1st 10 FUNK Albums You Have Heard From RYM All Time...

...FUNK LIST

1 Curtis Mayfield Superfly (1972)
2 Sly and the Family Stone There's a Riot Goin' On (1971)
3 Sly and the Family Stone Stand! (1969)
4 Funkadelic Maggot Brain (1971)
5 Herbie Hancock Head Hunters (1973)
6 Parliament Mothership Connection (1975)
8 Miles Davis On the Corner (1972)
9 Funkadelic One Nation Under a Groove (1978)
10 Parliament Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)
11 Funkadelic Funkadelic (1970)

I didn't have the whole top 10 :(

these seem very much like funk for rock fans

How many do you have?

1 Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
4 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
5 Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
31 Booker T & the MGs - Melting Pot
60 Jamiroquai - The Return of the Space Cowboy

out of the top 10 i have 3, out of the whole list, i don't know, a bunch more. i have lots of comps and single tracks though.

Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
Parliament - Mothership Connection
Curtis Mayfield - Roots
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh
The Meters - The Meters
Funkadelic - Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow
Cymande - Cymande

1 Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
2. Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
4 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
6 Parliament - Mothership Connection
7 Jorge Ben - África Brasil
9 Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
11 Funkadelic - Funkadelic
16 Funkadelic - Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
18 Fela Kuti - Roforofo Fight
28 Funkadelic -Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow

1.Superfly
2.There's a Riot Goin' On
3.Stand!
4.Maggot Brain
5.Headhunters
7.África Brasil
8.On the Corner
12.The Payback
13.Roots
17.All in All

yeah, not too big of a Parliament fan

1 Curtis Mayfield, Superfly
2 Sly and the Family Stone, Riot
5 Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters
8 Miles Davis, On the Corner
27 Isaac Hayes, Shaft
29 Stevie Wonder, Music Of My Mnd
50 Prince, Lovesexy
54 Prince, The Gold Experience
63 Prince, Controversy
65 Dr. John, In The Right Place

1 Curtis Mayfield Superfly (1972)
2 Sly and the Family Stone There's a Riot Goin' On (1971)
3 Sly and the Family Stone Stand! (1969)
4 Funkadelic Maggot Brain (1971)
5 Herbie Hancock Head Hunters (1973)
6 Parliament Mothership Connection (1975)
8 Miles Davis On the Corner (1972)
9 Funkadelic One Nation Under a Groove (1978)
10 Parliament Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)
15 Betty Davis Betty Davus (1973)

^^^I did a lot better than I expected

It's nice to see such love for the funk on ILM!

I bet shakey mo has the entire top 10

and geir wont

Actually heard surprisingly much here:

1. Curtis Mayfield: Superfly
2. Sly and the Family Stone: There's a Riot Goin' On
3. Sly and the Family Stone: Stand!
4 Funkadelic: Maggot Brain
5. Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters
6. Parliament: Mothership Connection
9. Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove
10. Parliament: Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome
17. Earth, Wind & Fire: All'n'All
19. The Isley Brothers: 3+3

Many of these are even quite good, and it's good to see James Brown not performing better than he does ;)

i never thought i had heard much funk, but i guess i'm doing okay.. i've heard or own 12 out of the first 13. haven't heard THAT jorge ben record.

it helps that there's 5 parliament/funkadelic records, and two records each by Curtis and Sly.

canons be canonical

I have about 1/4th of the first 100. It's really not worth listing to you OCD music nerds, honestly.

oh go on

I checked up on the late great J.B.
His death is said on national TV
Now memory, man are you with that
James Brown is dead
Total chaos, man it's resurrected
I'm confused that things are gettin' hectic
In my brain, what is happenin'?
Could this be a big misunderstanding? It is
The hardest working man in show biz is alive so
Don't be misled, cause the Hongro said
JAMES BROWN IS DEAD

I got the identical result as Pfunkboy, #1 thru 11 excluding #7.

Of the top 100, I own/once owned 71.

Is that jorge ben oop?

"these seem very much like funk for rock fans"

Then count me as a huge fan of funk made for rock fans.

Funkadelic were a rock band

and one of the best

ever

ever

Calm down Herms.

Actually, Funkadelic being a rock band is not far from the truth. At least occasionally. And they sometimes did it very well too. The title of "Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock" is indeed very OTM.

When I first heard Funkadelic, about 20 years ago, I was a bit annoyed that their name said funk but their sound said psych. Truth in advertising, y'know? I got over that quickly enough, however.

you got PEANUT BUTTER in my CHOCOLATE...

City?

I don't own 6, 10, or 12.

way too many p-funk albums in that list.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12

way too many p-funk albums in that list.

must resist..

When I first heard Funkadelic, about 20 years ago, I was a bit annoyed that their name said funk but their sound said psych.

Isn't this very much a heritage from Sly & The Family Stone?

and hendrix and cream

Well, Sly & The Family Stone were obviously influenced by the rest of the San Francisco scene, so they had that "rock" influence too.

Mommy, What's A Funkadelic and how is it different from a Parliament?

Parliament and Funkadelic were/are two interrelated groups that were masterminded by the one and only George Clinton. Parliament started out as The Parliaments, a five man doo-wop group led by GC that included Ray Davis, Fuzzy Haskins, Grady Thomas and Calvin Simon. They started cutting records as early as 1956 but didn't achieve any real success until 1967's hit "(I Wanna) Testify." At around this time, they had picked up a band for their shows, and they were eventually dubbed "Funkadelic" by bass player Bill Nelson, to have a name with "del" in it, to have some funk in it, and to reflect the psychedelic times. GC immediately took off with this idea, and it eventually affected the way the recordings of the two bands would sound. Funkadelic albums are heavily guitar-oriented, with lots of solos and instrumental pieces. A lot of the singing was done by the band members themselves. Horns are very rarely heard, and keyboard arrangements were mostly used for fills and melody. Parliament, on the other hand, was used as the main outlet for the five singers. Lots of doo-wop and gospel-influenced vocals, resulting in some beautiful, if occasionally bizarre, harmonies. Horns are prominently heard, with the occasional solo (Mothership Connection almost sounds like a jazz album at times). Keyboards and bass are the dominant instruments, with the guitars being left to drive the riffs. By the time the late 70's hit and the bands had four # 1 singles between them, the two groups started to sound more and more alike, especially when all of the splinter groups started up and everyone recorded stuff for them. The music became less rock oriented and more dance oriented, though at a very high standard in general. See below on the history of P.Funk for more details, and the political evolution of the lyrics.

After they lost the rights to the Parliament name in the late 60's, Funkadelic was born. The sound was heavily influenced by Hendrix and the MC5, while still being rooted firmly in R&B and gospel traditions. Sly Stone's fusion of styles and enlightened lyrics were another big influence, as well as the Beatles' proclivity for innovative studio experimentation. The hard-rocking New Orleans grooves of The Meters and Lee Dorsey were also an important inspiration. The result was a thick, complex, loud and in-your-face sound that was heavily psychedelic and very rock-oriented, with a heavier basis in blues than anything else. The live experience was even crazier, with ear-splitting volumes and a wild display of whacked out costumes, on-stage orgasms, players running around naked, all backed up with a solid rhythm section amidst the anarchy. If Sly Stone was the Beatles of funk, then Funkadelic was the Rolling Stones, a chaotic, rebellious travelling riot of sound with deep and disciplined roots. And the overall vision was Clinton's, who from the very beginning pictured his own musical empire, with a number of groups under his creative direction. Clinton's charisma, wit and willingness to experiment made the entire P.Funk movement possible.

Of course, George Clinton was only a small part of this. The early lineup consisted of Billy Nelson on bass, Eddie Hazel on lead guitar, Tawl Ross on rhythm guitar and Tiki Fulwood on drums. Eddie was the soul of the group; the P.Funk mob later had more technically flashy guitarists, but no other player has ever matched his intensity and unconventionality. His "Maggot Brain", a 12 minute solo instrumental, remains as one of the most emotional pieces of music ever recorded. Yet Eddie was not simply the spiritual successor to Jimi Hendrix. He could play rhythm just as well as lead guitar, and could play funk just as easily as rock. He undoubtedly wrote many of the guitar riffs for Funkadelic, and was also an excellent singer. When matched with Clinton and Worrell, his genius bloomed. He and Billy Bass were childhood friends and neighbors, playing all day long. Listening to blues, pop, rock, soul and Motown, they learned how to play, and developed their own style. The team of Billy Bass and Eddie essentially invented psychedelic funk rock, with the profundity of blues and the experimentative nature of psychedelic rock, mixed with the discipline of the Motown sound (and bass legend James Jamerson in particular).

1 Curtis Mayfield Superfly (1972)
2 Sly and the Family Stone There's a Riot Goin' On (1971)
3 Sly and the Family Stone Stand! (1969)
4 Funkadelic Maggot Brain (1971)
6 Parliament Mothership Connection (1975)
8 Miles Davis On the Corner (1972)
9 Funkadelic One Nation Under a Groove (1978)
10 Parliament Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)
11 Funkadelic Funkadelic (1970)
12 James Brown The Payback (1974)

btw, where in hell is Sex Machine???

"Sex Machine" performed extremely badly because I gave it 0,5 stars ;)

Sex Machine is a live album (or advertised as one, at least -- 3 songs are studio recordings with dubbed in applause). It's #10 if you include live albums in the chart.

and Live at the Apollo II isn't?

let's blame Geir anyway.

and Revolution of the Mind.

xp

no one blames hstencil anymore

why bother?

57 - Maximum the Hormone "Buiikikaesu" (2007)

WAT?

I have no idea what that is either, but judging by the cover, I don't want to.

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/maximum_the_hormone/buiikikaesu/
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way too many p-funk albums in that list.

- titchyschneiderMk2,

must resist..

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname)

Pfunkboy just smiled and said, "No Compute!"

its true though. how you gonna have that many albums from one group in a list of the most essential funk albums ever? not one JB album in there either.

actually im not sure if these are albums people have said are the best or just the ones that have been heard/bought most.

Well, I'm not sure how those things are even tabulated: notice how the average ratings fluctuate up and down, wtf? So obviously it's nowhwere near definitive.

It is a good thing to say that this list is concentrated on good funk, not bad funk like James Brown. Might have benefited from some more Earth Wind & Fire up there, but P-funk is nice enough too.

lol "bad funk like James Brown"

I have all of the top 10 and almost all of the top 20 barring the fairly random Fela pick and the complete Tim Maia "Racional" (which is impossible to find wtf)

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/harlem_river_drive/harlem_river_drive/

ehipassika
Jun
20
2007

1.00 stars
Horrible

Annoying vocals and cheezy, empty, lefty lyrics. Oh, if only there was peace in the world.

Last song is the only track that is listenable, but once is enough.

Jim Davidson really shouldn't be allowed to have an account on RYM

> Well, I'm not sure how those things are even tabulated: notice how the average ratings fluctuate up and down, wtf? So obviously it's nowhwere near definitive.

Is it a 'compiled by voters' thing maybe? It might be nice to see if ilm can push, say "Truth and Soul" onto the list.

one JB album that should have been in there: in the jungle groove.

although funk power and make it funky are two of the best JB comps.

Startime in that case obviously, tho ITHG is the best pure funk record ever maybe.

2. Sly and the Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On
3. Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!
4. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
5. Parliament - Mothership Connection
8. Miles Davis - On the Corner
9. Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove
17. Prince - 1999
21. Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh
31. Funkadelic - Free Your Mind... And Your Ass Will Follow
35. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Naturally

top ten has changed but I still dont have the whole top 10 tho I have now d/l the Jorge Ben since it appears to be OOP.

James Brown now in the top 10 btw

I haven't even heard 10 out of the top 100.

tho I have now d/l the Jorge Ben since it appears to be OOP.

!!! surprised you hadn't heard this before. Stone cold fucking classic from start to finish.