People (James Brown album)

People
Studio album by James Brown
Released	February 1980 (1980-02) [1]
Recorded	March 6 – December 1979 (1979-12) [2] [3]
Studio	Muscle Shoals Sound (Sheffield, Alabama) [1] [2] [3] The Soundshop (Nashville, Tennessee) [2] [3] Sound Ideas (New York City, New York) [1] [3]
Genre	Funk Soul R&B
Length	35:12
Label	Polydor 6258
Producer	Brad Shapiro
James Brown chronology
The Original Disco Man (1979) People (1980) Soul Syndrome (1980)
Singles from People
"Are We Really Dancing" Released: May 1979 (1979-05) "Regrets / Stone Cold Drag" Released: January 1980 (1980-01) "Let The Funk Flow / Sometimes That's All There Is" Released: April 1980 (1980-04)

Professional ratings

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

People is the 49th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in March 1980 and was his last original recording for Polydor Records, after having spent nine years on the label. ^[4] The front cover photograph was credited to David Alexander.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Regrets"	Barbara Wyrick	6:27
2.	"Don't Stop the Funk"	Brad Shapiro	6:04
3.	"That's Sweet Music"	Brad Shapiro, George Jackson	4:06
4.	"Let the Funk Flow"	Gary Stewart, George Jackson, Thomas Earl Jones III	6:33
5.	"Stone Cold Drag"	Brad Shapiro	4:13
6.	"Are We Really Dancing"	Brad Shapiro, Randy McCormick	4:18
7.	"Sometimes That's All There Is"	Kerry Chater, Troy Seals	3:25

Personnel

Musicians

"Stone Cold Drag", "Are We Really Dancing"

• James Brown – lead vocals
• Danna Davis, Cynthia Douglas, Pamela Vincent – backing vocals
• Ben Cauley, Harrison Calloway Jr. – trumpet
• Charles Rose – trombone
• Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone
• Ronnie Eades – baritone saxophone
• Randy McCormick, Clayton Ivy – keyboards
• Jimmy Johnson – electric guitar
• David Hood – bass guitar
• Roger Hawkins – drums

• Troy Seals – electric guitar ("Regrets", "Let The Funk Flow", "Sometimes That's All There Is")

Production

• Brad Shapiro – arrangement

References

1. Weinger, Harry; Leeds, Alan (1985). Dead On The Heavy Funk 74–76. Polydor. 827 439-1 Y-1.
2. Leeds, Alan (December 2010). The Singles, Volume 10: 1975–1979. Hip-O Select (published February 11, 2011). B0015279-02.
3. Leeds, Alan (July 2011). The Singles, Volume 11: 1979–1981. Hip-O Select (published September 27, 2011). B0016037-02.
4. William Ruhlmann. "People - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 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.