- jazz, soul
- 52 min
- 12 tracks
Soul on Top is the 28th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in April 1970, by King. Brown and saxophonist Maceo Parker worked with arranger/conductor Oliver Nelson to record a big band, funk and jazz vocal album.
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Spare, character-led, grave and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1That’s My Desire4:10
- 2Your Cheatin’ Heart2:60
- 3What Kind of Fool Am I?3:06
- 4It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World6:41
- 5The Man in the Glass5:56
- 6It’s Magic3:14
- 7September Song5:03
- 8For Once in My Life4:44
- 9Every Day I Have the Blues4:29
- 10I Need Your Key (to Turn Me On)3:46
- 11Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag4:42
- 12There Was a Time3:05
12 tracks, 52 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- James Brown
- Released
- 1970-04
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Vinyl
- Country
- US
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