Maggot Brain
by Funkadelic
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Maggot Brain is ranked as the best album by Funkadelic.
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Maggot Brain track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Maggot Brain rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 46 Music Albums of 1971 | 45/46 | 0 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 6/100 | 19 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1971 | 13/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Mrump | Top 38 Music Albums of 1971 | 12/38 | 4 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 31 Music Albums of 1971 | 21/31 | 2 |
| 2026 | ChadMiles | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 4/99 | 94 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 75/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1971 | 10/50 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 677 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4,309 | |||
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Maggot Brain ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | Siromynian | 1,758 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2026 21:32 |  Jasonconfused | 615 | 93/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2026 22:22 | Mafedere | 820 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.9/100, a mean average of 81.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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Maggot Brain forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/12/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5433): By Johnnyo BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5422): By CharlieBarleyMaggot Brain comments
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George Clinton told Eddie Hazel 'play like your mother just died'
Gavin Cook 02/13/2011 13:32 | #18350 | TOP COMMENT
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First track on this album is superb - in my top 50 tracks of all time.
Tremendous album. Maggot Brain is obviously a standout track but Can you get to that, Hit it and quit it, You and your folks, and Super stupid are all fantastic jams. I get a little restless during Wars of Armageddon but it has its place. Slightly better album than One Nation Under a Groove.
Applerill TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/22/2010 10:48 | #8540 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is weird. Like, REALLY weird.
It certainly isn't my favorite album ever, but it still certainly has it's moments.
This album doesn't get nearly enough credit. It opens with one of the great psych-rock guitar solos of all-time and closes with an apocalyptic freakout. In between are some of the best acoustic soul and psychedelic blues rock songs ever recorded. Love this album.
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