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Get on the Good Foot (album)

Get On the Good Foot is the 34th studio album by American funk and soul musician James Brown. It was released as a double LP on October 27, 1972 by Polydor Records.

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated December 9, 1972, peaking at No. 68 during a seventeen-week run on the chart.

Critical reception

In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone, Russell Gersten said most of the album comprises a few "horrible" new songs and many "inferior" renditions of older songs from Brown, whom Gersten accused of repetitiveness and "egomania". Robert Christgau from The Village Voice said "if this were the world's only James Brown album it would be priceless. But there's a lot of waste here, and Brown's voice can't carry ballads the way it used to".

Track listing

1972 LP

Charts

1992 CD

Personnel

  • James Brown – lead vocals, organ
  • Hank Ballard – vocals <small>(Tracks 5 & 9)</small>

The J.B.'s arranged by James Brown <small>(Tracks 1, 10, 12 & 13)</small>

Studio band arranged by David Matthews <small>(Tracks 4, 6, 7, 9 & 11)</small>

Studio band arranged by Sammy Lowe <small>(Tracks 3, 8, 14)</small>

  • unidentified – backing vocals
  • Lou Soloff – trumpet
  • Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone
  • Richard Tee – piano
  • unidentified – strings
  • Hugh McCracken – electric guitar
  • Gordon Edwards – bass
  • Bernard "Pretty" Purdie – drums

The Original J.B.'s arranged by James Brown <small>(Track 2, originally recorded as "The Wedge")</small>

  • Clayton "Chicken" Gunnells – trumpet
  • Robert "Chopper" McCollough – tenor saxophone
  • Phelps "Catfish" Collins – electric guitar
  • William "Bootsy" Collins – bass
  • Don Juan "Tiger" Martin – drums

Studio orchestra arranged by H. B. Barnum <small>(Track 5, originally recorded as "World")</small>

  • A. D. Brisbois, Conte Candoli, Paul Hubinion, Allen DiRenzo – trumpet
  • Harry Sigismonte, William Hinshaw – french horn
  • Dick Leith – trombone
  • unidentified – baritone saxophone
  • Don Randi – organ
  • James Vaughn – piano
  • unidentified – strings
  • Arthur Adamas, probably Kenny Poole – electric guitar
  • Paul West – bass
  • Earl Palmer or Ben Barrett – drums

References

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