The Popcorn (album)

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The Popcorn
James Brown The Popcorn.jpg
Studio album by
James Brown
ReleasedAugust 1969 (1969-08)
Recorded
  • April 29, 1968 (1968-04-29)("In The Middle") [1] [2]
  • August 26, 1968 (1968-08-26)(remainder of titles) [1] [2] [3]
Studio
Genre Funk, soul, R&B
Length33:14
Label King
Producer James Brown
James Brown chronology
Gettin' Down to It
(1969)		The Popcorn
(1969)		 It's a Mother
(1969)
Singles from The Popcorn
  1. "Soul Pride"
    Released: March 1969 (1969-03) [1]
  2. "The Popcorn"
    Released: May 1969 (1969-05) [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

The Popcorn is the 25th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in August 1969, by King Records. [4] [6]

Contents

Almost the entirety of The Popcorn was recorded in a single night at the empty Dallas Memorial Auditorium after a concert show in Dallas, Texas on August 26, 1968, the exception to this is "In The Middle" which was recorded earlier for the A Soulful Christmas album. The concert that preceded the other tracks' recording was later released as the live album Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68. in 1998.

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated August 23, 1969, peaking at No. 40 during a thirteen-week run on the chart. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Popcorn"James Brown3:01
2."Why Am I Treated So Bad" Roebuck Staples 6:04
3."In the Middle, Pt. 1 & 2" Alfred Ellis, Bud Hobgood6:50
4."Soul Pride, Pts. 1 & 2"James Brown, Alfred Ellis4:28
5."A New Shift"Alfred Ellis3:37
6."Sudsy"James Brown, Alfred Ellis4:41
7."The Chicken"Alfred Ellis4:04
8."The Chase"James Brown, Bud Hobgood0:29

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1969)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs [7] 40

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Leeds, Alan (October 2007). The Singles, Volume 5: 1967–1969 (published February 29, 2008). pp. 17 & 22.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Leeds, Alan; Weinger, Harry (1990). Soul Pride: The Instrumentals 1960-1969. pp. 19–20.
  3. 1 2 3 Leeds, Alan (October 2008). The Singles, Volume 6: 1969 (published December 5, 2008). pp. 6 & 19.
  4. 1 2 "The Popcorn - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  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. ↑ "iTunes - Music - The Popcorn by James Brown & The James Brown Band". iTunes . Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 23. Retrieved July 10, 2025.


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