Sex Machine (album)

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Sex Machine
Studio album by James Brown
Released	1970
Genre	R&B/Soul/Funk
Length	64:29
Label	King
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
James Brown chronology
It's a New Day -- So Let a Man Come In (1970) Sex Machine (1970) Sho Is Funky Down Here (1971)

Sex Machine is a 1970 double album by James Brown. It showcases the playing of the original J.B.'s lineup featuring Bootsy and Catfish Collins,^[1] and includes an 11-minute live rendition of the album's title song. (The album does not include the original studio recording of the song "Sex Machine", which was released as a two-part single in 1970.)

The first LP consists of tracks recorded in the studio (with overdubbed audience applause), while the second LP was actually recorded live in concert in Brown's hometown of Augusta, Georgia.

Sex Machine was ranked 96th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time.^[2]

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

All tracks are studio recordings with audience overdubs.

1. "Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine" (Brown/Byrd/Lenhoff) 10:48
2. "Brother Rapp, Pts. 1-2" (Brown) 5:09

[edit] Side two

All tracks are studio recordings with audience overdubs.

1. Medley:
   1. "Bewildered" (Powell/Whitcup) 6:09
   2. "I Got The Feelin'" (Brown) 1:07
   3. "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" (Bobbit) 6:26

[edit] Side three

All tracks recorded live at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, GA unless otherwise noted.

1. "I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door I'll Get It Myself)" (Brown) 4:31
2. "Licking Stick - Licking Stick" (Brown/Byrd/Ellis) 1:19
3. "Lowdown Popcorn" (Brown) 3:25 (studio recording)
4. "Spinning Wheel" (Clayton-Thomas) 4:02
5. "If I Ruled the World" (Bricusse/Ornadel) 4:03

[edit] Side four

All tracks recorded live at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, GA.

1. "There Was a Time" (Brown/Hobgood) 4:04
2. "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (Brown/Newsome) 3:42
3. "Please, Please, Please" (Brown/Terry) 2:26
4. "I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)" (Brown) 1:28
5. "Mother Popcorn" (Brown) 5:50

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.warr.org/jbrown.html Accessed January 30, 2007.
2. ^ http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/albums/results.html Accessed January 30, 2007.