Product Code: | CALH 2021 |
Artist: | Parliament |
Origin: | UK |
Label: | Casablanca (1977) |
Format: | LP |
Availability: | Enquire Now |
Condition: |
Cover: VG+
Record: VG+
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Genre: | Funk , Soul U |
Very smart clean vinyl with a good strong cover, includes booklet in mint condition.
Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome is a funk album by Parliament, released in 1977 (see 1977 in music).
It is a loose concept album warning the listener of falling into the "Placebo Syndrome," which according to George Clinton is consumerism, and listening to disco music, which he saw as a simplification of funk music in attempt to gain commercial success. The album spawned the R&B number #1 single in "Flash Light", which features a funky synthesizer bass line played in a Minimoog by keyboardist Bernie Worrell. The album became Parliament's fourth consecutive gold album and second platinum album. The song "Sir Nose d'Voidoffunk (Pay Attention – B3M)" contains nursery rhymes "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" and "Three Blind Mice", the lyrics were changed to make reference to drug use.