No doubt this album was extremely influential on a lot of music we hear today, but as an album it's too experimental for me to enjoy it. The songs are a bit too long, too goofy, and a bit lost in their own experimentation. As I often talk about experimentation is OK, but the real art is turning the experiment into pop music that uses the experiments for the cornerstone of its sound. After sitting through 10:45 of "The Doodoo Chasers" I can honestly say that I will probably never put on another Funkadelic or Parliament album, unless of course it is part of this countdown.
I understand that without this experimentation something like Purple Rain would have never been made. And I think to conduct experiments of this type takes a certain level of brilliance and daring that a lot of musicians don't have. But I believe the genius lies not in these guys for conducting the experiment, but in Prince for creating Purple Rain.
