Reviews (page 12 of 14)
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
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.
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
# 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
frog music
Didnt enjoy as much as funkadelic but still a good album. Standout songs: Unfunky UFO Handcuffs
Very funky. Not my style
70er Funk.
Holy funk
Funk
I'm just not on enough drugs to appreciate this, I think
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
Fun
Intergalactic funk. Nuff sed.
Funky. Pun intended.
Get up the funk! (2,5)
Decent historical funk.
Pure funk, not heard anything quite like this before.
Funk yeah! Groovalicious. 3+
Wanted to like this, but something about it couldn't keep my attention. I'll likely give it another fair shake again and some point.
Fun listen. I was already familiar with Give Up The Funk, but the whole album is good.
Fun times but funk tends to blend together for me. Certainly groovy though.
The sound was alright, but I couldn't get into it even though I wanted to. Maybe I will revisit it in a few years and feel differently.
We enjoyed it a lot more than we expected to. The sonics were great.
Phunkadelic. Funky. Rap meets Rockin' Soul with Jazz. Fun. Fun to listen to. Not something I'd choose, but entertaining and I will speculate really fun live.
not what I usually listen to but I really enjoyed it.
naja. funky
Fun and funky
Skør og fjollet plade! Men good times.
It was ok, but all the songs were the same, sounded like the soundtrack to Shaft or something.
They have to be the kings of funk. It’s fun to listen to and I appreciate it, but it’s not go-to music for me. 3.5
This is music for people having fun on drugs 🤣🥳 I love a funky beat and I’d like a song from this album thrown into a mix here and there but over and over on one album is not for me. But it’s clearly groundbreaking and well done. 3⭐️
Eh
Good representation of the funk genre. Fun, puts a bounce in your step and a smile on your face. Love he horns mixed with the bass rhythm.
I’m digging this funk! 😁 givin me that little bounce at the gym! I feel like I’ve heard Give up the funk. Super catchy. Probably the best track so far. 3 stars.
Funky and groovy!
Funky
Bearable
- We really do want the funk - Unfunky UFO is actually insanely funky - This was a very fun listen - 3.5
...
Old school funky!
Not my genre, hard to compare
Funky, crazy to think this album is almost 50 years old. This sounds like a 70s version of some of the songs off Awaken, My Love! Favorite song: Give Up The Funk Worst song: N/A
Surely the funkiest album ever recorded. Can't say it's a genre I listen to a lot (or ever) but they've completely met the brief. It was fun but I probably wouldn't say good, quite repetitive, any of the tracks accomplishes everything you need. Except the last one which was mostly synth based farting. Breezed by won't return, 2.5.
This album is too funky for its own good! The songs almost blend together so it gets a bit reptitive. I did enjoy this album but I'd never want to listen to it again. Highlights: Give Up The Funk Mothership Connection
Felt like a 70s Daft Punk with a Hendrix touch.
Funkalicious
послушал значится четвёртый альбом парламента. это настолько фанковый альбом, что я понял что не особо люблю фанк. Джордж Клинтон конечно супер хорош, но у меня ощущение что я послушал рок оперу Тодда Чавиза, это реально душно. тип в 1975 наверное я бы сидел в ахуевозе, но сейчас эти кринжовые космо синты не слишком впечатляют) инструментал тут конечно хороший, это всё музыка ещё из тех времён когда было модно делать сложно и по 7 минут. много интересных фишек, а в ласт треке вообще напердели мне в уши, за это отдельное спасибо. в целом это интересно, тут в звуке всегда что то происходит, на Unfunky UFO я даже плотно так завайбился и добавил трек в плейлист. но в целом прослушал и ладно, потраченного времени не жаль, но вряд ли я к этому вернусь. короче уважаемо оценка - 7/10
Funky! Enjoyed this, already new the song Give Up the Funk
Nice in the background, hard to listen to intensely.
Groovey Baby! Sprechgesang ist nicht so meins, viel Wiederholung in manchen Songs, funkt aber gut!
Some really good stuff here but it gets old over the course of a whole album.
this is where it comes from.
Ok
It's funky!
Funky. Gets repetitive after a while.
Mothership Connection // Give Up The Funk //
Funky
Funky, könnte gut sein, noch nicht ganz gehört
3- Stars (7/15)
Unfortunately, it was kind of underwhelming. A very fun album for sure, just not really into it. 6/10 Top 3: 1. Unfunky UFO 2. P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) 3. Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
Once is enough
Listened to most of it, fam stopped me short. Sounded dated but alright, I’d already heard the album and liked it.
Weird and good
Ok so Parliament and Funkadelic is the same group. And the main guy is called George Clinton ? Nice I just love their works and have grown up with samples of their works in a lot of hip hop songs Funky as it should
chouette
Weirdly the opening track is both the first that comes to mind when thinking of this album, and yet one of the weaker big songs here for me. I went into this knowing I liked it, somewhat peturbed by the first track not hitting much (perhaps due to the lengthier repetitions and spoken word elements), and then immediately pushed back into my confident enjoyment of the record as songs like Star Child and Give Up the Funk rolled in. The latter in particular is a fantastic song. It's a very easy listen, a very fun listen, and probably the first album i've received so far that really feels like it deserves to be heard before you die.
Not too into funk
That was nice to listen to but it did not make a lasting impression on me.
good funk, never listened to the genre much but might give it another try. Will I listen to again: 50%
70's funky / disco
Jauuuu <3
Funky band name, funky album cover, funky music. Just not that into funk I’m afraid.
Funky. 3.5
Funky, groovy, a good time
Vaeltelee, jaarittelee ja välillä kiteyttää rytmiikkansa loistavaksi melodisuudeksi.
Pretty fun! And I can see a direct influence on the Mighty Boosh funk stuff.
70's funk, good easy listening music
I sometimes think funk only exists for the funking puns. It is funking great, though. Ahead of its time, more sophisticated and more subtle than I expected. Solid, solid funky times.
Definitely good, definitely funky. Really doesn’t go far enough to stun or impress me, just really easy listening that’s fun at times.
Surprisingly enjoyable but did not finish.
well that's certainly funky, perhaps a bit too funky for me 3.3
Twas alright
They are really trying very hard to be groovy, but unlike DeeLite where "Groove is in the heart ", for this album, Groove is in the Past. The album doesn't hold up against the test of time.
It’s a good one, very funky and everything… but it’s repetitive and not that remarkable.
Can live with it. And funk did not go very far beyond it tho.
Good fun, easy listen
I appreciate funk as much as the next guy, but nothing about this album really stood out to me. It was a solid album that had me bumping at points, but overall it was pretty homogenous. Good not great.
Best song - Give Up The Funk
Really funky, 70' vibes. If 5 is excellent, 4 great, and 3 good, then for now I give 3.
Really funky as you'd expect but feel like this would be driving or background music as nothing jumped out at me
This was very fun. Really just a good time to listen to it. Some of the songs verge on repetitive, but the vibes throughout are very good. I don't think I'll return to this on my own, but whenever I encounter Parliament in the future I'll know that I'm in for a good time.
Muy funkero a muerte. Se nota que hay gente buena detrás. Un poco repetitivo si tal pero es lo que tiene el funk de la época. 3'5/5
Didn't enjoy it that much, no funky vibe for me
Funky but a lot of needless talking
Less my style but I like the approach and definetly some groove on there
Very good, groovy and funky music, the extended voiceovers are a bit too much, though, and it's also a bit repetitive. Otherwise, 70s funk rocks!
Fuuuunky! Wasn't expecting this genre today, but it is 100% welcome. Give up the funk is iconic. It's a nice feeling to throw on an album not knowing anything, then realizing "We want the funk" was on here. This album's use of backup vocals and echoes made me think of D'Angelo's "Black Messiah" - love that sound. Likely not going to be in my rotation, but love to explore!
stand out track - Give UP The Funk
2.5
Funkiest ever. Best vibe ever, the funky rhythm section sits so perfectly with the bass singing-narrating, the singing is just an instrument used for a rhythmic melodic function. What they do they do the best.
Too funky? Not sure I like the repetition
Fun album. The songs outside of the biggest hits were ok but still enjoyable. The auto generated spotify playlist after the album was a fun listen too. Rick James, Average White Band, The Jackson 5, etc...
Unfunky UFO is great. Had no idea give up the funk was by this artist. Fun album, some songs were pretty similar though.
Definitely not my style of music to hear but it was nice to listen to something new. Of course I’ve heard Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) before.
Retro funky music... Quality is clear, full spectrum, bass is good for 70s recording. Too much talking.
Buenas vibras, pero al cuarto tema se volvió algo repetitivo.
el funk estuvo funky. medio molesto lo mucho que había hablado. y no logré individualizar ningun cancion, todas sonaban muy bien, pero parecido
Really thought I'd already heard this. Seems to be the defining inspiration for 90s West coast rap.
Except for Unfunky UFO and kind of Give up the funk, I feel like the grooves are a bit too similar through the album and horns are chaotic the whole way through, clashing in the mix a lot with whatever improv or ad libs the vocals are going for. I get this style calls for a repetitive groove, as old school funk would want it and just come back to the 1 every time and groove along but I feel like I’d rather hear James brown in that case or earth wind and fire or tower of power for more eventful songs. I know the band is legendary though and I am very very inclined to hearing later albums and other projets of George Clinton
It certainly is funky, and a good amount of the time that is a good thing on this record, as I felt myself slowly getting into it with each song, but if I take a step back and truly look at this album as a whole, it's very repetitive and lacks a whole lot of substance, to the point where a good amount of the tracks lack lyrics for a portion of the song. I understand I'm supposed to be getting down with it and not caring, but it's a little hard to when you're just sitting at a desk, doing work. Perhaps that's unfair to the album, but I mean, if I'm still getting into it while doing menial tasks, then it must be pretty good funk.
Overrated I'm sorry. Great music that I thoroughly enjoy, I'll take thoroughly first album any day
Good fun. P-funk and Give up the Funk were great. Kind of the same throughout, but groovy and fun. More of a chill-groove album than anything. Gotta love the lollipop man.
Leuke achtergrond muziek. Heel funky en grappig. A goed introductie in afrofuturism.
Classic p funk baby. They’ve got the fake radio station thing going, and the production is so solid. Lollipop man - the long-haired sucka (genius) I did find myself bored in a lot of spots. Maybe it’s because I listened to it before, or could only have one earbud in since I’m at work.
Pretty aight
I have never actively listened to Parliament (or Funkadelic for that matter), but I'm sure I've heard it passively countless times playing at parties or in the background. I had kind of always written them off as something I wouldn't find that interesting. I was only partially right. It's definitely interesting and good and it grooves so hard. It's still not something that is going to get me jazzed but I guess I can say I fully understand the appeal now.
It's a whole album of groovy bangers...
It was good
A bit too much with the radio/aliens bit but enjoyable overall.
Very vibey... every song just feels like a trip
Hadn't heard of these guys, and I do like a bit of funk.... but sadly these guys were only able to put the funk into the titles of their tracks. Most of the tracks had the same drum and bass, and had a decent build up to that funk sound, but never really completed the deal, which was disappointing.
Ok listening, happy enough to play it in the background. Can see where some of the older West Coast rappers took their samples from.
2.5. Not bad, not great.
Dit is een leuk album, ik ben alleen niet zo van de funk. Het is verder heel prima, maar ik ben persoonlijk nogal snel uitgefunkt. En misschien genant om te benoemen, maar ik ken Give Up The Funk met name van Glee...
Funky!
Funky
funky voor een goeie chill vibe.
This sounds great, but I was also left feeling that if you've heard one Parliament album, you have heard them all, to a degree. It's a formula, but a good one. I recognised bits here and there that had been sampled, but this was more a background to other things than something that grabbed me and made me listen from start to finish.
I love how this album goes from quiet to loud as the tracks build up. Parliament were funk trailblazer for Pixies. I couldn't stay still listening to this. The funk slowed down and stretched out. I felt a little peculiar after the album had finished and needed to sit down.
I think the thumpasorus has a bad case of gas. Pretty fun funk, a higher end 3/5 for me.
Fun to listen to, because it's funky, and I can appreciate it. But my patience wore down as it went on. None of the songs stuck in my head.
Un peu répétitif, mais vraiment captivant à la fois. C'est vraiment bon et clairement ça a eu un impact majeur sur la scène musicale car il y a tellement de moments sampled. C'est un peu aussi son downside car le type d'instrumentation fait comme si c'était le but de l'album. Généralement par contre je ne peux pas être trop dur avec car c'était honnêtement très divertissant. 7/10
This is just about as funky as it gets. Unfortunately I wasn't feeling too funkadelic myself, maybe this would be a 4 on a party night.
The sound is interesting, but the songs are a bit repetitive. It's like listening to the soundtrack to Subway Surfers.
The funkiest of funky funks.
3.5 - .5 is for Give Up the Funk
i liked it
P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)- 3.4/5 Mothership Connection (Star Child)- 3/5 Unfunky UFO- 3.6/5 Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication- 3.5/5 Handcuffs- 4/5 Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker- 3.4/5 Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples- 3.2/5 Total- 3.4/5
A funking good time!!
Give Up the Funk - seminal Chooooooon! Fun, upbeat - perfect for a Monday morning where the News is tinged with doom.
It's hard not to like this. It's also hard to get too excited by it. I can see popping this on in the background for a party, but I think even there it would get old after the third song.
Good groovy fun. Some whackier bits didn't land for me but who really cares. Light 3.5 Fav track: give up the funk
Funky fun in the sun. Honestly didn't strike me as anything truly special, but it's pretty undeniably entertaining throughout. Some of the silliness (googoogaagaa) got a little much for me. Three and a half. Fave track: Give Up the Funk
Funk and Motown music, feels like the kind of thing that would be on Soul Train. It’s definitely fun to listen to, but there’s a lot of interlude and talking. It does grow on you over time, though 3/5
Funk's alright
The songs are fun, but also repetitive to the point of annoyance sometimes.
Alright
This was kind of fun.
not the best album I've heard
OK album
No suele ser mi género, pero esto está bien
high 2 low 3
Great walking into a bar during the weekend vibes kinda music.
Good stuff
I'd put this somewhere near hawkwind, the sci-fi was cool or at least interesting and the music was nice, but nothing that stood out.
Funkeyyyyyy Light 7
What is the overall style and genre of the album? Disco/ funk/ concept Are there any standout tracks or moments that resonated with you? The album was great but it was very one note to me. I was smiling wide during the intro on the first track. Whole thing had me moving in my seat. But there wasn’t a single money that was standout for me. How did the album make you feel? Did it evoke specific emotions? Happy:giddy, I love a concept/character. Funk aliens is a fucking awesome concept and it lowered my guard to enjoy music that I normally wouldn’t. Did you enjoy listening to the album overall? Yes i did. It was a good time. Would you recommend this album to others? Who might particularly enjoy it? I would next time I’m having a party I might toss this on in the background. It was a good time. Not something for active thoughtful listening but just vibe-ing to.
Most songs are a little too repetitive, but what a funky record with some solid grooves.
Was a cool album, I enjoyed hearing a bunch of things that I've heard sampled in other songs before. Also never knew where "Give Up The Funk" was from I enjoyed hearing it in the context of an entire album. "Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples" had a very fart-like sound which made me think my headphones were shitting the bed, it sounded pretty bad to be honest, but the other elements of the song were good.
Genres: Funk, R&B, funk rock, disco, black prog Formed: Late 1960’s Run time: 8 songs, 41 min, 12 sec As the title suggests, this album has a loose Space theme throughout. The lyrics are far from deep and meaningful, but they are upbeat and catchy. This is FUNK as the lyrics and song titles state repeatedly. Apart from one track, all the rest have over 1M plays on Spotify. Track 1 "P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" has almost 15M plays, and track 6 "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" has over 63M plays. Track 6 is the best known and commercially most successful. It’s a very easy album to listen to and you will find your hand (or foot) tapping along. My Rating: ***
3.75/5 Pretty funking good. It was fun and groovy with not a ton of substance. Like fast food-for your ears. Ha!
Okay this was not what I expected. I WAS expecting something Zappa like so when the first funky riff started I was relieved to say the least. I even knew a few of the songs. Not my bag but not bad!
It's a cool album. Some of the songs were a bit too long or repetitive, but it was still an enjoyable experience. Very close to a 4, but just not there. I respect it though. My favourite songs were Unfunky UFO and Handcuffs.
SO FUNKY! But some of the songs felt like they went on a little too long
really funky "we've got the funk" is from here
more of a distant silvery orb
Funky fresh
When it's good, it's very good. Some of the tracks are just a meandering mess. "Give Up the Funk" is good enough for it's own star.
Parliament makes me think if PCU & Doggystyle bc of all the samples. Every Parliament record. Every time. GIVE UP THE FUNK!
Klinkt niet slecht, maar ben niet zo’n funk fan - zou hier niet naar luisteren
Funky!!!! Lekker om op te hebben, maar misschien niet helemaaaaal mijn ding
Lekkere funk/disco, redelijk experimenteel maar ik ben niet echt omvergeblazen. Het luisterde wel lekker weg.
Awesome bass. Pretty repetitive, I’m guessing for dance reasons. Weird in a good way. Not as many good hooks as I would hope for. Best songs: Mothership Connection, Give Up the Funk, Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples (💨)
Spacious funk episodes with bonkers lyrics. Hard to dislike but difficult to know when to play. Pleasingly no instrument dominates. Guitar, keyboards, brass all good on solo meanderings.
Funky ... mejor de lo que pensaba.
Pretty cool but songs sound similar after a few tracks
Funky. Very very funky!
Funk master flex
Ok, not really my sort of music
Funk. SO much funk. Dripping with the funk. Too much funk? Maybe. I like funk in small doses. The 38 minute runtime helped.
These guys were having a fucking blast. I enjoy the blues and this is a disco version. It's enjoyable but in small doses.
This album is ok. The music is very repetitive, which is the style of funk, so I would start off enjoying a song, but would get bored of a song by the end of it. Plus some of the songs are quite long, exasperating the issue. 2.5/5 Favorite song: Give Up the Funk Worst song: P-Funk
Something that will put you in a good mood
Glemte å hørra etter
Funky!
Solid funk album. Might need a few more listens before it really clicks with me
Eh
Funktastic
Enjoyed
No me mueve mucho el funk, perdon. Me gusto el concepto innovador del album pero no se, no conecté-
un peu étrange à écouter à minuit en tricotant je pense mais franchement gardez la pêche
Funky
This was a funky album, and I was grooving at moments but compared to many of the greats I’ve heard, this doesn’t make it high on the list. Though I think I heard a sample that was used in Awaken, My Love which was pretty cool.
Man, I could've swore we had an album from Parliament already. Am I insane? I thought that, and I thought it was this album in particular. But I guess not. This one's pretty good! Very quirky funk, the talky nature of some of these tracks was funny. It's cool how they refer to The Funk as a proper noun or a being. Nothing too mindblowing sonically, but a good listen regardless. The last track sounded like a bunch of farting. Favorite tracks: Give Up the Funk, Mothership Connection, Supergroovalistic. Album art: Again, I swear I thought we got this already. We've had a couple other albums with spaceship covers, of that I'm certain. But I'm probably confusing this album with stuff from Funkadelic that we've had. After all, they're the two spiritual halves of the P-Funk movement. 3.5/5
La pura definició de funk. Es nota la maestria dels autors i el seu coneixement del llenguatge musical. Els tocs soul r&b i la seva perícia amb els instruments el fan un treball molt disfrutable. I molt de l'época
Fun, a little repetitious, I like my funk a little more motivating. These grooves did not make me dance.
funky. groovy..but not my style
mothership connection - hallmark of 70s soul/groove/funk music, very jazzy influences - i like the spacey theme
Funky and nice
Ágætis föstudagsfönk.
C’est bon, ça groove et c’était certainnement pertinent. Par contre, c’est tellement looooonnng.
Didn’t enjoy this album as much as I expected. Still pretty damned good.
Buen disco de funky con buenos ritmos de una época en la que no predominaba este estilo
It was good. Don’t have strong opinions on it.
Kinda just one long loose jam. But fun.
3.5, good first track, slightly falls off imo
Some parts of it are good fun, but I'm not a big fan of the extended spoken word bits.
Why is it that in early funk tunes the subject matter of the lyrics is almost exclusively "The Funk"?!? The music is par-for-the course for mid-70s funk music, but nothing relevatory. Most tracks sound alike. 3/5
Inderdaad funky, maar heb al betere albums gehoord
What the funk! Not a genre I would dive into quickly, but this album is nice! Really funky and not too long.
I’m sorry I don’t get this. Maybe I really am boring and the funk doesn’t get to me. I can appreciate the technical side and it’s very good. But overall I don’t really feel like listening to this
P-Funk isn't something I often think to listen to but whenever I do I am reminded how much fun it is. Spending a bit of time in the world of George Clinton is a listening experience that's not quite like anything else I can think of. That being said there's only so much of it I can listen to before I get a bit lost, The fact that Clinton and crew have distilled funk down to pure well... funkiness both works in its favour and to its detriment. Highly enjoyable.
Very funky
Funky if you like funk
Funky na medida, álbum redendo.
Would not be a go to album for me but fun to experience. P-Funk intro is pretty awesome and Give Up The Funk is a classic...so an easy 3 stars for me... But on the same note, Handcuffs is a weird tune.
Beetje saai, maar niet slecht. Beetje funky langzame rock. 3*
Very silly and fun. Great, great bass tone But I think a lot of the songs were pretty repetitive compared to how long the songs were. Like there’s a really killer riff, but then that 6-second riff repeats for like 7 minutes. I’m definitely glad to have listened though Favorite was Handcuffs and the Thumpasorus one
Another album where I can see why it's great but the genre is lost on me.
Gøy, men ujevn plate.
Some real funky tunes
Not a big funk fan but this is pretty good.
Un album assez téléphoné de la part de Parliament, le groupe de députés se contentant de délibérer puis de voter un certain nombre de lois. Petit rebondissement toutefois vers la fin du projet avec le dépôt d'une motion de censure assez inattendue.
It is funk music. Some of the song were recognizable. It was a relatively short album.i do not see myself listening to ghe entire album again.
funky
Pretty good. Didn't realize just how much of The Chronic was taken directly from this album. I want to play SNES NBA Jam all of a sudden...
I didn't much care for this. I guess I'm not very funky. Sad. 2.5/5
Old school vibes.
Aika keskivertofunkia
I wonder if our alien progenitors will have mercy on ungraceful people like me when they return to check up on their colony, to see if we've learned the lessons of Funk, to observe the glides in our strides and the dips in our hips. I am sorely lacking in this department, but perhaps the funk-aliens will beam me up and teach me something of which this music is but a prelude.
Gotta have that funk!
Good funky album
I can see some of the sounds Dr.Dre pulled from for sure. It’s a decent listen for the background, but it tends to just go on and on if you listen consciously, with little changes between the songs. I appreciate the progressiveness of album as well as its carrying the space and funk theme throughout.
Nothing new or surprising here, funk that is good for the background but that's it
I like a bit of funk but this never kicked into gear. It starts out with a clunky number that sets the tone all wrong, then even though a few of the other tunes really hold up there are heaps of spots where it kinda drops the ball. I do like the ridiculous album cover though, and the catchy bits are still catchy. 3/5.
Love the funk.
Funky. Good album to stick on in the background and very easy to zone out to but still enjoy though I can't imagine I would take any tracks and listen to them again in isolation.
What happens when you triple distil a funky album to make a super strength funky spirit. Just like Whiskey though, consume too much of this funk and you'll end up in a bit of a state
Parliament and Funkadelic place a lot of store in being funky. It is just as well, then, that on a scale from 'not at all funky' to 'really very funky indeed' this is off the chart. It's a concept album about the band travelling around the universe (in a funk powered spaceship), spreading funkiness to any unfunky civilisations they meet. It's really quite out there, but has a serious point as well, and is also very, very, very funky. Rating: 3/5 Playlist track: Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) Date listened: 05/07/22
3.5/5 Some good funk!
funk. cool.
A good fun time had by all
It was alright I guess. I'm just not a huge fan of that kind of funk.
Good funk, but nothing memorable.
Pretty good groove.
Buen funk. Música agradable, sonidos diversos y buenas voces aunque no me encantó el exceso del theremin. Sólido 3.
El problema con el funk (al menos de este tipo de funk) es que solo sabe hablar del funk: la gente quire el funk, ama el funk, necesita el funk, nunca obtiene todo el funk, etc. La música del funk es excelente, pero esas letras del funk no son tan buenas y tristemente le quitan todo el mérito. Encima, como los músicos de funk aman tanto el funk, creen que es su misión hacer que el funk dure muchos muchos minutos, sin importar que ya escuchaste ese funk. Y sí, hermano… chida tu línea de bajo o tu arreglo de metales, pero nadie necesita escucharlo 180 veces. Así que un disco con potencial para cinco estrellas en el primer minuto, se convirtió en algo que alcanza la tercera solo de churro.
p364. 1975. 3 stars Perfectly acceptable fodder, well produced with a sense of humour but... not my thing. It's missing standout tracks. Listened to it, thought it was OK, then forgot about it.
Very fun, very funky - but mad as a bag of hammers and feels like I'm a bit too old to get excited about being funked up
Tear the roof off this motherfunker!
Fine funk album.
just not my jam. too loose and impromptu for my liking. not the biggest fan if funk to begin with, so unfortunately it doesn't take much for me to "meh" the fuck out on an album like this.
Funky
wanted to like this more than I did. Give up the Funk is the banger it's always been, but the rest didn't hit me incredibly hard. That said, still pretty cool to see a pioneering example of Afrofuturism in the 70's in comparison to where the genre across media is today (and specifically compared to The Archandroid album which is also on this list from 35 years later).
Coole vibe, maar wel erg langdradig soms
I'm a sucker for all things funk. Immediate 3 to 4 stars.
First listen Saved 3/7
Funk, not really my thing but I didn’t mind listening. Pretty upbeat and fun.
Sounds a bit like a mix of funk and psychedelic. Bit often used the word funk... (6/10) FT: Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)
Gave me a good boost 6 miles into my walk, and as a lover of Toejam & Earl, I was on the wavelength to enjoy this. Some of it meandered a bit without keeping my attention, but enjoyable and kept me smiling. Appreciate them curing my arthritis, rheumatism and migraines through the sheer power of P-funk, as promised.
A good Sunday listen.
3.5
1 song saves this from being a 2.
Funky as expected.
Great album very funky first time listening to a true retro funk album
Ooo, this album was a funky one. Very charmingly 70s, and "charming" and "70s" aren't two words I usually put together. That said I wouldn't re-listen. It's just not really my thing. That said: my fave track, the classic "Give Up the Funk" is a fucking jam and I defy anyone to not dance to it.
Nice album; easy to listen too while at work. nice rthym; loved the lyrics "let me put my shades on so i can see what i'm doin."
First Parliament record I heard front to back. I enjoyed it! They're usually hit or miss for me but it was actually good background workday music for me.
Funky!
it’s music for restaurants, though i liked it
Very funky album. Interesting to hear the sample for Dr Dre's "Let Me Ride" in "Mothership Connection (Star Child)". "Give Up The Funk" also very popular. 6/10.
Oooooooo WE WANT THE FUNK. GIVE UP THE FUNK
Po nazivima pjesama već znaš u koju sferu glazbe ulaziš. Mothership Connection (sad znam gdje je Dr. Dre preuzeo sample za njegov klasik Let It Ride). Iskreno ima dosta ovak sampleova šta se koristilo u G-Funk/West Coast Hip Hopu. Funk po mojoj definiciji je dobra glazba, zabavna, više manje povezano za crnačkom kulturom i vjerujem da su tu gdje se oni najviše opuste i zabave radeći takvu vrstu glazbe. Meni ne smeta, uživam i ja u tome. DOOO I HAVE TO PUT MY HANDCUFFS ON YOU, MAMA
January 16th 2022. The best of this album IMO: - Mothership Connection (Star Child) - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) - and now I know where the original sample comes from for that one Snoop Dogg song! I wants to get funked up! Enjoyable. I like tracks where the musicians are jamming and the singers are talking over the music with some random music shit. Good funk. 3.2/5
Pretty good, but most songs need to be 3-4 minutes shorter lol
Фанк не понимаю, альбом наверное стоящий, но оцениваю как пасос для би-боев
I love the concept. In some parts repetitive but still a damn good funk album.
Make my funk the P. Funk, I wants to get funked up
Funky
Funky. Great to run to.
Funky. Lots of talking over the top.
Funky af
funkyyyyyyyyy
Funky but not my kink.
3.5
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i want to say this is another example of an album that has 2-3 good tracks and a load of filler on it, but the funk genre is whats confusing me. is 'give up the funk' a shining example of how good funk can be or is it the pop track that isn't really a good representation of funk? is this album one funk masterpiece and a load of filler or is it a stone cold amazing funk album with a pop track on it? either way this album makes me feel like a jellyfish.
Another hard-fought, highly entertaining thriller. If this was a 90's TV personality, it'd be Mr Motivator.
A funky ball of tits. The problem with Parliament is that there have been so many comedy pastiches of P Funk that all I can hear is the comedy pastiches. I'm Old Gregg! You ever drink Baileys from a shoe? I got a mangina etc, etc. If this album was a footballer, it would be Noel Fielding.
Musically excellent but some dubious lyrics
3 I suppose. Definitely enjoyed but not sure I'd seek it out again. Their logo is an all time best too.
Muy chistoso, muy funk, ese inicio con marcianos, toda una época. En fin, sigue conservando cierto espíritu festivo y un interés musical mediano, yo diría. No hay tracks favs. 7.5/10
Bit too disco ish for me. Swampy keyboards and cheerful
Really enjoyed it, funky.