Hardcore Jollies - Definition and Overview

Hardcore Jollies is an album by the funk band Funkadelic. It was released in 1976, on the Priority record label, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers Studios.

This was the first album that Funkadelic released on a major label. Priority is a subsidiary of Warner Brothers. It is dedicated to "the guitar players of the world." Hardcore Jollies was the last album to include three of the original Parliaments: Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon and Grady Thomas. Originally, the first side of the album was called Osmosis Phase 1 and the second side was Terribitus Phase 2.

Track Listing:

• Comin' Round the Mountain (George Clinton, Grace Cook)
• Smokey (Clinton, Garry Shider)
• If You Got Funk, You Got Style (Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell)
• Hardcore Jollies (Clinton, Worrell)
• Soul Mate (Clinton, Cook)
• Cosmic Slop (Live--studio version on album of the same name) (Clinton, Worrell)
• You Scared the Lovin' Outta Me (Clinton, Glen Goins)
• Adolescent Funk (Clinton, Michael Hampton, Worrell)

Personnel:

• Vocals: George Clinton, Ray Davis, Fuzzy Haskins, Grady Thomas, Calvin Simon, Garry Shider, Glen Goins
• Lead Guitar: Michael Hampton
• Guitars: Garry Shider, Glen Goins
• Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
• Bass: Boogie Mosson
• Drums: Jerome Brailey

Critical response:

• four stars (out of five)
  • the All Music Guide (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=SEARCH&sql=Au1uw6j8h71u0)

Other external links:

• the Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/albums_funkadelic/alb-jollies.html)

Hardcore Jollies is also the name of the title track on the abovementioned album; it is widely considered to be the best early example of Michael Hampton's guitar work. In the song, the singer tries to seduce a woman who stubbornly resists him.

Complete lyrics at the Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/lyrics_funkadelic/lyr-jollies.html#lyr-s-jollies)