Ain't It Funky
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{{Infobox album
| name = Ain't It Funky
| type = Studio
| artist = James Brown
| cover = Ain’t It Funky.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 1970
| recorded = 1966–1969
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Rhythm and blues, funk, soul
| length = 37:06
| label = King
| producer = James Brown
| prev_title = It's a Mother
| prev_year = 1969
| next_title = Soul on Top
| next_year = 1970
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Ain't It Funky
| type = studio
| single1 = Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
| single1date = January 1969
| single2 = Ain't It Funky Now
| single2date = November 1969
}}
}}
Ain't It Funky is the 27th full-length studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was recorded between 1966 and 1969 and originally released in January 1970.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/aint-it-funky/1444194415 |title=iTunes - Music - Ain't It Funky by James Brown & The James Brown Band |publisher=iTunes |date=1933-05-03 |access-date=2015-07-18}} Tracks 3 to 7 are instrumentals recorded between 1966 and 1969.
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} {{AllMusic |class=album |id=r66271 |label="James Brown: Ain't It Funky" |accessdate=21 September 2011}}
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite book|last=Cross|first=Charles R.|author-link=Charles R. Cross|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|chapter=James Brown|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/109 109]}}
}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| total_length = 17:46
| title1 = Ain't It Funky Now, Pts. 1-2
| writer1 = Brown
| length1 = 9:26
| title2 = Fat Wood, Pts. 1-2
| writer2 = Brown, Jimmy Nolen
| length2 = 9:15
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side B
| total_length = 18:07
| title3 = Cold Sweat
| writer3 = Brown, Pee Wee Ellis
| length3 = 5:17
| title4 = Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
| writer4 = Charles Bobbit
| length4 = 3:45
| title5 = Nose Job
| writer5 = Brown, Bud Hobgood
| length5 = 2:30
| title6 = Use Your Mother
| writer6 = Brown
| length6 = 3:25
| title7 = After You Done It
| writer7 = Brown
| length7 = 3:28
}}
Personnel
- James Brown - lead vocals
- Charles Sherrell – bass
- Nate Jones – drums
- Waymon Reed – trumpet
- Richard "Kush" Griffith – trumpet
- Maceo Parker – tenor saxophone
- Fred Wesley – trombone
- Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis – alto saxophone
- St. Clair Pinckney – baritone saxophone
- Jimmy Nolen – guitar
- Alphonso "Country" Kellum – guitar
References
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Category:King Records (United States) albums
Category:Albums produced by James Brown
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