Get on the Good Foot (album)

Get On the Good Foot
Studio album by James Brown
Released	November 20, 1972
Recorded	1970–72
Genre	Funk, R&B, soul
Length	66:09
Label	Polydor
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
There It Is (1972) Get On the Good Foot (1972) Black Caesar (1973)
Singles from Get on the Good Foot
"My Part/Make It Funky" Released: October 8, 1971 "Get on the Good Foot" Released: July 1972 "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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Creem	B+ [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ ( ) [4]
The Village Voice	B− [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

1972 LP

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Get on the Good Foot (Parts 1 & 2)"	Brown, Fred Wesley, Joe Mims	5:46
2.	"The Whole World Needs Liberation"	Brown, Bobby Byrd	3:52
3.	"Your Love Was Good for Me"	J. J. Barnes, Whiz Whisenhut	3:20
4.	"Cold Sweat"	Brown, Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis	2:55
Total length:			15:53

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Recitation by Hank Ballard"	Brown, Hank Ballard	5:55
2.	"I Got a Bag of My Own"	Brown	3:46
3.	"Nothing Beats a Try But a Fail"	Brown	3:15
4.	"Lost Someone"	Brown, Byrd, Lloyd Stallworth	3:55
Total length:			16:51

Side 3

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Funky Side of Town"	Brown	7:51
2.	"Please, Please"	Brown, Johnny Terry	12:15
Total length:			20:06

Side 4

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ain't It a Groove"	Brown, Nat Jones	2:13
2.	"My Part/Make It Funky (Parts 3 & 4)"	Brown, Charles Bobbit	5:24
3.	"Dirty Harri"	Brown	6:12
Total length:			13:49

1992 CD

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

Personnel

• John "Jabo" Starks – drums
• Fred Thomas – bass
• Bobby Roach – guitar
• Fred Wesley – trombone
• St. Clair Pinckney – sax
• Jimmy Parker – sax
• James Brown – lead vocals
• 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

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 July 19, 2015.
4. Hull, Tom (June 22, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
5. Christgau, Robert (June 9, 1980). "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". The Village Voice . Retrieved March 16, 2018.
6. Gersten, Russell (February 15, 1973). "James Brown: Get On The Good Foot". Rolling Stone . Retrieved September 21, 2011.

External links

• Get on the Good Foot at Discogs (list of releases)