Parliament - Motor Booty Affair
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Artist: ParliamentEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-05-18
Music Label: Island / Mercury
Soundtracks:
- Mr. Wiggles
- Rumpofsteelskin
- (You're A Fish & I'm A) Water Sign
- Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)
- One Of Those Funky Things
- Liquid Sunshine
- The Motor-Booty Affair
- Deep
Free Music Notes for Motor Booty Affair
Free Music Review: Not "Funkentelechy," but still great
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of the four essential Parliament albums, but perhaps the least distinguished of them. "Mothership Connection" and especially "Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome" are so strong you instantly hear why they're special, but "Clones of Dr. Funkenstein" and "Motor Booty Affair" need to grow on you a bit more. In both cases, you're not knocked off your feet by the first couple tracks, but the songs just keep getting better as you near the end of the album.
In this case, the album begins with the excellent "Mr. Wiggles," a light and airy funk piece featuring one of Clinton's best one-song personas. However, "Rumpofsteelskin" is merely a good song, while the ballad "You're A Fish (And I'm a Water Sign)" is an unmitigated lemon. "Aqua Boogie" is the album's headliner and a very good song, but in my opinion not comparable to hits like "Flashlight" or "Theme From the Black Hole" from other Parliament albums. Given the great musical ideas and hillarious bird calls, you'd think it would be, but Sir Nose's appearance here sounds phoned-in, and as with a couple other tracks, the production lacks punch.
The first two songs of the second half, thankfully, are album tracks that stand out for their unique instrumentation, and reassure the listener that there will be no second-half slump here. The last two tracks, "Motor Booty Affair" and "Deep," finally knock the ball out of the park. Both are showpieces for newcomer Junie Morrison, the first song a semi-ballad with funky instrumentation, the second an epic-length tour de force. In addition to delivering the album's best instrumental jam, "Deep" features a vast array of hillarious characters, mostly voiced by Junie, and the Brides' finest vocal showcase on a Parliament song.
I'd give "Motor Booty Affair" 4.5 stars, since it has plenty for funk fans to love, but is not quite at the level of Parliament's best two albums.
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Although George Clinton and Parliament were known for their futuristic, space-age cosmic-slop imagery, they were far from a one-trick pony. Case in point is 1978's brilliant Motor Booty Affair, which found Clinton and the gang diving into the deep and coming back up for air with a collection of aqua-based songs as trippy and otherworldly as anything the group ever created. Anchored by squiggly synths, courtesy of Bernie Worrell, the CD found Clinton's mouthpiece Starchild strapping on his fins and hanging with the stingrays. The slithery and soulful title track ranks as one of the most complex compositions of Clinton's career, and (You're a Fish and I'm A) Water Sign" is Clinton's psychedelic love jones in full effect. Parliament were a group that rarely went wrong, and this H20 funkfest ranks as one of their finest moments. --Amy LindenPop Music CDs
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