Super Bad (James Brown album)

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Super Bad
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Live album by
ReleasedJanuary 1971 (1971-01)
RecordedDecember 2, 1968 – June 13, 1970 (1968-12-02 1970-06-13) [1] [2]
Studio
Genre
Length33:20
Label King
Producer James Brown
James Brown chronology
Hey America
(1970)
Super Bad
(1971)
Sho Is Funky Down Here
(1971)
Singles from Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud
  1. "Sometime"
    Released: September 1969 (1969-09)
  2. "Let It Be Me"
    Released: April 1970 (1970-04)
  3. "A Man Has To Go Back To The Crossroads"
    Released: June 1970 (1970-06)
  4. "Super Bad"
    Released: October 1970 (1970-10)

Super Bad is an album, that purports to be a live album, by American musician James Brown. The album was released in 1971 by King Records. [3] [4]

Contents

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated January 31, 1971, peaking at No. 61 during a fifteen-week run on the chart. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Super Bad, Pt. 1, 2 & 3"James Brown9:16
2."Let It Be Me" Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë 3:22
3."Sometime"James Brown, Bud Hobgood3:39
4."A Man Has to Go Back to the Crossroads"James Brown3:18
5."Giving Out of Juice"Teddy Brown9:26
6."By the Time I Get to Phoenix" Jimmy Webb 3:05

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1971)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LP's [5] 61

References

  1. 1 2 Leeds, Alan (October 2008). The Singles, Volume 6: 1969–1970. Polydor (published December 5, 2008).
  2. 1 2 Leeds, Alan (January 2009). The Singles, Volume 7: 1970–1972. Polydor (published April 3, 2009).
  3. "iTunes - Music - Super Bad by James Brown". iTunes. January 1971. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  4. "Super Bad - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 23. Retrieved July 10, 2025.