It's a Mother

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{{Infobox album

| name = It's a Mother

| type = Studio album

| artist = James Brown

| cover = James Brown It's a Mother.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 1969

| recorded = 1969

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Funk, soul, R&B

| length = 37:08

| label = King

| producer = James Brown

| prev_title = The Popcorn

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = Ain't It Funky

| next_year = 1970

| misc = {{Singles

| name = It's a Mother

| type = studio

| single1 = Mother Popcorn

| single1date = June 1969

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|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]}}

}}

It's a Mother is the 26th full-length studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in August 1969, by King Records.{{cite web|author=Jason Ankeny |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/its-a-mother-mw0000851853 |title=It's a Mother - James Brown |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2015-07-18}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/its-a-mother/528625525 |title=iTunes - Music - It's a Mother by James Brown |publisher=iTunes |access-date=2015-07-18}}