This is a CD containing 20 of James Brown's best hits. It has songs ranging from Get Up Offa That Thing to Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, from It's a Man's Man's Man's World to Living In America. The complete track listing is below.
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Advantages: Pure James Brown Disadvantages: only 1 disc
This is a CD containing 20 of James Brown's best hits. It has songs ranging from Get Up Offa That Thing to Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, from It's a Man's Man's Man's World to Living In America. The complete track listing is below.
Before i bought this CD i'd only heard of Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (bad for a DJ i know) by James Brown's but ever since i bought it i can't get enough of him. It has to be the Funk mix with the soul that ... ...picked this copy up from some supermarket for a pittence of what it should have been. Only £3.50 ish i think. Is well worth the £10 a high street shop would charge. I believe it is now possible to get pretty cheap copies of the net.
If you love anything James has done you'll love this CD. Highly Recommended. The track list is as follows:
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
I Got You (I Feel Good)
It's A Man's Man's ... more
This is a CD containing 20 of James Brown's best hits. It has songs ranging from Get Up Offa That Thing to Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, from It's a Man's Man's Man's World to Living In America. The complete track listing is below.
Before i bought this CD i'd only heard of Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (bad for a DJ i know) by James Brown's but ever since i bought it i can't get enough of him. It has to be the Funk mix with the soul that does it for me. The best thing was i picked this copy up from some supermarket for a pittence of what it should have been. Only £3.50 ish i think. Is well worth the £10 a high street shop would charge. I believe it is now possible to get pretty cheap copies of the net.
If you love anything James has done you'll love this CD. Highly Recommended. The track list is as follows:
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag I Got You (I Feel Good) It's A Man's Man's Man's World Please Please Please Think Night Train COld Sweat Give It Up Or Turn It A Loose Funky Drummer Get Up, I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine Soul Power Get on The Good Foot Doing It To Death I'm Real It's Too Funky In Here Living In America Super Bad The Boss The Payback Mix
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Advantages: James Brown Disadvantages: Underneath all the funk and grunts where are the tunes?
INTRO
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With a career in entertainment spanning his debut single release, "Please Please Please" in 1956 to his appearance with Will Young at this year's Olympic Torch Concert, only Cliff Richard could boast a career equal in longevity. Cliff, though, can't boast JamesBrown's critical kudos and influence. Of the 116 albums he's released, this effort - originally from 2003 - is one of 17 "best ofs" on the market!
WHO IS HE?
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Even if you don't know any of his music directly, the chances are that you'll have been affected indirectly by his vast 45 year output. For a start, he invented what used to be called "soul", that genre that put feeling and vocal passion before lyrics and image. He was 8 years ahead of Motown and Stax and was experimenting with soulful innovations whilst Chess records were still ...
Advantages: Contains his most well-known classics Disadvantages: None!
Like Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder, JamesBrown possessed the uncanny ability of having a distinguished, instantly recognisable and unique vocal style of his own. In his case, his primal vocal delivery was capable of such immense and impressive volume and power that was purely adrenalin-driven.
Visually, JamesBrown was a larger-than-life figure from his wildly over-the-top slicked hairdo to his acrobatic, athletic-like dancing in his seemingly improvised stage performances. JamesBrown just effortlessly conveyed such raw and passionate energy both on stage and on record. He quickly became one of the giants and most important names in black music history.
He has apparently disputed his birth on a number of occasions for some unknown reason though it is most commonly believed to be somewhere ...
Advantages: some all time classics Disadvantages: a few dud tracks, no live songs
out of sight is a greatest hits collection from the godfather of soul, JamesBrown. it contains all of the classics that you would expect including 'sex machine', i feel good', 'papas got a brand new bag', 'its a mans mans mans world' and 'get up offa that thing'.
there are 18 tracks here in total making this album good value for money. some of the songs dont quite live up to the same high standards as the songs mentioned before, but the song retains a funky groove throughout.
perhaps a dissapointing thing is that there are no examples of Brown's legendary live performances here. Browns band is generally very tight. the inlay includes a fairly detailed biography and some good photos of brown in his younger years.
overall this is a good album with some genuinely great tracks, there are a few weak links but it doesnt detract from ...
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