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).
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Maggot Brain ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/23/2026 02:07 | stryker700 | 295 | 90/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 17:32 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
| ! | 06/23/2026 05:50 | ASOARE | 2,325 | 76/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2026 07:52 | bigbeans | 271 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2026 03:58 | Jouster | 7 | 43/100 |
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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 82.0/100, a mean average of 81.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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1 - a masterpiece ?? ?
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Great record
Cool funk psychedelic album!
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.
Larcx13 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.
Decent experimental combination of funk and rock.
funky yes electric yes eclectic yes
seb7 02/11/2021 18:34 | #266182
Great album with two great opening tracks.
Really cool album until the last track which kinda sucks.
Larcx13 12/29/2020 12:00 | #263397
Legendary funk record.
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