Today Marks The 55th Anniversary of James Brown’s 33rd Studio Album “Super Bad” Originally Released on January 1, 1971.
“Super Bad” is the live studio album by soul-funk musician James Brown released in 1971 on King Records.
The album reached #61 on the U.S. Billboard Top LP's chart.
The Funk Marathon: The nine-minute title track, "Super Bad," is the album's centerpiece and a landmark in deep funk. It features an extended, multi-part "marathon" structure that became a trademark of Brown's 1970s sound.
Despite the title, the album is stylistically diverse. It includes soulful remakes of pop classics like "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "Let It Be Me," as well as "Giving Out of Juice," an unusual straight-up blues track with distorted rock-style guitar.
The album received criticism for the use of overdubbed crowd noise on studio recordings. Critics argue this was done to capitalize on the success of Brown’s genuine live albums, like Live at the Apollo.
The "fake live" production of James Brown’s Super Bad is a notable example of a studio album masquerading as a live recording through post-production techniques.
Album standouts are "Giving Out of Juice", "Let It Be Me", "A Man Has to Go Back to the Crossroads", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "Sometime".
Tracklist
1. Super Bad (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
2. Let It Be Me
3. Sometime
4. A Man Has to Go Back to the Crossroads
5. Giving Out of Juice
6. By the Time I Get to Phoenix
By Romie Rome for Musique Funkology ©
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