| T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. (The Awesome Power of a Fully Operational Mothership) | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars |
| Cover: | MP Clinton-TAPOAFOM.jpg |
| Released: | June 11, 1996 |
| Genre: | R&B, funk, dance, hip hop |
| Length: | 74:54 |
| Label: | Sony 550 |
| Producer: | George Clinton |
| Prev Title: | Dope Dogs |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent? |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. is a 1996 album by funk musician George Clinton. The title, which is an abbreviation for The Awesome Power of a Fully Operational Mothership, refers to the P-Funk Mothership that was first introduced in 1975 on Parliament's Mothership Connection album. The album was presented as a reunion album because it featured collaborations with former Parliament-Funkadelic members including Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, Junie Morrison, Maceo Parker, and Fred Wesley — some of whom hadn't worked with Clinton in many years. The album also included contributions by current members of the P-Funk All-Stars.
Following the release of T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M., Clinton launched the "Mothership Reconnection Tour" with Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, and the P-Funk All-Stars. The Mothership Reconnection Tour, which began in New York's Central Park, included the landing of a full-scale Mothership on stage, from which Clinton emerged. The artwork for T.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. The Japanese 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 CD How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent?.