Take a Look at Those Cakes

1978 studio album by James Brown

Studio album by

James Brown

Released

December 1978

Recorded

1978

Genre

Funk

Length

41:30

Label

Polydor

Producer

James Brown

James Brown chronology

Jam 1980's
(1978)

Take a Look at Those Cakes
(1978)

The Original Disco Man
(1979)

Singles from Take a Look at Those Cakes

"For Goodness Sakes, Look at Those Cakes"
Released: October 1978

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	B−^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul	^[4]

Take a Look at Those Cakes is a studio album by the American musician James Brown.^[5]^[6] It was released in December 1978 by Polydor Records. It was arranged by Brown and St. Clair Pinckney. The cover artwork was credited to Christoph Blumrich.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"For Goodness Sakes, Look at Those Cakes"	James Brown, Deirdre Brown	11:04
2.	"A Man Understands"	James Brown, Deirdre Brown	8:30
3.	"Someone To Talk To"	James Brown, St. Clair Pinckney	7:02
4.	"Spring"	James Brown, Deirdre Brown, St. Clair Pinckney	6:37
5.	"As Long As I Love You"	James Brown, Deirdre Brown, St. Clair Pinckney	8:17

References

^ William Ruhlmann. "Take a Look at Those Cakes - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
^ Christgau, Robert (June 9, 1980). "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
^ 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.
^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 42.
^ Mullinax, Gary (Jan 21, 1979). "Four stalwarts of soul stick to well-trodden paths". The Morning News. p. C4.
^ Gibbons, Chris (Feb 9, 1979). "Not much food for thought on 'Cakes'". Bucks Examiner. p. 13.