Maggot Brain
by Funkadelic

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic
Year: 1971
Release date: 1971-07-00
Overall rank: 384th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 728 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1971 (18th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1970s (94th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (384th)

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Funkadelic bestography

Maggot Brain is ranked as the best album by Funkadelic.

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This album (384th)
Maggot Brain
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Maggot Brain track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Maggot Brain rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 384th | 1970s rank: 94th | 1971 rank: 18th
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2026SkernsTop 94 Music Albums of 197150/942
2026 HeliosTop 50 Music Albums of 19718/504
2026 ssteveTop 32 Music Albums of 19718/324
2026 imacgillTop 57 Music Albums of 197116/574
2026 AAL2014Top 100 Music Albums of 19719/1005
2026 AAL2014Parliament Funkadelic: So Far..1/11 -
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 19719/1005
2026SonoffatboyTop 30 Music Albums of the 1970s5/3017
2026JoshN125Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s64/1007
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 50 Music Albums of 19715/505
2026 JoaoMoreiraTop 15 Music Albums of 197115/150
2026leniadTop 301-400 Greatest Music Albums49/100 -
2026JohnnyoMy mostalbums in 2023 2 B deleted25/61 -
2026 videoheadcleanervideoheadcleaner's 301-40067/100 -
2026smahonachieTop 40 Greatest Music Albums28/4032
2026stangetzawayTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s71/1006
2026Johnnyo1 album per artist - greatest albums of all time50/100 -
2026pinkfreud1981Top 16 Music Albums of 197110/162
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197110/1005
2026 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 197194/1000
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 677
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 4,350
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Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 728 votes)
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5 days ago bigbeans  Ratings distribution  27079/100
 
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5 days ago Jouster  Ratings distribution  743/100
 
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05/29/2026 13:46 JoshN125  Ratings distribution  24688/100
 
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05/16/2026 18:59 CharlieBarley  Ratings distribution  3,25581/100
 
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05/06/2026 19:07 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,42270/100

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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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90/100
From 05/03/2023 18:25 | #296577
1 - a masterpiece ?? ?
3-5 ?? ?
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85/100
From 09/06/2022 17:12 | #289375
Great record
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90/100
From 08/19/2022 22:47 | #288705
Cool funk psychedelic album!
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90/100
From 03/12/2022 01:02 | #282760
The guitar work on this record is phenomenal and really challenges the limits of both the guitar and the genre the album is based in. The opening song having one of the greatest solos ever recorded should really get you excited for the music you are about to hear. The track completely astounds me every time I hear it even after countless listens. Then the four tracks after this are brilliant as well and creates a consistence in the quality and the atmosphere by making the music a little more accessible. They do this by adding choruses and hooks which get stuck in your brain and you leave the album singing along to these cuts. Back In Our Minds is definitely the weakest on the album but at a less than 3 minute run time we can let that slide. Finally, there is the closing track which combines everything of what we have heard into this culmination of psychedelic funk that just explodes in a 9 minute epic that really pushes the boundaries of the genre and really finished the record off in style. Overall, this album is full of quality, experimentation and brilliant performances that completely challenge what we know as music and if it wasn't for the more grounded middle 5 tracks the album might collapse in on itself but this doesn't happen so we are treated to 36 minutes of musical excellence.
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90/100
From 01/31/2022 22:55 | #280383
Has some of their best tracks, but the last 2 songs drag the quality of this album down for me. So I can't say that it's their best record... but it's a damn great one.
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70/100
From 01/24/2022 12:37 | #280000
Decent experimental combination of funk and rock.
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50/100
From 06/18/2021 12:04 | #270788
funky yes electric yes eclectic yes
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85/100
From 02/11/2021 18:34 | #266182
Great album with two great opening tracks.
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80/100
From 01/16/2021 22:13 | #264525
Really cool album until the last track which kinda sucks.
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90/100
From 12/29/2020 12:00 | #263397
Legendary funk record.
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