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 November 20, 1972, by Polydor Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Creem	B+
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ ()
The Village Voice	B−

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

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Get on the Good Foot (Parts 1 & 2)"	Brown, Fred Wesley, Joe Mims	5:46
2.	"The Whole World Needs Liberation"	Brown, Bobby Byrd	3:52
3.	"Your Love Was Good for Me"	J. J. Barnes, Whiz Whisenhut	3:20
4.	"Cold Sweat"	Brown, Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis	2:55
Total length:			15:53

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Recitation by Hank Ballard"	Brown, Hank Ballard	5:55
2.	"I Got a Bag of My Own"	Brown	3:46
3.	"Nothing Beats a Try But a Fail"	Brown	3:15
4.	"Lost Someone"	Brown, Byrd, Lloyd Stallworth	3:55
Total length:			16:51

Side 3
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Funky Side of Town"	Brown	7:51
2.	"Please, Please"	Brown, Johnny Terry	12:15
Total length:			20:06

Side 4
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ain't It a Groove"	Brown, Nat Jones	2:13
2.	"My Part/Make It Funky (Parts 3 & 4)"	Brown, Charles Bobbit	5:24
3.	"Dirty Harri"	Brown	6:12
Total length:			13:49

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.
Hull, Tom (June 22, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
^ 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)

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Studio albums	Please Please Please Try Me! Think! The Amazing James Brown James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the U.S.A. Prisoner of Love Showtime Grits & Soul Out of Sight Papa's Got a Brand New Bag James Brown Plays James Brown Today & Yesterday I Got You (I Feel Good) Mighty Instrumentals James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) It's a Man's Man's Man's World James Brown Sings Christmas Songs Handful of Soul James Brown Sings Raw Soul James Brown Plays the Real Thing Cold Sweat I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me I Got the Feelin' James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things A Soulful Christmas Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud Gettin' Down to It The Popcorn It's a Mother Ain't It Funky Soul on Top It's a New Day – Let a Man Come In Hey America Sho Is Funky Down Here Hot Pants There It Is Get on the Good Foot Black Caesar The Payback Hell Reality Sex Machine Today Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump Hot Get Up Offa that Thing Bodyheat Mutha's Nature Jam 1980's Take a Look at Those Cakes The Original Disco Man People Soul Syndrome Nonstop! Bring It On! Gravity I'm Real Love Over-Due Universal James I'm Back The Merry Christmas Album The Next Step
Live albums	Live at the Apollo Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal The James Brown Show Live at the Garden Live at the Apollo, Volume II Sex Machine Super Bad Revolution of the Mind: Live at the Apollo, Volume III Hot on the One Live in New York Live at Chastain Park Soul Session Live Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971 Live at the Apollo 1995 Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68
Notable compilation albums	Good, Good, Twistin' Solid Gold: 30 Golden Hits In the Jungle Groove Motherlode Star Time 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! Roots of a Revolution Foundations of Funk – A Brand New Bag: 1964–1969 Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang JB40 – 40th Anniversary Collection Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971–1975 The Singles, Volume I: The Federal Years: 1956–1960 The Singles, Volume II: 1960–1963 The Singles, Volume III: 1964–1965 The Singles, Volume IV: 1966–1967
Band members	Bobby Byrd Lyn Collins Catfish Collins Bootsy Collins Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis Maceo Parker Melvin Parker St. Clair Pinckney John "Jabo" Starks Clyde Stubblefield Fred Thomas Fred Wesley
Associated acts	The Famous Flames The J.B.'s
Related articles	Discography Record labels owned by James Brown Super Bowl XXXI halftime show "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes" James Brown: Man to Man Live at the Boston Garden: April 5, 1968 Future Shock Tomi Rae Hynie Get on Up

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