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Name = Hardcore Jollies |
| name = Hardcore Jollies
Type = Studio |
| type = studio
Artist = [[Funkadelic]] |
| artist = [[Funkadelic]]
Cover = HardcoreJollies.jpg |
| cover = HardcoreJollies.jpg
| alt =
Released = [[September 26]], [[1976]] |
Recorded = 1976 |
| released = October 29, 1976
| recorded = 1976
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Genre = [[Funk music|Funk]] |
Length = 40:05|
| venue =
| studio =
Label = [[Priority Records|Priority]] |
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| genre = [[Funk]]
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Producer = [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] |
Reviews =
| length = 40:05
| label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
* [[All Music Guide]] {{Rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ighe4jo70wa4 link]
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| producer = [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]
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* [[Robert Christgau]] A- [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Funkadelic link]
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| prev_title = [[Tales of Kidd Funkadelic]]
* Warr.org {{Rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.warr.org/funkadelic.html link]|
| prev_year = 1976
Last album = ''[[Let's Take It to the Stage]]''<br />(1975) |
| next_title = [[One Nation Under a Groove]]
This album = '''''Hardcore Jollies'''''<br />(1976) |
| next_year = 1978
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Next album = ''[[Tales of Kidd Funkadelic]]''<br />(1976) |
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r7892}}</ref>
|rev2= ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
|rev2Score={{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bl/funkadelic-08.php|title=Robert Christgau: The Guide: Back Catalogue: Funkadelic}}</ref>
|rev3=''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
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|rev3Score=A–<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Funkadelic|title = Robert Christgau: CG: Funkadelic}}</ref>
|rev4= ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev4Score={{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac | url-access=registration | page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n329 316] |title = The New Rolling Stone Album Guide| publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn = 9780743201698|last1 = Brackett|first1 = Nathan|last2 = Hoard|first2 = Christian David|year = 2004}}</ref>
|noprose=yes
}}
}}


'''''Hardcore Jollies''''' is an album by the [[funk]] [[musical band|band]] [[Funkadelic]]. Released in 1976 by [[Warner Bros. Records]], it was the group's first album to be issued on a major label. It is dedicated to "the [[guitar]] players of the world." Originally, the first side of the album was called "Osmosis Phase 1" and the second side was "Terribitus Phase 2."
'''''Hardcore Jollies''''' is the ninth studio album by the [[funk rock]] [[musical band|band]] [[Funkadelic]], released on October 29, 1976 by [[Warner Bros. Records]], their first album to be issued on a major label. It is dedicated to "the [[guitar]] players of the world." Originally, the first side of the album was called "Osmosis Phase 1" and the second side was "Terribitus Phase 2." ''Hardcore Jollies'' was released one month after Funkadelic's final album for Westbound Records, ''[[Tales of Kidd Funkadelic]]'', which was recorded during the same sessions.


''Hardcore Jollies'' was the last album to include three of the original members of [[The Parliaments]]: [[Fuzzy Haskins]], [[Calvin Simon]] and [[Grady Thomas]].
''Hardcore Jollies'' was the last [[Parliament-Funkadelic]] studio album to include three of the original members of [[The Parliaments]]: [[Fuzzy Haskins]], [[Calvin Simon]] and [[Grady Thomas]]. Though uncredited, ''Hardcore Jollies'' features instrumental performances by guitarist [[Eddie Hazel]].


The album has been [[reissue]]d on [[compact disc]] by [[Priority Records]].
The album has been [[reissue]]d on [[compact disc]] by [[Charly Groove Records]] and [[Priority Records]].


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

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# "Comin' Round the Mountain" ([[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]], [[Grace Cook]])
===Side One===
# "Smokey" (Clinton, [[Garry Shider]])
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# "[[She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain|Comin' Round the Mountain]]" <small>([[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]], [[Eddie Hazel|Grace Cook]])</small> (released as a single-Warner Bros. 8309) - 5:56
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# "If You Got Funk, You Got Style" (Clinton, [[Bootsy Collins]], [[Bernie Worrell]])
# "Smokey" <small>(Clinton, [[Garry Shider]])</small> (released as a single-Warner Bros. 8367) - 6:08
# "Hardcore Jollies" (Clinton, Worrell)
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# "If You Got Funk, You Got Style" <small>(Clinton, [[Bootsy Collins]], [[Bernie Worrell]])</small> (released as the B-side to "Comin' Round the Mountain") - 3:07
# "Soul Mate" (Clinton, Cook)
# "Cosmic Slop" (Live--studio version on [[Cosmic Slop]] album) (Clinton, Worrell)
# "Hardcore Jollies" <small> (Clinton, Worrell) </small> - 5:01

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# "You Scared the Lovin' Outta Me" (Clinton, [[Glen Goins]])
===Side Two===
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# "Adolescent Funk" (Clinton, [[Michael Hampton]], Worrell)
# "Soul Mate" <small>(Clinton, Cook)</small> (released as the B-side to "Smokey") - 2:48
# "Cosmic Slop" [Live] <small> (Clinton, Worrell)</small> - 6:30
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# "You Scared the Lovin' Outta Me" <small> (Clinton, [[Glenn Goins]])</small> - 6:28
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# "Adolescent Funk" <small> (Clinton, [[Michael Hampton]], Worrell)</small> - 4:18


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*Vocals: [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]], [[Ray Davis]], [[Fuzzy Haskins]], [[Grady Thomas]], [[Calvin Simon]], [[Garry Shider]], [[Glen Goins]]
*Vocals: [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]], [[Ray Davis (musician)|Ray Davis]], [[Fuzzy Haskins]], [[Grady Thomas]], [[Calvin Simon]], [[Garry Shider]], [[Glenn Goins]], Gary “Mudbone” Cooper
*Lead Guitar: [[Michael Hampton]]
*Lead Guitar: [[Michael Hampton]], [[Eddie Hazel]]
*Guitars: Eddie Hazel, Garry Shider, Glen Goins
*Guitars: [[Eddie Hazel]], Garry Shider, [[Glenn Goins]]
*Keyboards: [[Bernie Worrell]]
*Keyboards: [[Bernie Worrell]]
*Bass: [[Boogie Mosson]]
*Bass: [[Boogie Mosson]], [[Bootsy Collins]], [[Jimi Calhoun]] on "Comin' Round the Mountain"
*Drums: [[Jerome Brailey]]
*Drums: [[Jerome Brailey]], [[Buddy Miles]] on "Comin' Round the Mountain"
This would be the last Funkadelic album to feature Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, and Grady Thomas. They would leave because of money and other personal issues.
This is also the last of the two Funkadelic albums to include Glen Goins; although he would appear on two subsequent Parliament albums.


==Title track==
==Cosmic Slop==
This track is a live version of the 1973 song from the Funkadelic [[Cosmic Slop|album]] of the same name and it was recorded at a rehearsal for the 1976 [[P-Funk Earth Tour]] (see [[Mothership Connection Newberg Session]]). This version uses a vocal introduction that was removed from the 1973 studio version, and it features prominent guitar solos by [[Michael Hampton]]. This version is widely considered to be the best early example of Hampton's guitar work.
"Hardcore Jollies" is also the name of the [[title track]] of the album described above; it is widely considered to be the best early example of [[Michael Hampton]]'s guitar work. In the song, the singer tries to seduce a [[woman]] who stubbornly resists him.

==Charts==
; Album

[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] (North America)<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/hardcore-jollies-mw0000107247/awards Hardcore Jollies – Awards]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Chart
!Position
|-
|1976
|[[Billboard 200|Pop Albums]]
|align="center"|96
|-
|1976
|[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|R&B Albums]]
|align="center"|12
|}

==References==

{{reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=A Brief History of Album Covers|first=Jason|last=Draper|publisher=Flame Tree Publishing|location=London|year=2008|pages=160–161|isbn=9781847862112|oclc=227198538}}


==External links==
==External links==
* ''[http://www.discogs.com/Funkadelic-Hardcore-Jollies/master/16113 Hardcore Jollies]'' at [[Discogs]]
*[http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/albums_funkadelic/alb-jollies.html The Motherpage]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021203234408/http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/albums_funkadelic/alb-jollies.html The Motherpage]

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Latest revision as of 05:07, 20 July 2024

Hardcore Jollies
Studio album by
Funkadelic
ReleasedOctober 29, 1976
Recorded1976
GenreFunk
Length40:05
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerGeorge Clinton
Funkadelic chronology
Tales of Kidd Funkadelic
(1976) 		Hardcore Jollies
(1976) 		One Nation Under a Groove
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blender[2]
Christgau's Record GuideA–[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

Hardcore Jollies is the ninth studio album by the funk rock band Funkadelic, released on October 29, 1976 by Warner Bros. Records, their first album to be issued on a major label. It is dedicated to "the guitar players of the world." Originally, the first side of the album was called "Osmosis Phase 1" and the second side was "Terribitus Phase 2." Hardcore Jollies was released one month after Funkadelic's final album for Westbound Records, Tales of Kidd Funkadelic, which was recorded during the same sessions.

Hardcore Jollies was the last Parliament-Funkadelic studio album to include three of the original members of The Parliaments: Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon and Grady Thomas. Though uncredited, Hardcore Jollies features instrumental performances by guitarist Eddie Hazel.

The album has been reissued on compact disc by Charly Groove Records and Priority Records.

Track listing

[edit]

Side One

[edit]
  1. "Comin' Round the Mountain" (George Clinton, Grace Cook) (released as a single-Warner Bros. 8309) - 5:56
  2. "Smokey" (Clinton, Garry Shider) (released as a single-Warner Bros. 8367) - 6:08
  3. "If You Got Funk, You Got Style" (Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell) (released as the B-side to "Comin' Round the Mountain") - 3:07
  4. "Hardcore Jollies" (Clinton, Worrell) - 5:01

Side Two

[edit]
  1. "Soul Mate" (Clinton, Cook) (released as the B-side to "Smokey") - 2:48
  2. "Cosmic Slop" [Live] (Clinton, Worrell) - 6:30
  3. "You Scared the Lovin' Outta Me" (Clinton, Glenn Goins) - 6:28
  4. "Adolescent Funk" (Clinton, Michael Hampton, Worrell) - 4:18

Personnel

[edit]

This would be the last Funkadelic album to feature Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, and Grady Thomas. They would leave because of money and other personal issues. This is also the last of the two Funkadelic albums to include Glen Goins; although he would appear on two subsequent Parliament albums.

Cosmic Slop

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This track is a live version of the 1973 song from the Funkadelic album of the same name and it was recorded at a rehearsal for the 1976 P-Funk Earth Tour (see Mothership Connection Newberg Session). This version uses a vocal introduction that was removed from the 1973 studio version, and it features prominent guitar solos by Michael Hampton. This version is widely considered to be the best early example of Hampton's guitar work.

Charts

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Album

Billboard (North America)[5]

Year Chart Position
1976 Pop Albums 96
1976 R&B Albums 12

References

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  1. ^ Hardcore Jollies at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Robert Christgau: The Guide: Back Catalogue: Funkadelic".
  3. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Funkadelic".
  4. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 316. ISBN 9780743201698.
  5. ^ Hardcore Jollies – Awards

Further reading

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[edit]
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