Mutha's Nature

Mutha's Nature
Mutha's Nature
Studio album by James Brown
Released	July 22, 1977
Recorded	February – March 1977
Studio	A & R (New York City, New York); Sound Ideas (New York City); Criteria (Miami, Florida); International (Augusta, Georgia);
Genre	Funk
Length	36:40
Label	Polydor; 6111
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Singles from Mutha's Nature
	"Give Me Some Skin / People Wake Up and Live"; Released: July 1977; "Summertime / Take Me Higher and Groove Me"; Released: November 1977; "If You Don't Give a Doggone About It / People Who Criticize"; Released: November 1977; "Have a Happy Day"; Released: February 1978;

Mutha's Nature is an album by the American musician James Brown, released in 1977 through Polydor Records.^[1]^[4] It was arranged by Charles Sherwell and James Brown, with Sarah Pergantis credited for the cover illustration. The album's title is a play on "Mother Nature".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Robert Christgau	C^[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[6]

The Bay State Banner praised "the skeletal, hard-driving, bottom-conscious funk with an equally hard-driving preaching vocal overhead."^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Give Me Some Skin"	Deanna Brown, Yamma Brown	3:58
2.	"People Who Criticize"	James Brown, Flower (Larry John Gordon)	4:27
3.	"Have a Happy Day"	Charles Sherrell	4:14
4.	"Bessie"	James Brown, Charles Sherrell, Johnny Griggs, Melvin Parker, St. Clair Pinckney	3:24
5.	"If You Don't Give a Doggone About It"	James Brown, Deanna Brown	6:31
6.	"Summertime"	George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	5:29
7.	"People Wake Up and Live"	James Brown	3:32
8.	"Take Me Higher and Groove Me"	James Brown, Deirdre Brown	5:01

Personnel

James Brown – lead vocals, piano ("People Who Criticize")
“Sweet” Charles Sherrell – background vocals, clavinet, synthesizer, electric organ, bass guitar
Martha High – background vocals
Hollie Farris, Russell Crimes – trumpet
Joe Poff – alto saxophone
St. Clair Pinckney, Peyton “P.J.” Johnson – tenor saxophone
Mike Lawler – keyboards
Jimmy Nolen, Robert Coleman – electric guitar
David Weston – bass guitar
Johnny Griggs – congas, percussion
Tony Cook – drums

References

1 2 "iTunes - Music - Mutha's Nature by James Brown". Apple Music. iTunes.
↑ Leeds, Alan (December 2010). The Singles, Volume 10: 1975–1979. Hip-O Select (published February 11, 2011). B0015279-02.
↑ Weinger, Harry; Leeds, Alan (1985). Dead On the Heavy Funk 74-76. Polydor. 827 439-1 Y-1.
1 2 William Ruhlmann. "Mutha's Nature - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
↑ 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.
↑ Freedberg, Mike (August 11, 1977). "Mutha's Nature James Brown". Bay State Banner. No. 95. p. 15.

[iTunes-1] 1 2 "iTunes - Music - Mutha's Nature by James Brown". Apple Music. iTunes.

[singles10-2] Leeds, Alan (December 2010). The Singles, Volume 10: 1975–1979. Hip-O Select (published February 11, 2011). B0015279-02.

[heavyfunk-3] Weinger, Harry; Leeds, Alan (1985). Dead On the Heavy Funk 74-76. Polydor. 827 439-1 Y-1.

[AllMusic-4] 1 2 William Ruhlmann. "Mutha's Nature - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved June 23, 2015.

[Christgau-5] Christgau, Robert (June 9, 1980). "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved December 7, 2016.

[Cross-6] 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.

[7] Freedberg, Mike (August 11, 1977). "Mutha's Nature James Brown". Bay State Banner. No. 95. p. 15.

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