| T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. (The Awesome Power of a Fully Operational Mothership) | ||||
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| Studio album by George Clinton and theP-Funk All-Stars | ||||
| Released | June 11, 1996 | |||
| Genre | R&B,funk,dance,hip hop | |||
| Length | 74:54 | |||
| Label | Sony 550 | |||
| Producer | George Clinton | |||
| George Clinton and theP-Funk All-Stars chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Alternative Press | [2] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[4] |
| Muzik |  [5] |
| Orlando Sentinel | [6] |
| Q | [2] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
| Vibe | favorable[8] |
| Yahoo! Music | favorable[9] |
T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. is a 1996album byfunkmusicianGeorge Clinton. The title, which is an abbreviation forThe Awesome Power of a Fully Operational Mothership, refers to theP-Funk Mothership that was first introduced in 1975 onParliament'sMothership Connection album. The album was presented as a reunion album because it featured collaborations with formerParliament-Funkadelic members includingBernie Worrell,Bootsy Collins,Junie Morrison,Maceo Parker, andFred Wesley — some of whom hadn't worked with Clinton in many years. The album also included contributions by current members of theP-Funk All-Stars.
Following the release ofT.A.P.O.A.F.O.M., Clinton launched the "Mothership Reconnection Tour" withBootsy Collins,Bernie Worrell, and the P-Funk All-Stars. The Mothership Reconnection Tour, which began inNew York'sCentral Park, included the landing of a full-scale Mothership on stage, from which Clinton emerged. The artwork forT.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. was unique among P-Funk albums in that it included contributions by all three artists associated with the band:Pedro Bell, Ronald "Stozo the Clown" Edwards,Overton Loyd, and George Clinton. TheJapanese version of "T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M." contains an extra track entitled "Secret Love", co-written by Clinton's son Tracey Lewis a.k.a. Trey Lewd. That track was later released in U.S. on the CDHow Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent?.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "If Anybody Gets Funked Up (It's Gonna Be You)" (feat.Erick Sermon &MC Breed) | George Clinton, Jr.; Belita Woods; Gary "Mudbone" Cooper | 4:24 |
| 2. | "Summer Swim" | George Clinton, Jr.; Walter "Junni" Morrison | 5:37 |
| 3. | "Funky Kind (Gonna Knock It Down)" | George Clinton, Jr.; Joseph "Amp" Fiddler; Dwayne "Sa'd Ali" Maultsby; Tracey "Treylewd" Lewis | 5:36 |
| 4. | "Mathematics" | George Clinton, Jr.; Dewayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight | 7:12 |
| 5. | "Hard as Steel" | George Clinton, Jr. | 5:09 |
| 6. | "New Spaceship" (feat.Charlie Wilson) | George Clinton, Jr. | 4:00 |
| 7. | "Underground Angel" | George Clinton, Jr.; Steve "Go Ask Armen" Boyd; Derrick "Frog" Rossen; Mike Wilder | 4:28 |
| 8. | "Let's Get Funky" | George Clinton, Jr.;Joseph "Amp" Fiddler | 5:04 |
| 9. | "Flatman and Bobbin" | George Clinton, Jr.; Ronald Dunbar; Belita Woods; Derrick "Frog" Rossen | 3:31 |
| 10. | "Sloppy Seconds" (feat.Bootsy Collins &Bernie Worrell) | George Clinton, Jr.; William "Bootsy" Collins; Bernie "All The Woo" Worrell; Dewayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight; Belita Woods | 6:59 |
| 11. | "Rock the Party" | George Clinton, Jr.; Olivia Ewing; Thomas "Bubbs" Fiddler; L. Mathew | 3:33 |
| 12. | "Get Your Funk On" | George Clinton, Jr.; Belita Woods; David Spradley | 5:16 |
| 13. | "T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. (Fly Away)" | George Clinton, Jr.; Debra Barsha; Dwayne "Sa'd Ali" Maultsby | 7:54 |
| 14. | "If Anybody Gets Funked Up (It's Gonna Be You) [Colin Wolfe Mix]" | George Clinton, Jr.; Belita Woods; Gary "Mudbone" Cooper | 6:11 |
