Hell (James Brown album)

Hell
Studio album by James Brown
Released June 28, 1974
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 a 1974 double album by James Brown.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau B[2]
Džuboks unfavorable [3]
Rolling Stone favorable[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
1. "When the Saints Go Marchin' In"  Traditional 2:43
2. "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You"  Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey 3:14
3. "Stormy Monday"  T-Bone Walker 3:15
4. "A Man Has to Go Back to the Cross Road Before He Finds Himself"  Brown 2:52
5. "Sometime"  Brown, Bud Hobgood 4:15
Side C
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "I Can't Stand It '76'" (Remake of "I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)")Brown 8:10
2. "Lost Someone" (Remake)Brown, Bobby Byrd, Lloyd Stallworth 3:35
3. "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
1. "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. ↑