Track Listing

1. One nation under a groove
2. Groovallegiance
3. Who says a funk band can't play rock
4. Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis enema squad
5. Into you
6. Cholly (Funk getting ready to roll)
7. Lunchmeataphobia (Think it ain't illegal yet)
8. PE squad/Doo doo chasers (going all the way off instrumental version)
9. Maggot brain

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #49691 in Music
• Released on: 2004-04-19
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

United Funk of Funkadelica
There is nothing here as outrageously avant-garde or ebullient as Parliament's spectacular Flashlight and in general, this album's subdued tone makes it more soul-funk than rock-funk. Besides the title track on the one nation getting down just for the funk of it, I really love Groovallegiance with its lovely harmonies, interweaving voices, hypnotic melody and the subtle way it insinuates itself into the brain-grooves: "Let me take you by the hand/ And spread the funk across the land/ It's not hard to understand/ Heading for the master plan/ Pledge a groovallegiance to the funk/ The United Funk of Funkadelica/ Oh yea-hoo/ Dey do do do da funk/ Do da funk-de ee de dee!" I love the whole P-funk culture and especially Clinton's playful and witty socio political commentary. Seeing this band, or preferably the whole Parliafunkadelicment-thang live, must have been a memorable experience!

Groove is in the heart.......and the head.
It,s not likely that a band,s tenth studio album will be their best but there can be little argument that the 1978 album One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic saw the band reach the pinnacle of their career. A loose concept album about the power of funk to make people happier and more open minded with the added benefit of making then dance like loons on hot coals One Nation Under a Groove is the bands most lauded( rightly) and commercially successful album ( rightly too)
This is the first Funkadelic album to feature keyboard player and songwriter Walter "Junie" Morrison" and his contribution is vital to the albums groovalicious ambience. The album is widely acknowledged as being massively influential , though whether that's always been a good thing is open to debate. Either way it,s not Funkadelic,s fault if second rate copyists latched on to their sound and perspicacious fusion of genres
The album is a heady concoction of glossy P-funk, heavy duty harmonics, scatological socio-political lyrics complete with cross-genre quirks. The title track is the most straight up funk track , an absolute classic of the genre but "Groovallegiance" integrates a a hint of reggae while "Who Says A Funk Band Can,t Play Rock?!" as the title infers is a funk/rock hybrid. The bassline is undiluted funk but the guitars and percussion carry a true rock crunch. The downside of innovation like this is risible copyists like the Red Hot Chilli Peppers who unfortunately become all pervasive. The wonderfully titled "Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis" Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers)" is a satire comparing the dumbing down of global culture with errr toilets. "Into You" is the albums reflective pause, a virtual R&B ballad , though much better than most R&B ballads. "Cholly" (Funk Getting Ready To Roll)" and "Lunchmeatphobia(Think It Ai,nt Illegal Yet)" are more straight down the middle funk -though obviously filtered through George Clinton,s colourful elliptical world view.
For all it,s serious undertones this album is enjoyable on a purely hedonistic level .One Nation Under A Groove is one of the great genre specific albums but it,s also an album whose lavish grooves and tunes are underpinned by real intelligence, something that previously seemed only the province of more (supposedly ) serious musicians . It gives you something to think about while making you want to move like an eel in a tumble dryer. In other words it has everything you could possibly want from music , or indeed art.