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Make It Funky - The Big Payback: 1971–1975
Compilation album by
ReleasedJuly 23, 1996
Recorded1971–1975
Genre Funk [1]
Length150:03
Label Polydor
ProducerVarious
James Brown chronology
Funk Power 1970
(1996)
Make It Funky - The Big Payback: 1971–1975
(1996)
Dead on Heavy Funk
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]

Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971–1975 is the fourth of several James Brown era overviews released by Polydor Records in 1996. Expanding on the 1984 LP compilation Doing It To Death – The James Brown Story 1970–1973, [3] it covers 1971–1975.

Track listing

Disc 1
  1. "Escape-ism" - 4:02
  2. " Hot Pants, Parts 1 & 2" - 6:55
  3. "I'm a Greedy Man" - 7:08
  4. " Make It Funky, Parts 1, 2, 3 & 4" - 12:45
  5. " King Heroin" - 3:55
  6. " I Got Ants in My Pants (and I Want to Dance)" - 7:26
  7. "There It Is" - 5:47
  8. " Get On the Good Foot" - 5:44
  9. "Don't Tell It" - 8:25
    • previously unreleased complete version
  10. "I Got a Bag of My Own" - 3:46
  11. "Down and Out in New York City" - 5:21
    • previously unreleased version with spoken intro
  12. " Think '73" - 3:12
  13. "Make It Good to Yourself" (interlude) - 2:19
    • previously unreleased version
Disc 2
  1. " The Payback" - 7:39
  2. "Stoned to the Bone" - 4:00
  3. "Mind Power" - 4:08
    • previously unreleased alternate version
  4. "World of Soul" - 5:44
    • previously unreleased
  5. " Papa Don't Take No Mess" - 13:50
  6. "Coldblooded" - 5:04
    • previously unreleased undubbed version
  7. "I Can't Stand It "76"" - 8:11
  8. " My Thang" - 4:15
  9. " Funky President (People It's Bad)" - 4:08
    • previously unreleased original speed master
  10. " I Feel Good" - 3:02
  11. "Problems" - 2:50
  12. "Turn On the Heat and Build Some Fire" - 6:07
  13. "Hot Pants Finale" (Live) - 7:20
    • previously unreleased version

References

  1. ^ "Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971–1975 - James Brown - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ "Doing It to Death 1970-1973 - James Brown | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-01-30.