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George Clinton – vocals
Eddie Hazel – lead guitar, vocals
Tawl Ross – guitar, vocals
Bernie Worrell – keyboards
Billy Bass Nelson – bass, vocals
Tiki Fulwood – drums
Written by George Clinton (1 to 5, 7), Eddie Hazel (1, 5), Ernie Harris (2), Billy Nelson (3, 5), G. Shila (3), Bernie Worrell (4, 7), J. Jones (4), Tawl Ross (5, 7), Clarence 'Fuzzy' Haskins (6), Tiki Fulwood (7)
1 Hybrid SACD (stereo), standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Stereo
Studio
Label : ORG Music
Original Label : Westbound
Recorded in 1970-1971 at United Sound Studios, Detroit
Produced by George Clinton ; executive producer Armen Boladian
Mastered by Dave Gardner (DSG Mastering) from the original analog tapes, captured during the cutting of the 45 RPM 2LP edition
Photography by Joel Brodsky, Ron Scribner
Liner notes by George Clinton (uncredited)
Album design by Paula Bisacca, The Graffiteria ; art direction by David Krieger
Originally released on July 12, 1971 (Westbound WB 2007)
Reissued in 2026
Tracks:
- Maggot Brain
- Can You Get to That
- Hit It and Quit It
- You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks
- Super Stupid
- Back in Our Minds
- Wars of Armageddon
Critics’ Favorites :
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Ranked #136 (2020)
Pitchfork – Best Albums of the 1970s : #17
Reviews :
“It starts with a crackle of feedback shooting from speaker to speaker and a voice intoning, "Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time, for y'all have knocked her up" and talking about rising "above it all or drown in my own sh*t." This could only have been utterly bizarre back in 1971 and it's no less so decades later; though the Mothership was well on its way already, Maggot Brain really helped it take off. The instrumental title track is the key reason to listen, specifically for Eddie Hazel's lengthy, mind-melting solo. George Clinton famously told Hazel to play "like your momma had just died," and the resulting evocation of melancholy and sorrow doesn't merely rival Jimi Hendrix's work, but arguably bests a lot of it. Accompanied by another softer guitar figure providing gentle rhythm for the piece, the end result is simply fantastic, an emotional apocalypse of sound. Maggot Brain is bookended by another long number, "Wars of Armageddon," a full-on jam from the band looping in freedom chants and airport-departure announcements to the freak-out. In between are a number of short pieces, finding the collective merrily cooking up some funky stew of the slow and smoky variety. There are folky blues and gospel testifying on "Can You Get to That" and wry but warm reflections on interracial love on "You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks," its drum hits distorted to give a weird electronic edge to the results. "Super Stupid" is a particular killer, pounding drums and snarling guitar laying down the boogie hard and hot, while "Hit It and Quit It" has a great chorus and Bernie Worrell getting in a fun keyboard solo to boot.” AllMusic Review by Ned Raggett
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.55 / 5