Mothership Connection
by Parliament
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Mothership Connection is ranked as the best album by Parliament.
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Mothership Connection 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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Mothership Connection rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AwaitingAndrew | Top 24 Music Albums of 1975 | 12/24 | 3 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1975 | 6/20 | 4 |
| 2026 |  joannajewsom | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 33/50 | 34 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 51 Music Albums of 1975 | 1/51 | 5 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1975 | 14/25 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 31 Music Albums of 1975 | 15/31 | 3 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 14 Music Albums of 1975 | 6/14 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 87 Music Albums of 1975 | 24/87 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 426 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,456 | |||
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Mothership Connection ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 37 hours ago | pharoahstune | 250 | 80/100 |
| ! | 3 days ago | LuisMorsa | 2 | 80/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2026 07:51 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
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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 80.1/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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Mothership Connection forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5449): By junodog4 BestEverAlbums 09/24/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5445): By MW19704U BestEverAlbums 09/11/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5432): By joannajewsomMothership Connection comments
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/17/2016 21:46 | #171468 | TOP COMMENT
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I was first introduced to Parliament a year after I graduated from college by a girl who put "P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" and "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)" on a mix tape for me. It was only then that I discovered how badly I had always wanted to improve my intergalactic funksmanship. And that that was a thing. George Clinton's place in the world of music is all his own--the most bizarre combination of seventies funk and space-age psychedelia, hilarious self-promotion, and an unapologetically playful and self-deprecating take on blackness. This album never fails to make me smile.
40footwolf 12/14/2009 16:26 | #7651 | TOP COMMENT
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As an antidote to a bad mood, nothing even touches this dude right here.
Criminally underrated album on this website. From my observation, most Besteveralbum members don't know much about the funk.
I don't care who you are, if you don't enjoy this music, there is something wrong with you
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/29/2014 17:25 | #115595 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the best George Clinton albums he made as Parliament/Funkacelic. Not a bad track here full of Funk and madness.
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