Parliament | Mothership Connection | Vinyl

Mothership Connection is Parliament's 1975 fourth album, a landmark funk record built around George Clinton's Afrofuturist mythology, introducing the alien “Star Child” persona and the iconic Mothership stage prop that became central to the band's legendary live shows. “Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)” became one of the most sampled songs in hip-hop history, its influence stretching across decades of rap production. It's widely regarded as one of the most influential albums in funk history, a foundational text for the P-Funk universe Clinton built across dozens of related projects.

Track List

Side A

1. P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
2. Mothership Connection (Star Child)
3. Unfunky UFO
4. Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication

Side B

1. Handcuffs
2. Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)
3. Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples

Release Details

• UPC: 0602547279286
• Label: Island Records
• Format: LP Vinyl
• Genre: Rock
• Release Date: 7/17/15
• Release date reflects catalog release information and may not indicate the pressing/edition of the specific copy shipped.