Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome
by Parliament

Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome by Parliament
Year: 1977
Release date: 1977-11-28
Overall rank: 3,314th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 131 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (55th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (573rd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,314th)

Listen on Spotify SPOTIFY
Sorry, no matches on eBay for "Funkentelechy Vs The Placebo Syndrome Parliament".

  My favourite store:  

Listen & Collect

Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.

Parliament bestography

Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Parliament on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Parliament is Mothership Connection which is ranked number 701 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,472.

Parliament album bestography « Higher ranked (701st)
Mothership Connection
This album (3,314th)
Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome
Lower ranked (6,655th) »
Motor Booty Affair

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

Listen to Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome on YouTube

Loading content from YouTube...

Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

Sort Sort by

Track pick (1000 - 100 votes) Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.

Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome rankings

Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,314th | 1970s rank: 573rd | 1977 rank: 55th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 6 hours ago).

Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome collection

Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 131 votes)
  Ratings distribution Help Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.

Showing latest 5 ratings for this album.  | Show all 131 ratings for this album.

Sort Sort by
RatingDate updatedMemberAlbum ratingsAvg. album rating
 
90/100
 !
05/08/2026 17:27 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43770/100
 
60/100
 !
03/07/2026 13:08 BoxFL  Ratings distribution  2,76651/100
 
85/100
 !
02/27/2026 23:56 alexandermause  Ratings distribution  1,58786/100
 
75/100
 !
01/17/2026 09:59 Imaybeparanoid  Ratings distribution  7,39671/100
 
75/100
 !
12/07/2025 19:19 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,11470/100

Rating metrics: Help Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)

This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.


Please log in or create an account if you want to be able to leave a rating

Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome favourites

Showing all 14 members who have added this album as a favourite

Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome comments

Showing all 4 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)

Rating:  
90/100
I guess Funk just isn't for everyone eh.... shame. Great record.

A
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
85/100
So much going on here. Bears repeat listening.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
80/100
If you’ve listened to Mothership Connection and passed on this, you’ve made an error. Funkentelechy easily blows MC out of the water. MC doesn’t have anything half as good as “Flash Light”, for starters.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
It's time to get funked up
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Please log in or create an account if you want to be able to add a comment

Your feedback for Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome

Anonymous
What do you think of this album? Leave a comment or rate it below.
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
Log in or create an account to rate this album, leave comments and join the discussion.