Grits & Soul

Grits & Soul
Studio album by James Brown
Released	1964
Recorded	1964
Genre	Soul
Length	37:47
Label	Smash
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Showtime (1964) Grits & Soul (1964) Out of Sight (1964)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Record Mirror	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Grits & Soul is the eighth studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in 1964, by Smash Records. Brown does not sing on the album; he was sidestepping his contract obligations with King Records. Instead, Brown plays keyboards along with Fats Gonder. ^{[1] [4]}

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated April 10, 1965, peaking at No. 124 during a ten-week run on the chart. ^[5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by James Brown as "Ted Wright"; except where indicated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Grits"	Nat Jones, Ted Wright	4:01
2.	"Tempted"		3:10
3.	"There"		3:30
4.	"After You're Through"		3:05
5.	"Devil's Hideaway"		5:13
6.	"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"	Don Kirkpatrick, Kevin Knox	4:46
7.	"Infatuation"	Nat Jones, Ted Wright	4:28
8.	"Wee Wee"		2:35
9.	"Mister Hip"		4:35
10.	"Headache"		2:22

Personnel

• James Brown - piano, organ
• Bernard Odum, Sam Thomas - bass
• Melvin Parker, Nat Kendrick, O.B. Williams - drums
• St. Clair Pinckney, Al Brisco Clark, Eldee Williams - tenor saxophone
• Maceo Parker - baritone saxophone
• Nat Jones - alto saxophone, arrangements
• Les Buie - guitar
• Al Lucas "Fats" Gonder - piano, organ
• Joe Dupars, Mack Johnson, Robert Knight, Ron Tooley - trumpet
• Wilmer Milton - trombone

Charts

Chart (1965)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs [5]	124

References

1. Kurt Edwards. "Grits & Soul - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
2. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (August 14, 1965). "James Brown: Grits & Soul" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 231. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
3. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "James Brown". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  109. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
4. "iTunes - Music - Grits and Soul by James Brown". iTunes . Retrieved July 7, 2015.
5. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 23. Retrieved July 10, 2025.