PEOPLE... HOLD ON. It's the ~~~ ILM 1970s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO ALBUMS POLL ~~~ results thread!

No, I don't think they're overrated. Absolutely 100% essential funk.

― pen pineapple apple pen (Turrican)

I do like them a lot. Unlike a lot of my favourite soul/funk bands I don't think they ever quite made their masterpiece.

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69. James Brown - The Payback (1973)
53 points • 7 votes

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only voted for one Betty Davis, and it wasn't either of these. Tend to agree her songs don't necessarily stack up against her peers in Funkadelic, Sly Stone, Ohio Players. Still cool tho.

Having another listen to Cosmic Slop now, but my feeling has always been this record simply didn't deliver anything as hard or raw as the first 3 records, wasn't as ambitious or weird as America Eats Its Young, didn't have the tunes of their later records (or the early ones either for that matter), wasn't as lean or on-point as Standing, etc etc. It's always just kind of sat there for me, nothing much to really get excited about, and didn't do anything in particular as well as the other records. Doesn't help that the title track has never done much for me.

Tracks I like: Nappy Dugout, You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure, This Broken Heart ("I'm hip to all that Gemini stuff"!!!), Trash A Go Go

over the years mid-period Funkadelic has become my favorite Funkadelic

I hate to sound like Geir here, but I've just never been able to get into James Brown.

GET OUT

that is the best front-to-back JB album fwiw

The title track of Cosmic Slop is the heart of the record, IMO!

The Payback was another on my ballot :/

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67 (TIE). Willie Hutch - The Mack (1973)
54 points • 5 votes

Int'l Players Anthem by UGK made me check out this album.

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67 (TIE). Parliament - Motor Booty Affair (1978)
54 points • 5 votes

This was the final TIE, by the way.

My favourite Parliament album.

How far are you counting down today?

Only a couple more, I'm getting sleepy.

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66. Mutiny - Mutiny on the Mamaship (1979)
55 points • 2 votes

ok lol no way is that better than the other P-Funk stuff posted so far

At least someone is going to be happy that his number 5 got in :)

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65. Chairmen of the Board - Skin I'm In (1974)
55 points • 3 votes

Another great album that just missed my list. Happy to see it in a respectable position.

Motor Booty Affair is one of my Top 3 favourite Parliament albums (you can probably guess the other two) ... I love the Mutiny record too (and it would have made my ballot along with the Quazar record) but not above Cosmic Slop, Let's Take It To The Stage; Up For The Down Stroke or Motor Booty Affair.

OK, last one for today:

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64. Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
55 points • 5 votes

RECAP:

64. Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978) 55 points • 5 votes
65. Chairmen of the Board - Skin I'm In (1974) 55 points • 3 votes
66. Mutiny - Mutiny on the Mamaship (1979) 55 points • 2 votes
67 (TIE). Parliament - Motor Booty Affair (1978) 54 points • 5 votes
67 (TIE). Willie Hutch - The Mack (1973) 54 points • 5 votes
69. James Brown - The Payback (1973) 53 points • 7 votes
70. Betty Davis - Nasty Gal (1975) 52 points • 5 votes
71. Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different (1974) 50 points • 5 votes • 1 number one
72. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Imagination (1973) 50 points • 5 votes
73. Eugene McDaniels - Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse (1971) 49 points • 5 votes
74 (TIE). Barry White - Let the Music Play (1976) 49 points • 3 votes
74 (TIE). Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am (1979) 49 points • 3 votes
76 (TIE). Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973) 48 points • 8 votes
76 (TIE). Prince - Prince (1979) 48 points • 8 votes
78. Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) 48 points • 5 votes
79 (TIE). Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop (1973) 48 points • 3 votes
79 (TIE). Funkadelic - Let's Take It to the Stage (1975) 48 points • 3 votes
81. The Isley Brothers - Go for Your Guns (1977) 47 points • 4 votes
82. Brick - Brick (1977) 47 points • 3 votes
83. Slave - The Concept (1978) 47 points • 2 votes
84. WAR - All Day Music (1971) 46 points • 6 votes
85. Heatwave - Too Hot to Handle (1976) 46 points • 5 votes
86. Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) 45 points • 6 votes
87. The Wild Tchoupitoulas - The Wild Tchoupitoulas (1976) 45 points • 5 votes
88. Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976) 44 points • 4 votes
89. Aretha Franklin - Spirit in the Dark (1970) 43 points • 4 votes
90. Swamp Dogg - Total Destruction to Your Mind (1970) 43 points • 3 votes
91. Baby Huey - The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend (1971) 42 points • 4 votes
92 (TIE). Barry White - Stone Gon' (1973) 41 points • 4 votes
92 (TIE). Blue Magic - Blue Magic (1974) 41 points • 4 votes
94. Sly Stone - High on You (1975) 41 points • 3 votes
95 (TIE). Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes (1974) 40 points • 4 votes
95 (TIE). Ohio Players - Honey (1975) 40 points • 4 votes
97 (TIE). Funkadelic - America Eats Its Young (1972) 40 points • 3 votes
97 (TIE). The Undisputed Truth - The Undisputed Truth (1971) 40 points • 3 votes
99. Fontella Bass - Free (1972) 40 points • 2 votes
100. Patrice Rushen - Pizzazz (1979) 39 points • 5 votes
101. Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975) 38 points • 6 votes
102. Roberta Flack - Chapter Two (1970) 38 points • 3 votes
103. Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel (1974) 37 points • 5 votes
104. The Meters - Fire on the Bayou (1975) 37 points • 4 votes
105. Ohio Players - Fire (1974) 37 points • 3 votes
106 (TIE). Ashford & Simpson - Is It Still Good to Ya (1978) 37 points • 2 votes
106 (TIE). Ohio Players - Pleasure (1972) 37 points • 2 votes
108. The Spinners - Pick of the Litter (1975) 36 points • 5 votes
109 (TIE). Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby (1975) 36 points • 4 votes
109 (TIE). Lou Bond - Lou Bond (1974) 36 points • 4 votes
111. Jorge Ben - Negro é lindo (1971) 36 points • 3 votes
112. The Temptations - All Directions (1972) 36 points • 2 votes
113. The Soul Children - Friction (1974) 35 points • 2 votes • 1 number one
114. Syreeta - Syreeta (1972) 35 points • 2 votes
115. Parliament - Chocolate City (1975) 34 points • 6 votes
116. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody (1975) 34 points • 5 votes
117. Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971) 33 points • 5 votes
118. Bee Gees - Main Course (1975) 33 points • 4 votes
119 (TIE). Commodores - Commodores [a.k.a. Zoom] (1977) 33 points • 3 votes
119 (TIE). Ohio Players - Pain (1972) 33 points • 3 votes
119 (TIE). WAR - War (1971) 33 points • 3 votes
122. Margie Joseph - Margie Joseph Makes a New Impression (1970) 33 points • 2 votes
123 (TIE). Andy Bey - Experience and Judgment (1974) 32 points • 3 votes
123 (TIE). Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974) 32 points • 3 votes
125. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - I Miss You (1972) 32 points • 2 votes
126. The Delfonics - The Delfonics (1970) 31 points • 5 votes
127 (TIE). Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974) 31 points • 4 votes
127 (TIE). Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan - Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (1975) 31 points • 4 votes
129 (TIE). Earth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude (1975) 31 points • 2 votes
129 (TIE). Nina Simone - Emergency Ward! (1973) 31 points • 2 votes
131. The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (1972) 30 points • 5 votes
132. Curtis Mayfield - Back to the World (1973) 30 points • 4 votes
133. Ohio Players - Skin Tight (1974) 30 points • 3 votes
134. Al Jarreau - We Got By (1975) 30 points • 1 vote • 1 number one
135. Caston & Majors - Caston & Majors (1974) 29 points • 3 votes
136. Maze featuring Frankie Beverly - Maze (1977) 29 points • 2 votes
137. Van Morrison - Moondance (1970) 28 points • 2 votes
138 (TIE). Love Unlimited Orchestra - Rhapsody in White (1974) 28 points • 1 vote
138 (TIE). Noir - We Had to Let You Have It (1971) 28 points • 1 vote
138 (TIE). Ruby Andrews - Black Ruby (1972) 28 points • 1 vote

Surprised this beat Let's Get It On.

Me too, even though I would have voted for it.

eh this is totally a better album than Let's Get It On

Wow, this Chairmen of the Board track is great!

the mutiny album is every bit as good as most pfunk. Even george said so.

the chairmen of the board album is brilliant and you guys do know who the backing band is, right?

the chairmen of the board album is brilliant and you guys do know who the backing band is, right?
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, October 19, 2016 8:08 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Well, yeah!

the mutiny album is every bit as good as most pfunk

it is, but it isn't *better* than canonical stuff like Motorbooty Affair imo

well it got less votes but 1 other voter thought highly of it along with me and it placed a bit higher. Hopefully people will check it out because of it placing who perhaps dont realise how awesome some of the spin off stuff is.

Id rate Mutiny, sweat band, Quazar albums ahead of the eddie hazel album (which i do like, its my prize possession )

I could listen to Gaye's "Is That Enough" all afternoon.

I like the Eddie Hazel album too, but I'll admit to being a bit underwhelmed when I first heard it. Count me in as another one who rates Mutiny, Quazar, Sweat Band etc. higher.

The thing about P-funk is that so many people were involved over the years that the amount of spin-offs and extra curricular stuff is just off the fucking scale.

Ranking James Brown albums is weird. All of them contain the deepest music ever made but always feel like they are a part of a much bigger whole. Like the setting is all wrong. Four hours of Star Time is the bare minimum Brown experience.

Gave points to Imagination. It's a sort of self help album that isn't all it should be but it starts with basically the realest, most powerful song ever so you let it slide.

Here, My Dear is secretly the best Marvin Gaye album

Agreed. All of his 70's albums are sort of ridiculous but everyone seems to ignore it. Here My Dear is openly bonkers and fascinating for it. It was my last cut.

*takes notes furiously*

My favorite Gaye album is In Our Lifetime, but I love his synth work on HMD: he's vamping compellingly.

I really don't get Barry White.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, October 19, 2016 1:26 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The thing about Barry White is that he made perfect music

never 4get

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpHR0-yFheY

70. Betty Davis - Nasty Gal (1975) 52 points • 5 votes
71. Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different (1974) 50 points • 5 votes • 1 number one

Too low, but ILM has never been very pro-Betty so not surprising.

Shaft and Let's get it on are underrated. Very excited about finding Swamp Dogg.

lol I voted for Betty Davis's s/t album because I conflated her with Betty Wright, who I now realize doesn't even have a s/t album.

:)

Good morning everyone! Let's see how far we get today.

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63. Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975)
57 points • 5 votes

I like the idea of Betty Davis more than the actual fact of listening to her. There's a bludgeoning aspect to her voice that wears me down.

The thing about Barry White is that he made perfect music
― 6 god none the richer (m bison)

Quick, two Funkadelic albums before Cosmic Slop gets out of bed!