Get on the Good Foot (album)

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Get On the Good Foot
Get on the Good Foot (James Brown album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 20, 1972
Recorded197072
Genre Funk, R&B, soul
Length66:09
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
  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.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Creem B+ [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Tom Hull – on the Web B+ ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [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.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 Byrd 3:52
3."Your Love Was Good for Me"J. J. Barnes, Whiz Whisenhut3:20
4."Cold Sweat"Brown, Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis 2:55
Total length:15:53
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Recitation by Hank Ballard"Brown, Hank Ballard 5:55
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

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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