Santa's Got a Brand New Bag

James Brown | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B000008DS3
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #336,493 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto

2. Santa Claus, Santa Claus

3. Christmas In Heaven

4. It's Christmas Time (Part 1)

5. Go Power At Christmas Time

6. Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year

7. The Christmas Song (Version 2)

8. Soulful Christmas

9. Please Come Home For Christmas

10. Merry Christmas Baby

11. Merry Christmas, I Love You

12. Let's Unite The Whole World At Christmas

13. Tit For Tat (Ain't No Talking Back)

14. Sweet Little Baby Boy (Part I)

15. Santa Claus Is Definitely Here To Stay

16. Hey America

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars my favorite xmas album, December 10, 2004

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mark harlan "http://www.RedsDeal.com" (silicon valley, california) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Santa's Got a Brand New Bag (Audio CD)

i'm a huge james brown fan and this album was bought specifically for me by a colleague at a work gift exchange years ago.

it's great in only that way that older rhino releases are ... complete, correct and well mixed. the true gem that's on here is "santa claus go straight to the ghetto." if that doesn't say christmas, in a very weird and exact james brown way, i don't know what does.

it's worth it for the cover alone -- unfortunately it's not shown here, but james in full santa gear is something to behold (do a image google search on this disc and i'm sure you'll see it).

the only disc you should conisder instead of this is "Christmas Collection: 20th Century Masters [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]," which is actually just a re-master of "james brown's funky christmas." the sound is a tad better, but you don't get the great image and this is a better bargain bin choice.

there's no better way to celebrate a white christmas.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Do you mind if I sing one time?, December 17, 2006

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Santa's Got a Brand New Bag (Audio CD)

This was the first Christmas CD I ever bought. I found it in a store on sale for half price, on the day after I got my first CD player for Christmas. It feature the "best" songs from James Brown's three Christmas albums. The very best song is the first one, the classic "Santa Claus Go Straight To the Ghetto". Nothing else is quite as good as that, although there are some other good ones, like the bluesy "Santa Claus, Santa Claus", the nonsensical "Go Power at Christmas Time", the heartfelt "Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year" and the funky "T*t For Tat". There are also a number of songs that aren't particularly good. JB doesn't fare too well with Christmas standards, like "The Christmas Song", "Please Come Home For Christmas" and "Merry Christmas Baby". Still, if you are a fan of Soul Brother Number One, you will probably enjoy this CD.