| Motor Booty Affair | ||||
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| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | August 1977–July 1978 | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 46:24 | |||
| Label | Casablanca | |||
| Producer | George Clinton | |||
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Motor Booty Affair is the seventh album byfunk bandParliament, released in 1978.[1] It contains two of the group's most popular tracks, "Rumpofsteelskin" and "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)", which went to number one on the Billboard Soul Singles chart.
The artistOverton Loyd created the art forMotor Booty Affair.[2] The main release consisted of a gate-fold album cover featuring a pop-up rendition of the city of Atlantis, with Loyd's artwork on the front and back covers. His illustrations included cartoon portraits of some of the "characters" mentioned in the songs on the album, including "Mr. Wiggles". It also included cardboard cutout figures featuring Loyd's cartoon illustrations of most of the characters mentioned in the songs. There was a picture disk, with Loyd's illustration printed directly on the vinyl LP.[3] The album was Parliament's fifth consecutive gold album (500,000 copies sold).
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A−[5] |
| (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [6] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul | [7] |
TheBay State Banner wrote that the album "had bop and free jazz, bass playing of remarkable range and liberty, courageous and engaging piano, wisecracking but unpredictable vocals, lyrics that said it all in slang so right you felt you'd been using it all your life instead of hearing it for the first time."[8]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mr. Wiggles" | 6:46 | |
| 2. | "Rumpofsteelskin" (released as a single-Casablanca NB 976) |
| 5:37 |
| 3. | "(You're a Fish & I'm a) Water Sign" (released as the B-side to "Aqua Boogie") |
| 4:42 |
| 4. | "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" (released as a single-Casablanca NB 950 and as a 12" single-Casablanca NBD 20147) |
| 6:43 |
| 5. | "One of Those Funky Thangs" |
| 3:46 |
| 6. | "Liquid Sunshine" (released as the B-side to "Rumpofsteelskin") |
| 4:25 |
| 7. | "The Motor-Booty Affair" |
| 5:16 |
| 8. | "Deep" |
| 9:09 |
Snorkel Singing Air Tank Harmonics:
Liquid Licks (Motor-Madness Musicians):
