Mothership Connection

Don’t make the obvious joke, don’t make the obvious joke, don’t make the obvious joke

Funk it! This album really funked my shit up, man!

Realizing that Dr. Dre had a field day with this album, between The Chronic and Doggystyle. Basically every song contained a sample I recognized, so that was fun. As for the music itself, funk was promised and most certainly delivered; the bass tone on Thumpasorus Peoples is about the funkiest shit I've ever heard.

I see its influence but it's just shy of a 4 as I don't quite see myself returning to it so much!

Standouts: P-Funk • Give Up The Funk • (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) • Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples

Hmm, a 70s funk album. This is looking good. One of the first things you notice about this album is that it doesn't take itself seriously at all. It wants to party and get, well, funky. It does, with the energetic horns and groovy bass beats that define the genre. Vocals are pretty good, but the spoken word can get tedious(to say nothing of the lyrics, which are very superficial and unimportant). Many of the songs have overlong runtimes for what they are(various spoken word bits and sung bits placed over frequently repetitive music). This is a good album and an enjoyable one that knows what it is, but the numerous musical fallacies of the era that the band falls into cannot be overlooked. Or perhaps I don't know how to have fun...

This album is ranked #7 of 22 albums for 1975. Other 1975 albums rated by me:
Wish You Were Here(1/22)-5
A Night At The Opera(2/22)-5
Physical Graffiti(3/22)-4
Blood on the Tracks(4/22)-3
That's the Way of the World(8/22)-5
Red Headed Stranger(11/22)-5

Funk as a genre seems to just not exist anymore. Maybe because everyone agreed they nailed it with this and we can move on.

First day back in work after 10 days of annual leave.
This made it easier.
Funky.

A solid slab of Funk.

I too find I often need the funk. You should really give it up.

Space funk! What fun! The monologues did drag at times, but overall I had a great time. I appreciate the theatricality of it all and the vocal plus instrumental double-whammy really elevated it for me, so lively!

I don't really like regular jazz music, but this funky version of jazz is pretty good. It's groovy and catchy and makes you want to dance. It was a musical journey through space.

I liked but it was a bit too long for me. Fun stuff though, very groovy listen.

Reminds me of that Funkadelic album from more than a week ago. I expected lots of synths and space-y vibes; would have loved more modern "funk" and "groove" into it like Got To Give It Up, but maybe that's just what happens when you listen to Espresso too many times to count (3.5).

I’m always amused by how many funk songs are about being funky. It’s the Pokémon of music genres, just saying its name incessantly.

These guys absolutely spanked me with this album. So fun, so groovy, so danceable. Bootsy Collins is a BAMF. Not to mention the incredible impact this record had on rock, hip hop, pop, and Afrofuturism. I listened twice, with glee.

A solid funk album. Some really good moments and catchy bits. Nothing that made my eyes roll too much, though the extraterrestrial characters are a little goofy. 3/5

𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 is pure funk spectacle. Led by George Clinton, Parliament turns deep grooves and thick basslines into something larger than life, wrapping their music in a playful sci-fi mythology that became central to the whole P-Funk universe. The rhythms are irresistible, the arrangements loose but confident, and the album never loses its sense of fun.

At its core, though, the appeal is simple: it’s just incredibly funky. Few records capture the joy and swagger of 70s funk this effortlessly.

It's good but not nearly as groundbreaking as I remember Funkadelic's stuff being. Track 1 is the best thing here by a country mile, it never quite reaches the personality showcased all over that track

Ooh, SPACE ROCK? No! The first line on Wiki says, "The album is held together by an outer-space theme", and yet this isn't considered space rock (or even space funk)! Ridiculous. There are plenty of bleeps and bloops, it should count. Maybe drums add negative space points.

Parliament is like Wilco: I know they're beloved by the cool kids (the online cool kids, I should say), but I never really got into them. Luckily this album is way more fun than Wilco. Another 3.5.

Highlights: the idea that three relevant "faults, defects or shortcomings" a person might have are "arthritis, rheumatism or migraines". Saying "David Bowie" like they do in the oft-referenced-by-me clip from that Mylo song ([buːi]).

Linguistic intrigue: 'Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication' is not the most expected compound. I would have gone 'Supergroovalisticprosifunkication', unless the "sti-" is meaningful. But I guess it does flow a little better. Phonology beats syntax every time :(

this was fine but forgettable

I might be exaggerating, but this is the coolest shit of all time.

FUNky with a capital FUN, this album is so enjoyable, listened to it twice through dancing around doing my chores. Perfect for a Friday morning.

Iconic and infinitely listenable. Head bobbing grooves to make your soul dance