Get on the Good Foot (album)

Get On the Good Foot
Studio album by
James Brown
ReleasedNovember 20, 1972
Recorded1970–72
GenreFunk, R&B, soul
Length66:09
LabelPolydor
ProducerJames Brown
James Brown chronology
There It Is
(1972) 		Get On the Good Foot
(1972) 		Black Caesar
(1973)
Singles from Get on the Good Foot
  1. "My Part/Make It Funky"
    Released: October 8, 1971
  2. "Get on the Good Foot"
    Released: July 1972
  3. "I Got a Bag of My Own"
    Released: November 1972

Get On the Good Foot is the 34th studio album by American funk and soul musician James Brown. It was released as a double LP on November 20, 1972, by Polydor Records.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
CreemB+[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+ ((1-star Honorable Mention))[4]
The Village VoiceB−[5]

In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone, Russell Gersten said most of the album comprises a few "horrible" new songs and many "inferior" renditions of older songs from Brown, whom Gersten accused of repetitiveness and "egomania".[6] Robert Christgau from The Village Voice said "if this were the world's only James Brown album it would be priceless. But there's a lot of waste here, and Brown's voice can't carry ballads the way it used to".[5]

Track listing

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1972 LP

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Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Get on the Good Foot (Parts 1 & 2)"Brown, Fred Wesley, Joe Mims5:46
2."The Whole World Needs Liberation"Brown, Bobby Byrd3:52
3."Your Love Was Good for Me"J. J. Barnes, Whiz Whisenhut3:20
4."Cold Sweat"Brown, Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis2:55
Total length:15:53
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Recitation by Hank Ballard"Brown, Hank Ballard5:55
2."I Got a Bag of My Own"Brown3:46
3."Nothing Beats a Try But a Fail"Brown3:15
4."Lost Someone"Brown, Byrd, Lloyd Stallworth3:55
Total length:16:51
Side 3
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Funky Side of Town"Brown7:51
2."Please, Please"Brown, Johnny Terry12:15
Total length:20:06
Side 4
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ain't It a Groove"Brown, Nat Jones2:13
2."My Part/Make It Funky (Parts 3 & 4)"Brown, Charles Bobbit5:24
3."Dirty Harri"Brown6:12
Total length:13:49

1992 CD

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Get on the Good Foot (Parts 1 & 2)"Brown, Wesley, Mims5:44
2."The Whole World Needs Liberation"Brown, Byrd3:41
3."Your Love Was Good for Me"Barnes, Whisenhut3:20
4."Cold Sweat"Brown, Ellis2:53
5."Recitation by Hank Ballard"Brown, Ballard5:54
6."I Got a Bag of My Own"Brown3:30
7."Nothing Beats a Failure (But a Try)"Brown3:06
8."Lost Someone"Brown, Byrd, Stallworth3:56
9."Funky Side of Town"Brown7:50
10."Please, Please"Brown, Terry12:19
11."Ain't It a Groove"Brown, Jones2:10
12."My Part/Make It Funky (Parts 3 & 4)"Brown, Bobbit5:14
13."Dirty Harri"Brown6:15
14."I Know It's True" (bonus track)Brown4:07

Personnel

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  • John'Jabo'Starks – Drums
  • Fred Thomas – bass
  • Bobby Roach – guitar
  • Fred Wesley – trombone
  • St.Clair Pinkney – sax
  • Jimmy Parker – sax
  • James Brown – Lead vocal
  • Tracks 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 12 and 13 produced and arranged by James Brown
  • Tracks 3 and 8 produced by James Brown, arranged by Sammy Lowe
  • Tracks 4, 6, 7 and 11 produced by James Brown, arranged by Dave Matthews

References

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  1. ^ Elias, Jason. "James Brown: Get on the Good Foot at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (March 1973). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  3. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide – Nathan Brackett, Christian David Hoard – Google Books. ISBN 9780743201698. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  4. ^ Hull, Tom (June 22, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (June 9, 1980). "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  6. ^ Gersten, Russell (15 February 1973). "James Brown: Get On The Good Foot". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
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