Hot (James Brown album)

Hot
Studio album by James Brown
Released	January 1976 (1976-01) [1]
Recorded	January 21, 1974 (1974-01-21) – September 1975 (1975-09) [1] [2] [3]
Studio	Sound Ideas Studios (New York City, New York) [1] [3] A & R Studios (New York City, New York) [3] Wally Heider Studios (San Francisco, California) [2] International Studios (Augusta, Georgia) [2]
Genre	Funk
Length	42:43
Label	Polydor 6059
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump (1975) Hot (1976) Get Up Offa That Thing (1976)
Singles from Hot
"Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved)" Released: December 1975 (1975-12) "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / Goodnight My Love" Released: March 1976 (1976-03)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Robert Christgau	B [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

Hot is the 42nd studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in January of 1976 by Polydor Records. ^{[1] [7] [8]}

Track listing

All tracks are written by James Brown; except where indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)"		5:56
2.	"So Long"	Irving Melsher, Remus Harris, Russ Morgan	3:20
3.	"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"	Deek Watson, William Best	3:48
4.	"Try Me"		5:41
5.	"The Future Shock of the World"		4:07
6.	"Woman"		3:45
7.	"Most of All"	Hank Thompson	4:00
8.	"Goodnight My Love"	Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules Lemare	5:08
9.	"Please, Please, Please"		6:54

Personnel

Musicians

• James Brown – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Bobby Byrd, Sylvester Keels – backing vocals
• Fred Wesley – trombone, backing vocals

The J.B.'s

"The Future Shock of the World" ^[2]

• Russell Crimes – trumpet
• Maceo Parker, Jimmy Parker – alto saxophone
• St. Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone
• "Sweet" Charles Sherrell – clavinet
• Jimmy Nolen, Hearlon "Cheese" Martin – electric guitar
• Fred Thomas – bass guitar
• Johnny Griggs – percussion
• probably John Morgan – drums

Studio band conducted by David Matthews

"Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved", "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons", "Goodnight My Love" ^{[1] [3]}

• Randy Brecker – trumpet
• David Sanborn – alto saxophone
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
• Leon Pendarvis – electric piano
• Corky Hale, Margaret Ross – harp
• Joe Beck, John Tropea, Duncan Cleary, Sam Brown – electric guitar
• Will Lee, Gordon Edwards – bass guitar
• Sue Evans – congas, percussion
• Steve Gadd, Jimmy Madison – drums

Technical

• James Brown, David Matthews – arrangements
• Bob Both – recording supervisor, engineer
• David Stone, Major Little – engineer
• Michael Doret – artwork

References

1. Weinger, Harry; Leeds, Alan (1985). Dead On The Heavy Funk 74-76. Polydor. 827 439-1 Y-1.
2. Leeds, Alan (February 28, 1995). Funky Good Time: The Anthology. Polydor. 527 094-2.
3. Leeds, Alan (December 2010). The Singles, Volume 10: 1975–1979. Hip-O Select (published February 11, 2011). B0015279-02.
4. "Hot - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
5. Christgau, Robert (June 9, 1980). "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
6. 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.
7. "iTunes - Music - Hot by James Brown". iTunes. Archived from the original on November 27, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
8. "Hot - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2015.