Playlist: The Very Best of James Brown

by James Brown

Overview

This James Brown collection from Sony's Playlist series offers a bit of a mixed bag. With singles largely plucked from his 1980s output and featuring several mid-'90s live versions of some of his best-known tracks -- ("Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" and "(I Got You) I Feel Good" -- it offers a rather uneven representation of Brown's legendary, and often difficult career. In spite of their dated production values, tracks like "Unity," his 1984 collaboration with rapper Afrika Bambaataa, remain an interesting experiment, but even in their later days, his razor-sharp live band provides the biggest highlights on this compilation. The strong live versions of "Cold Sweat, Pt.1" and "Make It Funky" are Brown and his crew doing what they do best. ~ Timothy Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	04/14/2015
Label:	Sony Music
UPC:	0888751496323
Rank:	2247

Tracks

1. Unity, Pt. 1 (The Third Coming)
2. Living in America
3. Cold Sweat, Pt. 1 [Live]
4. Try Me
5. How Do You Stop [7" Edit Version]
6. Real [Full Force Hyped-Up Mix]
7. Make It Funky
8. (I Got You) I Feel Good
9. Gravity
10. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
11. Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine
12. I Get on the Good Foot
13. Static [Full Force Remix]
14. Gimme Your Love [Extended Remix - Purple Mix]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

James Brown   Primary Artist
Aretha Franklin   Primary Artist
Afrika Bambaataa   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Mike Piacentini   Mastering
J.a. Cohen   Composer
Tony Maserati   Remixing
Paisley Park   Remixing,Additional Production
James Brown   Arranger,Producer
Narada Michael Walden   Arranger,Producer
Jeff James   Producer
N.M. Walden   Composer
A. Ellis   Composer
C. Bobbit   Composer
Rob Carter   Design,Art Direction
Dan Hartman   Producer
Full Force   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Remixing
Afrika Bambaataa   Producer
Paul Natkin   Cover Photo
F. Wesley   Composer
Leon Morris   Photography
Tom Silverman   Producer,Executive Producer
Rashod Ollison   Liner Notes
Neal Preston   Photography
Walter McBride   Photography
Tim Anderson   Project Director