Chocolate City (album)

Chocolate City
Studio album by
Parliament
ReleasedApril 8, 1975
GenreFunk[1]
Length36:42
LabelCasablanca
ProducerGeorge Clinton
Parliament chronology
Up for the Down Stroke
(1974) 		Chocolate City
(1975) 		Mothership Connection
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Blender[3]
Christgau's Record GuideB[1]
MusicTap[4]
Pitchfork Media(7.8/10)[5]
PopMatters(favorable)[6]
Rhapsody(favorable)[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

Chocolate City is the third album by the funk band Parliament, released in 1975. It was a "tribute to Washington D.C.",[9] where the group had been particularly popular. The album's cover includes images of the United States Capitol, the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial in the form of a chocolate medallion, as well as sticker labeled "Washington DC". The album was very popular in the capital city, selling 150,000 copies alone there.

  1. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Blender review [dead link]
  4. ^ "MusicTap review". Musictap.net. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  5. ^ Pitchfork Media review Archived February 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Kessler, Jordan. "PopMatters review". Popmatters.com. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  7. ^ Schennault (January 1, 1975). "Rhapsody review". Rhapsody.com. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  8. ^ Rolling Stone review Archived December 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "'Up for the Down Stroke', 'Chocolate City' and 'Mothership Connection'". Pitchfork.