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James Brown was arguably the most important African-American artist of his generation, a musician whose work helped define his time and place while creating a sound that was his and his alone. Brown's sharp, percussive style upended R&B, gave birth to funk, and would provide the blueprint for hip-hop, while echoes of his innovative music could be heard in free jazz, new wave, electronic, and many other musical avenues. If anyone in popular music deserves a big-screen biopic, it's James Brown, and the soundtrack to Get On Up, a feature film based on Brown's life starring Chadwick Boseman as the Godfather of Soul, is a reminder that Brown was a pathbreaker in the studio and a supreme showman on the stage. Opening with the taut groove of 1970's "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine," this album is dominated by Brown's sinewy, hard funk from the late '60s and '70s, such as the ferocious "Mother Popcorn," the tough but passionate "Cold Sweat," and the ominous "The Payback, Pt. 1," though there are reminders of earlier and more soulful hits like "Please Please Please," "Try Me," and "Caldonia." Along with the familiar studio recordings of several of Brown's biggest hits, Get On Up also folds in a number of vintage live recordings (including a ferocious take of "Night Train" from 1963's justifiably legendary Live at the Apollo), and if the studio was where he hatched the ideas to take his music in new and exciting directions, the stage was where he most effectively put his theories into practice, and the triple-play of 1971 live takes of "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine," "Super Bad," and "Soul Power" is devastating, especially considering they were performed in real time into open mikes while some of the players were doing dance steps. With the exception of a heavily overdubbed version of "Try Me," most of these tracks appear in versions that are recognizable to fans, and while some of this material may have been tricked up for use onscreen, the bulk of the album sounds like pure James Brown, delivered in potent form. 1991's 20 All-Time Greatest Hits is still the best one-disc overview of Brown's most vital work, and Star Time remains that rare box set that's practically devoid of filler, but if a new generation of music fans is going to be introduced to the Hardest Working Man In Show Business by the movie Get On Up, at least the soundtrack album delivers a satisfying taste of what made him a legend.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ronald Lenhoff, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - JAMES BROWN, Producer, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Byrd, Organ, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Clayton Gunnels, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - The Original J.B.s, FeaturedArtist - Darryl Jamison, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Phelps "Catfish" Collins, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John "Jabo" Starks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Robert "Chopper" McCollough, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Starks, ComposerLyricist - JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist - Ted Wright, ComposerLyricist - Danny Caccavo, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ron Tooley, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES BROWN, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MACEO PARKER, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - David Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nat Jones, Organ, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - St. Clair Pinckney, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Nolen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin Parker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Ridley, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Al “Brisco” Clark, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - L.D. 'Eldee' Williams, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Alphonso 'Country' Kellum, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Dupars, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Levi Rasbury, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Mack Emerman, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Fleecy Moore, ComposerLyricist - The Underdogs, Producer - JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - Cliff White, Producer - Oscar Yong, Producer
℗ 2014 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Underdogs, Producer - JAMES BROWN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Terry, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bobby Bennett, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES BROWN, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Byrd, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Forrest, Composer - Oscar Washington, Composer - Lloyd Eugene Stallworth, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis C. Simpkins, Composer - James Brown & The Famous Flames, MainArtist - St. Clair Pinckney, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dickie Wells, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - William Burgess, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Curbishley, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rosenberg, Producer, Executive Producer - Tom Nola, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lewis Hamlin, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Roscoe Patrick, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Teddy Washington, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford MacMillan, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Al Clark, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Les Buie, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lucas Gonder, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Hubert Perry, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Clayton Fillyau, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Cy Langston, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1963 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Betty Newsome, ComposerLyricist - The Underdogs, Producer - JAMES BROWN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Waymon Reed, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES BROWN, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MACEO PARKER, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis , Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred James Ellis, ComposerLyricist - James Brown & The Famous Flames, MainArtist - Clyde Stubblefield, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - St. Clair Pinckney, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Nolen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Odum, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - L.D. 'Eldee' Williams, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Alphonso 'Country' Kellum, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Dupars, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Levi Rasbury, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Alfred Ellis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Alfred Ellis, ComposerLyricist - The James Brown Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1968 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ronald Lenhoff, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - The Underdogs, Producer - JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Byrd, ComposerLyricist - The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 2014 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - St. Clair Pinckney, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Morgan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Thomas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Parker, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Byrd, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Coleman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerone "Jasaan" Sanford, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Russell Crimes, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Hearlon "Cheese" Martin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John "Jabo" Starks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ronald Lenhoff, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Underdogs, Producer - JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Underdogs, Producer - JAMES BROWN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Terry, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Sherrell, Clavichord, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES BROWN, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Will Lee, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Deidra Brown, ComposerLyricist - Yamma Brown, ComposerLyricist - Deanna Brown, ComposerLyricist - St. Clair Pinckney, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Hollie Farris, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Nolen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin Parker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Coleman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Russell Crimes, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Poff, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Peyton Johnson, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
James Brown was arguably the most important African-American artist of his generation, a musician whose work helped define his time and place while creating a sound that was his and his alone. Brown's sharp, percussive style upended R&B, gave birth to funk, and would provide the blueprint for hip-hop, while echoes of his innovative music could be heard in free jazz, new wave, electronic, and many other musical avenues. If anyone in popular music deserves a big-screen biopic, it's James Brown, and the soundtrack to Get On Up, a feature film based on Brown's life starring Chadwick Boseman as the Godfather of Soul, is a reminder that Brown was a pathbreaker in the studio and a supreme showman on the stage. Opening with the taut groove of 1970's "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine," this album is dominated by Brown's sinewy, hard funk from the late '60s and '70s, such as the ferocious "Mother Popcorn," the tough but passionate "Cold Sweat," and the ominous "The Payback, Pt. 1," though there are reminders of earlier and more soulful hits like "Please Please Please," "Try Me," and "Caldonia." Along with the familiar studio recordings of several of Brown's biggest hits, Get On Up also folds in a number of vintage live recordings (including a ferocious take of "Night Train" from 1963's justifiably legendary Live at the Apollo), and if the studio was where he hatched the ideas to take his music in new and exciting directions, the stage was where he most effectively put his theories into practice, and the triple-play of 1971 live takes of "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine," "Super Bad," and "Soul Power" is devastating, especially considering they were performed in real time into open mikes while some of the players were doing dance steps. With the exception of a heavily overdubbed version of "Try Me," most of these tracks appear in versions that are recognizable to fans, and while some of this material may have been tricked up for use onscreen, the bulk of the album sounds like pure James Brown, delivered in potent form. 1991's 20 All-Time Greatest Hits is still the best one-disc overview of Brown's most vital work, and Star Time remains that rare box set that's practically devoid of filler, but if a new generation of music fans is going to be introduced to the Hardest Working Man In Show Business by the movie Get On Up, at least the soundtrack album delivers a satisfying taste of what made him a legend.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:20
- Main artists: James Brown
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
© 2014 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2014 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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