The Godfather: The Very Best Of...

by James Brown

Overview

There are so many James Brown compilations out there that it can be tough to pick which one is the most suitable for a particular listener's budget or pleasure. This set from Polydor in the U.K. is -- for a single disc -- quite solid if bare in places. Containing 20 tracks and presented for a very attractive price point, it contains all major hits -- albeit edited single versions of some of them like "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine." Of course, there is plenty missing, but it would be easy to come up with what is -- tracks like "Mother Popcorn," "Hot Pants," and "Ain't It Funky Now" are all very conspicuously absent. But it's difficult to argue with what is here, even of the later 1970s material. There is no single compilation of James Brown's music that can really be considered complete, but this one, containing all original recording sources and stellar material, stands with the best of them despite lacking some cuts. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	06/24/2008
Label:	Universal Distribution / Universal / Universal Music Tv / Universal Tv Campaign Division
UPC:	0731458984122
Rank:	46561

Tracks

1. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
2. I Got You (I Feel Good)
3. It's a Man's Man's Man's World
4. Please Please Please
5. Think
6. Night Train
7. Cold Sweat
8. Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
9. Funky Drummer, Pts. 1-2
10. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
11. Soul Power
12. Get on the Good Foot
13. Doing It to Death
14. Get Up Offa That Thing
15. I'm Real
16. It's Too Funky in Here
17. Living in America
18. Super Bad
19. The Boss
20. The Payback Mix

Album Credits

Performance Credits

James Brown   Primary Artist