Funkadelic - Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow (50th Anniversary Edition)

 

Limited edition blue vinyl!

Amazing second studio album and sister LP to Parliament's Osmium!

Happy 50th Anniversary to Funkadelic's second studio album Free Your Mind... And Your Ass Will Follow, originally released July 20, 1970. Funkadelic's second album runs a little over 30 minutes in length, but it takes about 30 seconds to 2 minutes before the music really kicks in. You can feel a little out of sorts after it ends, but there isn't really a "come down" period, aside from vibes you can get from the grooves.

Albumism says Free Your Mind can make you feel like you're tripping on hallucinogens. It's chaotic and free-flowing in all the ways characterized by early Funkadelic albums, but there's drug-infused mayhem dripping from every feedback-laden note. Released 50 years ago, it's about as heavy of an aural acid trip that you'll find on record.

It wouldn't be correct to say that Funkadelic never got this weird again, but they certainly never got this weird in this particular way again. Funkadelic would find new and interesting ways to be strange over the next decade or so, but Free Your Mind... And Your Ass Will Follow is still a unique achievement. It's one of the best examples of capturing unbridled anarchy and channeling it into something musically transcendent.

 

Side A

Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow

Friday Night, August 14th

Side B

Funky Dollar Bill

I Wanna Know It’s Good To You

Some More

Eulogy And Light

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