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Brown's Polydor debut, Hot Pants, was nothing more than an inferior remake of the title track baited with a batch of half-baked vamps. There It Is, his second Polydor studio album, was a marked improvement. Not that he put much into it, either. This 1972 effort collected five of his best early-'70s tracks and mixed in minimal filler. "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing" and "There It Is (Pts. 1 & 2)," with its bebop-style horns, were both innovative and hard driving to a fault. The hilarious "I'm a Greedy Man," with its hypnotic bass and help from Bobby Byrd, has Brown firing off such witticisms as "I'm a greedy man/yes I are" and "Taking care of my business/now run tell that." Brown wasn't all fun and games on this one. "King Heroin," an eerie, laid-back jazz offering, has him reciting chilling poetry about the ills of the drug. "Public Enemy #1 (Pt. 1)" attempts to re-create the same message. By "Public Enemy #2 (Pt. 2)" he is doing nothing but connecting the same dots and screaming himself hoarse to little effect. Although by this point Brown was best known for his dance tracks, he still had a way with a ballad. "Who Am I," a song that had been kicking around his oeuvre for aeons, gets a strong arrangement and has Brown giving an impassioned performance. It's well worth picking up.
© Jason Elias /TiVo
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JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVE MATTHEWS, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - St. Clair Pinckney, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVE MATTHEWS, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Fred A. Bobbit, ComposerLyricist - Mark Bruce Rosen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - DAVE MATTHEWS, Conductor - Charles Fred A. Bobbit, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist - Johnny Terry, ComposerLyricist - DAVE MATTHEWS, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Vicki Anderson, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1972 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - DAVE MATTHEWS, Conductor, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Byrd, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Moore, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Madison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Poole, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - DAVE MATTHEWS, Conductor - Charles Fred A. Bobbit, ComposerLyricist - Henry Stallings, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - DAVE MATTHEWS, Conductor - Charles Fred A. Bobbit, ComposerLyricist - Henry Stallings, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Teddy Brown, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Brown's Polydor debut, Hot Pants, was nothing more than an inferior remake of the title track baited with a batch of half-baked vamps. There It Is, his second Polydor studio album, was a marked improvement. Not that he put much into it, either. This 1972 effort collected five of his best early-'70s tracks and mixed in minimal filler. "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing" and "There It Is (Pts. 1 & 2)," with its bebop-style horns, were both innovative and hard driving to a fault. The hilarious "I'm a Greedy Man," with its hypnotic bass and help from Bobby Byrd, has Brown firing off such witticisms as "I'm a greedy man/yes I are" and "Taking care of my business/now run tell that." Brown wasn't all fun and games on this one. "King Heroin," an eerie, laid-back jazz offering, has him reciting chilling poetry about the ills of the drug. "Public Enemy #1 (Pt. 1)" attempts to re-create the same message. By "Public Enemy #2 (Pt. 2)" he is doing nothing but connecting the same dots and screaming himself hoarse to little effect. Although by this point Brown was best known for his dance tracks, he still had a way with a ballad. "Who Am I," a song that had been kicking around his oeuvre for aeons, gets a strong arrangement and has Brown giving an impassioned performance. It's well worth picking up.
© Jason Elias /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:25
- Main artists: James Brown
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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