Motherlode (James Brown album)

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Motherlode
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Compilation album by
James Brown
Released1988
Recorded1967–73
Genre Funk
Length55:26
Label Polydor
Producer James Brown, Tim Rogers, Cliff White
James Brown chronology
James Brown's Funky People (Part 2)
(1988)		Motherlode
(1988)		 Roots of a Revolution
(1989)
Professional ratings
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Robert Christgau A− [2]
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Motherlode is a 1988 James Brown compilation album. Created as a follow-up to the successful 1986 compilation In the Jungle Groove , it similarly focuses on Brown's funk recordings of the late 1960s and early 1970s. It includes live performances and remixes as well as studio recordings, most of them previously unissued. Writing in 2007, critic Robert Christgau called it "the finest of the classic [James Brown] comps". [6] Highlights include a live "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud", the first album release of "I Got Ants in My Pants (and I Want to Dance)", the latter-day UK chart hit "She's the One", and a nine-minute-long remix of "People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul" from the Slaughter's Big Rip-Off soundtrack.

Contents

In 2003 Motherlode was reissued with remastered sound, an unedited version of the track "Can I Get Some Help", and two bonus tracks, the 1969 song "You've Changed" and an alternate mix of 1976's "Bodyheat".

Track listing

Original 1988 release

Side A
  1. "There It Is" (Live) – 3:06
  2. "She's the One" – 2:52
  3. "Since You Been Gone" (Duet with Bobby Byrd) – 5:33
  4. "Untitled Instrumental" – 3:22
  5. "Say It Loud (Say It Live)" – 4:52
  6. "Can I Get Some Help" – 4:56
Side B
  1. "You Got to Have a Mother for Me" – 5:10
  2. "Funk Bomb" (Instrumental) – 4:12
  3. "Baby Here I Come" – 4:27
  4. "People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul" (Remix) – 9:04
Original 1988 CD bonus track
11. "I Got Ants in My Pants (and I Want to Dance)" (Remix) – 7:27

Expanded 2003 release

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."There It Is"James Brown, St. Clair Pinckney 3:06
2."She's the One" Hank Ballard, James Brown2:52
3."Since You Been Gone" (Duet with Bobby Byrd)James Brown5:33
4."Untitled Instrumental" (Performed by The J.B.'s)James Brown3:22
5."Say It Loud (Say It Live)"James Brown, Pee Wee Ellis 4:52
6."Can I Get Some Help" (Unedited)James Brown8:57
7."You Got to Have a Mother for Me"James Brown, Pee Wee Ellis5:10
8."Funk Bomb" (Instrumental)James Brown4:12
9."Baby Here I Come"James Brown4:27
10."People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul" (Remix)Chales Bobbit, James Brown, St. Clair Pinckney, Fred Wesley 9:04
11."I Got Ants in My Pants (and I Want to Dance)" (Remix)James Brown 
12."You've Changed" (bonus track)James Brown3:18
13."Bodyheat" (Alternate Mix) (bonus track)Deanna Brown, Deidre Brown, Yamma Brown11:53

Personnel

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  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (March 14, 1989). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  3. ↑ Wolk, Douglas (November 16, 2010). "James Brown, Motherlode". eMusic . Retrieved April 29, 2013.
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  5. ↑ Considine, J. D.; et al. (November 2, 2004). Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  109, 112. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8 . Retrieved April 29, 2013. motherlode.
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