Mutha's Nature

Mutha's Nature
Studio album by James Brown
Released	July 22, 1977 (1977-07-22) [1]
Recorded	November 28, 1973 – June 8, 1976 (1973-11-28 – 1976-06-08)("Bessie", "Summertime", "People Wake Up and Live") [2] [3] February – March 1977 (1977-03) [2] [3]
Studio	A & R (New York City, New York) [3] Sound Ideas (New York City) [3] Criteria (Miami, Florida) [2] International (Augusta, Georgia) [3]
Genre	Funk
Length	36:40
Label	Polydor 6111
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Bodyheat (1976) Mutha's Nature (1977) Jam 1980's (1978)
Singles from Mutha's Nature
"Give Me Some Skin / People Wake Up and Live" Released: July 1977 (1977-07) "Summertime / Take Me Higher and Groove Me" Released: November 1977 (1977-11) "If You Don't Give a Doggone About It / People Who Criticize" Released: January 1978 (1978-01) "Have a Happy Day" Released: March 1978 (1978-03)

Mutha's Nature is an album by the American musician James Brown, released in 1977 through Polydor Records. ^{[1] [4]} It was arranged by Charles Sherwell and James Brown, with Sarah Pergantis credited for the cover illustration. The album's title is a play on "Mother Nature".

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Robert Christgau	C [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

The Bay State Banner praised "the skeletal, hard-driving, bottom-conscious funk with an equally hard-driving preaching vocal overhead." ^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Give Me Some Skin"	Deanna Brown, Yamma Brown	3:58
2.	"People Who Criticize"	James Brown, Flower (Larry John Gordon)	4:27
3.	"Have a Happy Day"	Charles Sherrell	4:14
4.	"Bessie"	James Brown, Charles Sherrell, Johnny Griggs, Melvin Parker, St. Clair Pinckney	3:24
5.	"If You Don't Give a Doggone About It"	James Brown, Deanna Brown	6:31
6.	"Summertime"	George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	5:29
7.	"People Wake Up and Live"	James Brown	3:32
8.	"Take Me Higher and Groove Me"	James Brown, Deirdre Brown	5:01

Personnel

• James Brown – lead vocals, piano ("People Who Criticize")
• “Sweet” Charles Sherrell – background vocals, clavinet, synthesizer, electric organ, bass guitar
• Martha High – background vocals
• Hollie Farris, Russell Crimes – trumpet
• Joe Poff – alto saxophone
• St. Clair Pinckney, Peyton “P.J.” Johnson – tenor saxophone
• Mike Lawler – keyboards
• Jimmy Nolen, Robert Coleman – electric guitar
• David Weston – bass guitar
• Johnny Griggs – congas, percussion
• Tony Cook – drums

References

1. "iTunes - Music - Mutha's Nature by James Brown". Apple Music. iTunes.
2. Weinger, Harry; Leeds, Alan (1985). Dead On the Heavy Funk 74-76. Polydor. 827 439-1 Y-1.
3. Leeds, Alan (December 2010). The Singles, Volume 10: 1975–1979. Hip-O Select (published February 11, 2011). B0015279-02.
4. William Ruhlmann. "Mutha's Nature - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
5. Christgau, Robert (June 9, 1980). "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
6. 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.
7. Freedberg, Mike (August 11, 1977). "Mutha's Nature James Brown". Bay State Banner. No. 95. p. 15.