Get On the Good Foot is the 34th studio album by American funk and soul musician James Brown. It was released as a double LP on October 27, 1972 by Polydor Records. Chart performance
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated December 9, 1972, peaking at No. 68 during a seventeen-week run on the chart. Critical reception
In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone, Russell Gersten said most of the album comprises a few "horrible" new songs and many "inferior" renditions of older songs from Brown, whom Gersten accused of repetitiveness and "egomania". Robert Christgau from The Village Voice said "if this were the world's only James Brown album it would be priceless. But there's a lot of waste here, and Brown's voice can't carry ballads the way it used to".
Track listing 1972 LP
Charts
Chart (1972) Peakposition US Billboard Top LPs & Tape68 1992 CD
Personnel James Brown – lead vocals, organ Hank Ballard – vocals (Tracks 5 & 9)
The J.B.'s arranged by James Brown (Tracks 1, 10, 12 & 13) Bobby Byrd, Vicki Anderson, Martha High, Danny Ray – background vocals Russell Crimes, Isiah "Ike" Oakley, Jerone "Jasaan" Sanford – trumpet Fred Wesley – trombone Jimmy Parker – alto saxophone St. Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone Bobby Byrd – organ Hearlon "Cheese" Martin, Bobby Roach, Robert Coleman, Jimmy Nolen – electric guitar Fred Thomas – bass John "Jabo" Starks – drums
Studio band arranged by David Matthews (Tracks 4, 6, 7, 9 & 11) Randy Brecker, Jon Faddis – trumpet Fred Wesley – trombone Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone Joe Farrell, Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone Joe Temperley – baritone saxophone David Spinozza, Hugh McCracken, Sam Brown, probably Joe Beck – electric guitar David Spinozza or Sam Brown – acoustic guitar Michael Moore, Gordon Edwards – bass probably Johnny Griggs – congas Jimmy Madison – drums
Studio band arranged by Sammy Lowe (Tracks 3, 8, 14) unidentified – backing vocals Lou Soloff – trumpet Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone Richard Tee – piano unidentified – strings Hugh McCracken – electric guitar Gordon Edwards – bass Bernard "Pretty" Purdie – drums
The Original J.B.'s arranged by James Brown (Track 2, originally recorded as "The Wedge") Clayton "Chicken" Gunnells – trumpet Robert "Chopper" McCollough – tenor saxophone Phelps "Catfish" Collins – electric guitar William "Bootsy" Collins – bass Don Juan "Tiger" Martin – drums
Studio orchestra arranged by H. B. Barnum (Track 5, originally recorded as "World") A. D. Brisbois, Conte Candoli, Paul Hubinion, Allen DiRenzo – trumpet Harry Sigismonte, William Hinshaw – french horn Dick Leith – trombone unidentified – baritone saxophone Don Randi – organ James Vaughn – piano unidentified – strings Arthur Adamas, probably Kenny Poole – electric guitar Paul West – bass Earl Palmer or Ben Barrett – drums
Bobby Byrd, Hal Neely, Lois Wong – overdubbed backing vocals (Track 2) References
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