Mothership Connection

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

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

yaaaaaas

I had Maggot Brain 4 days before this and didn't think much of it. This, though ... what an album. Stephen Hawking's medics should have had this on his rubbish laptop rather than the terrible synthetic and that little bugger would have been back on his feet in no time. To quote notable 90s androgynous croon-metallers Extreme, if you don't like what you see here, get the funk out.

We stan Parliament

Incredible funk album from start to finish. Can’t believe I hadn’t heard it before this.

Cool!

Parliament - Mothership Connection Cosmic funk by the greatest funk band in the galaxy! Throw this on when you feel down and your spirit will be lifted. You can't listen to this without dancing around. This album was considered a parody of funk artists at the time as this group didn't take themselves very seriously. 5/5

One of the great things about going through this list is discovering things about yourself. I had no idea I was such a lover of funk. But I am! This album is great. Just groovy beats to vibe out to. Plus it features one of the best songs of all time. An easy 5/5

Love, love, love this album. Put glide in your stride and a dip in your hip, and come on to the mothership. One of my all time favourites. Clinton was sampled before you could even do such a thing. Reasonably sure I referred to this in an earlier review. Unfunky UFO is one of my favouritest track ever. Only one score I can give this.

George Clinton is one of greatest artists on the planet, and still prolific to this day. He took what James Brown was doing and literally took it into outer space. When Brown's bassist Bootsie taught Clinton about Brown's musical principle of "The One" (in a 4/4, everything happens on the 1), Clinton was never the same. This album is pure joy, imagination, and enthusiasm for life and alternate funky realities, and represents one of the best George Clinton lineups in the Clinton Administration. Gary Shider on guitar, Bernie "The Wizard of Woo" Worrell on keys, and Bootsie Collins on bass. Clinton's strength was always in his ability to assemble and channel talent to express his imagination, which hit it's larger than life pinnacle in this album. This is one of DOZENS of albums in his catalogue, and by no means the best, but it's easily the most immediately palatable. For more on the social philosophies and bonkers sense of humor by this great man, dig into more albums by Funkadelic, Parliament, P-Funk all-stars, and Clinton solo. It's a funky, fun, sometimes dark universe that always makes me feel like I'm on top of the world.

This funks

So good. The bass, guitar, synths, horns and drums. Chorus style sing-along vocals. This record is fantastic. The music is full, interesting, jammy and psychedelic. I love how they committed to a concept album, but kind they tell the story with humor and slang. But it's not Frank Zappa hilarity. They're having fun and adding humor and jazz to this record in a way that feels natural and fitting. It goes in an out of jams and sections, and then connects everything back to sing alongs. It really grounds the listener after taking off. Absolutely fantastic. Its cool to see how this has influenced modern artists like Childish Gambino.

The smartest thing George Clinton did might have been the aesthetic divisions between Parliament and Funkadelic. Parliament was designed to be more accessible and pop oriented, while Funkadelic was the home for the collective's heavier, more 'out there' sounds. By separating these competing artistic impulses, they could simultaneously put out records like Funkadelic's Let's Take It to the Stage and Parliament's Mothership Connection. Both are extraordinary albums, but you couldn't make a cohesive album by picking and choosing songs from each. Mothership Connection was beamed directly into homes across America thanks to the enormous success of "Give Up the Funk", and with it, the course of music history was indelibly altered. The success of this album opened up the world to the entire P-Funk collective. Without it, you don't get The Chronic, but you also don't get Speaking in Tongues. It's really impossible to understate the importance of Parliament, or of Mothership Connection. Listening to it, you can almost hear the tendrils of P-Funk reaching out to influence damn near everything that came after.

Funky. Weird. Classic. Good.

Who doesn’t love Parliament? I was pumped when I saw this was my selection for today. I’d heard the hits but listening to an entire album was something I hadn’t done. This album is just one hell of a fun time. It’s a party. It’s a concept album. It’s afrofuturism. I just don’t know what more I could’ve wanted out of a fun album. Such a clear vision for an album, such a defined sound and groove. The attitude, the confidence. No one does it better than Parliament.

This was awesome!

First time listening to this record. I was familiar with a few of the tunes on this record, growing up in the seventies. My mother would expose me to funk and R&B. Great listen, a lot of fun. Added to my favorites.

Funktastic

Funking funktastic!!

🤯🤯🤯 kunne mærke min mind expand mens jeg hørte den her

Always love some funk

Hell yes, P-funk. Eternally groovy. George Clinton's influence on music is huge. Maybe one of the last classic bandleaders. He lets others shine (like vocals from Goins) where others would want the spotlight for themselves. So weird, so funky, so great. 4.9

Fantastic. Never listened to this one straight through. Might add this to the rotation.

Funky funk funk

The aliens have already landed, and they’re funkier than us. 6-1-3

I just can keep on listenin' and keep on listenin' and keep on listenin'...

Great album with a lot of positive energy.

Loved it! Such a fun listen

Well, this is a party… No, literally!

Holy crap, I like funk! Who knew? Can hear so much modern music when I listen to it - so many things have sampled from this album or were influenced by it. I wish I'd discovered Parliament earlier and will definitely be exploring the rest of their catalogue.

How can anyone not like this? Guaranteed to lift your mood. Everything about this record is exactly as it should be and the production is 10/10. Bootsy Collins in particular (of course) is a highlight throughout and I like that the bass seems to be brought out front a little instead of being buried in the mix. But that's also just common for funk I suppose. Absolutely some of the best bass lines of all time come from Bootsy and this album seems to showcase him all over. It's too bad there aren't really mainstream funk bands anymore. I feel like the funk genre spent a relatively short time in the limelight and it's too bad it died out.

Pure energy which is able to warm you up even when it's -10 cold at night and are stoned and far from your bed. Great synths sound.

A bop through and through

Classic!

Love that weird funk theme!

Likes: Timeless blend of funk and soul never gets old. Safe to say also the samples on this album helped shape hip hop culture on the west coast. Bootsy Collins... George Clinton... nuff said. Textures and use of sound as an instrument is always appreciated. Dislike: Too short.

That was an amazing album

Give up the funk!!🕺

Amazing groove foundations and a masterclass on building over a groove, from the bass line to the horn section. Great melodies that get completely stuck in your head, full of funkiness.

Oh yeah, if this album doesn’t make you move then you better check your pulse! That funk tho! And you can hear how influential this sound is. From 1975 and yet as identified, light years ahead of its time.

um SO FUCKING COOL. love the organisation of the tracks, just enjoyed it from bottom to top, and never got bored. will be saving and listening to on repeat. actually brought me out of my bad mood. i feel like i liked each track so much that i cant decide my favourite, will report back on eighth listen or something .

fave track: unfunky ufo final thoughts: WE WANT THE FUNK‼️

10/10 i really loved this album! i’ve never tapped into funk properly so this was my first proper introduction to the sub-genre. this album was so upbeat and fun, full of soul, jazz and more! i loved the concept of your radio being hijacked by these ET beings who just want to play you some feel good music, it really elevated things for me. also the lyrics revolving around the music instead of vice versa was a nice decision, encouraging you to focus on the beat at hand. it was soooo enjoyable seeing all the carefree lyrics here! i genuinely have no criticisms here, every track was flawless, a very easy 10/10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccvB00h6EnI Funky as all hell.

Great funk. Did not realize how this music can be. Heared music like that on a NYC radio station WBLF in the 80s on and on and on. It is may Time Machine.

Divertido, Funk Clásico.

Great groove to this album. Truly a party atmosphere. Loved it.

I wants to get funked up

Yeah!

5 funks out of 5. It was a pretty good album. i'm not a big fan of funk but it was an awesome experience

Listened before. Really enjoyed. Great baselines and funky beats

Don’t read the lyrics

I wanted to say, "incomparable," but even George Clinton would be more flattered by direct comparisons to Sly Stone and James Brown and to Motown. Come for the rhythm - for the syncopated in-betweens and the hard, precise thunk of the whole section when the bar comes back to ONE. Generations of bass players and drummers have studied this work (Bootsy Collins and Cordell Mosson on bass, Tiki Fulwood, Jerome Brailey, Collins and Gary Cooper all rotating through percussion roles). Everything is good. The songs can go on a bit, but the impulse to move with these rhythmic patterns is strong enough that you may not notice. Just as you may not notice in Give Up The Funk when the whole band starts singing 'ga ga goo-ga' over and over to the rhythm. The various parts diverge and reunite around that propulsive hit on the first beat of every bar in a manner (lifted from the godfather, Brown) that is at once mesmerizing, fascinating, engrossing, dense and accessible. Funk is a genre music. It is a thoughtfully constructed tradition built upon Motown and the Blues and bebop jazz but in a way sufficiently coherent as to have its own frames and strictures. It is recognizably borrowed from, having transcended being an offshoot of other things. This is funk in pure, uncut form: the raw, elemental source. Think what you want of the silliness, the psychedelia, the sci-Fi influences but come open-minded to embrace the beat. Like whisky or coffee, you may find you prefer its flavours watered down a little (funk metal? pop-funk? samples of The Gap Band throughout hip-hop? it's all there), but you should try the genuine article at least once if you love music. Funk is an oft-referenced influence by numerous musicians but a somewhat forgotten genre for contemporary fans and writers. Give it a visit: it is an utterly infectious, jubilant, kinetic musical style that deserves the reverence associated with the likes of Robert Johnson, Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie. This is as important as the Beatles. A masterwork. Parliament is a well from which we continue to draw but do not acknowledge enough.

This album still slaps so hard it's out of this world.

It’s good! It’s funky!

PUTAIN LA FUNK C'EST TROP BIEN

Funking perfection!

Damn. Funky.

Such a great one. Could listen all day.

This record is fantastic

This is so great and it’s been a while since I listened to this album. Bowie and I danced the entire time.

Awesome funky goodness here with our finally-arrived first album from Parliament. I really love the groove of this. "Give Up the Funk" has always been a favorite, so it was great to hear the rest of the album. How I wish I could see the entrance of the mothership in their shows! (I may have grimaced a few times at the lyrics of "Handcuffs," but it's supposed to be hyperbole, right?") This put a glide in my stride and a dip in my hip! Yes!

Superb funk! I enjoyed every bite!

This is a funky good time. Handcuffs might not be so fun --- I think it's supposed to be funny maybe? I'm choosing to interpret it so that it's the woman who wants to be handcuffed and the man's not into it at all but he's game to do it if it's what she likes. That works, right? Otherwise, very fun.

This was a funkalicious soundtrack to my walk along the beach. How’d they know I’d need the funk?!

Why do they spend 6 minutes demanding the funk?! They are the goddamn funk. Great fun from the most effortless band in show business. Parliament has an amazing combination of exuberant musicianship, total mastery of a genre and complete comitment to goofiness. There's a wide cast of singers chiming in alongside George Clinton for a wild poly-vocal performance, but really this album is all about the deep interstellar bass grooves endlessly adorned with horns riffs, guitar stabs, and an unlimited supply of elecric pianos, organs, and synth licks. The bass tones are so good - clean and precise with a magnificent pop and then suddenly as sythny and bizarrely distorted as a malfunctioning robot melting down at a disco in Spaceballs.

The Funk-O-Meter is off the charts with this one. This was thoroughly enjoyable all the way through. The vibes were amazing as well. There wasn’t a single song that had me like, “Yeah, this ain’t that good.” Unfunky UFO? My ass! This shit slaps!

Can't go wrong with parliment

Damn P-Funk, can't belive I only just now heard of their existence. Each song just makes you want to move to it. You recognize so many elements from newer music, truly a staple for generations of musicians to come after. Funny to see some lingo still being used in rap today!

Epitome of funk. great album. Very fun

Hip hop very nice

I think this is my second 5astar Tati BFF. Fun, funky, groovy, culturally relevant. Had a great time listening to this one. Favorite track: Give up the funk

This is so whimsical and in the best genre! Peak funk.

Amazing. Forgot about this album

It's impossible to not tap your feet to the funk. Some of the songs go a little too long for my tastes, but man, there's nothing you can really say is bad or wrong here. I've maybe heard Give Up The Funk before. Samples from it at least. 4.5/5

obsessed, can’t believe i’ve never listened.

Fun and Funky

Very fun album!

Fuck. Yes. My god, these funk feels are INCREDIBLE. I wish I could make this album the soundtrack to my entire life. Favorite track: Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples

Really good! I enjoyed this. I will definitely be listening again.

A unique and immersive expression of funk! My unpopular opinion is that this one's better than Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain." A perfect album from one of the best and most original bands of the '70s.

It’s Parliamant, we got the people who revolutionized funk and are probably the most sampled and influential musicians up to date.

love it my kinda jam

5, funky

Jebeno do jaja bleja muzika ovo pustam na svaku bleju . Mislim da nema neka mnogo jaca pesma od ostalih jer su sve dobre tkd bih ovo slušao sve odjednom bez razdvajanja

Wow, where to begin. This album blew my mind. I enjoyed basically every track, and the way they flowed together made it even better. I have always been aware of Parliament, but had pretty much only ever heard "Give Up The Funk." Listening to the full album gave me a huge appreciation for the skill and soul on display. Highlights: P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) - There's a hilarious deejay bit going on throughout the track. The music is fantastic. Unfunky UFO - Holy Bass, Batman. I had to listen to this again immediately after finishing the first time. Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) - Basically everyone knows this song. Excellent track that 100% deserves its notoriety. Night of the Thumpasorous Peoples - This track bops. Funky caveman stuff going on. Lowlights: Not much, tbh. There's some hilariously offensive lyrics on this album, but anyone that gets mad about that is probably a loser. Final Thoughts: This is a great album packed full of talented performers and killer funky beats. If you don't like this album I assume you hate fun. Bootsy Collins is a god of Bass and makes every track a dance party.

Nothing really compares to it. This is the peak of funk music and of Parliament. It is decadent and absurd and weird, but the grooves are so great and the albums ability to move (or remove) you is incredible. I absolutely love it. 5/5 Listen to it frequently

Happy, funky vibe

Pretty Funky

epic 1001 albums moment

Solid all the way through. Love it!

This totally slapped, I love that old-school funk vibe and this is it at it's best!

Absolutely loved this

funky aff

G. E. Clinton, King of Funk. Impossible not to groove for the whole 38 minutes

Strong album. Groovy good time music. If you want funk this is tough to beat.

Absolutely fantastic, no notes, just 5 stars.

Pretty much the GOAT. Funky, psychedelic, super danceable. What else would I want from an album honestly.

This just oozes cool. 40 minutes of pure party funk.

SOMEONE GIVE THESE MEN THE FUNK!!! QUICK!!

Beautiful! Perfect! Groove

acid casualty music is my favourite music

Scrumptious. The levels of funk and infinite groove might not ever be recreated again. Shoutout George Clinton, may the grooves be with you.

I love this album. The hits, the non-hits, the attitude, the playing... this is Parliament at its intergalactic funky best. The handcuff song might have crossed a line, but I'm not taking any stars off the rating 'cause this just grooved the whole way through.

Yes! You should get on the Mothership Connection before you die! I always want my funk to be the PFunk.

If there is a better Parliament album out there I'd be very interested to hear it, because this album is outstanding. Knew it was a solid 5 after about 2 minutes. Every song is fantastic. Put of the albums I've listened to so far this is the one I'm most likely to come back to again and again. The playing on the album is perfect nit the bass lines are just on another level. Masterful, bootsy is a genius

P-Funk, Mothership Connection, Handcuffs, Give up the funk

I had it on repeat all day

matik 5, one of the best funk albums ever

What a fun album

Mijn favoriete funkalbum

I’m looking forward to this album today. Funk is a genre that I feel should be universally loved. Obviously, it isn’t, because it would be strange if everybody agreed on something, but how could anybody dislike music designed to make you dance?! Songs I already knew: Give Up The Funk Favourites: Give Up The Funk, Unfunky UFO This album is like an antidepressant in audio form. I woke up groggy and tired this morning, but was bouncing by the end of this album. It’s just so happy and fun, and the band sound like they’re having a great time during the recording. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that I even enjoyed the final track when the bass sounds like an autotuned fart. This is a fantastic album. Listen to it.

Incredible album that I didn’t know.

Awesome funk album. Parliament never disappoints and it's just a great experience.

Some of the best funk of all time. Music that sounds like it was made by a party rather than a band. Time melts away on a lot of these songs and all that matters is the groove. I also like how unpretentious it is. Always great to hear music that’s this excellent also be goofy and silly and fun.

Perfect George Clinton craziness

4.6 put the PH in PHUNKKK. faves: give up the funk, mothership connection

When I was 6 years old my parents got me toe jam and earl for the genesis for my birthday. I fell in love with the soundtrack and often found myself playing the game just to jam to the soundtrack. This album unlocked that memory. 5/5

Absolute classic. 5/5 no other notes needed

The first of the truly great Parliament albums where everything came together musically and conceptually. The P-Funk mythology takes off here and would be expanded and built upon across subsequent albums, while the musicianship on show is also out of this world featuring a who’s who of the P-Funk world: Bernie Worrell, Bootsy, Gary Shider, Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Glen Goins, the Brecker Brothers, and too many more to mention. Of course, multiple rappers would later go on (and continue to) mine this record (and all of P-Funk) for samples - Dre, I’m looking at you. A record with an immense legacy, and a great starting point for exploring George Clinton and the P-Funk universe, but most of all, funky and fun.

Good Funk.

Borrowing from the past and influencing the future- all while still being grounded in 70s funk. There is a lot to love on this album.

I adore this album. P Funk is the best funk

Now I know where dr Dre got the sample from on Let me ride

No three

Lekkere funk muziek

J'adore !

What a great album. Awesome bass, and just so much going on with horns, synth, guitar, and vocals sliding in and out and arrangements going from restrained delivery to all out funk. 6/5

This is peak George Clinton to me. While One Nation is Under a Groove is great, it isn’t quite the sound I associate with Clinton. Aqua Boogie is my other fave and the far out sound I associate with Parliament. This album is more of a direct lineage from James Brown’s funk but is reaching for that spaced out sound. What really struck me today is how clean the production is… I’ve always thought of Clinton’s sound as cacophonous but this album has presence of stage depth and the instruments are distinct and separate. There is a cacophony but if you listen clearly you can hear everything. And it grooves!

Prolly the funkiest thing I've ever listened to

The birth of G Funk? Also, Give Up The Funk. 5 stars for that song alone.

Magnum opus with afrofuturist overtones from funk legends who had such an impact that their music was pillaged 15 years later by Dr Dre when he patented the sound he needed for gangster rap. *Mothership Connection* is often silly, but its sleazy grooves are infectious, its instrumentation unpredictable, and its fun factor undeniable. I have neither the time nor the heart to write a very serious review about this record. During the nineties, there was a joke that can sum up my feelings about it: "Who's your favorite sex-crazed leader playing sax? Bill Clinton or *George* Clinton?" I'm team George Clinton all the way, baby! 5/5. May the funk be with you. Number of albums left to review: 560 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 215 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 102 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 127

Defining album for funk

Make my funk the P-funk. I want my funk uncut.

Funky

Make my funk the P-Funk.

BL: didn’t write a BL AL: I loved this album. Clinton’s Parliament & Funkadelic are two of my favourite groups of all time, the level of musicianship and talent are unparalleled. Parliament is slightly better than Funkadelic though imo. All the riffs are catchy and groovy, and this is a very appealing listen. FT: “mothership connection”, “unfunky UFO”, “give up the funk” 5/5

this album is fun and definitely funky. going to be delving into more releases from this band.

There is so much good shit that would not exist without Parliament. Absolutely love this album, it sent me down a mother funkin' rabbit hole...

Super funky!

Heerlijk funk album en ook mooi dat de hardste banger pas op het eind zit waardoor je er lekker naartoe kan leven! 5 sterren voor de verandering

Wat een vet album!! Echt heerlijke synths en was mega blij met dit funk album want ik kende het nog niet! Gisteren heb ik dit al echt iets van vier keer geluisterd en vandaar dat het de magische 5 sterren krijgt!!

Volgens mij is het voor George Clinton fysiek onmogelijk om slechte muziek te maken. Mega funky

classic

No hay disco más funk que este!

So fun! P-Funk is the obvious bridge from early R&B and Rock n roll, soul, James Brown, Sly & the Family Stone, etc to early hip-hop— & especially Snoop Dogg. I always forget I know all these songs, in the original, & in all the samples.

4.8 funkyness

This album is just 38 minutes of pure funk. Especially the bass. It just grooves so hard

EXTRAORDIFUCKINGNARY

I've listened to this before.... P-Funk is toight.

Classic.

What the Funk

Short and sweet funky ride through space.

funk might be the best music genre to ever exist i'm just sitting here nodding my head relentlessly to this album. when funk is done well, with precision and expertise like this, it is second to none the bass lines, the dynamic gang and shredding solo vocals, the drum fills, the horns. this is ART, man we want the fucking funk

A rare 5 star on first listen. What an album. A funky space album was always going to tickle my pickle but every song was fantastic. Sometimes we look for deeper meaning in songs/albums and sometimes we want funky songs about UFO's.

hell yeah, i got headphones out for this

If someone you know isn't into Funk, or hasn't been exposed to Funk - this is the album! Put this album on and watch as your friend transforms into eight-legged Funktopus. Lame party? Drop "Give up the Funk" and tear the goddamn roof off. Tired of the same lame sex? "Handcuffs" is a scientifically proven aphrodisiac. George Clinton was in is bag on this one.

I wants to get funked up

The roof was not only torn off the sucker, it was catapulted into space. Irresistibly magnetic.

You know that this is funk music because they keep telling you that you're listening to funk music

George is just off his face, whacked out, seriously strange, and don't we love him for it. This is beyond definition or appraisal, joyous, wonderful music, you are surfing a rainbow of love listening to this. Fred! Maceo! Bootsy! Man, what a sound, what a groove. Just play it!

Maceo Parker was the favourite musician of an old mate of mine, who passed away in 2021. And Fred Wesley probably ran a close second. So it was great to hear how their horns were so strong on this album, right from the get-go on the opening track & still there, ripping it up on the final cut. Every track is a winner, especially Give Up The Funk, which was really the only track I was familiar with. A perfect track. Clinton can be so funny - the humour highlight for me was his reference to blue-eyed soul: Then I was down South and I heard some funk With some main ingredients like Doobie Brothers, Blue Magic, David Bowie It was cool, but can you imagine Doobie-in' your funk? [From P-Funk(Wants to Get Funked Up)] I loved every moment of this record.

I love this album. It is the ultimate P-Funk album. It is surprisingly laid, with heaps of space to let the music breathe. Everyone is stretching out a bit, and it is the band at the height of their powers; Bernie Worrell on keys, Bootsy on bass and recent escapees from the JBs Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker on horns. everyone's singing, and they give each other enough space. It's fun and funny, and profound and aware, and funky and playful and laid-back. The soloing is surprisingly challenging, which means there is always something new to listen to. I love this record, and have played it hundreds of times in my life, and probably will hundreds of times more. I find the songs are almost more chants or rhymes or monologues than songs-proper, but I love the way this holds together as an album. Rolling Stone reviewed it at the time as a \"parody of funk\", but I think that shows much Rolling Stone didn't get it then, although they have since acknowledged it on their list of Top 500 albums ever. I wish I had seen this band playing at this point in time, with their Mothership stage prop descending to the stage. The Mothership now resides on permanent display at the Smithsonian. As it should be. And the album is the funkiest slab of wax in the Library of Congress. As it should be. It is almost too much fun to be a classic.

I got this album immediately after Maggot Brain by Funkedelic, interesting! I prefer this one overall, it has a more polished sound and is a more cohesive album. It also feels more like a funky party, rather than the scary acid trip of Maggot Brain. Some of the songs do run a bit too long for my taste, but that's just the nature of the genre really, jams galore. Definitely deserves its place on the list. The influence on other artists is clear, even from the hip hop samples alone. I'll even forgive the weird farty synths and key-tar on the last track.

Superfunkagroovalistic - have loved this for ages ages and it never gets old

Wow, I thought I knew what Parliament Funkadelic was about, but this was FUNKY, man! I love the futuristic sound, and I love how it's like nothing you've heard before. Big fan, and now I'm going through the whole discography!

Out there, just way out there. Otherworldly funky and soulful and still unprecedented and unrivaled in so many ways, not least in the sheer joyousness that is clearly involved in the making of this record.

There are often discussions about what music from Earth we should broadcast out into space, to share with any intelligent life that might be out there. Well the intelligent life out there that shared this masterpiece with us, certainly made the right choice. 5 UFOs out of 5 🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸

Great album. So much of 90s hip hop is here. This is FUNKY. 5/5 92/100

Damn, this is just awesome. No filler tracks, no filler minutes. Brilliant from finish to start.

We want the funk! I'm only vaguely familiar with the music of Parliament/Funkadelic/George Clinton, but I really loved this album. Lyrically, it definitely lived up to the name Mothership Connection. Instrumentally, this is definitely the type of music that I gravitate towards. I love synths and keyboards, and it's hard to imagine the synth pop of the eighties and 2010's existing without these folks paving the way. When George Clinton was The Masked Singer last year (and I correctly guessed it was him before the panel said anything), I was delighted, and wanted to listen to some of his music, but I completely forgot. Glad this was in my rotation today to remind me!

This is a masterpiece ! Parliament and Funkadelic 4ever!

This is Parliament in top-form, fantastic. Interesting that it was one of TWO albums they released in 1975 (this one is far superior).

Though I may prefer Funkadelic by a smidge, this is undoubtedly top shelf funk.

Gotta love the funk. Classic from my middle school days

Perfection. Blackness and funk is a godly combo.

Someone's gonna have to explain to me the difference between Parliament, Funkadelic and Parliament-Funkadelic. I'm genuinely interested in knowing the story. My word, this is good music. I picked up Maggot Brain a decade or so ago and love it. Cosmic Slop also killls it. This is my first time hearing Mothership Connection. Although there's a lot familiar on here because of the Snoop and Dre's samples (and probably others I don't know about). Absolute classic that I'll be coming back to.

How did we even get here from James Brown in the course of just a decade? In just 7 tracks, George Clinton takes us on a magical ride through space powered by funk. I was a huge fan of the whole album from the start to finish. The transitions are sharp, and as soon as I'm satisfied with one, I'm excited to move onto the next. They take a lot of funk elements and exaggerate them to the max to create a lush landscape that does not come off as overwhelming. Has plenty of accessible tracks to pull people into the genre. Spoken word lyrics are hilarious, clear, and engaging, while the back vocals are catchy and fill up the space accompanying the other instrumentals. Songs are long, but patient in that they take as much as time as they need. It should be repetitive centering around the same melody with only minimal variations within a track, but the high amount of instrumental interjections keep things interesting. I also think the jazz structure has a lot to do with it. My favorite component though is the laser-sounding space synths and other weird instrumentation (see Supergroovalistic for best example) that adds to the extraterrestial imagery.

Way too funky. Loved it.

Fun(ky)

It just does not get funkier than this. It is the dankest of funk. It is physically impossible to funk harder than this. I loved every single second of it and went back for more. Full marks.

Ridiculous levels of funk, potentially the funkiest album in existence. Don't know if I'll really come back to it any time soon since it's not entirely my thing, but it was still an all-round fun album. I was also surprised about P-Funk, due to its eventual interpolation in Ice Cube's "Say Hi To The Bad Guy", which is another song I previously discovered from the 1001. Favourite: Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)

WE WANT THE FUNK!

Such a classic. I'm not a big funk guy, but anything George Clinton touches is GOLD. I remember buying this album back when I was in my late teens and trying to expand my horizons. I've been listening to it regularly ever since. It's just amazing.

funky

Best album of all time wbk

Terrific production. Especially the drums. What can you say about the grooves on this record? Anything but the highest praise is short shrift to what the P-Funk collaboration created for these songs.

I love this album. I couldn’t imagine Doobie in my funk. Perfect and pure funk. #wefunk

for the get down and throwdown mix... too great

baita som,, funkzao

We got Funkadelic's "One Nation Under a Groove" recently, and I was a little disappointed by it. Apparently I prefer Parliament? Not sure, as the distinction's never been clear to me, and it appears the line between the two has eroded over time. Regardless, this was the funk I was looking for. Dr. Dre is clearly a fan of the album, since he sampled at least two of the tracks, most notably "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" on "Let Me Ride." And while it's undeniably part of G-funk's DNA, the album is properly funky in its own right. "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" alone makes this album worth a listen, but it's funk all the way down. I'd probably give this 4.5 stars if I could, but I'm rounding up to 5 because why the funk would I round down?

I'm realizing that I truly enjoy 70s funk. Thanks to this challenge, I'm regularly listening to Funkadelic, and I'm adding this album to my work playlist. Anything with a groovy beat gets me going.

I have this in vinyl. Super rare find

I wants to get funked up. I will listen to this album many more times in life.

Make my Funk the P-Funk! I truly love the funk

So dope. I mean really enough said

Fabulous! Funky, smart, lobes it

Classic. love this one.

5.0 - Here's another incredible toe-hold into George Clinton's huge discography. I may even like it better than "Maggot Brain." I love the afrofuturist space travel concept as well as the interplay between Bootsy's bass and Bernie Worrell's synths (see "Night Of the Thumpasorus Peoples"). Unlike some of Clinton's other projects (e.g. "One Nation..."), this one feels composed and without clutter. A consummately funky and forward-sounding record all around.

This was excellent.

This album was AWESOME!!! Listened to it three times in a row.

Great album, great length, great tracks. Great journey/experience. Would listen again.

funky.

Silloin kun on Bootsy Collins asialla niin laatu on hyvä, mutta tämän kohdalla tuppas kyllä tuleman ihan timangia! 5/5

Uuh, huikee lätty. Etenkin nimikkoraita, Unfunky UFO ja Handcuffs on pirun tiukkoja vetoja. Varmaan yksi tasaisimmista funk-levyistä, ei kädenlämpöisiä fillereitä. 4.5/5 ja pyöristetään nyt 5.

Funkin Great

Parliament just rocks out loud. The groove just goes all the way through this album. Delicious!

This shit is cracked bro. The bass parts just slap you on the back of the head. Had me speed big on the highway typebeat. Everything flows together amazingly.

So loose and lush, flamboyantly fun and futuristically funky, -- “a whole lot of rhythm goin’ round” indeed. This is original and classic, with a warm and welcoming let-it-all-hang-out vibe and great joyfulness. One loves the updating of old-time gospel (“Swing Low Sweet Chariot”) to the space age, which makes George Clinton the Sun Ra of his genre. There’s a reason so much of this is sampled. And bonus points for coining (one thinks) “the bomb."

Simply, the greatest funk album ever conjured into existence. Pure magic! It feels like a loose kind of concept runs through the songs, an elemental Afro-futurism perhaps. 'Mothership Connection' is funny, political, off-the-wall, surprising - but above all else, it's scintillating funk music. 'Night of the Thumpasorus People' contains the single most audacious groove committed to tape.

I love funk, and this is the quintessential group. There's a lot of samples from this in popular music.

Previously, I gave Dr. Dre's The Chronic 1 star, primarily for being boring. However, I have to give this, which The Chronic samples heavily, 5 stars. Mad, innit? Anyway, this is rather a tricky album to dissect, mainly because of its excellence. Pointing out the flaws in an album tends to be an easy task. Articulating why an album is good challenges far more. Now, of course George Clinton gives us a ready adjective for that purpose: it's funky. But what do you say beyond that? Well, one aspect bugs me mildly: it's a concept album. For the thankfully uninitiated, the concept album was a disastrous by-product of the more general formation of the album as an artform in itself. With the word "art" now part of their vocab, bands tried recording albums that told epic stories about orcs and aliens, jammed with leitmotifs and musique concrete experiments in order to underscore the profundity of the message, man. Now, the concept album is an almost wholly lamentable concept, and almost every attempt at a concept album irks the listener and degrades the artist. The concept behind any concept album would cause a teacher to humiliate a twelve-year-old if the poor mite submitted it in a creative writing project. Yes, it helps if albums are thematically coherent, but that does not mean attempting a sequel to the Silmarillion, it just means making sure the album flows smoothly. Mothership Connection is one of the vanishingly few concept albums that work, but what's the concept behind this album? Black people in UFOs. As an image, one can feel gladdened by the glorification, the humour and the afrofuturism. But is it enlightening? Not really. But that doesn't matter. The music is plenty enlightening enough on its own. Toasty and ingratiating, there really isn't a badly placed note on this album. It's perfectly acceptable to revel in Mothership Connection without bothering with the narrative. Just love it.

Take the roof off the sucker take the roof off the mother

God we've had some good ones recently. Not much more to say other than this is possibly the best funk album ever made

-"P-Funk (Wants To get Funked Up)" has a cool intro story, with an alien funk ship taking over your radio and playing funky music. It's also super catchy during the singing parts. -"Mothership Connection (Star Child)" is a just great, grooving funk song -"Unfunky UFO" starts off with a thumping drum, and then all the other instruments come in for a big, fat, beefy, funky sound. The worbler on the bass, or whatever that effect is called, is cranked up. The guitar, horns, and everything else sounds fantastic. It's the highlight of the album so far. -"Supergroovalisticprofunkstication (The Bumps Bump)" may very well be the best song name across all 1001 Albums. -"Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)" is a great song, and it has this super cool, deep-bass singer during some parts. Very fun. -"Night Of The Thumpasorus People's" is nice and funky (as expected) and has some great lyrics ("Gaga googa ga ga googa") -A great funk album that I thoroughly enjoyed, it never got boring. I plan on listening more in the future!

Legendary stuff right here. Love this album! It's full of funky jams.

Hell yes

Brilliant, awesome, wonderfully funky, almost perfect (and yet funkadelic still just hits better for me!)

This is the album I play for white guys who say they love funk and then put the Chilli Peppers (possibly the most overrated band around) on. Someone has to intervene.

groovy as fuck also surprisingly warm and wholesome opener song, 9/10

George Clinton, baby. Such a great funk album. I feel like I have so much bias going into this one because of how big a fan of George's projects I am. It is so incredibly easy to get caught in the groove of this album, the music is infectious and contagious. There are some iconic sounds on this album, and they have lived on through samples (mostly hip-hop) and cultural references to this day. This is not a perfect album by any means, but it is so charming and inviting, and that is what has earned this album legendary status in my mind. **Rating = 4.5/5, rounded up Fave tracks: P Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up), Mothership Connection (Starchild), Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)

Now this IS what good music is. Takes you somewhere else. I wasn't even ready to cream my pants when those incredibly high funk energy swayed me across astronomical distances. Solid 10/10.

Classique pour moi, get funked up, starchild. Des souvenirs de jeunesse avec dr dre the chronic. Un 5 pour funkmaster legend georges clinton.

Love p funk. Make my funk the p funk, give up the funk.

We have the funk, what a banger.

Could it get any funkier?

All phunked up and ready to funk :) does not get better - influenced everything that came after. makes everything better

Oh yeah getting funked up. I like the more psychedelic sound of Funkadelic a bit more but this Parliament album is there finest.

I’m the last person to have the right to label something as cool, but this is cool. Enough funk to ricochet pension month around in the dance floor

Parliament starts with a minimum 5 stars for being Parliament. No subtractions on this record. Funk yeah!

Oooooo, this sounds nice, first time listening to this.

This album shaped the funk genre and is the foundation for so much hip hop that would come out years later. So good.

incrível. perfeito

Love the bass lines

This album is amazing. You can feel the band having fun while creating a masterpiece of funk music. Every band member contribution is worth noting.

A total journey from beginning to end. Also, unknowingly setting up the future of hip-hop music too.

Legendary. Also super influential for '90s west coast hip hop. No G-funk without P-funk.

Well they brought the funk

Funk yeah

Oh man, this is five stars straight up. In my opinion the greatest funk album ever! Psychedelic, sci-fi and seriously funky.

George Clinton and Bootsy Collins at their Phunky Interstellar best. A great album, this band are just so much FUN (Ky) they clearly love music for music sake. Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley are brilliant on this album. Love "P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" and "Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication" Bootsy funky Bass a highlight throughout. This album justifiably on the list.

A classic, pure and simple. It is tight, fun, and packed with exploration, groove, and FUNK.

Pure, distilled funk

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Yass!

funky goodness

funky great album

Incredible funk

So funky. 9/10

Is this one of the funkiest albums ever made? Is 7-Up?

So much funk. Very ahead of its time.

So easy to listen to. Great easy feel-good vibes from opening moment.

Classical Funk. U gonna swing your body.

Sunny day after work

кайф. чисьый звук. интересные партии. грув очень качает. запоминающиеся хуки. много тембров

PURE FUCK GOLD!!

A nice surprise. Really funky

great opening track hurhurhur i dont even remember it 5/5

Outrageously funky (perhaps too much so for me at points- when that ultra low squelching synth whatever it is gets going in Thumpasaurus it feels like something drilling into my spine). Genius, anyway.

Beautiful album

Still waiting for We-Funk to give me back control of my radio, but I ain’t complaining. 10/10 a classic. Thank you Dr. Dre for keeping George Clinton and the P-Funkers funkin in everyone’s ear holes even after their hay day.

Great album. Listened to it three times already and will be listening to it a lot more!

PFunk, Yeah!

Just a fun, funky album. At least one of these songs I’ve played in the Ravens Band. Really refreshing to hear.

GodDAMN this is funky. 5 stars.

A 38 minute groove.

Impossible to listen to and not bob your head constantly. Absolute banger.

Album art:4

Fantastic funk. Really made my day when I listened to this on my way to work

5/5 - Having never listened to Parliament, this was excellent - I see why they are in the same vein as James Brown; a fun listen

I've never listened to Parliament before, but I clearly should have.

Exquisitely funky. Genius. I love the P-Funk

Loved it

Fetzt

Very funky! Reminds me of the Superbad soundtrack

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Funky as hell love it

We want the funk!

Excellent! Great for lifting any bad mood

great!!

Funky profund. Troll

V.good. And funky

Magnifico

Mocny pretendent do obecnie najczarniejszego albumiku listy, czyli koncepcyjny albumik o kosmicznych murzynach, wyglada na ciekawy pomysl, a brzmi jeszcze lepiej biarac pod uwage kto jest za niego odpowiedzialny, bo parliamentowa banda, a raczej funkodelicowo-parliamentowa to superband na miare mozliwosci kulturowych post nixonowskich murzynskich gett lat 70, wiec tak jak dawniej byly bandy jazzowe ktore graly w 40 osob jak u mingusa, tak przyszla pora na przenesienie tej skali do swiata funkowego rocka, nie bede sie rozpisywal na temat murzynow kosmicznych, bo jest to tylko niewielka czesc uniwersum zbudowanego na przestrzeni albumikow bandy, na co trzeba zwrocic uwage to minimalizm jesli chodzi o overdubing, to jest zywa muzyka taka jaka by moglaby byc grana live stad takie potezne rozmaiary bandowe, ludzie do klaskania, tupania oraz operowania instrumentalami i syntezatorem klawiszowym jak przysstalo na funk, ale nie jest to syntezator w twoja twarz jak to zazwyczja bywa, mastermindem ktory takze udzielal sie wokalnie byl George Clinton funkowa wersja Mingusa wymieszanego z Sun Ra, nie chodzi mi tylko o kosmiczne koncepty, ale o to jak muzyka jest zywa, jak kazde dobre dzielo artystyczne albumik byl inspoiracja dla kolejnych murzynskich wieszczy lat 90, gdzie sample z niego mozemy znalesc po obu stronach USA, czy to u dr dree i snoopa lub wu tangow, malo jest materialow ktore mialy wplyw na instrumentalne brzmienie rapu lat 90, jesli musze wybrac cos na plejliste to wrzucane unfunky ufo oraz star childa, jesli nie mam juz tego na dodanego, ale plyta ma tylko 38 minut, wiec jesli odpala sie, to zazwyczaj cala plyta jest sluchana

Really good, funky album

This album is just so good i think my words fail me

Funky <3

Very great album, I love it

Is it possible to not have a good time listening to this album? Nonstop groovin’ from start to finish and it’s infectious. Favorite track(s): “Unfunky UFO” and “Give Up the Funk”

Wow, blast from the funky past!

good funky

Magnificent funkadelia

Yes. All of this. All the time.

Love old funk!

gotta have that funk

Just good plain FUNK!

So futuristic and influential. Creative and fun funk music.

Best Funk in the Business!

Amazing!