The Parliament Album List

Albums credited to Parliament are listed below. Each album has a "detailed info" link which will provide you such items as track listings and timings, personnel, ratings by various reviewers, and additional comments.

If the album is composed at least in part of tracks which are not duplicated on earlier albums, a link to the lyrics for the songs on that album will be provided as well. Meanwhile, in the track listings, links to the lyrics for each individual song are provided.

The Parliament reviews and comments are provided by :

  • JB = Jon Brode
  • RC = Rob Clough (administrator of The Motherpage)
  • RH = Rory Huber
  • JJ = Jay Julian
  • TK = Tim Kinley
  • MM = Matt McClellan
  • MT = Mike Theiss
  • MW = Melissa Weber
  • GZ = George Zipperlen (creator of the original template for this discography, with time breakdown and rating system)

    The ratings given for each album are 'within P-Funk,' and on the 1 to 5 star scale.

    *****   Essential, not allowed on the Mothership without it
****    Mostly excellent cuts
***     A few weak tracks, or a concept which doesn't hold up
**      One or two good tracks
*       Relatively weak
    GZ: Note that the lower rated albums, still rate high compared to unfunk!

    RC : A note on writing credits. For each particular album, I will list the first and last name of the writer only when it is their first appearance on that album. Thus, Garry Shider's first appearance on an album will earn him that full listing, but he will be listed as G Shider if he has any other songs on that particular album. There are three notable exceptions: George Clinton, William "Bootsy" Collins, and Bernie Worrell, who will be listed as G Clinton, W (or B) Collins, and B Worrell, respectively, for every album's track listing. The reason is because those three wrote the bulk of the P.Funk catalog. If a writer's full name is not listed, it's probably because I don't know it, in which case I would appreciate being given that information.

    The Parliaments

    GZ: Various singles ranging from doo-wop ("Poor Willy"), to harder rocking motown stylee, to soul harmony ("Testify"), to proto-funk. Someone should really put together a collection.

    RC: See the singles list for the complete listing.

    "I Wanna Testify"
    A Historic Compilation of Vintage Soul (1994)

    Detailed Info
    Lyrics

    Parliament

    The Beginning

    Osmium (1970)

    Detailed Info
    Lyrics

    Rhenium (1989)

    Detailed Info
    Lyrics

    First Thangs (1994)

    Detailed Info
    Lyrics

    The Holland Group Presents:
    George Clinton With Parliament (1994)

    Detailed Info

    Tamurinillis (1996)

    (George Clinton With Parliafunkadelic)

    Detailed Info
    Lyrics

    The Resurrection

    Up For The Down Stroke (1974)

    Detailed Info
    Lyrics

    Chocolate City (1975)

    Detailed Info
    Lyrics

    Mothership Connection (1975)

    Detailed Info
    Lyrics

    The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976)

    Detailed Info
    Lyrics

    Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome (1977)

    Detailed Info
    Lyrics

    Live/P. Funk Earth Tour (1977)

    Detailed Info
    Lyrics

    Motor-Booty Affair (1978)

    Detailed Info
    Lyrics

    Gloryhallastoopid

    (or, Pin the Tail on the Funky) (1979)

    Detailed Info
    Lyrics

    Trombipulation (1980)

    Detailed Info
    Lyrics

    Compilations And Afterthoughts

    Parliament's Greatest Hits (1984)

    Detailed Info

    The Best NonStop Mix Compilation (1991)

    Detailed Info

    Tear The Roof Off: Parliament, 1974-1980 (1993)

    Detailed Info

    Best of Parliament: Give Up The Funk (1995)

    Detailed Info

    Mothership Connection-Newberg Sessions (1995)

    Detailed Info