Hell (James Brown album)

Hell
Studio album by James Brown
Released	June 28, 1974 (1974-06-28)
Studio	Sound Ideas Studios, New York City; A&R Studios, New York City; International Studios, Augusta, Georgia
Genre	Funk soul
Length	68:20
Label	Polydor
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
The Payback (1973) Hell (1974) Reality (1974)
Singles from Hell
"My Thang" Released: April 1974 "Papa Don't Take No Mess" Released: August 1974 "Coldblooded" Released: October 1974

Hell is the 38th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released on June 28, 1974, by Polydor Records.

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Coldblooded"	James Brown	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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"When the Saints Go Marchin' In"	Traditional; arranged by David Matthews	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.	Title	Writer(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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Papa Don't Take No Mess"	Charles Bobbit, Brown, John Starks, Fred Wesley	13:51

Personnel

• James Brown - lead vocals, arrangements (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, C1, C2, D)
• Fred Thomas - bass (tracks: A1, A2, D)
• Gordon Edwards - bass (tracks: A3, B6 to B10, C13)
• Joe Beck - guitar (tracks: A3)
• John "Jabo" Starks - drums (tracks: A1, A2, D)
• Jimmy Madison - drums (tracks: A3, A4, B6 to B10, C13)
• John Morgan - drums (tracks: A1, A2, C11)
• David Matthews - arrangements (tracks: A4, B1 to B5, C3)

Technical

• Bob Both - production supervision
• Ted Pettus - cover design
• Joe Belt - artwork

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) (10 (second series)). Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine: 22–23.
4. Palmer, Bob (12 September 1974). "James Brown: Hell". Rolling Stone. No. RS 169. Archived from the original on 2007-12-08.
5. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide - Nathan Brackett, Christian David Hoard - Google Books. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698. Retrieved 2015-07-19.