Grits & Soul

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Grits & Soul
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Studio album by
James Brown
ReleasedAugust 1964 (1964-08) [1]
Recorded
Studio
Genre Soul
Length37:47
Label Smash
Producer James Brown
James Brown chronology
Showtime
(1964)		Grits & Soul
(1964)		 Out of Sight
(1964)
Singles from Grits & Soul
  1. "Devil's Hideaway"
    Released: March 1965 (1965-03)
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Grits & Soul is the eighth studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in August of 1964 by Smash Records. [1] Brown does not sing on the album; he was sidestepping his contract obligations with King Records. Instead, Brown plays keyboards. [5] This is the first known recording of Maceo Parker, seen on the right of the album cover, at this point on baritone saxophone. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

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. [8]

Track listing

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Grits"Nat Jones, Ted Wright4:01
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 Knox4:46
7."Infatuation"Nat Jones, Ted Wright4:28
8."Wee Wee" 2:35
9."Mister Hip" 4:35
10."Headache" 2:22

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1965)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs [8] 124

References

  1. 1 2 "iTunes - Music - Grits and Soul by James Brown". iTunes . Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Leeds, Alan; Weinger, Harry (March 23, 1993). Soul Pride: The Instrumentals 1960-1969. p. 16.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Leeds, Alan (February 2007). The Singles, Volume 3: 1964–1965 (published June 8, 2007). p. 22.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Leeds, Alan; Weinger, Harry (2007). Jazz. pp. 4–5.
  5. 1 2 Kurt Edwards. "Grits & Soul - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 23. Retrieved July 10, 2025.


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