Make It Funky: Big Payback 1971-1975

James Brown | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 23, 1996)
• Original Release Date: July 18, 1996
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Polydor / Umgd
• ASIN: B000002G99
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,808 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I could give this CD 6 stars..., April 4, 2005

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J. Auth (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
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James Brown sounds so good on this album that when I hear his name, I don't immediately think of "I Feel Good" or "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"...instead, I think of this CD. It's quite simply the purest, coolest, relentlessly funky music I've ever heard. Even the long songs like "Make It Funky" (12:45) and "Papa Don't Take No Mess"(13:50) never get old. The rhythms and hooks or every track are hypnotising and uplifting at the same time. It doens't get any better than this. No James Brown fan, new or old, should be without it!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Doctor of Funk Prescribes this Double CD set to cure you, October 10, 2000

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Larry M. Wright (Elkton, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews

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For those who likes James, but does not want to invest heavily to purchase the dozens and dozens of JB albums, this is the one for you. On disc 1, you have all four parts of "Make It Funky", "Get on the Good Foot", "There It Is" and possibly the greatest JB groove ever "Hot Pants, Parts 1 & 2". And if the first disc wasn't funky enough for you, you have "My Thang", "The Payback", "Coldblooded", and "Papa Don't Take No Mess" and a live hot version of "Hot Pants". I could try to take you through groove by groove, but we only have 1000 words for the review. A general overview is still the great "Star Time" CD, but for an extensive funky portion of his career, you can not go wrong with this one.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HIT ME! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!, October 28, 2003

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theskeptic "theskeptic" (Jersey) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Make It Funky: Big Payback 1971-1975 (Audio CD)

If you just associate the name "James Brown" with the popular single "I Feel Good", then you've got to listen to this CD to save your soul. It will open your mind! James Brown is amazing... essence of funk... unbelievable groove. If you love a mean groove, love rhythm, there's just nothing else like this.