Hot Pants (album)

Hot Pants
Studio album by James Brown
Released	August 1971 (1971-08)
Recorded	April 8, 1971 (1971-04-08)("Escape-Ism") [1] July 12, 1971 (1971-07-12)(remainder of titles) [1]
Studio	King Studios (Cincinnati, Ohio) Rodel Studios (Washington, D.C.)
Genre	Funk
Length	30:26 (LP) 49:35 (CD)
Label	Polydor 2425 086
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Sho Is Funky Down Here (1971) Hot Pants (1971) There It Is (1972)
Singles from Hot Pants
"Escape-Ism" Released: June 1971 (1971-06) [2] "Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants)" Released: June 1971 (1971-06) [2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]
Tom Hull – on the Web	A− [5]

Hot Pants is the 32nd studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in August 1971, by Polydor Records. ^{[3] [6]}

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated September 4, 1971, peaking at No. 22 during an eighteen-week run on the chart. ^[7]

Track listing

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

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Blues & Pants"	Fred Wesley	9:39
2.	"Can't Stand It"		4:37

Side B

No.	Title	Length
3.	"Escape-Ism, Pt. 1"	3:18
4.	"Escape-Ism, Pt. 2"	4:10
5.	"Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants)"	8:42
Total length:		30:26

Bonus track on CD ^[8]

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Escape-Ism (complete take)"	19:09
Total length:		49:35

Charts

Chart (1971)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs [7]	22

Personnel

• James Brown – lead vocals, organ
• Bobby Byrd – backing vocals, organ ("Blues & Pants"), tambourine ("Hot Pants")
• Jerone "Jasaan" Sanford, Russell Crimes – trumpet (tracks 1, 2 & 5)
• Jimmy Parker – alto saxophone
• St. Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone
• Fred Wesley – trombone
• Hearlon "Cheese" Martin, Robert Coleman – guitar
• Fred Thomas – bass
• Johnny Griggs – congas (tracks 3, 4 & 6)
• John "Jabo" Starks – drums ^[3]

References

1. Leeds, Alan (March 23, 1993). Hot Pants (CD ed.). Polydor.
2. Leeds, Alan (January 2009). The Singles, Volume 7: 1970–1972. Polydor (published April 3, 2009).
3. Jason Elias (July 12, 1971). "Hot Pants - James Brown | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
4. 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.
5. Hull, Tom (June 22, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
6. "iTunes - Music - Hot Pants by James Brown". iTunes. May 3, 1933. Retrieved June 30, 2015.^{[ dead link ]}
7. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 23. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
8. Polydor CD 314-517985-2