Ain't It Funky

1970 studio album by James Brown

Ain't It Funky

Studio album by

James Brown

Released

January 1970

Recorded

1966–1969

Genre

Rhythm and blues, funk, soul

Length

37:06

Label

King

Producer

James Brown

James Brown chronology

It's a Mother
(1969)

Ain't It Funky
(1970)

Soul on Top
(1970)

Singles from Ain't It Funky

"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose"
Released: January 1969
"Ain't It Funky Now"
Released: 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.^[1] Tracks 3 to 7 are instrumentals recorded between 1966 and 1969.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ain't It Funky Now, Pts. 1-2"	Brown	9:26
2.	"Fat Wood, Pts. 1-2"	Brown, Jimmy Nolen	9:15
Total length:			17:46

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
3.	"Cold Sweat"	Brown, Pee Wee Ellis	5:17
4.	"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose"	Charles Bobbit	3:45
5.	"Nose Job"	Brown, Bud Hobgood	2:30
6.	"Use Your Mother"	Brown	3:25
7.	"After You Done It"	Brown	3:28
Total length:			18:07

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

^ "iTunes - Music - Ain't It Funky by James Brown & The James Brown Band". Itunes.apple.com. 1933-05-03. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
^ "James Brown: Ain't It Funky" at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "James Brown". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 109. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.