Take a Look at Those Cakes

Take a Look at Those Cakes
Studio album by James Brown
Released	November 1978 (1978-11) [1]
Recorded	September – October 1978 (1978-10) [1] [2]
Studio	Mastersound (Augusta, Georgia) [1] [2]
Genre	Funk
Length	41:30
Label	Polydor 6181
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Jam 1980's (1978) Take a Look at Those Cakes (1978) The Original Disco Man (1979)
Singles from Take a Look at Those Cakes
"For Goodness Sakes, Look at Those Cakes" Released: October 1978 (1978-10) "Someone to Talk To" Released: December 1978 (1978-12)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	B− [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul	[6]

Take a Look at Those Cakes is a studio album by the American musician James Brown. ^{[7] [8]} It was released in December 1978 by Polydor Records. It was arranged by Brown and St. Clair Pinckney. The cover artwork was credited to Christoph Blumrich.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"For Goodness Sakes, Look at Those Cakes"	James Brown, Deirdre Brown	11:04
2.	"A Man Understands"	James Brown, Deirdre Brown	8:30
3.	"Someone to Talk To"	James Brown, St. Clair Pinckney	7:02
4.	"Spring"	James Brown, Deirdre Brown, St. Clair Pinckney	6:37
5.	"As Long as I Love You"	James Brown, Deirdre Brown, St. Clair Pinckney	8:17

Personnel

• James Brown – lead vocals
• Martha High, Anne McLeod, probably Florence Raynor, various band members – backing vocals
• Hollie Farris – trumpet
• Joe Poff – alto saxophone, flute
• St. Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone, flute
• probably Jerry Poindexter – electric piano
• Jimmy Nolen – electric guitar
• David Weston – bass guitar
• Johnny Griggs – bongos, percussion
• Tony Cook – drums

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. William Ruhlmann. "Take a Look at Those Cakes - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
4. Christgau, Robert (June 9, 1980). "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
5. 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.
6. Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 42.
7. Mullinax, Gary (January 21, 1979). "Four stalwarts of soul stick to well-trodden paths". The Morning News. p. C4.
8. Gibbons, Chris (February 9, 1979). "Not much food for thought on 'Cakes'". Bucks Examiner. p. 13.