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Tear The Roof Off The Sucker 1974-1980 (Import) (CD)

By: Parliament

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Tear The Roof Off The Sucker 1974-1980 (Import) (CD) Album By Parliament
1   P Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)  
2   Up For The Down Stroke  
3   Bop Gun (Endangered Species)  
4   Dr Funkenstein's Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication  
5   Mothership Connection (Starchild)  
6   Dr Funkenstein  
7   Testify  
8   Mr Wiggles  
9   Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)  
10   All Your Goodies Are Gone  
11   Do That Stuff  
12   Party People  
13   Prelude  
14   Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)  
15   Chocolate City  
16   Funkentelechy  
17   Theme From The Black Hole  
18   Big Bang Theory  
19   Children Of Production (live)  
20   Flashlight  
21   Ride On  
22   Fantasy Is Reality  
23   Rumpofsteelskin  
24   Agony Of Defeet  
25   Funkin' For Fun  
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (5/28/93, p.65) - "...[George] Clinton's ceaselessly witty musical and verbal inventions on tunes like `Flash Light' are pure pop genius..." - Rating: A+
Q (8/93, p.113) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...bloody funky, bloody good fun and required research for Prince fans..."
The Source (7/93, p.73) - "...Are you ready to get P'ed on Well, here comes a golden shower of hits you can't afford to miss...this is the essential collection for your musical education and spiritual funkatization....Strictly non-stop jams..."
NME (7/3/93, p.36) - 8 - Excellent - "...cherry-picks the most funkelicious moments from Parliament's eight albums...A pretty unique concoction...."
Melody Maker (6/26/93, p.28) - "...has all the most famous moments....very valuable as a document of funk history...."

Product note

Personnel includes: Bootsy Collins (vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion); Eddie Hazel, Garry Shider, Glenn Goins (vocals, guitar); George Clinton, Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Grady Thomas, Raymond Davis, Gary "Mudbone" Cooper (vocals); Walter Morrison (guitar, keyboards); Dewayne "Blackbird" McKnight (guitar, bass); Michael Hampton, Ron Bykowski, Phelps "Catfish" Collins, Gordon Carlton, Tony Thomas (guitar); Maceo Parker (saxophone); David Lee Chong, Bernie Worell (keyboards); Cordell "Boogie" Mosson, Perkash John, Rodney Curtis, Donnie Sterling (bass); Gary Bronson, Tiki Fulwood, Jerome Brailey, Tyrone Lampkin, Dennis Chambers, Lonnie Greene, Larry Fratangelo, Kenny Colton, Carl "Butch" Small (drums, percussion); Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker.
Producers: Walter Morrison, Ron Dunbar, George Clinton.
TEAR THE ROOF OFF includes a 24-page booklet with liner notes by Greg Tate and Tom Vickers, rare photos, and a Parliament glossary and manifesto.
This 2-CD set is probably the finest introduction to the P-Funk cosmology and aesthetic of booty-movin', mind-freeing metagrooviality. Parliament bring unbridled creativity to dance music, concocting a unique melange of rock, blues, soul, and jazz elements underscored by a celebration of black identity and drug-influenced sci-fi fantasies. Their music transcends the limitations of the dance genre and embodies something truly singular. Many of the Funk Mob's finest creations are included on this disc, including "P. Funk," "Up For The Down Stroke," "Chocolate City," "Mothership Connection," and the incomparably great "Flashlight."
This set is also peppered with such lesser-known gems as "Ride On" and the wonderfully soulful "Testify," a hit for the band in the mid-'60s (when they were still a Motown-inspired vocal group known as The Parliaments). Though not comprehensive, TEAR THE ROOF OFF at least gives some indication of this ensemble's astonishing range, vision, and musicianship. Those suitably intrigued should definitely go for the original discs and/or check out Funkadelic, Parliament's stranger and more high-minded twin. Nevertheless, this box set makes for an outstanding sampler and is a great place for the uninitiated to get a first, irresistible taste of the Funk.

Album Description

This 2-CD set is probably the finest introduction to the P-Funk cosmology and aesthetic of booty-movin', mind-freeing metagrooviality. Parliament bring unbridled creativity to dance music, concocting a unique melange of rock, blues, soul, and jazz elements underscored by a celebration of black identity and drug-influenced sci-fi fantasies. Their music transcends the limitations of the dance genre and embodies something truly singular. Many of the Funk Mob's finest creations are included on this disc, including "P. Funk", "Up For The Down Stroke", "Chocolate City", "Mothership Connection", and the incomparably great "Flashlight".
This set is also peppered with such lesser-known gems as "Ride On" and the wonderfully soulful "Testify", a hit for the band in the mid-'60s (when they were still a Motown-inspired vocal group known as The Parliaments). Though not comprehensive, TEAR THE ROOF OFF at least gives some indication of this ensemble's astonishing range, vision, and musicianship. Those suitably intrigued should definitely go for the original discs and/or check out Funkadelic, Parliament's stranger and more high-minded twin. Nevertheless, this box set makes for an outstanding sampler and is a great place for the uninitiated to get a first, irresistible taste of the Funk.

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