- blues
- 41 min
- 16 tracks
- King Records
Try Me! is the second studio album by James Brown and the Famous Flames. It is a collection of singles, B-sides, and outtakes from their first album, Please Please Please. It was reissued by King Records in 1964 under the title The Unbeatable James Brown: 16 Hits.
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Classical in form, spare, character-led and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1There Must Be a Reason2:29
- A2I Want You So Bad2:48
- A3Why Do You Do Me?3:02
- A4I've Got to Cry2:39
- A5Strange Things Happen2:12
- A6Fine Old Foxy Self2:11
- A7Messing With the Blues2:13
- A8Try Me2:34
- B1It Was You2:45
- B2I've Got to Change2:28
- B3Can't Be the Same2:22
- B4It Hurts to Tell You2:55
- B5I Won't Plead No More2:29
- B6You're Mine, You're Mine2:34
- B7Gonna Try2:47
- B8Don't Let It Happen to Me2:49
16 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Label
- King Records
- Released
- 1959
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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