There It Is (James Brown album)

There It Is
Studio album by James Brown
Released	June 9, 1972 (1972-06-09)
Recorded	1970–1972
Genre	Funk, soul
Length	43:21
Label	Polydor
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Hot Pants (1971) There It Is (1972) Get on the Good Foot (1972)
Singles from There It Is
"I'm a Greedy Man" Released: November 1971 "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing" Released: February 1972 "King Heroin" Released: March 1972 "There It Is" Released: May 1972

There It Is is the 33rd studio album by American musician James Brown. His second release for Polydor Records, it contained five of his early-1970s hits. ^[1] The album was released on June 9, 1972. It reached No. 10 on the Billboard Best Selling Soul LP's charts and No. 60 on the Top LP's & Tape. ^{[2] [3]}

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]
Tom Hull – on the Web	A− [5]
The Village Voice	A− [6]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"There It Is, Part 1"	3:05
2.	"There It Is, Part 2"	2:47
3.	"King Heroin"	3:56
4.	"I'm A Greedy Man, Part 1"	2:47
5.	"I'm A Greedy Man, Part 2"	4:29
6.	"Who Am I"	4:30

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Talking Loud and Saying Nothing"	5:41
2.	"Public Enemy #1, Part 1"	5:05
3.	"Public Enemy #1, Part 2""	5:05
4.	"I Need Help (I Can't Do It Alone)"	2:56
5.	"Never Can Say Goodbye"	3:00

1992 CD release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"There It Is, Pts. 1 & 2"	James Brown, St. Clair Pinckney	5:50
2.	"King Heroin"	J. Brown, Charles Bobbit, Dave Matthews, Manny Rosen	3:58
3.	"I'm a Greedy Man"	J. Brown, Bobbit	7:06
4.	"Who Am I"	Johnny Terry	4:59
5.	"Talking Loud and Saying Nothing"	J. Brown, Bobby Byrd	7:49
6.	"Public Enemy No. 1, Pt. 1"	J. Brown, Bobbit, Henry Stallings	5:06
7.	"Public Enemy No. 1, Pt. 2"	J. Brown, Bobbit, Stallings	5:09
8.	"I Need Help (I Can't Do It Alone)"	Teddy Brown	3:31
9.	"Never Can Say Goodbye"	J. Brown	3:02

Personnel

• James Brown – lead vocal, record producer, arranger on tracks 1, 3, 5–8
• Bobby Byrd – organ, vocal
• Phelps "Catfish" Collins – guitar
• William "Bootsy" Collins – bass
• John "Jabo" Starks – drums
• Johnny Griggs
• Joe Beck – guitar
• Joe Farrell – sax
• Clayton "Chicken" Gunnells – trumpet
• Darryl "Hassan" Jamison – trumpet
• Robert McCollough – tenor saxophone
• St. Clair Pinckney – baritone saxophone
• Richard Tee – keyboard, organ
• Danny Stiles – trumpet
• Marvin Stamm – trumpet
• Jimmy Buffington – French horn
• Seldon Powell – flute, tenor saxophone
• Sam Brown – guitar
• Dave Matthews – arranger on tracks 2, 4
• Fred Wesley – arranger on track 9
• Joseph M. Palmaccio – digital remastering

Charts

Chart (1972)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape [3]	60
US Billboard Best Selling Soul LP's [2]	10

References

1. Elias, Jason. "James Brown: There It Is Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
2. "There It Is > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic . Retrieved 21 September 2011.
3. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 23. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
4. Brackett, N.; Hoard, C.D. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide . Simon & Schuster. p.  111. ISBN   9780743201698 . Retrieved May 12, 2015.
5. Hull, Tom (June 22, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
6. Christgau, Robert. "A Consumer Guide to James Brown" . Retrieved September 21, 2011.