First Thangs
Released: 1995
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Released: 1995
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When Osmium finally got a proper CD rerelease in America in 1992, it was retitled and expanded with singles from the same period (a number of them being alternate takes), resulting in the near disc...
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Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome
Released: 1977
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Released: 1977
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Parliament simply poured it on for this amazing album, clearly one of its all-time best. At least one band named itself after a lyric -- Urge Overkill, taken from the song "Funkentelechy" itself --...
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Chocolate City
Released: 1975
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Released: 1975
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"Chocolate City" stands out as a trademark P-Funk moment, with it's languid meandering, rich synth washes, and spoken-word vocals -- a perfect way to jump start the album. From there, the album...
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Gloryhallastoopid
Released: 1979
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Released: 1979
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Although at the time this album was viewed as a disaster, there has been some critical reassessment in the past years. It was certainly not as inspired, brilliantly executed or memorable as any one...
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Live: P-Funk Earth Tour
Released: 1977
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Released: 1977
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As amazing as most of the '70s P-Funk albums are, the group was arguably a better live act than a studio act. Once the aggregation's patience and ambition wore thin with studio albums in the late...
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Up for the Down Stroke
Released: 1974
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Released: 1974
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Kicking off with one of prime funk's purest distillations -- the outrageously great title track, with a perfect party chorus line and uncredited horns (presumably the Horny Horns were involved...
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The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein
Released: September 1976
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Released: September 1976
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Come 1976, and Parliament got up to its usual tricks in that particular incarnation -- right down to opening backwards-masked vocal weirdness plus sci-fi scenarios in the "Prelude," where "funk is...
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Mothership Connection
Released: February 1976
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Released: February 1976
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The addition of ex-JB's Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker to the Parliament roster on Mothership Connection elevated an already mind-blowing band into the best funk band of the '70s, arguably the best...
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Motor Booty Affair
Released: 1978
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Released: 1978
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By this point Parliament was one of the most accomplished and intelligent bands in music. With albums like Mothership Connection and The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein, George Clinton's druggy and...
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