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One Nation Under a Groove

1978 studio album by Funkadelic

This article is about the album. For the song, see One Nation Under a Groove (song).

One Nation Under a Groove is the tenth studio album by American funk rock band Funkadelic, released on September 22, 1978, on Warner Bros. Records. Recording sessions took place at United Sound Studio in Detroit, with one song recorded live on April 15, 1978, at the Monroe Civic Center in Monroe, Louisiana.[8] The album was the first album to include keyboardist and frequent songwriter Walter "Junie" Morrison.

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One Nation Under a Groove was Funkadelic's most commercially successful album, reaching number 1 on the Billboard Magazine Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, number 16 on the Billboard 200, and being certified platinum in the US. It reached number 58 in Canada.[10] It was praised by critics, and appears in several "best album" lists. It was featured on Vibe magazine's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century list. The album was ranked number 177 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in both 2003 and 2012 editions,[11][12] before moving to number 360 in the 2020 edition.[13] The album is listed as one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[14]

Music

According to the academic Bill Martin, One Nation Under a Groove is indebted "a good deal more to progressive rock than most critics are willing to admit, as well as progressive soul, Hendrix, and Sly Stone".[15]

Original LP track listing

In the US, the original album came with a bonus 7-inch EP.[16] In Europe, the Bonus-EP was replaced by a bonus 12-inch 45rpm mini-album containing the 3 EP tracks on one side and an extended version of "One Nation Under a Groove" on the other.

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US Priority CD track listing

(note that the UK Charly Groove presents side one of the EP (Lunchmeat/PE) as tracks 7 & 8 and side two (Maggot Brain) as track 9.

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Personnel

Funkadelic Main Invasion Force (as given in the liner notes):

See also

References

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    Allmusic review
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    "Blender review". Archived from the original on 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
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    Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
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    "One Nation Under a Groove". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2013-07-19.
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    Rolling Stone Album Guide
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    "RPM Top 100 Albums - November 25, 1978" (PDF).
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    177) One Nation Under a Groove : Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2008-08-11.
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    "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
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    "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
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    Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
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    Martin, Bill (2015). Listening to the Future: The Time of Progressive Rock, 1968-1978. Open Court. p. 243. ISBN 9780812699449.
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    "Funkadelic – One Nation Under A Groove". discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
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