Gloryhallastoopid

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Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tale on the Funky)
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Studio album by
Parliament
Released1979
Studio United Sound Systems, Detroit, Michigan
Genre Funk
Length45:22
Label Casablanca
Producer George Clinton
Parliament chronology
Motor Booty Affair
(1978)		Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tale on the Funky)
(1979)		 Trombipulation
(1980)

Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tale on the Funky) is the eighth album by the American funk band Parliament, released in 1979. [1] It was their penultimate album on the Casablanca Records label, and is another concept album that tries to explain that Funk was responsible for the creation of the universe (see P Funk mythology ). It reuses samples from previous albums, notably Mothership Connection and Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome .

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Bay State Banner A− [3]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 5/10 [7]
Tom Hull – on the Web B+ ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [8]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

The Bay State Banner wrote that, "however subtle Parliament has become, we continue to get low-register bass riffs, synthesizer horror riffs, disco tempos, and double-entendre lyrics pairing the nature of the cosmos with the behavior of the sex drive." [3] The Oakland Tribune called the album "a gem of cosmic Uncle Tomfoolery," and considered it to be better than Uncle Jam Wants You . [10] The Buffalo News determined that much of the "funky power is lost," but praised "Theme from the Black Hole". [11] Newsday opined that "Party People" "catches George Clinton reaching too hard for a pop hit." [12]

Track listing

  1. "Prologue" – 0:47
  2. "(Gloryhallastoopid) Pin the Tail on the Funky" (Collins, Clinton) – 4:06
  3. "Party People" (Collins, Clinton, Shider) – 10:08 (released as a 4:46 single-Casablanca NB 2222)
  4. "The Big Bang Theory" (Sterling, Dunbar, Clinton) – 7:10 (released as a single-Casablanca NB 2250)
  5. "The Freeze (Sizzaleenmean)" (McKnight, Clinton) – 8:59
  6. "Colour Me Funky" (Theracon, Clinton) – 4:51
  7. "Theme from the Black Hole" (Collins, Clinton, Theracon) – 4:38 (released as a single-Casablanca NB 2235 and as a 12" single with "The Big Bang Theory"-Casablanca NB 20208)
  8. "May We Bang You?" (Clinton, Collins, Collins, Theracon) – 4:43

Personnel

The Odd Squad Musicians

Scream Division

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References

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  2. ↑ Gloryhallastoopid at AllMusic
  3. 1 2 Freedberg, Mike (13 Dec 1979). "P-funk II: Parliament, Gloryhallastoopid". Bay State Banner. No. 7. p. 13.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 10, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
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  6. ↑ Sexton, Paul (16 February 1980). "Parilament: Gloryhallastoopid". Record Mirror . p. 16.
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