Track Listing

1. P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
2. Mothership Connection (Star Child)
3. Unfunky UFO
4. Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication
5. Handcuffs
6. Tear the Roof off the Sucker (Give up the Funk)
7. Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples
8. Star Child (Mothership Connection) (Promo Radio Version) (Bonus Track)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4192 in Music
• Released on: 2003-04-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered

Customer Reviews

Mothership Connection
Parliament-Mothership Connection *****

George hit the the nail on the head, or hit the groove in the right place is more like it. By the time of Mothership Connection George Clinton had perfected what he took from Sly and James and created something so strange and something so original, too original in fact that it should not have worked. Oh boy did it work though. Mothership Connection remains the groups biggest and most popular album even more so than Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome, and Funkadellic One Nation Under a Groove.

So here's the deal. It's a concept album. Not the strongest concept mind you but being the genius Clinton is he makes it work, and work wonderfully. Funk from outer space is here (star child) and it is going to retrieve the funk from the pyramids. Sounds crazy? Well just wait till you actually here the music...

'P-Funk' opens the killer album with a George playing a radio dj as he was known to do. He never did it better then here. The subtle guitar lines make for and atmosphere that more then compliments the driving bass line from Bootsy and the vocals from the Brides. 'Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication (The Bumps Bump)' is well....hilarious. One of the funkiest tunes in all of the kingdom of funkdom! This is truly George's song and he completely kills it. Gangsta Rap would have been nothing with out this one that's for sure. ' Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)' went on to become the groups biggest single, even better then the superior 'Flashlight.' Though it has been sampled more times then one would care to count it is the true original that dominates. Bootsy's licks and the group vocals make for one of the most memorable tunes in all of funk history. To go track by track and list why each track is a highlight would run trite and tedious, besides these three tracks are worth the cash flow anyways.

Mothership is the perfect place to start a funk or Parliament collection. While I myself am more of a Funkadellic man myself, you can't have one with out the other. It would be like having the Kool with out the aid. Essential.

The Funky Milky Way
I have seen The ParliamentFunkadelic Thang about 15 times. This is classic funk at it's best. You have to understand the thinking that Brother George was puttin down back in '76. I see by some of the reviews that we have a couple of Sir Nose's friends. They had the *^%#%^ nerve to only give up one star, and that does not mean staying on the "one". If you do not already own this piece of Parliament history then search no further. Peace and Hair Grease

This CD is to funk what "Kind of Blue" is to Jazz
As a pre-teen, I remember loving the spastic bass and super tight horns in P.Funk music but was too young to party to it. Wanting to play the sax parts made me a better musician. Now I have introduced this to my sax playing son and he even admits that what they listen to today is crap.

If you love, ever loved, or want to love funk. This is the place you start and stop.