Hot Pants (album)

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Hot Pants
James Brown Hot Pants.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1971 (1971-08)
Recorded1971
Genre Funk
Length30:26 (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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Contents

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.TitleLength
1."Blues & Pants"9:39
2."Can't Stand It"4:37
Side B
No.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
6."Escape-ism (complete take)"19:09
Total length:49:35

Charts

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

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 23. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  6. Polydor CD 314-517985-2