Parliament
Parliament lives in the middle ground — 7 moderate songs that balance intensity with control. 5 songs where they let go completely.
6.9
Avg Intensity
12
Songs Decoded
0
Fan Stories
The songs that hit hardest
Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)
intense
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 1975
Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples
intense
complex texture · moderate changes · DR 7
· 1975
Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8
· 1977
Funkentelechy
intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8
· 1977
Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tale on the Funky)
intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8
· 1979
The controlled burn
Up for the Down Stroke
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1974
Chocolate City
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1975
Mothership Connection (Star Child)
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 1975
Do That Stuff
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1976
Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 1978
Flash Light
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1978
Theme From the Black Hole
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 1979
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