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James Brown - Hell (1974) [1995, Remastered Reissue]
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James Brown - Hell (1974) [1995, Remastered Reissue]
R&B, Funk/Soul | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 01:09:10 | 510,74 Mb
Label: Polydor Records (EU) | Cat.# 523 983-2 | Released: 1995-02-28 (1974-06-28)
R&B, Funk/Soul | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 01:09:10 | 510,74 Mb
Label: Polydor Records (EU) | Cat.# 523 983-2 | Released: 1995-02-28 (1974-06-28)
"Hell" is the 41st studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released on June 28, 1974, by Polydor Records. Yeah this is another fantastic James Brown album from his golden funk age, half of the album is with the JB's, so that meen Isiah "Ike" Oakley, Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, St. Clair Pinckney, Hearlon "Cheese" Martin, Jimmy Nolen, Fred Thomas and John Morgan or John "Jabo" Starks on drums, yeah the other half is made with some studio musicians as Joe Farrell, Tom Harrell, David Sandborn, Joe Beck, Charlie Brown, Gordon Edwards and Jimmy Madison, but it really doesn't matter who play on the tracks because all the tracks are great funk and even Lyn Collins and Martha Harvin is singing some background vocals with the JB's. So if you never have heard this album before you gonna get yourself a nice time when you hear this for the first time, yeah this one of the marvelous albums James Brown make in a row in the early to mid 70's.
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James Brown - Hell (1974) [1995, Remastered Reissue]
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Brown's early-'70s run of classic singles and good-to-great albums is still impressive. Hell was the double album released a year after the gold selling The Payback. To some, the title might put this effort in the realm of kitsch, but in many ways Hell was one of Brown's strongest albums. The album was the pinnacle of his work as the Minister of the Super New New Heavy Funk. From the tough and nimble Latin rhythms of "Coldblooded," and "Sayin' It and Doin' It" to the title track, all are prime pre-disco Brown. "My Thang" is probably as hard and unrelenting as he got without spontaneously combusting. The biggest surprise of Hell is that no matter how odd the song choices seemed, practically everything worked, excluding a few key songs of course. Both "When the Saints Go Marching In" and "Stormy Monday" don't belong in James Brown's catalogue, let alone the same album. Ballad-wise, Brown fares better. "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You" has him getting all warm and fuzzy as he inexplicably throws in an "I'm hurt, I'm hurt" for good measure. That song, as well as the weepers "A Man Has to Go to the Cross Road Before He Finds Himself" and "Sometime," were produced by David Matthews who could always get good ragged yet poised vocals from Brown. Although Brown did roll snake eyes on all of side three, he did leave Hell on a good note. "Papa Don't Take No Mess" is laid-back, funky jazz that's worth each of its 13-plus minutes. Despite a few detours, Hell is worth listening to.
~Review by Jason Elias
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James Brown - Hell (1974) [1995, Remastered Reissue]
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Release of the album: 1974, June, 28 [2xLP Polydor Records, Cat.# PD 2-9001, USA]
Release of this CD: 1995, February, 28 [CD Polydor Records (EU), Cat.# 523 983-2 / UPC: 731452398321]
℗&© 1974 PolyGram Records, Inc.
Made in the EU
Note: Originally released as 2-LP in 1974.
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James Brown - Hell (1974) [1995, Remastered Reissue]
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Credits:
Arranged By – Dave Matthews (tracks: 4, 6 to 10, 13), James Brown (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 11, 12, 14)
Backing Vocals – Deborah McDuffie (tracks: 6 to 10, 13), Hilda Harris (tracks: 6 to 10, 13), Maretha Stewart (tracks: 6 to 10, 13)
Bass – Fred Thomas (tracks: 1, 2, 14), Gordon Edwards (tracks: 3, 6 to 10, 13)
Conductor [Strings] – Gene Orloff (tracks: 6 to 10)
Drums – Jimmy Madison (tracks: 3, 4, 6 to 10, 13), John Jabo Starks (tracks: 1, 2, 14), John Morgan (tracks: 1, 2, 11)
Engineer, Recording Supervisor – Bob Both
French Horn – Jim Buffington (tracks: 6 to 10)
Guitar – Charlie Brown (tracks: 6 to 10), Hearlon Cheese Martin (tracks: 1, 2, 11, 14), Jimmy Nolen (tracks: 1, 2, 11, 14), Joe Beck (tracks: 3, 6 to 10, 13)
Liner Notes – Alan Leeds
Percussion – Ralph MacDonald (tracks: 6 to 10)
Piano – Dave Matthews (tracks: 3, 6 to 10)
Producer, Vocals – James Brown
Reeds – Dave Tofani (tracks: 6 to 10), Eddie Daniels (tracks: 6 to 10), Joe Farrell (tracks: 6 to 10)
Remastered By – Gary Mayo
Saxophone [Alto] – Jimmy Parker (tracks: 1, 2, 11), Maceo Parker (tracks: 1, 2, 11, 13, 14)
Saxophone [Tenor] – St-Clair Pinckney (tracks: 1, 2, 11, 14)
Trombone – Fred Wesley (tracks: 1, 2, 11, 14), Michael Gipson (tracks: 3, 6 to 10, 13), Tom Harrell (tracks: 6 to 10)
Trumpet – Isiah Ike Oakley (tracks: 1, 2, 11, 14), Jon Faddis (tracks: 3, 6 to 10, 13), Lew Soloff (tracks: 3, 6 to 10, 13)
Written-By – L. Stallworth (tracks: 12), B. Byrd (tracks: 12), B. Hobgood (tracks: 10), C. Bobbit (tracks: 14), F. Wesley (tracks: 14), J. Roach (tracks: 13), J. Brown, J. Starks (tracks: 14), J. Terry (tracks: 5)
Tracklist:
01. Coldblooded (04:47)
(James Brown, Pee Wee Ellis)
02. Hell (05:08)
(James Brown)
03. My Thang (04:20)
(James Brown)
04. Sayin' It And Doin' It (03:09)
(James Brown)
05. Please, Please, Please (04:18)
(James Brown, John Terry)
06. When The Saints Go Marchin' In (02:41)
(Traditional)
07. These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (03:15)
(Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey)
08. Stormy Monday (03:17)
(T-Bone Walker)
09. A Man Has to Go Back To The Cross Road Before He Finds Himself (02:57)
(James Brown)
10. Sometime (04:23)
(James Brown, Bud Hobgood)
11. I Can't Stand It "76" (08:09)
(James Brown)
12. Lost Someone (03:42)
(James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Lloyd Stallworth)
13. Don't Tell A Lie About Me And I Won't Tell The Truth On You (05:13)
(James Brown, J. Maloy Roach)
14. Papa Don't Take No Mess (13:52)
(Charles Bobbit, Brown, John Starks, Fred Wesley)
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Analyzed: James Brown / Hell
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