Mothership Connection
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| Studio album by Parliament | ||
| Released | December 1975 | |
| Recorded | 1975 | |
| Genre | Funk | |
| Length | 38:06 | |
| Label | Casablanca Mercury |
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| Producer(s) | George Clinton | |
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| Parliament chronology | ||
| Chocolate City (1975) |
Mothership Connection (1975) |
The 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 to feature Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley, who had left The J.B.'s, James Brown's backing band.
Describing the album, George Clinton said "We had put black people in situations nobody ever thought they would be in, like the White House. I figured another place you wouldn't think black people would be was in outer space. I was a big fan of Star Trek, so we did a thing with a pimp sitting in a spaceship shaped like a Cadillac, and we did all these James Brown-type grooves, but with street talk and ghetto slang."[1]
In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Mothership Connection the 55th greatest album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 274 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Joe S. Harrington of Blastitude listed it as #6 in his All-time Top 100 Albums, describing it as "the greatest r'n'b album of all time."[1]
Dr. Dre prominently sampled the songs "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" and "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" on his album The Chronic.
Contents |
[edit] 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 Sucker)" (Clinton/Collins/Worrell) – 5:46
- "Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples" (Clinton/Collins/Snider) – 5:10
[edit] Personnel
Vocals, Handclaps
- George Clinton
- Calvin Simon
- Fuzzy Haskins
- Raymond Davis
- Grady Thomas
- Gary Shider
- Glen Goins
- Bootsy Collins
- Gary Cooper
- Debbie Edwards
- Taka Kahn
- Archie Ivy
- Bryna Chimenti
- Rasputin Boutte
- Pam Vincent
- Debra Wright
- Sidney Barnes
Horns
- Fred Wesley
- Maceo Parker
- Michael Brecker
- Randy Brecker
- Boom
- Joe Farrell
- Gary Shider
- Michael Hampton
- Glen Goins
- Bootsy Collins
- Bootsy Collins
- Cordell Mosson
Drums and Percussion
- Tiki Fullwood
- Jerome Bariley
- Bootsy Collins
- Gary Cooper
Produced by George Clinton
[edit] Chart positions
- 1976 Pop Albums No. 13
- 1976 Black Albums No. 4
- 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
