One Nation Under a Groove - Definition and Overview

One Nation Under a Groove
Album by Funkadelic
Released	1978
Recorded	15 April 1978
Genre	Funk
Length	58 min 51 sec
Record label	Priority Records
Producer
Professional reviews
Q	4 stars out of 5	August 1993 (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=122676&resource=122676&fixture_artist=146271)
Robert Christgau	Grade: A	link (http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Funkadelic)
Rolling Stone	5 stars out of 5	10/3/2002, p.106 (http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=60562478&loc=109&sp=1)
Allmusic.com	5 stars out of 5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:z7qvad6kv8wn~T1)
Funkadelic Chronology
Tales of Kidd Funkadelic (1976)	One Nation Under a Groove (1978)	Uncle Jam Wants You (1979)

One Nation Under a Groove is a 1978 (see 1978 in music) album by the American funk band Funkadelic. It was released on Warner Brothers Records.

One Nation Under a Groove is the most critically lauded Funkadelic album in their entire discography. It is widely considered one of the best funk albums of all time, and is one of the most influential albums of the 70s. It was the first album to include keyboardist (and frequent songwriter) Junie Morrison, one of the primary causes of the album's brilliance. The album also marks the pinnacle of Michael Hampton's development as a guitarist, which can be followed in the previous albums as he matured from a seventeen-year old prodigy to the disciplined and tightly controlled master of the instrument evident on this album.

It is a very loose concept album (as are most of Funkadelic's), essentially declaring the power of Funk (see P Funk mythology) to do two interconnected things: become an open-minded, happy and goal oriented person, and dance well. That this is the power of Funk had been stated in less than clear terms on previous albums (think of the title to Free Your Mind... And Your Ass Will Follow), but the idea of the connection between the physical and mental liberating power of music had never been so well-stated as on this album.

Track listing

1. "One Nation Under a Groove" (George Clinton, Junie Morrison, Garry Shider)
2. "Grooveallegiance" (Clinton, Morrison, Bernie Worrell)
3. "Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?" (Clinton, Morrison, Michael Hampton)
4. "Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo-Doo Chasers)" (Clinton, Shider, Linda Brown)
5. "Into You" (Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Morrison)
6. "Cholly (Funk Getting Ready to Roll)" (Clinton, Collins, Morrison)
7. "Lunchmeatophobia (Think!...It Ain't Illegal Yet!)" (Clinton, Worrell)
8. "P.E. Squad/DooDoo Chasers ('Going All-The-Way Off' Instrumental)" (Clinton, Shider, Brown)
9. "Maggot Brain" (Live) (Clinton, Eddie Hazel)

Personnel

Funkadelic Main Invasion Force (All below is as given in the liner notes):

• Throbasonic Funkgeetarists: Mike 'Kidd Funkadelic' Hampton, Garry Shider
• Banjo'd Muthaplucker: Bobby Lewis
• Avatarian: Mike Hampton
• Keybo'Dans & Synthezoidees: Walter "Junie" Morrison, Bernie 'DaVinci' Worrell
• Rotofunkic Drum & Percussion-atin' Thumdans: Jerome Brailey, W. Bootsy Collins, Larry Fratangelo, Tyrone Lampkin
• Bass Thumpasaurians: William 'Bootsy' Collins, Rodney 'Skeet' Curtis, Cordell 'Boogie' Mosson
• Funkadelic Blamgusta Vocaloids (Voices For Da Nation!): George Clinton, Raymond (Stingray) Davis, Ron Ford, Mallia Franklin, Lynn Mabry, W. 'Junie' Morrison, Cordell Mosson, Dawn Silva, Gary 'Dowop' Shider, Greg Thomas, Jeanette Washington, Debbie Wright

External links

• The Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/albums_funkadelic/alb-1nation.html)