Mothership Connection

enjoyed this, wouldn't normally listen to it personally but it was funky as hell and great to have on in the background, how can you not smile while this sort of thing is on?

Much better than Funadelic, worked away happily listening to this

Funky ... mejor de lo que pensaba.

fun funk, but i did get bored halfway through listening to it. i found p-funk wants to get funked up more annoying than enjoyable because of the lyrics, but the rest of side a was pretty enjoyable. i didnt enjoy side b though. even the highlight of side b, give up the funk, was just ok to me. maybe im just soulless idk i didnt like how repetitive the lyrics were. it was tolerable and enjoyable at times but i wouldnt listen to again. 3 personal favs: unfunky ufo

Shits great

Clearly a talented group. When they say funky, they really mean it. Sometimes the experimental stuff doesn't quite work, but still a fun album.

Groovy

Funky fresh - 7/10

Maybe a little too much funk?

I confused parliament and pavement and I was a bit confused when I started listening. I think I am just a complete idiot. album was fun, dont think ill revisit tho

Extremely funky but not overdone 7.5/10

4/10 - Its pretty groovy but I am just not vibing with it really. Its quite repetitive within songs but not in the way I enjoy. Although each song is very different which is nice to hear. The naming convention is funny to me. The last song was my favorite.

This got me funked up

Funky and groovy as heck

It's a good time. Worth a listen and gets. good reaction when you put it on after midnight when everyone's had a couple of drinks.

Super fun and funky album. ‘Give up the Funk’ is a classic but there was plenty of great parts in the other songs. Final song ‘Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples’ was the only track that I didn’t particularly like, only for the weird synth bass part.

Amazing

This one's alright! I've needed something like this lately. I feel like I haven't gotten a ton of funk albums, so getting one is always a nice surprise. Also, I feel like I've gotten a lot of long albums as of lately, so getting one that's a nice 38 minutes is good for me. Anyways, the album's good. I like it. It's just a fun funk album. George Clinton always knows what he's doing, and what he's doing is pretty neat. This album is kind of a concept album with its themes of space. Cool! I like that. It helps make the album stand out. The sound is great, the writing fits the theme well, and the singing is solid. There isn't much to say or complain about. This is just a nice album to listen to for some fun funky goodness. Light 4/5.

This is good music!

Well, when I listen to it long enough, all I want is to stop it.

Nice introduction to funk.

This is an authentic ticket that allows you access to the true Mothership and the vibrations of the very roots of P-funk. Buckle up, Buttercup, 'cuz thang's 'bout ta git FUN-KAY!

funky legende

They surely have the funk!

They sound like they’re having a nice time.

Alright, this is a funky-ass album from one of the legends Parliament, complete with scratching guitars, horns, oily bass courtesy of Bootsy Collins, and a loose outer space narrative. Is it cheesy? Absolutely. But that's where the charms lie with how much charisma George Clinton and company can pull off with this collection of tunes about interstellar grooving that doesn't overstay its welcome save for the opening skits. It's a silly album with a lot of craftsmanship to back it up, I dig it.

One of the better funk albums imo, I really cant rate this bad when I enjoy a lot of the Commodores' stuff. Very solid, and Give Up The Funk is a classic tune

Classic Funk Album, I love the various grooves. Give Up the Funk I had heard before and the last track was unavailable on Spotify but overall was a really groovy listen

I dare anyone to put this on and try not to doing that funky head bob, you know the one. It can't be done. This is the funk. Pure funky fun. An album made for good times. Legitimate classic. 10/10

"Mothership Connection" by Parliament is an incredibly funky album which is credited with enormous influence on music in the following years. George Clinton was truly ahead of his time. These tracks are vibrant, exciting, and absolutely electric.

Even though I really like Give Up The Funk, the rest does not raise this above 2 stars or D+ for me.

funky

Fine but less interesting than I was expecting

Way too much funk after a while. One recognisable song.

Some songs I’d give a 4 but not the whole album.

Phunky

vabbè supersonico

carino, ma ripetitivo

questa è musica che ti muove anche se tu vuoi stare fermo. adoro.

Carino ma i brani da 8 minuti (quindi il 90%) me lo hanno fatto scendere un po’

Lo dichiaro al mondo: sono una cultrice di Trolls 2 - World Tour. Per chi non sapesse di cosa si tratta (in questo caso, malissimo), nel film si scopre che ci sono tante nazioni di troll, ognuna per un genere musicale diverso: ci sono i troll del pop, del rock, dell’EDM, della musica classica, del country… Ecco, io ho SEMPRE voluto essere un troll del funk (anche della musica classica, ma principalmente del funk). Hanno delle vibes semplicemente pazzesche. Tutto questo per dire che mi sorbisco volentieri qualsiasi esempio di musica che si ascolterebbe un troll del funk. Anche solo per le vibes.

Super fico, una bella ricarica durante una mattinata smorta. Mi piace quando si sente che gli artisti si divertono mentre registrano e lo trasmettono all’ascoltatore.

Cool songs, but not really the music I like the most

Cosmic funk descends, Rhythms pulse from Parliament, Galaxy extends.

Not much here but it was fun hearing a couple of familiar samples

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Oh god now theres funk all over my screen

So influential on many things that I listen to.

Yes! Loved

Awesome and funky!

Shifted between dimensions at least 5 times while this album was playing

Huge fan. This isn't my favorite -- that would probably be "The Electric Spanking of War Babies" -- but it's a solid slab of P-Funk. I want the bomb!

Couldn’t stop bobbing my head or tapping my feet

Horns, synthesizer and funky bass lines. So many classic hits on this album. I remember when Ron got kicked out of the Filmore and the cop pulled his tape. Great album!

This fucks!

I felt like I was listening to the Ladies Man playing music. I did enjoy.

Sure.. I like blues/jam music. But this was a litter to silly for my liking.

Quite fun, I liked the song names and overall it was pretty funky

The instrumentation was cool and funk will always have a nostalgic place in my heart. I also am biased because anything space/intergalactic theme will have me hooked. Other than that, the lyrics and everything else were pretty mid for me.

Really digging this first song! I love the Chocolate Milky Way. Love the sax. Love the uncut funk! Second song is not quite as good, but still fun. Kinda repetitive. Some interesting instrumentation in the fourth song. Handcuffs is a hot song! Nevermind - Do not like the barefoot and pregnant lyric. :( Kinda yucky! Was going to add it to my liked songs, but the song got progressively creepier. Oh I actually know this song (Give Up the Funk)! This last song kind of sounds like a fart LOL.

I have to keep my sunglasses on, it's the law

It's real funky like ol' Greg(mighty boosh). This makes me want to bump my booty. It has a good flow and all kinds of various instruments you'd think don't work together but managed some how. Handcuffs seemed sexy at first, but at the same time kind of misogynistic or at least controlling of someone because you can't trust them??? I'm not sure, the lyrics were started to devolve. The next song picks back up to a classic fun funk beat, so that one song was a bit of an outlier for sure. The last song has a real crazy noise, like a almost fart background noise. Like a interstellar flatulence. Good overall, it'll get you moving for sure if you want to funk out while cleaning or being active.

I'm not sure I've ever listened to an entire funk album. I liked the album cover with the afro futurism vibe from the outset. Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication sounds like gears and lasers in the background, definitely getting a space vibe on this track. Are they constructing some robots back there? 'Give up the funk' is the one I've heard before on the radio, it's ok but it seems boring compared to some of the others from the album, but it's still catchy. This is the one that gets stuck in your head after listening. My favorites are 'Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples' and 'Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication'. I keep thinking, 'how are they making this sound', at certain points(in a good way), but then there is also a nice full band with an identifyable sax and piano. I really enjoyed listening to this album a few times today, but I'm not sure how much I'll go back to it. It's unique and has a fun silly theatrical vibe and I can see why it's on the list. You can feel the joy here. 3.5/5

Excellent funk, gotta dig into the rest of the Parliament discog 👍

The funk is heavy with this one as it should be. But I'll be honest and say the talking kind of makes me not want to listen again. We want the funk though! The music itself is good but all the concept album story setup is kind of overkill for me.

Nice little Funk album.

Some fabulous grooves. Favourite tracks: P-funk, Supergroova... And the very suspect Handcuffs.

Funky!

They really needed the Funk

I was really psyched at the start of this album. The sound is really fun and catchy. However, the songs are just so damn repetitive. They spend more time talking about 'the funk' than they do just getting down to it.

Good. Songs go on too long though.

Good but songs drag on 3.5

Wow this brought back memories of high school. P-Funk and Give Up the Funk were favorites.

So many amazing things about this album. The musicianship alone is next level with Bootsy on the bass and Bernie on the synths, and the horns! True innovators here. And George directing it all in a drug-induced hazy musical gumbo that just works! Who knew synth-driven “musical farts” could be so melodic? 🤷🏽. No surprise why George is so sampled with only James Brown sampled more, both basically helping birth hip-hop. Only slight hiccup is Handcuffs which is pretty sexist… but damn if ain’t funky! Easy five star when you want your funk pure and uncut.

P-Funk doin' it to ya in the earhole.

Не понимаю фанк

Groovy!

Vanligtvis inte stort fan av Funk, de räddade det med riktigt rolig vibe

Fun funk but gets very repetitive

prefer the p-funk stuff.

I'm not huge on pure funk music, but of course this is one of the best of the genre

A funk staple. It's a shame the lyrics for "Handcuffs" are so off. "Unfunky UFO" and "Give Up The Funk" are solid tho.

Joyous, exciting, dynamic, fun, bouncy. Odd listen to it again. I keep thinking of what would I need doing where this is a pretty awesome thing to listen to. In I think walking to work. Commuting. Gymming. Gardening. It's a good bit of energy to have through your ears. 3 stars, 4 stars? Unsure. Let's go 4.

Love this funky album

Yeah, this is a groovy and enjoyable album. I can't give it only 3 stars, had to be 4 because some of the songs are stuck on me.

listened to again i mean, these dudes invented P-funk

Funnnnnnnky fresh

schön funky

I found the lyrics a bit annoyingly repetitive, but the music itself is amazing.

I always assumed that the P in P-funk stood for parliament as they are so funky they created their own damn musical genre. Did I put this on my headphones and walk down the main street in Swords where o work and feel like the blackest white man in town -yes. Did I enjoy every second - absolutely

Very cool. Great album concept, amazing instrumentals! The vocals and spoken word parts don't do anything for me, so I won't be saving it.

Had to put on my special funk trousers for this one. Not sure my regular ones would have coped otherwise.

I'm definitely more of a Parliament person than a Funkadelic person, though both are still good. Absolutely love this album. Great songs top to bottom. Can't really pick a favorite because they're all fantastic.

Some good jams

fonky

A genre unto themselves- P -Funk. Some music doesn’t age well, Parliament is not among them. Big and brassy and bold.

Parliament is a band entirely made up of aliens from the funkiest planet imaginable. They come in peace, and they come to funk your face off. It's a continuous groove that I think even the most stern person would get caught up in. Favorite tracks: "P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)", "Handcuffs"

Some very cool tracks

Excellent. Best tracks Mothership Connected and Give Up The Funk 4/5

Fantastic funk album!

My main complaint is that it’s only 7 tracks. Favourite track: Unfunky UFO.

Super fun at first, but as it went along it felt like they ran out of tricks

Great background listen, sampled often in hip-hop. Wouldn't call it a diverse album or sound but what it does it does well.

First track I was all like ‘less talkin’, more groovin’!’ After that they duly obliged. Lots of irresistibly squelchy, spacey beats. These guys sure put the ‘fun’ in funk; this is a rare example of the genre that I’d happily listen to again all the way through.

Silly but great grooves

Overall I enjoyed but the songs get very long where I’m ready for something new. But “we want the funk” will always be a banger.

Nice old funk. Enjoyed it.

Thank you P-funk, god bless you every one

Tuesday morning post bank holiday weekend I was not feeling the funk.

I have never heard funkier funk. Quentesential.

Funk as delivered by the greats.

We want the funk is timeless, lots of protofunk and I can see how it’s influenced a lot that’s come after it. Beyond a few highs like handcuffs and give up the funk it was a tad generic but that’s to be expected of early work like this.

Hot dang, this is fly! I'd never heard of this group before, but I dig it! What surprised me the most is the random dialogue dubbed in. I've heard similar types of chatter or playful riffing in rap or hip hop albums of the late 80s and forward, but this album is from 1975! I think that's the earliest I've heard that style used. These were great beats—I think Imma' let them bring the funk back to me again, real soon! This is a 3.5 for me, but I'm happy to round up to a four.

Well that was fun. I don't seek out funk, but I enjoyed this.

Love it. I did start to get distracted when the fart sounds started.

All stars.

Classic riffs . Amusing premise.

Was different from my style of music. Enjoyable though. Will have to listen a few times

Great album. So much going on with the music! And so many funky ass horns, bass lines, and yes, synth-driven fart sounds that make you dance and not get disgusted. So many musical pops and gurgles that never get old; it’s clear why it was a sampling gold mine for hip-hop. Handcuffs is a bit misogynistic but damn if it isn’t funky. All the musicians are next level, but Bootsy is the MVP here. Simple answer is YES, I want my funk uncut!

Kind of average pop music...

sie sind seeehr funny. ich heb mini gebreche as radio und loh d vobes dureflüsse. hahahah "let me put my sunglasses on" mir gsehnd dich nöd george. aber s isch scho nonsense.

UHHHH funky kong ich lieb wiener eifach chli redt BASS weiss gad nöd was sege, es isch sehr es album wo ih sich flüsst und ich momentan vill abschweife, aber ich find sehr trurig dass s ufo unfunky isch aso de ✨vibe✨ findi super ja wie scho vorher gseit, es isch cool aber vlt will ich nachli müed bin schweif ich schnell ab ich lieb de furz synthi ja sprry luca bi dier ischs sicher besser aber für mich ischs es 3

Would be a 3 for me on its own merit (unfunky UFO is the best song I hadn’t heard before) but the fact that most songs are sampled in 90s hip hop songs bumps it up. Is Dr Dre’s career even possible without Parliament?

3.6 Should be a 4. Bootsy is literally from outerspace

The only thing I know of these guys is 'Give Up the Funk,' which is a fun song. The rest of this album is fun, something I'll probably revisit, but not my favorite. 3/5

Damn is this a fun one. I've probably listened to this album a hundred times and look forward to the next one hundred plus between now and the day the great UFO in the sky takes me back. George Clinton had such a perfectly out there vision for this record that was executed perfectly. Bootsy Collins shows a masterclass of both funk and restraint. Give Up the Funk has such a simple bass line but I could listen to that groove for hours. The synth and instrument effects are a marvel as well. Listening to the horrors that were just starting to be inflicted on pop music (and would peak in the 80s) with terribly misguided synthesizers, there are hardly any misses here. The fart synth on Thumpasorous Peoples is the worst and even that one was tasteful. Bootsy work with filters on that bass are legendary and defined whole eras of playing. Even beyond the music, I love what Clinton said about the concept itself. "We had put black people in situations nobody ever thought they would be in, like the White House. I figured another place you wouldn't think black people would be was in outer space." This is a rare, lightning in a bottle type of album. It works on every level and defines while also breaking new ground on an entire movement of music. One of my all time favorite records.

Great musicianship and pretty great mix. Wasn't especially in the mood when I started but it grew on me.

This is one crazy funk album, and I loved it! The album cover sets the scene: one of the funkiest bands of the 1970s in a mothership, flying through space trying to find the mothership connection—wild! Short and sweet, what an awesome album!

I want to like funk - but it’s just not my thing! Still, this was pretty fun and I found a few bits that had my toes tapping. Musicians were great but probably won’t get a relisten from me.

Funk isn’t my thing but this had me grooving. Light 4.

This is the definition of funk. While I personally prefer Sly and the Famous Stone, this is a fun record with great grooves. I really enjoyed all of the self referential lyrics.

Let's get funky! This is one of the best examples of pure genre we've seen so far. These songs are not about anything except the GROOVE and that's ok with me. I guess there are some light sci-fi/afrofuturism themes which unify the album but this album is definitely about the music itself. Of course the bass is great, but the horns add a lot for me too. I had a lot of fun listening to this. Parliment is a very unique group and I bet their live show would have been fantastic in their prime. The line in the first song where they make fun of white artists doing funk is hilarious.

This An enjoyable funky album

This is probably better suited for an ambient speaker system than in ear headphones. Layers upon layers here, and so many call forwards to hip hop songs that became part of the modern vernacular.

Was never my kind of music.

perfect for the joyous “just finished exams” shower i was enjoying. so fun.

Love that funk. Live a themed album.

feeling funked up

I was really hoping that this would be more fun to listen to on 4/20 than it was. Felt like late stage funk meaning it was just less fun than the Isaac Hayes funkadelic golden age for some reason. P-funk and we want the funk were both good and it was listenable overall, it just didn’t have the juice that my favorite funk albums have.

Very funky, a few stand out tracks and very listenable.

Good, solid album

Fun and wild. Really good funk!

MAKE MY FUNK THE P FUNK Zap the zibble wiggle the wobble bippity boppity zap zap zap squiggle and squirm shake that thang jammin' and slammin' in the cosmic flow yickle the keys slap the bass get up on the mother dont be shy I WANTS TO GET FUNKED UP

Made false claims that they can cure my migraines 0/10 I don't know why but the tone of funk baselines makes me feel really unwell which is sad cause I quite like the songs Also all the songs are far too long Eh I didn't enjoy it very much

8/10 I was always going to like this, excellent funky music that continues to be influential and heard in current music Total vibe, great rhythm and squelchy synth Some of it sounded almost jazz-like and improvised, some of it was tight as hell The flip side of the more freeform stuff was the lyrics were minimal or shallow Best: Unfunky UFO

Parliament albums are always fun. Some great jamming. Some weird lyrics. I don’t think this album is as consistent as some of their others though.

Mothership Connection I’m fairly familiar with Mothership Connection although I don’t listen to it that often.

I love the concept of this album, and the whole Parliament/Funkadelic ethos/philosophy/universe. P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up). Great opener, like the spoken word, introduces the brilliant but loopy concept. Love the Rachmaninov style piano in the outro. Mothership Connection (Star Child) carries it on with another banger. Unfunky UFO, Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication and Handcuffs aren’t perhaps as strong as those first two songs but they are still very good, Unfunky UFO in particular is white overbite dancing good. Shades of Sex & Drugs & Rock’n’Roll in the piano in Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication. And then Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker). Absolute all time classic banger. Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples is a great title and a nice farty way to round things out, even if the song isn’t as strong as the title.

There’s just the right blend of funk, disco, soul and jazz, the jazzy bits don’t intrude on the songs. The playing is superb. Bootsy Collins bass is so good, a great tone and simultaneously melodic and percussive, and is great in tandem with the drums. Brilliant horns too. Trying not to compare it to yesterday’s album as it’s just a quirk of the randomness but it’s night and day. This is fun, funny and excellent, yesterday was dull and wanky. So all in all this is a great listen, three absolute classics with the remainder very good if not quite as great as those three It’s somewhere between 4 and 5, I’ll go 4.
 ⭐⭐⭐⭐️

Funky and still holds up every time I listen to it. A complete sonic smile. Enjoyed listening to it front to back.

If you want to talk about defining a genre, have a chat with George Clinton. What a freakishly creative and talented person he is, and his Parliament group gave birth to so much amazing music. George is basically the Miles Davis of funk’s roots in the 70s, and he has definitely earned that title. I think the only people who put this on and don’t enjoy it in some small capacity probably just bang their heads against the wall for fun. This has every single thing a funk record should have, and more. Fucking Bootsy Collins for god sake. What more needs to be said about that man’s otherworldly bass playing? But every member holds their own with ease. George is such a flashy vocalist and band leader, and makes his presence immediately. Even with how amazing everything sounds here, if George was removed from this, it would definitely be lacking a lot of the character. But it sure isn’t. They managed to create some of the strangest lyrical hooks I’ve probably ever heard, but they are total earworms. They just get stuck with you. The synth work is incredible. The drums and bass sound better than records produced in the last 6 months. It still amazes me how many artists manage to regress in production clarity nowadays. This was 1975, and still sounds beyond its time. P-Funk exists because of these guys. The genre pretty much gets its namesake from them. And they really succeeded in creating a bombastic and spectacular set of futuristic funk bangers. Rating: 9/10

This started out nice, but it might be a little too funky & jazzy for me. I wouldn't listen to all of the songs again, but Give Up the Funk is iconic.

Groovy

Grew on me after 2 listens 7.5/10

I enjoyed this more than the recent Funkadelics album, but still felt repetitive and too long overall.

Funky af

This is so good. Classic. Infinitely influential. The fat synth funk. The bass of Bootsy Collins. The charisma of George Clinton. The general theme and tongue-in-cheek paired with premium musicianship and dynamics, so funking cool. Doing it in my ear holes. 4.5 easy.

First two tracks were class. Super funky. Loved the surprise Let Me Ride by Dre sample in track 2. Sadly it tailed off a bit after that. Track 3 good but 4-7 really dropped in stature. Will throw those first two into my rotation list though for sure. Good vibes.

Its funky delicious. Seriously, this is a blast of an album. Give Up the Funk is obviously the most well-known track, but honestly there's not a bad track on here. Great album.

3.75 1. L (low/male) / R (high/female) BGV really dope! 2. Piano panned slightly R; Beautifully balanced tension - Not quite a resolve... Not needed 3. Unfunky UFO Kick Drum FUCKS. Wide and Woody-sounding 4. Handcuffs vocal performance is ridiculously dynamic 5. Handcuffs snare transient sounds fragile and rubbery in the most pleasant way 6. Thumpasaurus synth is .... wet (resonant)

Let the vibes flow through.

I'm always up for some funk music, but this was a little disappointing. The songs don't really get going for me. Decent, but I expected more.

Some good grooves but lacking focus and with too much talking.

Funky!

Funky with some great musicianship at times. A bit too far out

Funky - not sure what else to say…. Not heard of it before. Love the title of track 4 - Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication!

Funkaliscious

handcuffs does NOT age well, but tear of the roof will literally never get old.

We want the funk!

This music absolutely funks

Mid-1970s funk - sounds so dated now, with track names such as "Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication"!

This album truly flows as one piece. A whole vibe. You can’t help but groove when you put this on!

Not for me.

I cantfunky. Actually, I think I don't even perceive these vintage genres (funk, disco, etc) as real music. I never listened to music like this myself, don't know a single person who did. For me it feels like constructed languages, like someone invented this style to serve as "soundtrack to 70s" to use in movies. Obviously I know it's real, but this mental block is stopping me from understanding/liking this music.

I caught the vibe but it didn't take me anywhere. Kinda sad The cute phrase of sax that kept playing in the first song is so beautiful

Funky 70s rap

Deeply funky, incredibly talented, not totally my sort of thing, but absolutely great fun. I'm marking it down a little because I wasn't totally disappointed when it was over, but I'm sure that says more about me than Parliament.

I had Funkadelic a few days ago, now I get Parliament and that means George Clinton is responsible for me being *at least* 72% more funky this week. I'm super funky, fresh and fly, y'heard?

Funky!

More music should sound like it came from another planet

Funky :D

A ton of fun! I could do without the five minute fart song, tho!

I can't, sorry.

It's fun, it's funky, it's got a sense of humor. Bootsy Collins wrote the book on funk

George Clinton seems like such a fun guy. I love this. We need the funk, indeed.

Wooooowwww super funkkkk

Premium grade funk. A fun ride.

This is my music. I'm a proud owner of this album along with several other Parliament \ Funkadelic \ P-Funk albums. I could listen to this everyday and not get bored.

1. p funk - 1 2. motherzhip connection - 1 3. ufo - 0 4. bumpz bumpz - 5. handcuffz - 0 6. give up the funk - 1 7. peoplez - 0

This still sounds like the future. What a fantastic album.

funky. influential. Occasionally questionable lyrics like on "handcuffs" 4 stars

Super groovy

Was alright

Very unique

Always enjoyed this sound

Yes man thats funk

Although I wouldn't hold it as high as most of the other 5's I've given, it deserves it, for good vibes, and being one of the highest standards of funk music to ever come out.

This album is so good.

This is the maximum funk allowable by law.

I'm sure these guys are great fun; most likely a fucking riot to be around. And they undoubtedly love to party. But there's something a bit too theatrical about this kind of funk. It hits like a musical or comedy album at this point. Personally, it's a groove that is limited to a specific time and place (and with specific chemicals in your bloodstream). Parliament have a cool sound, but it's not my everyday jam. 🤷🏼

Rating: 9/10 It's so damn funky. Favorite songs: Pretty much all of them. Least favorite song: Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples.

This album is a fuckin’ vibe man. These songs go hard. Great musicianship and really fun songs. Notable tracks include p-funk, mothership connection, supergroove, handcuffs (lyrics notwithstanding), and give up the funk. Make my funk the p-funk.

I like funk but this is 💩

Funky as fuck! George Clinton and his crew absolutely bring the funk and honestly if this doesn’t get you shaking that moneymaker what the hell is wrong with you? One of the best thing to come out of the 1970s is funks explosion into the mainstream. This is a prime example of it at its best.

So close to a 5 - 4.4, could be 5 upon repeat listens

the FUNK, the GROOVE so much fun

8/10

Funk! 4.5/5

Yeah. I like the funk. And this one gives it up! Much better than the previous album, which I won't name.

Definitely a lot of fun. High energy, outlandish funk. I feel like a lot of this is sampled in more modern rap, but its great to hear it in its original context. Give Up the Funk is clearly the star, but I enjoyed Unfunky UFO and Handcuffs as well. Supergroovalistic has the entire kitchen sink of layers and sounds... it is crazy how much is going on in the background. Nice surprise.

Turns out I'm not a funk fan. It seemed like a lot of the times they were saying funk, they were really wanting to say fuck. So, I'm not a fan of the album, but it's personal taste.

Absolutely fun and brilliant Funk!

Groovy all around.

THAT - was a party!

Nice listen, quick album, will probably never listen to again

Als iemand je vraagt wat funk is moet je diegene dit album laten horen. Van begin tot eind ultiem genieten en lekker dansen.

Muziekinnovatie is hier te vinden. Een bijzondere blend van funk, soul, jazz, psychedelic rock en een grote dosis sci-fi referenties. Clinton is de grootvader van de (p-)funk. En dat laat ‘ie hier horen. Het zijn stuk voor stuk nummers waar het bijna onmogelijk is om je hoofd niet bij mee te bewegen. De basslinetjes zijn zo infectueus, vocalen smooth, synthjes fururistisch, percussie strak. Mijn favoriet is Give Up The Funk. Deze is zo vaak terug te horen in sampletjes (61 keer volgens WhoSampled!). Het samenspel tussen lage en hoge vocalen werkt als een trein. Bass is heerlijk. Als afsluiter Night of the Thumpasorus. Dat smaakt gewoon naar meer. Zó moet je een plaat afsluiten! Rating: 9/10 Highlights: Handcuffs, Unfunky UFO, Give up the Funk

Het P-Funk collectief was een tweekoppig monster, met enerzijds het hoofd dat zijn blik richtte op de rockwereld, en anderzijds een visie op de disco fever die om zich heen greep in de US. Maar beide koppen, Funkadelic én Parliament, werden gedreven door een hart die funkbloed door het lijf pompte. Waar het Funkadelic-tijdperk al bekend stond om het mobiliseren van een karrenvracht aan talent, muzikanten met een wijdverspreide affiniteit in genres en hallucinerende drugs, komt het collectief pas echt tot explosie halverwege de 70s. Meer dan 200 leden/affiliates kende de act gedurende zijn bestaan, een lidmaatschap wat je gegarandeerd een lauwe bijnaam opleverde (Stingray, Bigfoot, P-Nut, Quazedelic Poo Poo Man, noem maar op: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_P-Funk_members) Als je gecharmeerd bent van zwarte muziekhistorie, en het ontstaan van Hip Hop en andere moderne genres, dan is de P-Funk discografie echt een bodemloze schatkist aan intrigerende albums en onverwachtse wendingen. En bovenal eentje die overloopt van het speelplezier, wat ook op dit album weer van ongekend niveau is. Van het quirky buitenaardse thema en het zelfgecreëerde woordenboek waarin elke term opeens rijmt met het woord funk, tot de futuristische instrumenten en ritmes waarbij je moeilijk stil kan zitten. Het enthousiasme spat er vanaf. Het album is fantasierijk, speels, en bovenal goddamn funky. En ten grondslag aan die feeststemming ligt het escapistische thema dat de band eigen heeft gemaakt, in dit geval afrofuturisme. Het collectief weet politieke en sociale ontevredenheid altijd om te zetten in aanstekelijke en positieve energie, zonder dat de boodschap verloren gaat. Ondanks dat ik wel een liefhebber ben van het gehele concept, is Funkadelic de magneet die mij hun wereldje in heeft getrokken, en mij er ook voornamelijk inhoudt. Ik vind Parliament een hoop fun, doet het wat beter op feestjes, en ze hebben hooks for days, maar het verrassingseffect ligt veel lager dan in het werk van zijn voorloper. Deze transitie kun je een beetje vergelijken met wat er in die jaren op nationale schaal gebeurde, een mengelmoes aan soul, funk, blues, rock en R&B werd langzaam aan geëgaliseerd. De rauwe randjes verdwenen, het tempo werd afgestemd op de motoriek van de gemiddelde danser: disco maakte zijn intreden. De oriëntatie van P-Funk in meer dansbare en gangbare stijlen legde een belangrijke basis voor de housemuziek in de begin jaren 80, maar zorgde er ook voor dat de psychedelische elementen en de bluesy gitaren de deur werden gewezen. Het is wat voorspelbaarder en repetitiever, maar desalniettemin nog steeds compleet uniek vergeleken met vele andere dance-acts die zich op de uitpuilende markt bevonden. Het nieuwe elan van de P-Funk wordt subliem geïntroduceerd in het openingsnummer, die direct een lading funk (500,000 kilowatts of P-Funk power om precies te zijn) door je lichaam jaagt. Iconisch startschot, en love de horn sectie van funk legends Maceo Parker en Fred Wesley. De titelsong die volgt neemt geen gas terug, en bevat misschien wel de hookiest of hooks. 'Unfunky UFO' ziet de groep iets meer teruggrijpen naar de classic funk era, en is iets minder futuristisch. Niet de allersterkste fase van het album, maar zelfs de wat mindere songs uit het collectieve brein van P-Funk zijn heel vermakelijk. Voor de twee absolute hoogtepunten van het album moeten we op het tweede kantje kijken, waar 'Handcuffs' en 'Give Up The Funk' een heerlijk duo vormen. De eerste temporiseert de stroomversnelling genaamd "Mothership Connection" een beetje, en dat komt het album te goede. De vocalen van Glen Goins zijn m'n favoriet op het album, echt een hidden gem. 'Give Up The Funk' draait de funkkraan weer open, en er is verder weinig uitleg nodig waarom dit hun signature track is geworden. Een ode aan het genre, maar tegelijkertijd ook een sterke vormgever. En gewoon eindeloos catchy. Ik voel me dan wel wat meer aangetrokken tot het funk rock experiment dat Funkadelic heet, en ik mis de virtuositeit van Eddie Hazel, maar toch sta ik er wel achter dat dit het magnum opus van het collectief wordt genoemd. Er wordt weinig meer geflirt met andere genres, maar ondanks dat je vanaf het eerste nummer al weet wat je kunt verwachten zijn de grooves en de hooks zo besmettelijk dat je zelfs na tientallen luisterbeurten nog niet immuun bent. Het album heeft dan ook een perfecte lengte, want langer dan drie kwartier zou killing zijn voor een plaat die voornamelijk leeft op de energie van de luisteraar. 8,5/10 Highlights: Mothership Connection (Star Child) Handcuffs Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)

We got the groove! Mijn treinritje van 37 minuten precies dit hele album doorgefunkt. Parliament trekt alle toeters en bellen uit de kast. Wat een muzikaliteit. Het ene moment luister je naar soul, vervolgens naar disco en dan lijkt het weer meer op Stop Making Sense of Remain in Light van Talking Heads. En die variatie zit vaak binnen de nummers. Voor je weet ben je doorgefunkt naar een nieuw luikje met muzikaal vernuft. Treinritje zat er zo op. Zo naar Utrecht gefunked. 8/10 Highlights Unfunky UFO (vanwege blazers) Give Up the Funk

Amazing. Funky goodtimes

It feels like they had a really good time recording this album, and that vibe is infectious.

Really fun!

Wow - Funk-A-Delic. Phantastic funk music and genious musicians!

More of a Funkadelic fan myself. Maybe this isn’t the greatest album in itself, starts strongly but the later tracks are forgettable. You have to view the ParliaFunkadelicMent things as one big rambling project which gave birth to the greatest sample bank of all time. That said you certainly must endeavour to put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip and head on over to the mothership.

Would listen to this anytime!

Mellow funk, totally listenable. Make my funk the p-funk.

I was left expecting more to be honest. A single good song doesn't make a great album.

10/10 give us that funk

Heel moeilijk album om te reviewen. Het was destijds echt heel erg vernieuwend en nog steeds klinkt het als een soort alien achtige muziek. Niet van deze planeet zeg maar. Maar het luistert heel erg als een album, niet als losse nummers. Daarom denk ik ook dat ik maar 1 FAVO heb, terwijl hte album an sich wel erg vermakelijk vond! Maar vermakelijk is niet genoeg, we zijn streng hier. ik vond het wel een prettig album, maar alleen prettig is niet voldoende voor de felbegeerde 4 sterren. FAVO: Give up the funk

An absolute joy to listen to. Love love loved this.

Always a joy

Give the people what they want when they want and they wants it all the time

Very funky! I didn’t like whatever was going on in that last song.

parliment always feels like waking up in a sunbeam. i needed this today

Ok listen I did not fully replay this album today, but I've played it before and Parliament is (as far as I've ever encountered) always at least three stars for me. Funky, still fresh sounding somehow in 2024, and silly. However: four long tracks for sittin' at home is not my favorite form factor.

Really enjoyed this. I've liked funk but never really dove into it before. Groovy, good pacing mixups, good flow from song to song.

I want the funk.

Definitely a fun record, funkalicious stuff. Not something I'm wanting to return to but undeniably enjoyable and well crafted. Fav songs: - P-Funk - Give Up the Funk

Not my style of music but is enjoyable

That’s a pretty good listen right there, and does not let up.

# 180 : Funk is upbeat and infectious, not what I would normally listen too, so a good change of scenery to start the week. Good album, has couple of good tunes. I probably wouldn't buy this, but I might listen to it again one day. Favourite Track : Unfunky UFO

it was okay, the songs were fun but i wouldn't go out of my way to listen 2.5/5

Very funky. I have never heard the whole album, it's very good. I will definitely listen to this again. I already have one of their other records.

More funky than jazzy which was a massive relief.

Love the funk sound - will defo listento others

Soooo funky and I loved the title song, very groovy

Funk paradise Fav song: mothership connection (star child)

Funky, and vibes!

Great overall, but Starchild talking over the tracks got funking annoying.

P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) 4.1 Mothership Connection (Star Child) 3.9 Unfunky UFO 3.8 Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication 3.9 Handcuffs 4 Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) 4 Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples 3.9 Score: 3.94

frog music

This was fun from the first drop of the needle until the final beat. Masters of the genre. Nothing more needs be said. 5 stars.

Funky, groovy, joyfully weird, infinitely fun. Probably the most cohesive, nuanced, perfectly executed funk album ever made. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker), Mothership Connection (Star Child), Unfunky UFO, Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication, Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples, P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up), Handcuffs

Pretty cool album. Never heard of these guys before. Very listenable and not overly long.

pretty good, can get kinda repetitive though

Didnt enjoy as much as funkadelic but still a good album. Standout songs: Unfunky UFO Handcuffs

I am embarassed how much of this is in The Chronic that I didn't know about.

Definitive funk sound. Prominent use of spoken word. Exceptional vocal performance on “Handcuffs”. Virtuosic rhythm section. A number of catchy melodies. Deserves multiple listens.

Not my fav music genre but I appreciate it! I didn’t realize this band created give up the funk, cool to know. I saved handcuffs.

I never noticed how much influence Andre 3000/Outkast took from Parliament.

Very funky. Not my style

yeah, no.

A funky good time like only P-Funk can bring. This one is a bit more gimmicky and not quite at the level of artistry of Maggot Brain but is still brilliant and irresistibly fun. The lyrics of “Handcuffs” are pretty cringe though and the talky bits take me out of it a bit.

Funk album. Not my thing

70er Funk.

Funky

Funk personified Serenely otherworldly Meteoric high flight

Listened 2/26/24. I actually own this currently. Absolute perfection of an album.

Holy funk

Funk

I'm just not on enough drugs to appreciate this, I think

Pretty good, couple of solid bangers but a bit too theatrical to the point of distraction

The talent of this band is evident right away! I love how fun it is. It was a fun romp. Way shorter than I expected a rollicking funk album to be. The hit hit just like they always did. The playful plays on words “funked up” “mother sucker” are fantastic additions. Fun times!

Give up the funk, just too short for 5 stars

I liked the humorous lyrics and funky sounds.

Fönk og fjör. Ég komst í góðan fíling með þessari plötu. Skemmtileg tilbreyting og band sem ég hafði aldrei heyrt um. Það varð smá leiðinleg endurtekning hjá þeim að þeir væru geimverur sem gaf mér kjánahroll en annars bara fínt.

Had its moments

Funked me up all day.

One of the most quintessential funk albums and it is dope!

Fun

Very funky, great vibes.

Just okay. Funky for sure. Not really for me and not a life changing experience

Nice and groovy, enjoyed this as background music. Wasn't too harsh but wasn't too soft, so it was nice doing other stuff while this was playing.

Escuché algunas canciones, no recuerdo nada muy interesante.

Intergalactic funk. Nuff sed.

Clss, feel-good funk

This is pretty sweet. Particularly liked hearing the original sample on Mothership Connection.

Did you know this is a funk album? Just thought I'd mention that just in case you didn't pick up on it from the lyrics where it feels like every other work is "funk", seriously can they talk about fucking anything else other than goddamn funk? Oh yes, they can. The last song is just a bunch of grown men constantly repeating "gagagooga". Who knew babies could have such deep voices. Anyway, insufferable lyrics aside, let's talk about the actual music. This is where I am very conflicted. I know that it's not *bad*, it's just that I've never been a fan of this genre, so an entire album of pure funk with very little diversity is not something I at all enjoyed listening to. Outside of a disco in the 70s, I really don't see myself enjoying this album in any other context, which just makes me so glad that this type of music died decades ago.

Nr. 134/1001 P-Funk 4/5 Mothership Connection 3/5 Unfunky UFO 3/5 Supergroovealistic 3/5 Handcuffs 4/5 Give Up The Funk 3/5 Night of the Thumpu 3/5 Average: 3,29 Funky and soulful record. For me more background music, than something I would actively listen.

yeah this is extremely my shit. not a dull moment on this one. just the most exquisite grooves you've ever heard. wall to wall funky goodness. the rhythm section is on another level, the guitars are funky. just knocks the vibe out of the park. ga ga goo ga, ga ga goo ga, ga ga goo ga ga, indeed!

If you want the funk, man this is the place to get it.

Funk is always fire. This album is a pure classic and gets your body moving to the beat from start to finish

The funkiest funk to ever funk.

funk???.

George Clinton. Interesting, but I'm not sure how much I can take

Funky. Pun intended.

I literally downloaded and listened to this album yesterday! What a coincidence!

Get up the funk! (2,5)

Can't say I'm a fan, but sometimes you can't deny the funk. It's upbeat, fun and infectious, so why not?

Yeah, it had some cool songs on it. Was over very quickly.

yaaaaaas

Decent historical funk.