Tear the Roof Off: 1974-1980

Parliament | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 1993)
• Original Release Date: May 18, 1993
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Island / Mercury
• ASIN: B000001DXS
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,383 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Bop Gun in CD form..., June 19, 2000

By 

Mike Stone - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tear the Roof Off: 1974-1980 (Audio CD)

Dr. Funkenstein: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love 'Da Bomb!' Bought it after an intriguing encounter with the Give Up The Funk video, and was completely hooked!

Any missteps are minor (there are some... the two albums add up to nearly 2 1/2 hours of music). But when Clinton and his mob hit the one, they really Hit The One. Awesome grooves that MAKE you dance, even if you can't (I'll reserve judgement on myself for now). Completely ruined me for all other funk (except of course JB) because it is just so visceral and magical. Nothing else comes close.

The groove speaks for itself. What doesn't get much play is George Clinton's genius for a lyric. High concept songs like Chocolate City and Funkentelechy rival in their ideas legends like Dylan and Lennon. Any many who can both write the line "You might as well pay attention because you can't afford free speech" and make it JAM is brilliant in my book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION, July 16, 2000

By 

Tony_Tone "Anthony Jamal Smith" (Washington, D.C., District of Columbia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tear the Roof Off: 1974-1980 (Audio CD)

George Clinton and his funk family Parliament Funkadelic has been around for years creating some of the funkiest grooves ever put to wax.. This collection illustrates that this band was and still is one of the funkiest bands ever.. Most of the songs on this collection is taking from 8 of their best albums from the opening P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) taking from one of the greatest funk albums ever Mothership Connection to the closing on disc 2 Funkin For Fun this is a great musical experience.. A great introduction to those who may not be familiar with all the great music of this group.. This is a must for die hard Funk Fans .. Personal favorites: Bop Gun, Aqaua Boogie, All Your Goodies Gone, Funkentelechy, Theme From Black Hole

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Pretty Good Cursory Comp 4 The Novice P-Funker!!, November 11, 2005

By 

HE WHO FUNKS BEHIND THE ROWS!! (Seattle & San Diego) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tear the Roof Off: 1974-1980 (Audio CD)

This compilation is pretty good for the novice
johnny-come-lately-to-da' p-funker's out there
who just want to know what the whole Parliament
thing was about!
Of course you can't really do that without
having a definitive Funkadelic comp(which hasn't
been made to my satisfaction yet!)
as well as the Bootsy's Rubberband Anthology
"Glory B, Da' Funk's On Me!"
Then...your funkin' beyond compare!!

But for the Parliament effect, this comp is
pretty cool and the booklet is great with real nice
color pics and info.
My only point of contention with this comp is
that "Night Of The Thumpasaurus Peoples" was heinously
not included on here, as well as some other incredible
album tracks from the original P-Funk albums like "Unfunky UFO" from "Mothership Connection",
"Big Footin'" from "Chocolate City",
"The Goose" from "Up For The Down Stroke",
"Gettin' Ta' Know You", a scorching funk mid-tempo
and "I've Been Watchin' You Move Your Sexy Body",
a hot slow jam that true p-funkers of that time
would all know and love!--from "The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein"
as well as "One Of Those Funky Thangs", "Liquid Sunshine"
and "Motor Booty Affair" from the album of the same
title (M.B.A.). The live version of "Gamin' On Ya!" blows
the original from "Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein" out of the
water and should have been included as also should've
"Sir Nose D' Void Offunk" from
"Funkentelechy V.S. The Placebo Syndrome".

But maybe this compilation will inspire younger generations
to go out and purchase all the great P-Funk gems and
get hip to one of the truly revolutionary, creative,
innovative and grossly underated original forces
in urban music of the last 30 yrs!
THE PARLIAFUNKADELICMENT THANG!!
It was True Genius!!