Cosmic Slop is the fifth studio album by Funkadelic, released in July 1973 on Westbound Records. While it has been favorably reevaluated by critics long after its original release, the album was a commercial failure, producing no charting singles, and reaching No. 112 on the Billboard pop chart and No. 21 on the R&B chart. The album was re-released on CD in 1991. The album also marks the first Funkadelic album without any input from longtime guitarist Eddie Hazel, who had left the band the year before.
Critical reception
Lloyd Bradley in Q characterized the album as a "cornerstone ... coming just before James Brown sidepersons began defecting to Clinton's outfit' and "a link between fearsomely dark musings and out-and-out strangeness". The album's track listing consisted of: "One Nation Under a Groove", "Comin" Round the Mountain", "Cholly (Funk Getting Ready to Roll!)", "Freak of the Week", "Uncle Jam", "Groovallegiance", "Smokey", “Cosmic Slop", "Soul Mate" and "(Medley) Funk Gets Stronger (Killer Millimeter Longer Version)/ She Loves You". The album was subtitled "Original Recordings from the Masters of Funk!"
See also
- The Space Traders