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Mothership Connection

Mothership Connection is a funk album by Parliament, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). This concept album (see P Funk mythology) is usually rated as one of Parliament's best. Mothership Connection was the first P-funk album with Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley, who had left The JB's, James Brown's backing band.

Table of contents
1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Chart positions

Track listing

  1. P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) (Clinton/Collins/Worrell) - 7:41
  2. Mothership Connection (Star Child) (Clinton/Collins/Worrell) - 6:13
  3. Unfunky UFO (Clinton/Collins/Snider) - 4:23
  4. Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication (Clinton/Collins/Shider/Worrell) - 5:03
  5. Handcuffs (Clinton/Goins/McLaughlin) - 3:51
  6. Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Mothersucker) (Clinton/Collins/Worrell) - 5:46
  7. Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples (Clinton/Collins/Snider) - 5:10

Personnel

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album
1976	Pop Albums	                No. 13
1976	Black Albums	                No. 4
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - singles
1976	Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Give Up The Funk)	   Pop Singles    No. 15
1976	Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Give Up The Funk)	   Black Singles  No. 5