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{{Infobox album
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| name = Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tale on the Funky)
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
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| type = studio
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| Name = Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tale on the Funky)
| Type = [[Album]]
| artist = [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]]
| Artist = [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]]
| cover = Parglor.jpg
| Cover = Parglor.jpg
| alt =
| Released = November 20, 1979
| released = 1979
| Recorded =
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Funk]], [[disco]]
| venue =
| studio = [[United Sound Systems]], Detroit, Michigan
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| Length =
| Label = [[Casablanca Records|Casablanca]]
| genre = [[Funk]]
| length = 45:22
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| Producer = [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]
| label = [[Casablanca Records|Casablanca]]
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| Last album = ''[[Motor Booty Affair]]''<br/>(1978)
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| producer = [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]
| This album = '''''Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tale on the Funky)'''''<br/>(1979)
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| prev_title = [[Motor Booty Affair]]
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| Next album = ''[[Trombipulation]]''<br/>(1980)
| prev_year = 1978
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| next_title = [[Trombipulation]]
| next_year = 1980
}}
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'''''Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tale on the Funky)''''' is the eighth album by the American funk band [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]], released in 1979.<ref name=RS/> It was their penultimate album on the [[Casablanca Records]] label, and is another [[concept album]] that tries to explain that Funk was responsible for the creation of the universe (see ''[[P Funk mythology]]''). It reuses samples from previous albums, notably ''[[Mothership Connection]]'' and ''[[Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome]]''.
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{{Album ratings
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| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r14875|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev2Score = B+ [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=parliament link]


==Critical reception==
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{{Album ratings
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|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
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|rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r14875}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Bay State Banner]]''
|rev2score = A−<ref name="BS">{{cite news |last1=Freedberg |first1=Mike |title=P-funk II: Parliament, Gloryhallastoopid |work=Bay State Banner |issue=7 |date=13 Dec 1979 |page=13}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev3Score = B+<ref name="CG">{{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}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]''
|rev4score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1996 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=148}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
|rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Parilament: ''Gloryhallastoopid'' |last=Sexton |first=Paul |date=16 February 1980 |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |page=16}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev6score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |pages=532, 533}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
|rev7score = 5/10<ref name="SP">{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |page=296}}</ref>
|rev8 = ''[[Tom Hull – on the Web]]''
|rev8Score = B+ ({{Rating-Christgau|hm2}})<ref>{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|authorlink=Tom Hull (critic)|date=May 24, 2021|url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2944-Music-Week.html|title=Music Week|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|accessdate=May 30, 2021}}</ref>
|rev9 = ''[[Colin Larkin|The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul]]''
|rev9score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul |date=1998 |publisher=Virgin |page=255}}</ref>
}}
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The ''[[Bay State Banner]]'' wrote that, "however subtle Parliament has become, we continue to get low-register bass riffs, synthesizer horror riffs, disco tempos, and double-entendre lyrics pairing the nature of the cosmos with the behavior of the sex drive."<ref name=BS/> The ''[[Oakland Tribune]]'' called the album "a gem of cosmic Uncle Tomfoolery," and considered it to be better than ''[[Uncle Jam Wants You]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelp |first1=Larry |title=Parliament: Gloryhallastoopid |work=Oakland Tribune |date=16 Dec 1979 |page=G34}}</ref> ''[[The Buffalo News]]'' determined that much of the "funky power is lost," but praised "Theme from the Black Hole".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hollins |first1=Dennis |title=Records: Soul |work=The Buffalo News |date=25 Jan 1980 |department=Gusto |page=26}}</ref> ''[[Newsday]]'' opined that "[[Party People (Parliament song)|Party People]]" "catches George Clinton reaching too hard for a pop hit."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robins |first1=Wayne |title=A Question of Sales |work=Newsday |date=9 Mar 1980 |department=Records |page=9}}</ref>
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'''''Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tale on the Funky)''''' is a 1979 album by the funk ensemble [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]]. It was their penultimate album on the [[Casablanca Records]] label, and is another [[concept album]] which tries to explain that Funk was responsible for the creation of the universe (see ''[[P Funk mythology]]''). It reuses samples from previous albums, notably the ''[[Mothership Connection]]'' and ''[[Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome]]''.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
#"Prologue" – 0:47
#"Prologue" – 0:47
#"(Gloryhallastoopid) Pin the Tail on the Funky" <small>(Collins/Clinton)</small> – 4:06
#"(Gloryhallastoopid) Pin the Tail on the Funky" <small>(Collins, Clinton)</small> – 4:06
#"[[Party People (Parliament song) |Party People]]" <small>(Collins/Clinton/Shider)</small> – 10:08 (released as a 4:46 single-Casablanca NB 2222)
#"[[Party People (Parliament song)|Party People]]" <small>(Collins, Clinton, Shider)</small> – 10:08 {{small|(released as a 4:46 single-Casablanca NB 2222)}}
#"The Big Bang Theory" <small>(Sterling/Dunbar/Clinton)</small> – 7:10 (released as a single-Casablanca NB 2250)
#"The Big Bang Theory" <small>(Sterling, Dunbar, Clinton)</small> – 7:10 {{small|(released as a single-Casablanca NB 2250)}}
#"The Freeze (Sizzaleenmean)" <small>(McKnight/Clinton)</small> – 8:59
#"The Freeze (Sizzaleenmean)" <small>(McKnight, Clinton)</small> – 8:59
#"Colour me Funky" <small>(Theracon/Clinton)</small> – 4:51
#"Colour Me Funky" <small>(Theracon, Clinton)</small> – 4:51
#"Theme from the Black Hole" <small>(Collins/Clinton/Theracon)</small> – 4:38 (released as a single-Casablanca NB 2235 and as a 12" single with "The Big Bang Theory"-Casablanca NB 20208)
#"Theme from the Black Hole" <small>(Collins, Clinton, Theracon)</small> – 4:38 {{small|(released as a single-Casablanca NB 2235 and as a 12" single with "The Big Bang Theory"-Casablanca NB 20208)}}
#"May We Bang You?" <small>(Clinton/Collins/Collins/Theracon)</small> – 4:43
#"May We Bang You?" <small>(Clinton, Collins, Collins, Theracon)</small> – 4:43


==Personnel-"The Odd Squad Musicians"==
==Personnel==
=== The Odd Squad Musicians ===
*Totally Treacherous But Slightly Silly Axe Molestors (guitars): [[Michael Hampton]], [[Garry Shider]], [[Bootsy Collins|William Collins]], [[Phelps Collins]], Gordon Carlton, [[DeWayne McKnight]], Walter Morrison
*Totally Treacherous But Slightly Silly Axe Molestors (guitars): [[Michael Hampton]], [[Garry Shider]], [[Bootsy Collins|William Collins]], [[Phelps Collins]], Gordon Carlton, [[DeWayne McKnight]], [[Walter "Junie" Morrison]]
*Underneath Below Bottom and Other Deep Basic Activities (bass){{ambig|date=November 2013}}: Rodney Curtis, Donnie Sterling, [[Bootsy Collins|William Collins]], DeWayne McKnight, Walter Morrison
*Underneath Below Bottom and Other Deep Basic Activities (bass){{ambig|date=November 2013}}: Rodney Curtis, Donnie Sterling, [[Bootsy Collins|William Collins]], DeWayne McKnight, Walter Morrison
*Goofin' Gooey Quacy Quirkn' Glueon Key Bangers? (keyboards): [[Bernie Worrell]], Walter Morrison, David Lee Chong
*Goofin' Gooey Quacy Quirkn' Glueon Key Bangers? (keyboards): [[Bernie Worrell]], Walter Morrison, David Lee Chong
*African Telephone Operators (drums): Dennis Chambers, Kenny Colton, Tyrone Lampkin, William Collins, DeWayne McKnight
*African Telephone Operators (drums): [[Dennis Chambers]], Kenny Colton, Tyrone Lampkin, William Collins, DeWayne McKnight
*Directory Assistance (percussion): Larry Fratangelo, Carl "Butch" Small
*Directory Assistance (percussion): Larry Fratangelo, Carl "Butch" Small
*Pieces of Mouf (Mouf Pieces) (horns): Greg Thomas, Greg Boyer, Bennie Cowens, Larry Hatcher, [[Maceo Parker]], Sam Peakes
*Pieces of Mouf (Mouf Pieces) (horns): Greg Thomas, Greg Boyer, Bennie Cowens, Larry Hatcher, [[Maceo Parker]], Sam Peakes
*Horn arrangements: Bernie Worrell, [[Fred Wesley]], P-Funk Horns (The Baltimore Connection Horn Section), Sam Peakes
*Horn arrangements: Bernie Worrell, [[Fred Wesley]], P-Funk Horns (The Baltimore Connection Horn Section), Sam Peakes


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=== Scream Division ===

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*The Put Yo' Boody Where Yo' Mouf Iz Choir: [[Ray Davis (musician)|Ray Davis]], Garry Shider, Ron Ford, Larry Heckstall, Michael "Clip" Payne, Tracey "Lewd" Lewis, Linda Shider, [[Dawn Silva]], [[Sheila Horne]], [[Jeanette Washington]], [[Jeanette McGruder]], Shirley Hayden, Janice Evans, Greg Thomas, Robert Johnson, Ron Dunbar, [[Jessica Cleaves]], [[Philippe Wynne]], [[Bootsy Collins]], [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]], Gary Cooper, Joel Johnson, Wellington Wigout, Star Child
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*'''Scream Division'''
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*The Put Yo' Boody Where Yo' Mouf Iz Choir: [[Ray Davis (musician)|Ray Davis]], Garry Shider, Ron Ford, Larry Heckstall, Michael "Clip" Payne, Tracey "Lewd" Lewis, Linda Shider, [[Dawn Silva]], [[Sheila Horne]], [[Jeanette Washington]], [[Jeanette McGruder]], Shirley Hayden, Janice Evans, Greg Thomas, Robert Johnson, Ron Dunbar, Jessica Cleaves, [[Philippe Wynne]], [[Bootsy Collins]], [[George Clinton (musician)|George Clinton]], Gary Cooper, Joel Johnson, Wellington Wigout, Star Child
*Additional backing vocals: Jerome Rogers, Tony Davis, Andre Williams, Larry Hackett, Walter Morrison, Rod
*Additional backing vocals: Jerome Rogers, Tony Davis, Andre Williams, Larry Hackett, Walter Morrison, Rod


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* ''[http://www.discogs.com/Parliament-GloryHallaStoopid-Pin-The-Tale-On-The-Funky/master/15803 GloryHallaStoopid (Pin The Tale On The Funky)]'' at [[Discogs]]
* ''[http://www.discogs.com/Parliament-GloryHallaStoopid-Pin-The-Tale-On-The-Funky/master/15803 GloryHallaStoopid (Pin The Tale On The Funky)]'' at [[Discogs]]
* [http://mother.pfunkarchive.com/motherpage/albums_parliament/alb-glory.html Album info and lyrics] at The Motherpage
* [http://mother.pfunkarchive.com/motherpage/albums_parliament/alb-glory.html Album info and lyrics] at The Motherpage

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Latest revision as of 21:56, 29 November 2024

Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tale on the Funky)
Studio album by
Parliament
Released1979
StudioUnited Sound Systems, Detroit, Michigan
GenreFunk
Length45:22
LabelCasablanca
ProducerGeorge Clinton
Parliament chronology
Motor Booty Affair
(1978) 		Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tale on the Funky)
(1979) 		Trombipulation
(1980)

Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tale on the Funky) is the eighth album by the American funk band Parliament, released in 1979.[1] It was their penultimate album on the Casablanca Records label, and is another concept album that tries to explain that Funk was responsible for the creation of the universe (see P Funk mythology). It reuses samples from previous albums, notably Mothership Connection and Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Bay State BannerA−[3]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[5]
Record Mirror[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide5/10[7]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+ ((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))[8]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul[9]

The Bay State Banner wrote that, "however subtle Parliament has become, we continue to get low-register bass riffs, synthesizer horror riffs, disco tempos, and double-entendre lyrics pairing the nature of the cosmos with the behavior of the sex drive."[3] The Oakland Tribune called the album "a gem of cosmic Uncle Tomfoolery," and considered it to be better than Uncle Jam Wants You.[10] The Buffalo News determined that much of the "funky power is lost," but praised "Theme from the Black Hole".[11] Newsday opined that "Party People" "catches George Clinton reaching too hard for a pop hit."[12]

Track listing

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  1. "Prologue" – 0:47
  2. "(Gloryhallastoopid) Pin the Tail on the Funky" (Collins, Clinton) – 4:06
  3. "Party People" (Collins, Clinton, Shider) – 10:08 (released as a 4:46 single-Casablanca NB 2222)
  4. "The Big Bang Theory" (Sterling, Dunbar, Clinton) – 7:10 (released as a single-Casablanca NB 2250)
  5. "The Freeze (Sizzaleenmean)" (McKnight, Clinton) – 8:59
  6. "Colour Me Funky" (Theracon, Clinton) – 4:51
  7. "Theme from the Black Hole" (Collins, Clinton, Theracon) – 4:38 (released as a single-Casablanca NB 2235 and as a 12" single with "The Big Bang Theory"-Casablanca NB 20208)
  8. "May We Bang You?" (Clinton, Collins, Collins, Theracon) – 4:43

Personnel

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The Odd Squad Musicians

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  • Totally Treacherous But Slightly Silly Axe Molestors (guitars): Michael Hampton, Garry Shider, William Collins, Phelps Collins, Gordon Carlton, DeWayne McKnight, Walter "Junie" Morrison
  • Underneath Below Bottom and Other Deep Basic Activities (bass)[ambiguous]: Rodney Curtis, Donnie Sterling, William Collins, DeWayne McKnight, Walter Morrison
  • Goofin' Gooey Quacy Quirkn' Glueon Key Bangers? (keyboards): Bernie Worrell, Walter Morrison, David Lee Chong
  • African Telephone Operators (drums): Dennis Chambers, Kenny Colton, Tyrone Lampkin, William Collins, DeWayne McKnight
  • Directory Assistance (percussion): Larry Fratangelo, Carl "Butch" Small
  • Pieces of Mouf (Mouf Pieces) (horns): Greg Thomas, Greg Boyer, Bennie Cowens, Larry Hatcher, Maceo Parker, Sam Peakes
  • Horn arrangements: Bernie Worrell, Fred Wesley, P-Funk Horns (The Baltimore Connection Horn Section), Sam Peakes

Scream Division

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References

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  1. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 532, 533.
  2. ^ Gloryhallastoopid at AllMusic
  3. ^ a b Freedberg, Mike (13 Dec 1979). "P-funk II: Parliament, Gloryhallastoopid". Bay State Banner. No. 7. p. 13.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1996. p. 148.
  6. ^ Sexton, Paul (16 February 1980). "Parilament: Gloryhallastoopid". Record Mirror. p. 16.
  7. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 296.
  8. ^ Hull, Tom (May 24, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  9. ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 255.
  10. ^ Kelp, Larry (16 Dec 1979). "Parliament: Gloryhallastoopid". Oakland Tribune. p. G34.
  11. ^ Hollins, Dennis (25 Jan 1980). "Records: Soul". Gusto. The Buffalo News. p. 26.
  12. ^ Robins, Wayne (9 Mar 1980). "A Question of Sales". Records. Newsday. p. 9.
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