Hot Pants (album)

Hot Pants
Studio album by James Brown
Released	August 1971 (1971-08)
Recorded	1971
Genre	Funk
Length	30:26 (LP) 49:35 (CD)
Label	Polydor
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 "Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants)" Released: August 1971

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]
Tom Hull – on the Web	A− [3]

Hot Pants is the 32nd studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in August 1971, by Polydor Records. ^{[1] [4]}

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 a eighteen-week run on the chart. ^[5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by James Brown; except "Blues & Pants" by James Brown and Fred Westley (Fred Wesley)

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blues & Pants"	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 ^[6]

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

Charts

Chart (1971)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs [5]	22

Personnel

• James Brown - vocals
• Bobby Byrd - vocals, organ on "Blues & Pants" and tambourine on "Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants)"
• Hearlon Cheese Martin, Robert Lee Coleman - guitar
• Fred Thomas - bass
• St. Clair Pinckney - tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Parker - alto saxophone
• Fred Wesley - trombone
• Jerone Jasaan Sanford, Russell Crimes - trumpet (tracks: 1, 2, 5)
• Johnny Griggs - congas (tracks: 3, 4, 6)
• John "Jabo" Starks - drums ^[1]

References

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