James Brown Sings Raw Soul

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James Brown Sings Raw Soul
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ReleasedMarch 1967
Recorded1967
Genre Soul
Length34:18
Label King
Producer James Brown
James Brown chronology
Handful of Soul
(1966)
James Brown Sings Raw Soul
(1967)
James Brown Plays the Real Thing
(1967)
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James Brown Sings Raw Soul is the fifteenth studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in March 1967, by King Records. [3] [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bring It Up"James Brown2:45
2."Don't Be a Dropout"James Brown, Nat Jones3:40
3."Till Then"Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood, Sol Marcus2:39
4."Tell Me That You Love Me"James Brown, Bud Hobgood1:40
5."Yours and Mine"James Brown, Bud Hobgood3:08
6."Money Won't Change You, Pt. 1"James Brown, Nat Jones2:46
7."Money Won't Change You, Pt. 2"James Brown, Nat Jones2:24
8."Only You"Ande Rand, Buck Ram 2:47
9."Let Yourself Go"James Brown2:55
10."The Nearness of You" Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington 3:06
11."Nobody Knows"James Brown, James Crawford3:19
12."Stone Fox"James Brown, Bud Hobgood2:46

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References

  1. 1 2 Richie Unterberger. "Sings Raw Soul - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  2. 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.
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