One Nation Under a Groove

One Nation Under a Groove is the tenth studio album by American funk rock band Funkadelic, released on September 22, 1978, on Warner Bros. Records. Recording sessions took place at United Sound Studio in Detroit, with one song recorded live on April 15, 1978, at the Monroe Civic Center in Monroe, Louisiana.<ref name=tower>Tower.com: One Nation Under a Groove Template:Webarchive. Tower.com. Retrieved on August 11, 2008.</ref> The album was the first album to include keyboardist and frequent songwriter Walter "Junie" Morrison.

One Nation Under a Groove was Funkadelic's most commercially successful album, reaching number 1 on the Billboard Magazine Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, number 16 on the Billboard 200, and being certified platinum in the US. It reached number 58 in Canada.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was praised by critics, and appears in several "best album" lists. It was featured on Vibe magazine's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century and 51 Essential Albums lists.<ref name="Vibe">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The album was ranked number 177 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in both 2003 and 2012 editions,<ref>177) One Nation Under a Groove : Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on August 11, 2008.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> before moving to number 360 in the 2020 edition.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The album is listed as one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.<ref name="DimeryLydon2010">Template:Cite book</ref>

Music

According to the academic Bill Martin, One Nation Under a Groove is indebted "a good deal more to progressive rock than most critics are willing to admit, as well as progressive soul, Hendrix, and Sly Stone".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Critical reception

Susan Toepfer of the New York Daily News called the album, "Another skillful funkcollection from George, Bootsy and a considerable portion of the P-Funk crew."<ref name=NYDailyNews>Template:Cite web</ref>

Steve Huey of Allmusic claimed, "the whole album is full of fuzzed-out, Hendrix-style guitar licks, even when the music is clearly meant for the dancefloor...One Nation Under a Groove is the best realization of Funkadelic's ambitions, and one of the best funk albums ever released."<ref name=AM />

With a A, Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly found, "One Nation Under a Groove is a deep source of riffs and ideas for '90s rock and rap...a glorious distillation of Funkadelic founder George Clinton's concepts of verbal anarchy and tight funk grooves."<ref name=EntertainmentWeekly />

Track listing

Original LP

In the US, the original album came with a bonus 7-inch EP.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Europe, the bonus EP was replaced by a bonus 12-inch 45 rpm mini-album containing the 3 EP tracks on one side and an extended version of "One Nation Under a Groove" on the other.

US Priority CD

(note that the UK Charly Groove presents side one of the EP (Lunchmeat/PE) as tracks 7 & 8 and side two (Maggot Brain) as track 9. Template:Track listing

Personnel

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

• Throbbasonic Funkgeetarists:
  • Mike 'Kidd Funkadelic' Hampton, Gary Shider
• Banjo'd Muthaplucker:
  • Bobby Lewis
• Avatarian
  • Mike Hampton
• Keybo' Dans & Synthezoidees:
  • Bernie 'DaVinci' Worrell, Walter 'Junie' Morrison
• Rotofunkie Drum & Percussionatin' Thumpdans:
  • 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

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1978 (U.S.)

External links

• One Nation Under a Groove at Discogs
• The Motherpage