UPC: 731451798627
Format: CD
Release Date: Mar 23, 1993
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Originally released on Polydor (5028). Includes liner notes by Harry Weinger.
Digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio (PolyGram Studios).
Personnel: James Brown (vocals).
Audio Remasterer: Joseph M. Palmaccio.
Liner Note Author: Harry Weinger.
Illustrator: Abdullah Rahman.
Arrangers: David Matthews ; Fred Wesley; James Brown .
Vintage early-'70s funk from the man who, for all intents, invented the genre. The opening two-part title tune is in fact a textbook example of Brown's then-current approach, heavy on the wacka-wacka guitar, circular horn riffs, and frequent admonitions to the band to hit either "it" or "me" (depending on his mood, one assumes). Elsewhere, the Godfather of Soul crafts two potent anti-drug songs, "King Heroin" (a languid blues, a la his earlier "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's, Man's World") and "Public Enemy Number 1" (more a sermon than a song, recited over a minor-key gospel arrangement), and gets characteristically down and dirty with hard funk tracks like "I'm a Greedy Man" (hint: he's not singing about money) or "Talking Loud and Saying Nothing." A very strong set.
Digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio (PolyGram Studios).
Personnel: James Brown (vocals).
Audio Remasterer: Joseph M. Palmaccio.
Liner Note Author: Harry Weinger.
Illustrator: Abdullah Rahman.
Arrangers: David Matthews ; Fred Wesley; James Brown .
Vintage early-'70s funk from the man who, for all intents, invented the genre. The opening two-part title tune is in fact a textbook example of Brown's then-current approach, heavy on the wacka-wacka guitar, circular horn riffs, and frequent admonitions to the band to hit either "it" or "me" (depending on his mood, one assumes). Elsewhere, the Godfather of Soul crafts two potent anti-drug songs, "King Heroin" (a languid blues, a la his earlier "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's, Man's World") and "Public Enemy Number 1" (more a sermon than a song, recited over a minor-key gospel arrangement), and gets characteristically down and dirty with hard funk tracks like "I'm a Greedy Man" (hint: he's not singing about money) or "Talking Loud and Saying Nothing." A very strong set.
Tracks:
1 - There It Is, Pts. 1 & 2
2 - King Heroin
3 - I'm a Greedy Man
4 - Who Am I
5 - Talking Loud and Saying Nothing
6 - Public Enemy No. 1, Pt. 1
7 - Public Enemy No. 1, Pt. 2
8 - I Need Help (I Can't Do It Alone)
9 - Never Can Say Goodbye
2 - King Heroin
3 - I'm a Greedy Man
4 - Who Am I
5 - Talking Loud and Saying Nothing
6 - Public Enemy No. 1, Pt. 1
7 - Public Enemy No. 1, Pt. 2
8 - I Need Help (I Can't Do It Alone)
9 - Never Can Say Goodbye