Mothership Connection
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| Mothership Connection | ||
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| Missing image ParliamentMothershipConnection.jpg Album cover | ||
| Album by Parliament | ||
| Released | 1975 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Funk | |
| Length | 38 min 06 sec | |
| Record label | Casablanca/Mercury Records | |
| Producer | George Clinton | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| All Music Guide review | 5 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:rwaxqj3bojfa) |
| Parliament Chronology | ||
| Chocolate City (1975) | Mothership Connection (1975) | Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976) |
Mothership Connection is a funk album by Parliament, released in 1975. This concept album (see P Funk mythology) is usually rated as one of Parliament's best. Mothership Connection was the first P-funk album with Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley, who had left The JB's, James Brown's backing band.
In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Mothership Connection the 55th greatest album of all time. Joe S. Harrington (http://www.blastitude.com/14/pg4.htm) listed it as #6 in his All-time Top 100 Albums, describing it as "the greatest r'n'b album of all time".
Track listing
- "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" (Clinton/Collins/Worrell) - 7:41
- "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" (Clinton/Collins/Worrell) - 6:13
- "Unfunky UFO" (Clinton/Collins/Snider) - 4:23
- "Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication" (Clinton/Collins/Shider/Worrell) - 5:03
- "Handcuffs" (Clinton/Goins/McLaughlin) - 3:51
- "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Mothersucker)" (Clinton/Collins/Worrell) - 5:46
- "Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples" (Clinton/Collins/Snider) - 5:10
Personnel
- Bernie Worrell - Synthesizer, Keyboards
- Michael Brecker - Horn
- Maceo Parker - Horn
- Sidney Barnes - Handclapping
- Bootsy Collins - Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Drums, Vocals
- Jerome Brailey - Percussion, Drums
- Randy Brecker - Horn
- George Clinton - Vocals, Producer
- Gary "Muddbone" Cooper - Percussion, Drums, Handclapping
- Raymond Davis - Vocals
- Joe Farrell - Horn
- Ramon Tiki Fulwood - Percussion, Drums
- Glen Goins - Guitar, Vocals
- Michael Hampton - Guitar
- Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins - Vocals
- Taka Khan - Handclapping
- Cordell Mosson - Bass
- Gary Shider - Guitar, Vocals
- Calvin Simon - Vocals
- Grady Thomas - Vocals
- Pamela Vincent - Handclapping
- Fred Wesley - Horn
- Debbie Wright - Handclapping
- Reginald Rasputin Boutte - Handclapping
- Bryan Chimenti - Handclapping
- Archie Ivy - Handclapping
- Boom - Horn
Chart positions
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album
1976 Pop Albums No. 13 1976 Black Albums No. 4
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - singles
1976 Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Give Up The Funk) Pop Singles No. 15 1976 Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Give Up The Funk) Black Singles No. 5