Mothership Connection is the fourth album by American funk band Parliament. Mothership Connection became Parliament's first album to be certified gold and later platinum. The Library of Congress added the album to the National Recording Registry in 2011, declaring "The album has had an enormous influence on jazz, rock and dance music." Continuing with its Respect The Classics campaign UMe will be reissuing this classic back on vinyl with a limited edition 3D cover that's mind blowing!
MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION shows why Clinton's formula for funk domination of the free world worked so well. The music is tight and groovy, with heavy bass lines, precise horn runs and ultra-electronic keyboards (provided by Bernie Worrell). The lyrics are often no more than spaced-out spoken word excursions, sounding like Sly Stone reciting Isaac Asimov. And the whole concept and presentation was so totally freaked out that it would catch people off-guard, letting Clinton's teachings and philosophies seep into the unconscious. The most traditionally structured song is a love and bondage number called "Handcuffs," which shows how far Clinton and his P-Funkers had brought funk from the halcyon days of Otis Redding and James Brown. Songs like "P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)" and "Tear The Roof Off The Sucker," with their extended interplay and dazed vocals, helped pave the way for the rise of hip hop as a commercial vehicle.
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Funk / Soul
- Black Vinyl
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TRACKS
A1 P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) 7:42
A2 Mothership Connection (Star Child) 6:14
A3 Unfunky UFO 4:24
B1 Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication 5:01
B2 Handcuffs 4:01
B3 Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) 5:45
B4 Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples 5:12
