Motor Booty Affair

{{Infobox album

| name = Motor Booty Affair

| type = studio

| artist = Parliament

| cover = Motor Booty Affair.png

| alt =

| released = 1978

| recorded = August 1977–July 1978

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Funk

| length = 46:24

| label = Casablanca

| producer = George Clinton

| prev_title = Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tail on the Funky)

| next_year = 1979

}}

Motor Booty Affair is the seventh album by funk band Parliament, released in 1978.{{cite book |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |date=1999 |publisher=Rough Guides Ltd |page=772 |edition=2nd}} It contains two of the group's most popular tracks, "Rumpofsteelskin" and "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)", which went to number one on the Billboard Soul Singles chart.

Artist Overton Loyd created the art for Motor Booty Affair.{{cite book |title=Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures |date=2023 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |page=163}} The main release consisted of a gate-fold album cover featuring a pop-up rendition of the city of Atlantis, with Loyd's artwork on the front and back covers. His illustrations included cartoon portraits of some of the "characters" mentioned in the songs on the album, including "Mr. Wiggles". It also included cardboard cutout figures featuring Loyd's cartoon illustrations of most of the characters mentioned in the songs. There was a picture disk, with Loyd's illustration printed directly on the vinyl LP.{{cite news |last1=Harvilla |first1=Rob |title=Delicious Vinyl |work=The Village Voice |issue=44 |date=31 Oct 2007 |page=78}} The album was Parliament's fifth consecutive gold album (500,000 copies sold).

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r14887}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = A−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: P|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=P&bk=70|access-date=March 10, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com|title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies}}

|rev3= (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev3Score= {{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac | url-access=registration | page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n632 619] |title = (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide| publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn = 9780743201698|last1 = Brackett|first1 = Nathan|last2 = Hoard|first2 = Christian David|year = 2004}}

|rev4= The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul

|rev4Score= {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul |date=1998 |publisher=Virgin |page=255}}

}}

The Bay State Banner wrote that the album "had bop and free jazz, bass playing of remarkable range and liberty, courageous and engaging piano, wisecracking but unpredictable vocals, lyrics that said it all in slang so right you felt you'd been using it all your life instead of hearing it for the first time."{{cite news |last1=Bellamy |first1=Cynthia |title=The major events of 1978: The year in review |work=Bay State Banner |issue=12 |date=28 Dec 1978 |page=1}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Mr. Wiggles

| note1 =

| writer1 = {{hlist|George Clinton|Bernie Worrell|Michael Hampton}}

| length1 = 6:46

| title2 = Rumpofsteelskin

| note2 = {{small|released as a single-Casablanca NB 976}}

| writer2 = {{hlist|Clinton|Bootsy Collins}}

| length2 = 5:37

| title3 = (You're a Fish & I'm a) Water Sign

| note3 = {{small|released as the B-side to "Aqua Boogie"}}

| writer3 = {{hlist|Clinton|Garry Shider|J.S. Theracon|Richard Griffith}}

| length3 = 4:42

| title4 = Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)

| note4 = {{small|released as a single-Casablanca NB 950 and as a 12" single-Casablanca NBD 20147}}

| writer4 = {{hlist|Clinton|Collins|Worrell}}

| length4 = 6:43

| title5 = One of Those Funky Thangs

| note5 =

| writer5 = {{hlist|Clinton|Ron Banks}}

| length5 = 3:46

| title6 = Liquid Sunshine

| note6 = {{small|released as the B-side to "Rumpofsteelskin"}}

| writer6 = {{hlist|Linda Brown|Jim Vitti|Pete Bishop}}

| length6 = 4:25

| title7 = The Motor-Booty Affair

| note7 =

| writer7 = {{hlist|Clinton|Theracon|Ron Ford|Shider}}

| length7 = 5:16

| title8 = Deep

| note8 =

| writer8 = {{hlist|Collins|Theracon|Clinton}}

| length8 = 9:09

}}

Personnel

Snorkel Singing Air Tank Harmonics:

Jaws: George Clinton, Garry Shider, J.S. Theracon, Gary "Bone" Cooper, Ron Ford, Ray Davis, Bernie Worrell
The Choral Reef (er, Bubbly Vocalizations): Debbie Wright, Jeanette Washington, Mallia Franklin, Shirley Hayden, Cheryl James, Lynn Mabry, Dawn Silva, Linda Brown, Richard "Kush" Griffith, Raymond Spruell, Mike "Clip" Payne, Joey Zalabok, Robert "P-Nut" Johnson, Larry Heckstall, Overton Loyd

Liquid Licks (Motor-Madness Musicians):

Guitar: Michael Hampton, Garry Shider, J.S. Theracon, Phelps "Catfish" Collins, Bootsy Collins
Bass: Cordell "Boogie" Mosson, Bootsy Collins, Rodney "Skeet" Curtis, J.S. Theracon
Drums: Tyrone Lampkin, Bootsy Collins, Gary "Bone" Cooper, J.S. Theracon
Percussion: Larry Fratangelo
Horns: Fred Wesley, Richard "Kush" Griffith, Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Greg Boyer, Greg Thomas, Benny Cowan
Keyboards/Synthesizers: Bernie Worrell, J.S. Theracon

References

External links

[http://www.discogs.com/Parliament-Motor-Booty-Affair/master/15831 Motor Booty Affair] at Discogs

Category:Parliament (band) albums

Category:1978 albums

Category:Casablanca Records albums

Category:1970s concept albums