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.

Get On the Good Foot
Studio album by James Brown
Released	November 20, 1972
Recorded	1970–72
Genre	Funk, R&B, soul
Length	66:05
Label	Polydor
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
There It Is (1972) Get On the Good Foot (1972) Black Caesar (1973)
Singles from Get on the Good Foot
"My Part/Make It Funky" Released: 1971 "Get on the Good Foot" Released: July 1972 "I Got a Bag of My Own" Released: November 1972

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

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. "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide – Nathan Brackett, Christian David Hoard – Google Books". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
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.

External links

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