Funkadelic

1-1 One Nation Under A Groove
Written-By – Shider*, Clinton*, Morrison*
7:28
1-2 Cholly (Funk Gettin' Ready To Roll)
Written-By – Clinton*, Morrison*, Collins*
4:25
1-3 Smokey
Written-By – Shider*, Clinton*
6:09
1-4 Comin' Round The Mountain
Written-By – Clinton*, Cook*
5:51
1-5 (Not Just) Knee Deep. Pt. 1
Written-By – Clinton*, Wynne*
15:20
1-6 You Scared The Lovin' Outta Me
Written-By – Clinton*, Goins*
6:22
1-7 Cosmic Slop (Live)
Written-By – Worrell*, Clinton*
6:29
1-8 Brettino's Bounce
Written-By – Fratangelo*
3:40
1-9 Into You
Written-By – Clinton*, Morrison*, Collins*
5:41
1-10 Maggot Brain (Live)
Written-By – Hazel*, Clinton*
7:36
1-11 Holly Wants To Go To California
Written-By – Worrell*, Clinton*
4:26
2-1 Electric Spanking Of War Babies
Written-By – Clinton*, Bishop*, Morrison*
8:38
2-2 If You Got The Funk, You Got Style
Written-By – Worrell*, Clinton*, Collins*
3:05
2-3 Freak Of The Week
Written-By – McKnight*, Clinton*, Bishop*
5:33
2-4 Funk Gets Stronger (Killer Millimeter Longer Version)
Written-By – Clinton*, Hampton*
4:27
2-5 Soul Mate
Written-By – Clinton*, Cook*
2:46
2-6 Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!
Written-By – Clinton*, Hampton*, Morrison*
6:17
2-7 Oh, I
Written-By – Shider*, Clinton*, Curtis*
4:53
2-8 Electro-Cuties
Written-By – Clinton*, Ford*
6:11
2-9 Promentalshitbackwashhipsychosisenema Squad (The Doodoo Chasers)
Written-By – Shider*, Clinton*, Brown*
10:45
2-10 One Nation Under A Groove (Instrumental Version)
Written-By – Shider*, Clinton*, Morrison*
5:46
2-11 Electric Spanking Of War Babies (Instrumental Version)
Written-By – Clinton*, Bishop*, Morrison*
4:59… (plus d'informations)

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* Audio CD (September 20, 1989)
* Original Release Date: 2000
* Number of Discs: 1
* Label: Westbound Records
* Catalog Number: 2007
* ASIN: B000001TVD
* In-Print Editions: Audio CD
* Average Customer Review: based on 59 reviews. (Write a review.)
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1. Maggot Brain Listen Listen
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Funkadelic was George Clinton's chance to get serious. Unlike Parliament, Funkadelic exhibited topical lyrics and an almost heavy-metal edge, one that included screeching, distorted guitar and unsettling musical turns. This 1971 album, Funkadelic's second release, catches the ensemble in its early prime. The Hendrix-inspired dramatics come courtesy of Eddie Hazel, while Bernie Worrell admirably handles the keyboard chores. Clinton's humorous, sober lyrics address poverty, race relations, and drug use. Musically, the band covers lots of ground: Everything from smooth soul and heavy rock to abstract psychedelia and straight-on funky grooves has a place, and these jarring shifts are what make the album a revolutionary work. --Marc Greilsamer

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Originally issued in 1971, this is a great album, carefree & trippy. Seven tracks produced by George Clinton. Westbound. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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Funkadelic Innovates Yet Again., March 21, 2003
Reviewer: David Bederman (Potomac, MD United States) - See all my reviews
"Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time, cause y'all have knocked her up. I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe...I was not offended, for I knew I had to rise above it all, or drown in my own s**t."

Though this DEFINITELY makes no sense at all, it sets the scene for some more experimental, revolutionary music from George Clinton and Funkadelic. Perhaps one of the darker albums of the early 1970s, Maggot Brain is a successful experiment and a tremendous success for Funkadelic's 3rd album.

Moving beyond the very freaky acid psychadelia of their first two albums, Funkadelic moved into a newer and eclectic sound; a mixture of harsh rock 'n' roll, psychadelic music, soul music, gospel choirs, and even more. Maggot Brain effectively managed to fuse all of these together.

The first song is worth the entire album, earning it the 5 star award: considered by many to be the greatest guitar solo ever, the late Eddie Hazel's "Maggot Brain" is a depressing, bluesy, acid trip that was recorded in one take. All it took was George Clinton telling Eddie to "play like your mother just died," and Maggot Brain thus was born. The song opens with a dreary guitar backdrop and "echoing" drums that mysteriously fade out once Hazel gets into the solo; reportedly, this is because Clinton found that they "sucked" in comparison to Hazel's improvization. The song progressively gets more and more intense, until it peaks at the middle; but at the end it gets as intense as before. Unlike many other solos out there, Maggot Brain succeeds at having both an immsensely skillful player and the perfect instrumentation. Rarely, if not never, does P-Funk play a concert without Maggot Brain; it is one of their hallmark songs. If I haven't convinced you yet, the ten minutes of Maggot Brain are not worth missing AT ALL.

The next song, the happier and gospel "Can You Get to That," is another great one. It serves almost as an "upper" from the depressing Maggot Brain, but is a fine song on its own.

Bernie Worrell's "Hit It and Quit It" features his expert keyboard skills, and---surprise surprise---another sublime guitar solo from Eddie Hazel in the middle.

"You and Your Folks" gave birth to the popular "yeah, yeah, yeah!" chant at Funkadelic concerts. While the song on the album itself is a little flat, the lyrics are wonderful. The song itself is a wonderful experience when played live.

"Super Stupid", a hardcore precursor of much heavy metal (in 1971!) is fun and ear-busting. Even if the lyrics aren't much, the instrumentation alone is worth the price of admission.

"Back in Our Minds" isn't much worth writing home about.

"Wars of Armageddon" closes the album, another masterpiece; but this one is designed to freak people out. Apparently Funkadelic got ahold of a sound effects tape, and went crazy with it; this song features a destructive guitar riff, and with the added sound effects you'd swear this song was the end of the world. Farts, laugh tracks, men and women screaming, etc...it sounds like the nation's fallen apart. And in 1971, still the race riot era, this did hold somewhat true.

Buy "Maggot Brain" immediately. Case closed.

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motherearth is pregnant for the 3rd time..., January 7, 2005
Reviewer: R. Davis "upfromsumdirt" (louisville, ky) - See all my reviews
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i bought this cd about two months ago and i dont think but about two days have gone by where i havent played me some maggotbrain (the title track)... this hasta be (in my own ignorant/extremely biased opinion!) one of the top ten all time 'all-american' albums ever released!

eddie hazel does his beautiful thang on guitar. proly aint a review listed here that doesnt mention that... after you get past the title track tho, you proly just hafta be a hardcore funkadelic fan to really get into the rest of it, but everyone should listen to it at least once in their lives/love it or hate it.

(not as good as 'free your mind' but pretty darn close!)

~ libations, yall, for the lack of creative, live musical representation on the modern black soundscape.… (plus d'informations)

Product Details

* Audio CD (June 1, 1990)
* Number of Discs: 1
* Label: Westbound Records
* Catalog Number: 2001
* ASIN: B000001TVB
* In-Print Editions: Audio Cassette
* Average Customer Review: based on 18 reviews. (Write a review.)
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Vary underappreciated funk & rock explosion!, December 2, 2002
Reviewer: Kevin S Currie (Eldersburg, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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As a long time fan of the funk, I have to say that this albun is a refreshingly strong staple. Through the years, funk became cursed with a cartoonish image (ironically, due in large part to parliament). This album has none of it. It IS dirty, grungy and sweaty. It IS loud and in a sense, obnoxious and the sound quality IS muddy. But future funkadelic groovers need to recognize that all of that IS deliberate!

This was one of Funkadelic's first albums and it was deliberately recorded in one day during one acid trip. The title track, then, with it's synth-driven ambiance, is absolutely appropriate and trust me; it has an edge that rivals a razor blade. The rest of the album is no less edgy. It grabs you by the a$$ and, like the title suggests, you WILL follow.

With that established, the album is regrettably short, which left me no choice but to subtract a star. Still, the full list price of the CD will be recompensed by two tracks alone: 'Funky Dollar Bill' and 'I Wanna Know if It's Good' which has the coolest lyric and guitar riff that I think Clinton's crew ever came up with. Get the album, even if it's only for these two tracks. It'll be worth it.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
all depends on how free you wanna be..., February 25, 2005
Reviewer: R. Davis "upfromsumdirt" (louisville, ky) - See all my reviews
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looks like folks either love it or hate it... mostly, looks like they jus disgruntled with the sound quality... and yeah, it could sorely use a sonic upgrade!

'free your mind', 'maggotbrain' and 'standing on the verge' are the holy triumverant of funkadelic records, in my book. pure and uncommercialized... nothin experimental feelin at all... jusbeautiful, garage band jam. no preservatives added.

the masters of funk at their zenith.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Insane psychedelic Hendrix-funk-rock from the Masters, October 2, 2005
Reviewer: the18yroldmusiccritic "Mike" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
Early Funkadelic released some seriously brilliant and completely wigged-out albums, and this very well may be the craziest of them all. It's also the second-best of the mighty early Westbound triumvirate (Funkadelic, Free Your Mind, the astounding Maggot Brain). The later Westbound comp "Music For Your Mother" is also fantastic, featuring a lot of the songs on these albums in far superior mixes.

The CD remastering - for the American version of the CD - is awful, which is practically a crime and saps much of the power out of a glorious acid-funk masterpiece. Unforgivable? Yes. But this doesn't hold true for all issues of the album. My advice is simple. Get The British Version Of This Album. It sounds amazing. Granted, the production and mixing themselves still get in the way, because, like the music, they too were done on acid, but at least with the British version it doesn't sound flatter than a waffle. Instead, it sounds full-bodied and even warm on some of the songs.

The first track, "Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow," is tripped out into regions beyond. Certainly, these were intergalactic Funkateers not of this planet. Are those synth noises at the beginning, or are they just processed feedback? I don't know, but whatever it is, it's brilliant. Then the groove comes in - Tiki Fulwood, possibly the best drummer Funkadelic ever had, comes in with an implacable and totally funky drum entrance, spurring them all into the acid-freakout-funk jam. The screams and LSD-fueled chants are drugged Detroit soul of the purest form, and Eddie Hazel's searing, unutterably awesome and wholly, terrifyingly Hendrix-like guitar work rips out of the speakers, competing with Bernie Worrell's fuzzed-out quasi-classical Hammond organ for dominance. This continues for the rest of the 10 minutes. "Friday Night, August 14th" follows with a bluesy acid-funk shuffle, with more brilliant and radical guitarin' from the Eddie Hazel-Tawl Ross guitar tag team. Fulwood's semi-drum-solo, fed through abusive amounts of analog echo and delay, caps a great song. "Funky Dollar Bill" would be great, but there is a problem. It's all fantastic - the rhythm guitar is unbelievable, the lead bluesy and paint-strippingly loud - but the Worrell jangle-piano part is terrible, I'm sorry to say. It's a painfully obvious overdub, and it's badly out-of-tune and nearly out-of-rhythm; it ruins the song for me, sadly. All is forgiven with THE JAM OF ALL TIME, "I Wanna Know If It's Good To You." The vocal part is amazing, but the instrumental jam afterwards is what really rips me to shreds. That guitar soloing is simply on a plane beyond what most soloists could even think of reaching - the best feedback entrance ever. Ever. Signed, sealed, and delivered. It's also sweet as hell when it all quiets down, Fulwood starts hitting the cowbells in totally funky rhythm (More Cowbell!!!), suddenly the mix turns better, and Billy "Bass" Nelson's astoundingly funky bass playing becomes audible - those trills alone could make you dance like a funky fool. "Some More" comes after that, and predictably can't really compare, as it's a jokey blues song, but it's fun enough - the vocal effects are great, and it's better than "Back In Our Minds" on "Maggot Brain." "Eulogy and Light" is really freaky, and ends the album with a slowed-down and massively reverbed Clinton monologue from the view of a pimp (I guess; I'm not sure, really) showing worship to the God "Big Buck" over a really scary backwards tape; the music is from an old 1969 B-side, "Open Our Eyes," which is God-praising gospel so uncut, so heartfelt, so, well, soulful that it seems like a near-perversion of religion to use it backwards for this terrifying rant, which ends with the tape being sped up as Clinton screams "Is Truth the Light?!?!?!??!!!," showing the pimp's figurative, Divine punishment. A brilliant move on Clinton's part, "Eulogy and Light" ends the album.

Such a brilliant album, even though it's painfully short at 31 minutes, deserves to be heard by everybody. Get the British version, turn "I Wanna Know If It's Good To You" up and feel the light sear your senses. I love Funkadelic.

Funkadelic - Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow
Label: Westbound Records, Inc.
Catalog#: SEWA 012
Format: LP
Country: UK
Released: 1990
Genre: Rock, Funk / Soul
Style: P.Funk, Psychedelic Rock
Credits: Bass - Billy Nelson
Drums - Tiki Fulwood
Guitar [Lead] - Eddie Hazel
Guitar [Rhythm] - Tawl Ross
Keyboards - Bernie Worrell
Producer - George Clinton
Vocals - Calvin Simon , Fuzzy Haskins , George Clinton , Grady Thomas , Ray Davis
Notes: Re-issue of 1970 Westbound LP.
Rating: 4.0/5 (1 vote) Rate It
Submitted by: gmos

Tracklisting:
A1 Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow (10:04)
A2 Friday Night, August 14th (5:21)
B1 Funky Dollar Bill (3:15)
B2 I Wanna Know If It's Good To You (5:59)
B3 Some More (2:56)
B4 Eulogy And Light (3:31)… (plus d'informations)

Product Details

* Audio CD (July 7, 1991)
* Number of Discs: 1
* Label: Westbound Records
* Catalog Number: 2022
* ASIN: B000001TVJ
* Also Available in: Audio Cassette
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A Tragedy of Funkadelic Proportions, August 22, 2002
Reviewer: Jason Robey "horakhti" (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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Between 1970 and 1975 Funkadelic released seven albums on the Westbound record label. All of them are essential. The fifth album, 1973's "Cosmic Slop", is as strong, soulful and funky as any other from this seminal period.

That "Cosmic Slop" didn't end up a cosmic flop is a testament to George Clinton's unparalleled skill as a producer. In 1972, after the release of "America Eats Its Young", things were falling apart for Funkadelic. Ace lead guitarist Eddie Hazel was incarcerated for drug possession and assault, bassist Billy Nelson quit and rhythm guitarist Lucius Ross overdosed on LSD and speed, leaving him incapacitated. Funkadelic essentially lost three of its founding members right before recording for "Cosmic Slop" began.

Funkadelic, though technically a group, was essentially a George Clinton "thang." Determined to make "Cosmic Slop" Clinton reincarnated the band. Nelson and Ross, though founding members, proved dispensable. Hazel was missed (but will return on later albums.) Gary Shider, a guitar virtuoso in his own right, takes his lead, contributing incredible, soulful vocals as well. And keyboardist Bernie Worrell comes into his own. In fact, a cobbled together Funkadelic proved as solid and formidable as any previous incarnation.

"Cosmic Slop" is brimming with classic P-funk essentials. "Nappy Dugout", replete with whistles and duck calls, starts the album in typical Funkadelic style. "You Can't Miss..." sounds like a lost "Maggot Brain" single (a good thing.) "March to the Witch's Castle" is, in my opinion, the saddest, darkest, most honest song ever written about the Vietnam War. (A masterpiece maybe?) "Let's Make It Last" is transcendent and soulful. "Cosmic Slop" is a classic, 'nuff said. "No Compute" sounds like, well, country-funk. The raunchy lyrics about a one-night stand are hilarious. "This Broken Heart" is a heartfelt cover of an old doo-wop number with a hysterical interlude. "Trash A-Go-Go" is a funked-out guitar jam, possibly the funkiest moment on the album. "Can't Stand the Strain" is a joyful Motownish number... Joyful, that is, until the lyrics sink in.

Lyrically "Cosmic Slop" tends to be a sad, bluesy album. Half of the songs are traditional soul tunes about love and heartache. The others deal with war, prostitution and drugs. Even though at times the lyrics are funny, there's a tragic quality to them overall.

Musically it's a soulful, funky, yet brazenly psychedelic album. Funkadelic stands for psychedelic funk, which is what you get on "Cosmic Slop." This album has little in common with late-70s disco-influenced Parliament and Funkadelic albums, like P's "The Mothership Connection" or F's "One Nation Under a Groove." Rather, think Sly Stone and Jimi Hendrix on acid and you're close.

Hope this helped. Funk on.

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A CULT FAVORITE, February 24, 2000
Reviewer: Tony_Tone (Washington, D.C., District of Columbia United States) - See all my reviews
This has to be one of the most underated Funkadelic albums never gained any real chart status when was released in '73.. but this is still one of the most interesting albums they have put out dealing with such issues drug addiction ( Trash - A- GO-GO) a brutual rock track.. the very eerie vibe of March to the Witch Castle a recount of Viet War.. to the 70's soul of You cant miss what you measure.. To the slice of life every day hustle of Comsic Slop.. this is a great album.. Have to put this on the list of their best albums.. PICK IT UP REAL FUNK FANS

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Raw and WILD Funk That Last, February 20, 2006
Reviewer: Andre S. Grindle "Andre' Grindle" (Dennysville Maine) - See all my reviews
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'Cosmic Slop' was the first Funkadelic CD I ever purchased.I was 16 and well aclimated to Parliamnt and George Clinton's solo album 'You Should'nt've Bit Fish'.The minute I laid eyes on this artwork I knew I was in for a funky good time.But was I ever underestimating things.The minute I started this up in my old Sony portable disk player 'Nappy Dugout' blew me away with it's raw,rhythmic funkiness.This album in particular (and the opener) owes alot of 'Payback'-period James Brown and the first school of funk-with Clinton's acid rock twists.Especially on "Trash A Go Go' Funkadelic give creedence to their name as one of the first all African American rock band.But funk is a premium and they never EVER water it down.One the rocking title cut and "You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure' the band push forward with honesty and great social insights into how the black community feels internaly.Kind of like James Brown and Sly Stone blended together for the black power movement.Those with an open mind to raw honesty and wisdom will not only be able to get this music but can boogie to it too.On "March Of The Witches Castle" George Clinton delivers one of his patended elder wiseman dialogs he is so good at.And Eddie Hazel is a GENIOUS on guitar-only recently accepted as such in the rock world next to Hendrix,Santana,Tommy Bolin and all other acid-rock funk guitar gods.The reality of life for African American's living in urban area's circa 1973 could be very unpleasant and these guys aren't about to lie about it but the story will be told on the booty shaking funky dancefloor if they had anything to do with it.After hearing this and coming to this realization I dug up all the other Funkadelic CD's-all of which are excellent.Even my own dad (from that generation and the man who introduced me to George Clinton) found the music terrific and the lyrics...well in his case drolly humorous however I took every word they said as honest (if sometimes twisted) truth and can be one of the few Funkadelic listeners who get the point of not only the music but the liberating concept.… (plus d'informations)