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 released as a double LP on November 20, 1972, by Polydor Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Creem	B+^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]
The Village Voice	B–^[4]

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".^[5] 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".^[4]

Track listing

1972 LP

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Get on the Good Foot (Parts 1 & 2)"	Brown, Fred Wesley, Joe Mims	5:44
2.	"The Whole World Needs Liberation"	Brown, Bobby Byrd	3:41
3.	"Your Love Was Good for Me"	J. J. Barnes, Whiz Whisenhut	3:20
4.	"Cold Sweat"	Brown, Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis	2:53

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Recitation by Hank Ballard"	Brown, Hank Ballard	5:54
2.	"I Got a Bag of My Own"	Brown	3:30
3.	"Nothing Beats a Failure (But a Try)"	Brown	3:06
4.	"Lost Someone"	Brown, Byrd, Lloyd Stallworth	3:56

Side 3
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Funky Side of Town"	Brown	7:50
2.	"Please, Please"	Brown, Johnny Terry	12:19

Side 4
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ain't It a Groove"	Brown, Nat Jones	2:10
2.	"My Part/Make It Funky (Parts 3 & 4)"	Brown, Charles Bobbit	5:14
3.	"Dirty Harri"	Brown	6:15

1992 CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Get on the Good Foot (Parts 1 & 2)"	Brown, Wesley, Mims	5:44
2.	"The Whole World Needs Liberation"	Brown, Byrd	3:41
3.	"Your Love Was Good for Me"	Barnes, Whisenhut	3:20
4.	"Cold Sweat"	Brown, Ellis	2:53
5.	"Recitation by Hank Ballard"	Brown, Ballard	5:54
6.	"I Got a Bag of My Own"	Brown	3:30
7.	"Nothing Beats a Failure (But a Try)"	Brown	3:06
8.	"Lost Someone"	Brown, Byrd, Stallworth	3:56
9.	"Funky Side of Town"	Brown	7:50
10.	"Please, Please"	Brown, Terry	12:19
11.	"Ain't It a Groove"	Brown, Jones	2:10
12.	"My Part/Make It Funky (Parts 3 & 4)"	Brown, Bobbit	5:14
13.	"Dirty Harri"	Brown	6:15
14.	"I Know It's True" (bonus track)	Brown	4:07

Personnel

John'Jabo'Starks – Drums
Fred Thomas – bass
Bobby Roach – guitar
Fred Wesley – trombone
St.Clair Pinkney – sax
Jimmy Parker – sax
James Brown – Lead vocal
Tracks 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 12 and 13 produced and arranged by James Brown
Tracks 3 and 8 produced by James Brown, arranged by Sammy Lowe
Tracks 4, 6, 7 and 11 produced by James Brown, arranged by Dave Matthews

References

^ Elias, Jason. "James Brown: Get on the Good Foot at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
^ Christgau, Robert (March 1973). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide – Nathan Brackett, Christian David Hoard – Google Books. ISBN 9780743201698. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
^ ^a ^b Christgau, Robert (June 9, 1980). "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
^ Gersten, Russell (15 February 1973). "James Brown: Get On The Good Foot". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 September 2011.

External links

Get on the Good Foot at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Elias, Jason. "James Brown: Get on the Good Foot at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2011.

[2] Christgau, Robert (March 1973). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved March 16, 2018.

[3] Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide – Nathan Brackett, Christian David Hoard – Google Books. ISBN 9780743201698. Retrieved 2015-07-19.

[VV-4] Christgau, Robert (June 9, 1980). "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 16, 2018.

[5] Gersten, Russell (15 February 1973). "James Brown: Get On The Good Foot". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 September 2011.

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