Chocolate City

Parliament | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 20, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001FPO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #356,818 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Japanese only SHM paper sleeve pressing. Includes three bonus tracks. The SHM-CD [Super High Material CD] format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC & Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fine remastering of a fantastic funky recording..., January 21, 2006

By 

O. J. Dean (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Chocolate City (Audio CD)

I dont really feel like giving a detailed review, I just feel that this is a 5 star album and it deserves credit. I just played it again after a three year hiatus and I was blown away, just like the first time I heard it, over 20 years ago. Funk is not supposed to be perfect....its about what moves you or provokes you, it's as simple as that.
I'm not one to buy reissues, remasters, and such. I have found that sometimes a remaster can be worse than the original! This is one remaster you're going to want to get, though.
If you want great funk, this is it and you really can`t go wrong with this great disc.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff, September 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Chocolate City (Audio CD)

This album has some good stuff on it. The song Chocolate City, with some great political commentary, has one of the most memorable lines from any song- "You don't need the bullet when you got the ballot." Most of the rest of the album is great dance music- my favorites are Ride On and Together. It doesn't end as well as it begins- I couldn't get into Let Me Be or I Misjudged You- but overall the kind of funk you want from Parliament.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars And They Still Call It The White House, September 14, 2006

By 

BKenny "BK" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chocolate City (Audio CD)

Can you dig it CC? to each his reach and if I don't cop it ain't mine to have...Love that line from Chocolate city, love the horns and that Bass guitar sound of Bootsy's Mu-Tron! I especially loved "I Misjudged You". This song is indeed "The Parliaments" the sound of the harmonies and the musicianship sound "Funkadelish" but then again so are they! I loved the album when they came in on "I know what you can do, let us lay some funk on you" I laughed and danced on the one with these strange critters and then it all made sense on the next album, "Mothership Connection". The guys were different from the Moments, The Tavares, Dells and all the other bands and singers comming up--Playful but man, could these guys play and sing! A tight album with some good tracks---a keeper. Parliament got you going with "Up for the Downstoke" and set the stage with "Chocolate City" to let you know that "there is a new sheriff in town" and he's coming a spaceship! Not riding in on a horse like John Wayne or Clint Eastwood, This dude came in on a freakin' spaceship and took over the airwaves and let you know that if you didn't like "Up Fo the Down Stroke" or "Chocolate City", you were dancin' to "Standing on the Verge of Getting It On"---that was them too--(That Fuss was us--remember?)If you did attempt to adjust your radio, they were on all stations and slapped some "Cosmic Slop" on you! A very tight album, setting the stage for the funk to come......