Hot (James Brown album)

Hot
Studio album by James Brown
Released	January 1, 1976
Recorded	1975
Studio	Sound Ideas Studios, New York City; A&R Recording, New York City
Genre	Funk
Length	42:43
Label	Polydor
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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Hot is the 42nd studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released on January 1, 1976, by Polydor Records. ^{[4] [5]}

Track listing

All tracks composed 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

• James Brown - lead vocals, arrangements
• Dave Matthews - arrangements
• Bob Both - recording supervisor, engineer
• David Stone, Major Little - engineer
• Michael Doret - artwork

References

1. "Hot - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
2. Christgau, Robert (June 9, 1980). "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
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 - Hot by James Brown". iTunes. Archived from the original on November 27, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
5. "Hot - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2015.