20 All Time Greatest Hits!

by James Brown

20 All Time Greatest Hits! cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Polydor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:10:14
  • Community rating: 4.05/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Acting as a concise, single-disc alternative to the sprawling 'Star Time' box set, this compilation distills James Brown's staggering legacy into his most culturally ubiquitous anthems. Tracing his evolution from the pleading R&B of 'Please, Please, Please' to the fiercely syncopated, polyrhythmic funk of 'Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine', the sequence is flawless. It remains arguably the most essential, hard-hitting introductory document to the Godfather of Soul.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. I Got You (I Feel Good) (2:46)
  2. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pt. 1 (5:15)
  3. I Got The Feelin' (2:38)
  4. Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1 (3:16)
  5. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (3:11)
  6. Make It Funky, Pt. 1 (3:15)
  7. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Pt. 1 (2:06)
  8. Think (2:45)
  9. It's A Man's Man's Man's World (2:47)
  10. Try Me (2:30)
  11. Night Train (3:31)
  12. Cold Sweat, Pt. 1 (2:51)
  13. Get On The Good Foot (3:35)
  14. Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1 (4:23)
  15. The Payback (7:38)
  16. Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud), Pt. 1 (2:46)
  17. Super Bad, Pts. 1 & 2 (5:00)
  18. Hot Pants, Pt. 1 (3:07)
  19. Get Up Offa That Thing (4:10)
  20. Please, Please, Please (2:44)

Credits

  • James Brown - primary artist, written-by
  • Bobby Byrd - written-by
  • Ron Lenhoff - written-by
  • Pee Wee Ellis - written-by
  • Charles Bobbit - written-by
  • Lowman Pauling - written-by
  • Betty Jean Newsome - written-by
  • Jimmy Forrest - written-by

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