The Top 500 of The Top 40

500 of the best and most historically relevant albums to make the top 40 album charts from 1955 to the present - chosen by Tom Ryan and presented chronologically.

Parliament: Mothership Connection
Album #259 - December 1975
George Clinton had a long history as a songwriter/performer, forming The Parliaments in the back room of a barbershop in 1956 and releasing singles on mostly obscure record labels, until a stint wi