Up For The Down Stroke (studio album)
by Parliament

Up For The Down Stroke by Parliament
Year: 1974
Overall rank: 15,888th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 46 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (210th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,097th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,888th)

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Parliament bestography

Up For The Down Stroke is ranked 6th best out of 15 albums by Parliament on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Parliament is Mothership Connection which is ranked number 710 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,451.

Parliament album bestography « Higher ranked (9,521st)
Chocolate City
This album (15,888th)
Up For The Down Stroke
Lower ranked (27,606th) »
Tear The Roof Off - 1974-1980

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Parliament Funkadelic w/ George Clinton
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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73/100 (from 46 votes)
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08/11/2025 16:51 EyeKanFly  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 7,97565/100
 
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12/21/2023 19:07 bonnequestion  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,57270/100
 
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75/100
From 09/19/2017 03:17
Right after he started using Parliament because he couldn't use Funkadelic, George Clinton launched the Mothership with this masterpiece.
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From 06/29/2014 15:23
This album is now 40 years old and it still sounds new !! George Clinton at his best you can dance to Testify and lay back with All Your Goodies... and Whatever Makes My baby.... his albums with Parliament & Funkadelic are so spaced out, he deserves much more recognition.
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From 02/16/2014 18:52
How is this ranked 23,000+ on our rankings? Eff off BEA! It's great!

Funky as hell, and sexy and just downright filthy! Listen to "Testify" and dance whilst doing so. You'll get it.
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Best Albums of 1974
1. Red by King Crimson
2. On The Beach by Neil Young
3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis
4. Crime Of The Century by Supertramp
5. Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt
6. Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell
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