Maggot Brain
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| - | ==Studio Albums== | + | '''''Maggot Brain''''' is a [[1971 in music|1971]] [[album]] by the American [[funk]] band [[Funkadelic]]. It was released on [[Westbound Records]]. The music swings through [[psychedelia]], [[hard rock]], [[gospel]] and [[soul music]], with tremendous variation between each track. |
| - | :''[[Funkadelic (album)|Funkadelic]]'' • ''[[Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow]]'' • ''[[Maggot Brain]]'' • ''[[America Eats Its Young]]'' • ''[[Cosmic Slop]]'' • ''[[Standing on the Verge of Getting It On]]'' • ''[[Let's Take It to the Stage]]'' • ''[[Tales of Kidd Funkadelic]]'' • ''[[Hardcore Jollies]]'' • ''[[One Nation Under a Groove|One Nation Under a Groove]]'' • ''[[Uncle Jam Wants You]]'' • ''[[The Electric Spanking of War Babies]]'' • ''[[Connections & Disconnections]]'' • ''[[By Way Of The Drum]]'' | + | |
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| - | Funkadelic albums are rather more ethereal and abstract when compared to Parliament’s. Rather than tell the story of a cast of characters, the mythology of Funkadelic is a socially conscious spiritualism. | + | In 2003, the album was ranked number 486 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of [[The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 greatest albums of all time]]. [[Pitchfork Media]] ranked it #17 in their Top 100 Albums of the 70s list. |
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| - | The Funk is described on the very first song ("[[Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?]]") of the very first Funkadelic album (''[[Funkadelic (album)|Funkadelic]]'', 1970), in the lines "... my name is Funk/I am not of your world/Hold still, baby, I won't do you no harm/I think I'll be good to you". | + | |
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| - | On the second album, ''[[Free Your Mind... And Your Ass Will Follow]]'' (1971), Funk is said to lead to the Kingdom of heaven, which is described as being "within" (the titular song). "[[Funky Dollar Bill]]" (off the same album) describes multiple unFunky priorities, all revolving around materialism and consumerism, which have taken over all that is good and true in society (including, on "[[Eulogy and Light]]," religion). | + | |
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| - | One central concept is ''Maggot Brain'' (''[[Maggot Brain]]'', 1971), which is an unenlightened small-mindedness, and which must be overcome for humanity to avoid its destruction and decay. It is explicitly ascribed to the titular junkie in "Super Stupid," who has "lost the fight" with fear. Other songs on the album advocate universal love, peace, and brotherhood, and war is explicitly compared to insanity in "Back In Our Minds." The album ends on an apocalyptic note with "Wars of Armageddon," in which the sound of a crying baby can be taken as a direct reference to the speech at the beginning of the title track: "Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time, for y'all have knocked her up." With its noisy improvisation and activist chanting, the track appears to depict a final confrontation between good and evil. | + | |
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| - | ''[[One Nation Under a Groove]]'' (Funkadelic, 1978) introduces ''Funkadelica'', a nation wherein the Funk rules and can’t be either stopped or labeled. The people of Funkadelica are called ''Funkateers'' (as are P Funk fans) and are led by ''Uncle Jam''. Their mission is to rescue dance music from the doldrums (unFunkiness). | + | |
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| - | The album ''[[The Electric Spanking of War Babies]]'' (1981) refers to the [[Vietnam War]], as characterized by George Clinton. | + | |
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Maggot Brain is a 1971 album by the American funk band Funkadelic. It was released on Westbound Records. The music swings through psychedelia, hard rock, gospel and soul music, with tremendous variation between each track.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 486 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Pitchfork Media ranked it #17 in their Top 100 Albums of the 70s list.
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