| Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things | ||||
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| Studio album by James Brown | ||||
| Released | December 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 1968 | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 37:36 | |||
| Label | King | |||
| Producer | James Brown | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  |
Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things is the 21st studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in December 1968, by King Records, James Brown, who early in his career had opened shows for John, recorded a tribute album, Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things, a little more than a half year since the death of Little Willie John, a prominent R&B singer from the mid-1950s to the 1960s. Only Side One of the album is cover versions of Little Willie John songs. Side Two is all instrumentals.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Talk to Me, Talk to Me" | Joe Seneca | 3:28 |
| 2. | "Suffering With the Blues" | Lloyd Pemberton, Teddy Conyers | 3:06 |
| 3. | "Cottage for Sale" (featuring Members of The Dapps & New York Studio Orchestra) | Larry Conley, Willard Robison | 3:29 |
| 4. | "Bill Bailey" | Traditional | 2:44 |
| 5. | "Home at Last" | Rudy Toombs | 4:49 |
| 6. | "Heart Break (It's Hurtin' Me)" | Jon Thomas, Carlee Hoyle | 3:05 |
| 7. | "What Kind of Man" | James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Eddie Setser, Troy Seals | 2:06 |
| 8. | "A Note Or Two, Pt. I" | James Brown, Bud Hobgood | 3:08 |
| 9. | "I'll Lose My Mind" | James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Bobby Byrd | 3:12 |
| 10. | "Fat Eddie" | James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Ron Lenhoff | 2:37 |
| 11. | "You Gave My Heart a Song to Sing" | James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Bobby Byrd | 2:48 |
| 12. | "A Note Or Two, Pt. II" | James Brown, Bud Hobgood | 3:01 |
References
- ^ Mark Deming. "Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
- Cross, Charles R. (2004). "James Brown". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 109. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- "iTunes - Music - Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things by James Brown". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
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