Hell (James Brown album)

Hell
Studio album by James Brown
Released June 28, 1974 (1974-06-28)
Genre Soul, funk
Length 68:20
Label Polydor Records
Producer James Brown
James Brown chronology
The Payback
(1974)
Hell
(1974)
Reality
(1975)
Singles from Hell
  1. "My Thang"
    Released: April 1974
  2. "Papa Don't Take No Mess"
    Released: August 1974
  3. "Coldblooded"
    Released: October 1974

Hell is the 41st studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released on June 28, 1974, by Polydor Records.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB[2]
Džuboksunfavorable [3]
Rolling Stonefavorable[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Track listing

Side A
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Coldblooded"  James Brown, Pee Wee Ellis 4:45
2. "Hell"  Brown 5:03
3. "My Thang"  Brown 4:20
4. "Sayin' It and Doin' It"  Brown 3:05
5. "Please, Please, Please" (Remake)Brown, John Terry 4:07
Side B
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
6. "When the Saints Go Marchin' In"  Traditional 2:43
7. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)"  Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey 3:14
8. "Stormy Monday"  T-Bone Walker 3:15
9. "A Man Has to Go Back to the Cross Road Before He Finds Himself"  Brown 2:52
10. "Sometime"  Brown, Bud Hobgood 4:15
Side C
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
11. "I Can't Stand It '76'" (Remake of "I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)")Brown 8:10
12. "Lost Someone" (Remake)Brown, Bobby Byrd, Lloyd Stallworth 3:35
13. "Don't Tell a Lie about Me and I Won't Tell the Truth on You"  Brown, J. Maloy Roach 5:05
Side D
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
14. "Papa Don't Take No Mess"  Charles Bobbit, Brown, John Starks, Fred Wesley 13:51

References

  1. Elias, Jason. "James Brown: Hell > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  2. Christgau, Robert. "James Brown". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  3. Vrdoljak, Dražen. "James Brown - Hell". Džuboks (in Serbian) (Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine) (10 (second series)): 22–23.
  4. Palmer, Bob (12 September 1974). "James Brown: Hell". Rolling Stone (RS 169). Archived from the original on 8 December 2007.
  5. "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide - Nathan Brackett, Christian David Hoard - Google Books". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
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