальный трип. Какой же всë-таки Джордж Клинтон шикарный музыкант и продюсер - живая легенда! А Эдди Хейзел очень яркий и живой гитарист!

Bobbins.

This sounds like what I imagine an acid trip feels like.

This was a bit of a mix. Bits I thought were completely pointless and uninteresting (sorry all you 10-minute meandering guitar solo fans out there). Bits I really liked (Can You Get To That, Super Stupid*). Bits were, and I cannot stress this enough, really fucking weird. I listened to this while trying to tame the tomato plants taking over the garden and I was balanced on the edge of the raised borders trying to construct a branch and string contraption when the wet fart noises started and I was so surprised I nearly wobbled into the courgette plants. Wikipedia highlight: "Guitarist Tawl Ross reportedly had a traumatic drug experience after getting into an "acid eating contest, then snorting some raw speed, before completely flipping out", and did not perform with the group again". That is absolutely what parts of this album feel like. I want 2.5 but 2/5 will have to do. * After finding out Audioslave covered Super Stupid, I had a listen after this and it's fantastic.

Geeeetar

Hell yeah

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.

Not my bin of questionable combined liquids

Nah no thanks

This album felt like a fever dream, I have no idea why it's on this list as I could have definetly gone my life without listening to it

Guitar intro is good. Can definitely see the Hendrix inspiration. However it's definitely not my kind of thing. Last song, not a fan of the weird farting samples they have, but its music i suppose.

Really can tell they were going for that dark/ gothic vibe here 7/10

Incredible album. The title track has some of the best guitar work I can think of. Funkadelic is amazing and this is on the list for a reason. Go listen.

I own this one. The first track is so good for just closing your eyes, good set of headphones and just feel it on your brain. Can You Get to That is also pretty cool, things slowly go down from there, but not terrible. Still a great album. Cool cover, dynamic sound. Very close to a 5.

Funky as hell. This was headed for a 5 for me until we got to the last song where it went a bit off the rails and bumped this down to a 4. But that weirdness aside, I might come back to this album in the future.

Only the mad acid genius of Funkadelic could come up with a song that uses synth bass to make fart sounds that also hit the groove. This is pure psychedelic nonsense and it’s fucking phenomenal. Zappa only wishes he had this level of creativity oozing from his pores. I knew I’d generally enjoyed Funkadelic but this made me an instant super fan.

remember when george clinton was in good burger?

The origin of … “Hit it and Quit it”

Funky psychedelic genius

thoughts: this opening title track is not what i expected at all, but it’s insanely good. the guitar work in general up and down this record is impeccable. fantastic album, super groovy, no skips. songs: “maggot brain”, “can you get to that”, “super stupid” rating: 9.4/10

Definitely funky!

Just good music. Funky and improvisational, what more to want?

Funk!

Perfect performances and production. Can only hear it here. There is no copying this act. Eddie Hazel was 17 when he recorded this. In lesser hands this would be tacky and inauthentic.

What the fuck

Pretty good!

Very good at carrying my heavy legs across wroclaw for coffee

Okay I was expecting more... funk lol and the whole album to be a lot harder considering it's called Maggot Brain. It's good still, just not the intensity I was expecting going in. I love the variety of sounds in this, the tings and warbles and cuckoo clocks. It's so fun. I will say, I can tell that this is sonically very good, and it's extremely interesting. I'm just not loving it as much as I thought I would. Especially because I'm such a huge fan of funk in general. Lots of jarring add on sounds like women screaming and cats yowling. It's definitely theatrical but it's taking me out of the music so I'm not loving it. I don't know, it feels more like an assignment than music I'd want to listen to. Just not my speed unfortunately.

It's hard to describe, in unique ways, my first impressions when I see and album cover like this. I know - I need an open mind... That's why I'm listening to 1001 different albums I guess. But it's hard boss, hard not to feel a little more dead inside. OK now the first track is 10 minutes and the whole album is just 37 - here goes.... the first half of the self titled track is a Kirk Hammett style solo, a tip toe through the tulips and more wah... the one with the most listens, Can You Get to That is decent. Its got a nice groove, Hazel (the guitarist) is very talented (despite the Kirk Comment) as is obviously George Clinton. It was fine - probably wouldn't seek it out again in a hurry. Gem was Super Stupid - purely for the intro and Hazel.

Eddie Hazel should probably be more celebrated. And I only say probably because I don’t do it enough. Effortless tone, pierces through the mix without being awkward, just gets it all right. There’s a bit too much Hendrix worship going on, but I mean, sure. My main gripe with Funkadelic is they sound like a terrific time live, but it isn’t until Parliament that there are a lot of memorable tunes (maybe more memorable for the samples, tough to say).

😎

Such an icon of funk and soul. Cant help but bop your head for sure

Not bad!

Fun album and that solo from Eddie Hazel was fucking sensational

Old school funk. Kind of cool. Short album

Psicodelia, rock, soul, gospel, jazz y funk, con una instrumentación compleja que te lleva por un viaje cósmico y emocional de la mano de la guitarra de Eddie Hazel. El álbum lanza un mensaje de unidad afroamericana frente al racismo, el capitalismo extremo y el negocio de la guerra, canalizando el dolor de una generación rota por las drogas.

absolutely

I think about half of the albums on this list deserve to be on this list. This definitely deserves to be here.

A breath of fresh air

A tantalizing mix of funk and hard rock, reflecting the turmoil and uniquely American strangeness of the late 60s / early 70s. The title track is indelible, and I found the rest of the album to be in support of it in one way or another. Birth and destruction, all while still maintaining some fun.

WTF

No

Very funky, psychedelic and heavy. At times it's quite experimental, starting with a long, emotional guitar solo and ending with an epic jam. But both are enjoyable and the middle tracks are all fantastic too. Can You Get To That is the pick of the bunch, but it's close.

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.

very interesting album. i didn’t expect the experimentalness at the last leg of the album. the first song was amazing. i liked it a lot though the flatulence did surprise me. it did fit though.

Funky

Great!

Kom hier niet echt in, overrated

First of all: WOW DO I HATE THIS ALBUM COVER. I cannot tell you why but its ugly as hell! Second of all: This Album starts in my opinion with an outro third of all: there are parts of this album that i enjoyed fourth of all: i don't know

Well, this is rocky and raucous and funky as all hell - some very funky guitar going on. Fun stuff.

“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.

I like the driving guitar. Easy to see how Jimi Hendrix influenced them. I enjoyed it so much I bought it.

Good, the intro and outro are longer, and at times gets a little odd for odds sake, but the middle songs are all real good. Feels like a great album to sit and listen to on vinyl while it spins, to really feel it.

Weirdly the riffing and atmosphere is darker than I imagined out of this album, maybe because it reminds me of a sort of prototype of what most doom metal riffs would be like except with more distortion and wayyy slower. Obviously the riffs aren't everything when you have such cool grooves such as the ones in this album but the marrying of both here just make it a great time for me, definitely iconic

It was okay

This was so fun??? Not something I'd normally choose but I had a blast listening to it.

Good, not great from what I remember

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.

10 minute guitar solo to start the album would have had me turning off if I hadn't had to listen to the whole album. The rest of the album was nothing more than OK.

Funktastic. And surprisingly heavier than I expected. George Clinton always brings the gold.

4/5

A very pleasant and funky album.

Meh....nope.

fun stuff!

Great album. I've listened to this before as it's on a lot of lists. I love the intro and the outro, the songs keep your head moving constantly. When I imagine what things were like in the early 70s in American cities, this is a great soundtrack for that. Don't know if that's influenced by or genuinely reflecting the reality of that. But it still transports me to a place that may have existed when I didn't.

That first track is majestic; the rest is a ton of fun.

Talented musicians performing songs I just don’t like at all.

The sharp exit from the transcendent, world altering title track into the acoustic guitar at the beginning of "Can You Get to That" is always so jarring; I want like 34 more seconds of silence or atmosphere. But since it's P-Funk, it more or less feels at home with their entire fun-but-scattered-and-inconsistent catalog. Still, there's nothing that could have followed the opening title track that would have felt worthy of its wake. Eddie Hazel made me feel the things all the elder statesmen said guitar music could make you feel. The rest of the album ranges from decent to pretty good, but "Maggot Brain" is a minor miracle.

Probably if its time but just not for me

Great rock sound, a bit of funk. Wars of Armageddon is a little more experimental; by the time the fart sounds came in, I wasn't even surprised.

Play it like your mamma just died. Man dude wrenches a lot of emotion from a pentatonic over three chords. Pretty sure you can trace a lotta of our current cultural collapse to the downward slide of the guitar in the popular mind from these heights to a bunch of instagram technique nerds. Love the cosmic funk rock ridiculousness.

FUNKY

Super stupid, but fun.

Funky, brief, good Not great. Would relisten

Ahhhh yea the other big Parliament Funkadelic album, the last one was a few weeks ago. Mothership Connection. Both albums are great for different reasons, and to argue over which is better might be splitting hairs. This project is much heavier on the ideas and its willingness to push the envelope. Some craaaazy cool stuff going on here. An atmospheric opener into “Can You Get to That” which is just teeming with life in its vocal execution. “Super Stupid” stood out to me as a total jammer, the energy really started to pick up with this cut. A bit of Jimi Hendrix in the vocals if you ask me. And I suppose in the INCREDIBLE guitar solo at the end too! The opus is obviously “Wars Of Armageddon”, an imaginative, surely-drug-induced heater. The insane drum work, the riffing, the OUT THERE sound effects. This has it all. What a great blend of rock and funk and imagination and originality. While Mothership Connection hit me harder on first listen, I must give this album its flowers for boldly going where no one had gone before - and doing so with such pizazz! Great memories associated with this album. Strong 4/5, could be a 5/5 on some more listens

Just wonderful funk that set my day off on the right foot. Will definitely be back for more listens.

Not as good as I expected.

***An ok album

I enjoyed the first ~90%. Didn’t love the poop and fart sounds to end

Truly funkadelic

Loved until the fart sounds on the last song. Funk music is great

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.

Een debiele titel, een debiele hoes. Funkmuziek is over het algemeen leuk, maar de muziek zelf is hier nogal nondescript (niks valt op), maar we krijgen wel een berg van de pot gerukte geluidseffecten voor onze kiezen. En hoe langer het duurt (en het duurt laaaaaang!), hoe verleidelijker het wordt om Fransie Bauer op te zetten. Nou vooruit, nog een puntje erop voor het gitaarspel in het eerste nummer dan.

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.

Als je je plaat met een ongelooflijke dikke gitaarsolo van 10 minuten kunt laten beginnen, dan ben je wel een flinke baas. En het knappe is, dat het me niet verveelt. Ik vind het gewoon heel dik. De hele plaat gaat eigenlijk gewoon lekker zo door met dikke gitaren. Het rockt, het swingt, het heeft soul. Het is Lenny Kravitz meets Living Colour meets Jimi Hendrix meets Led Zeppelin. Het omvat op deze manier de 60s, 70s, 80s en 90s. Ik zet het de volgende ochtend weer op en geniet weer met name van de gitaren en de lekkere funky ritmes. Er zitten af en toe wat vervelende geluidjes tussen, daar zou ik in een zure bui punten aftrek voor moeten geven. Een iets te makkelijk gegeven 5, maar ach, laat ik niet moeilijk doen.

Eh I'm not getting it. I fondly remember the opener for its use in House MD, but it didn't click for me this time. The rest of the album made a satisfying change from the opener (god can you imagine if it had all been like that) but still didn't blow me away. Can't be bothered to come back to this one, even if it is a classic.

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.

Uhh

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.

Ett intro på 10 minuter, ett outro på 10 minuter (inklusive gökklocka och råmande kor) och däremellan 5 låtar på en total speltid om 36 minuter. Tänker att detta är mer ett live-band än ett band som ska göra album. Men det är funkigt och det gungar. Bästa spår: You and your folks, me and my folks.

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

enjoyed it!

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

met my bf down at the taco truck…

Their third album..Funk / Rock / Psychedelic / Soul. The opening track is a ten minute long piece of genius level guitar work from Eddie Hazel. Hit It And Quit It - Has a great funk sound. Super Stupid - Hell of a track! Hendrix esque licks ! This album is experimental, funky and book ended by two ten minute tracks. Plus there are even some farts lol !

Not something I would normally listen to but enjoyable.

Genius. An album that works together and apart. The musicianship is world beating. Eddie Hazel's playing on the title track is heart-wrenching. Someone truly exposing their soul through a guitar. A classic record that I believe does not get the recognition or adulation it deserves.

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

Enjoyed. Love me some funk. Seems like it could be remastered to me, but wutta' I know.

The track “Maggot Brain” itself was good enough for the album to get a 5 from me. Check out the Ween song “A tear for Eddie” which is a tribute to Eddie Hazel.

Not really my style, but was a decent listen. I really liked that first track.

La primera vez que escuche este álbum algo cambio dentro de mi. No fui el mismo desde ese momento.

Clásico. Entiendo y noto toda la influencia q ha tenido en la música.

4.5

bunch a noise, dont really get it. some songs are somewhat decent. mazbw could listen to 2 songs

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

Funky😎

Can certainly see how this influenced a lot after this.

Literally probably top 3 albums for me

This album sounds like standing in guitar center on a Saturday afternoon

Heeeeellllll yeah brotha man. The funk, the soul, the fart noises. Shit is super stupid good.

Holy moly. This was awesome. I have not enjoyed any of the 70's funk that I had listened to through this list, so my expectations were low. Track 1 was amazing! This sounds like a mash-up of funk and rock. So good and a great surprise.

BEST SONGS: - Maggot Brain - Super Stupid

That last song was just too much, rest was meh

Man, so good. I was familiar with Parliament but enjoyed this a lot more - the rock/jazz/funk combo just makes me happy

Hilariously, my first experience with George Clinton and Funkadelic was when they, as Parliament Funkadelic at the time, popped up in PCU (a great underrated movie). Never heard anything from them before that, nor have I listened to them since. This album was totally new to me and while I’m not surprised that I liked it, I’m surprised by how much I enjoyed it. The solo that is the title track is a wild way to start an album - the way it bounces back and forth is killer. I guess this album is known for this solo, though the fact that it goes on for 10 minutes is a bit of overkill. All the same, a cool way to start off the record. The next three songs are, for me, the real high point of this album. Can You Get To That has some awesome vocals, especially the way the harmony works with the low and high voices that come in at different points. I loved Hit It and Quit It. This song just drives all the way through. Awesome. You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks sits in a great groove. Though it felt like a large departure from the prior song, I thought the contrast totally worked. At this point, I was totally sold on this album. Unfortunately, things waned a bit from there for me. Super Stupid is better than the title, but I didn’t connect with this as much as the last 3, even if the guitar work in this was great again. Back In Our Minds is best described as a very bent song. It’s psychedelic in nature and while it wasn’t my favorite, I could appreciate the musicality of it. Meanwhile, Wars of Armageddon bookends this album with another roughly 10 minute track and though I liked it more than the opener, it goes on a bit too long too. Still, a good jam. All tolled, this wasn’t something I would listen to over and over again front to back, but it was still a great listen with a series of songs I really liked. Fact is, I have been missing out all this time.

Gradvis svakere for hver låt dessverre

Not much of a fan

Like it much more than I was expecting

Love it

Funk at its finest. Groovy and awesome.

This has one best album covers of all-time! Although I had never actually listened to the album until now, I'm very familiar with the album cover which has stoked my curiosity for years. Not much for lyrics, but these songs pack a lot of badass funkery. This is a feel-good vibe record that will go firmly into my regular rotation.

super funky

Never going to forget covering the eponymous opener to the good people of Meridian’s garage. Thank you Billy. I’m sorry Neha.

I've been listening to this for years. Some of the best guitar ever on an album??

I mean it’s alright

Z chęcią wysłucham bo nie znam

Eureka!

Not very interesting. Only good track was "You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks"

Wow. Okay. Yeah. So this is how I found out that Funk is NOT my genre. I'm sure this is groundbreaking music with artistic merit to someone out there but this just sounds like premium elevator music to me (I'm sorry). Some of them are even 10 minutes long and they just kind of blend into the background.

Beginning is awesome, ending kinda sucks

Title track sounds closer to Pink Floyd than any PFunk album I’ve heard before. The other songs are a sprawling eclectic mix of soul / funk / rock and experimental music that is infectious. A great listen!

This was a weak album! How did it make the 1001?

I really only knew Can You Get to That. Incredible album.

Funky

Far out man. There’s a statement in this album somewhere. I don’t know where or what it is. It’s mostly made of far out and funky diversions. And I can get to that. I dig.

The title track reminds me of "Cortez the Killer." I know this is an extremely iconic funk album and it's for good reason. The vibe is all over the place but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I think this is one of those albums that need multiple listens to fully grasp what's going on, but from initial listen, two thumbs up.

Really great record, Maggot Brain is such an incredibly good guitar song and is a main feature of the Shredd Aquarium. The other songs can be more soul than funk but are still great. Can. You. Get? (Bass voice— I wanna know…)

Excellent. The guitar solo on maggot brain is such a sick start to the album.

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

Spot on varebetegnelse. Det er syret funky shit

I hate the cover so much.

It's just amazing. Opens with a 10 minute guitar solo that has just souch emotion it's hard to put into words. Like he is trying to express grief using only his guitar. Hendrix came back from the dead to listen to it gave it a ten minute standing ovation then died again it's that good. The best part is rest of the album is great too. Hit it and quit it is impossible not to move to. I was sitting down on a dreary Saturday morning and it came on and my head started to bob and the rest of my body started moving. Couldn't help myself. I wonder how long Clinton spent in the mixing bay for this. It's all clean and tight, he plays with some effects but it doesn't drown anything out or make it sound off. Seriously it's great. I can't say that enough. If you have good headphones put them on for this. I wish I had a great speaker set up in my place for albums like this.

Great funk!

Legendarisk åpningsspor! Flott blanding av funk og psykedelia

Very good. I don't have a lot to say cuz im tired but its pretty good 9/10

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

Really really liked it, the guitar on maggot brain the track was amazing, super stupid and can you get to that are both top tier, the triangle on back in our minds was kind of trippy but fun nonetheless.

fire album tbf give the electric guitar player a raise because they be cooking. Overall pretty good 7/10

1. a capa é brutal 2. eu gosto d+ da proposta do funkadelic 3. bem gostosinho pra colocar de fundo e tocar o dia

que SOLAÇO hein pqp achei PICA, gostosinho demais! fui pesquisar sobre a banda e, depois desse album, um membro teve uma badtrip de ácido + speed tão pesada que saiu da banda NO DIA SEGUINTE!! mto foda. boa banda. bom album.

Loved it

Very good first two songs and enjoyed the rest of the album.

was great and funky

Really really close to giving this a 5, this is such a cool album with each song doing something new or interesting, just have 5s which I'd reach for first but had a blast

54min flew by. Really enjoyed this. It was a vibe. Weird sounds mixed into tracks (farts,babies crying,scratching noises) but not enough to ruin them.

Wild

Definitely funky. Slow burn. Childish Gambino definitely got some ideas from here. Super Stupid is a bop.

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

There's something special about this album. The opening track and it's incredible guitar solo hooked my straight away. This would almost be at home if it was released today, there's something timeless about it. I recognized the source of a sample in a song i like (Rill Rill by Sleigh Bells) in the second track.

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.

In one's next life, one will write a dissertation how Maggot Brain is basically a Walt Whitman poem, containing multitudes in a time of societal turbulence and showing so much of what's wonderful, weird and wicked (cool) about America, inclusive of folk and funk, gospel and rock. Which is one's way of saying this is a holy mess, rocking sprawlingly and pleasingly and all-over-the-placingly.

Not familiar with the band or album before, but there is something about the front cover that feels familiar. Was so encapsulated by the first song. Really grabbed me and pulled me in to every note and the general reflexive flow. Immersed for the full 10 minutes and felt like a flash. Great sound, arrangement and energy throughout. Also pretty trippy too. Great album. Varied, engaging, accomplished.

From a band called "Funkadelic", I would have expected more, I dunno, .... Funk. It's rather some typical 70s Blues-oriented rambling. 2/5

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

First song starts the album off amazingly. I'm already digging it. After finishing the album, I still liked it a lot, but definitely enjoyed the first half more than the second half. 4.5/5

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.

George Clinton is a madman. Love the album. Lots of cool sounds and tempo changes. Maggot Brain is such a weird/cool/atypical way to open an album….and it works! Love Super Stupid too. Bring on the P Funk!

Really good loved it. Guitar playing fantastic.

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

I had a great time listening to this album. Mind melting guitar and an iconic riff in Can You Get to That. Really cool

Ihan ok musisointia, mutta ei paljoa sellaista, mitä haluaisi kuulla uudelleen. Taustamusiikkina ehkä.

What a total banger. Really enjoyed this

Eddie Hazel was one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and the titular Maggot Brain song is a testament to that. As great as the band is, part of the psychadelic exploration will eventually lead you to fart noises and explosions.

Great album! I listened to it twice. Much deeper and varied than I was expecting.

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

2,5

Intro vond ik echt geweldig, ik zou dit zo aanzetten als ik ff mn kamer opruim. Krijg er alleen maar goede vibes van. Ook de rest vond ik echt super leuk, snap wel waar ze de naam vandaan halen want het was wel heel funky. Ik vond vooral de triangel (?) in “back in our minds” echt geweldig

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.

Pure funktastic magic

I'm definitely not alone in thinking this, but the title track alone is worth 5 stars. I can never get tired of it. Other tracks like Hit It And Quit It or You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks are all groovy and catchy as hell too. I don't even care that it all ends with farts. They earned it.

amazing!

We want the funk ... but despite the name this didn't deliver. It was much more of a rock album which still can get you in the groove. But, we wanted the funk

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

I know nothing about funk and have never even heard of "Funkadelic." And after the first wild guitar blast, I would never have guessed it was funk. Okay, after that, thank goodness, it gets more tame. Not that I like the album better. It doesn't sound fully produced to me, more like the first sessions. Raw! And then comes "Super Stupid," and I know exactly why the song is called that. The effect of "Back In Our Minds" is totally stupid, just like the vocals; only the horn part stands out positively for me. Finally, "Wars Of Armageddon" is more of a war against all listeners. I listened to the album really well because I couldn't believe it. First, what it offers and then all the super positive reviews, I really feel like I'm in the wrong movie. To put it bluntly, I don't like the album at all. It's a wild mess at times, not fully thought through and not fully produced. Yes, it could be that there were too many maggots in the brain, but I'm guessing it was just too many drugs. Hey, the alternative mix of "Maggot Brain" is much better. The keyboard is great and captures the guitar a bit. It's a shame, but if this version had been the starting point for the album, it would have been something completely different, something I would have liked much better. 2 stars for the bonus track, although viewed individually, it deserves more.

Rocky, proggy mid tempo funk? Interesting. Could be influence to RHCP or even RATM? Chunky nice basslines Best track - You and Your Folks, Super Stupid, Back in Our Minds 4 stars

Hard to top Can You Get to That, but the rest of the album is a lot of fun too. I generally enjoyed the whole thing, and it was a good fix of funk and psychedelic rock. Definitely zoned out a bit more during some tracks, but it didn't take away from the album

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

I was already familiar with this album when it came up. The title track is excellent, and the album is good overall. Some of the other tracks are forgettable but overall it's worth a listen for the title track alone, which has some of the best guitar work I've heard by any artist.

355/1002 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

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Iconic cover art, iconic opening title track with an iconic spoken word bit at the beginning. Shame the rest of the album is nowhere near as iconic. Key tracks: Maggot Brain

Very chill, hypnotizing and energetic

Already answered. Unpleasant.

the opening track!!! this shit is so good bruh