Track Listing

1. Up For The Down Stroke - Parliament, George S. Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Eddie Hazel, William Earl Collins, Cordell Mosson, Ron Bykowski, Gary Shider, William (Billie Bass) Nelson, Gary Bronson, Tiki Fulwood, The Man In The Box, Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Grady Thomas, Raymond Davis, Peter Chase
2. Testify - George S. Clinton, Parliament, Bernie Worrell, Eddie Hazel, William Earl Collins, Cordell Mosson, Ron Bykowski, Gary Shider, William (Billie Bass) Nelson, Gary Bronson, Tiki Fulwood, The Man In The Box, Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Grady Thomas, Raymond Davis, Peter Chase
3. Chocolate City - George S. Clinton, Parliament, William Earl Collins, Cordell Mosson, Perkash John, Gary Shider, Tiki Fulwood, Tyrone Lampkin, The Man In The Box, Bernie Worrell, Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Grady Thomas, Raymond Davis, Eddie Hazel
4. Ride On - Parliament, George S. Clinton, William Earl Collins, Cordell Mosson, Perkash John, Gary Shider, Tiki Fulwood, Tyrone Lampkin, The Man In The Box, Bernie Worrell, Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Grady Thomas, Raymond Davis, Eddie Hazel
5. Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) - George S. Clinton, Parliament, Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Raymond Davis, Grady Thomas, Gary Shider, Glen Goins, William Earl Collins, Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Boom, Joe Farrell, Cordell Mosson, Michael Hampton, Tiki Fulwood, Jerome Brailey, Gary Cooper, Bernie Worrell
6. Mothership Connection (Star Child) - Parliament, George S. Clinton, Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Raymond Davis, Grady Thomas, Gary Shider, Glen Goins, William Earl Collins, Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Boom, Joe Farrell, Cordell Mosson, Michael Hampton, Tiki Fulwood, Jerome Brailey, Gary Cooper, Bernie Worrell
7. Do That Stuff - Parliament
8. Dr. Funkenstein - George S. Clinton, Parliament
9. Bop Gun (Endangered Species) - George S. Clinton, Parliament
10. Flashlight - George S. Clinton, Parliament
11. Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop) - Parliament
12. Rumpofsteelskin - George Clinton Jr., Parliament
13. Party People - George Clinton Jr., Parliament
14. Theme From The Black Hole - Parliament
15. The Big Bang Theory - Parliament

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71020 in Music
• Released on: 2000-04-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 82 minutes

Customer Reviews

Nice mix of funky tunes
This compilation album features songs drawn from quite a large portion of the band's career. Sadly, in order to give a good representation of Parliament's massive output, several of the tracks are in shorter versions than are found on the original albums, notably "Mothership Connection" and "Aqua Boogie". While the latter track only loses an instrumental bit from the end, the entire shape of the former is lost - the song gets to the chorus and then fades out, whereas in the album version, there are several verses and choruses.

However, if you are looking for a cheap overview of the variety of styles, wacky ideas, catchphrases and characters that Parliament went through, then this is probably a very good place to start. From the James-Brownesque vibe of "Up for the down stroke", to the pro-black-rights theme of "Chocolate City", to the cartoony grooves of "Rumpofsteelskin", the tracks are also of invariably good quality.

Clocking in at an impressive 74.5 minutes this CD represents extremely good value for money, and is a good enough method of getting into the way of the P-funk - get "Get Funked Up" and you probably will.