Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump

1975 studio album by James Brown

ReleasedAugust 1975 (1975-08)^[1]

RecordedSeptember 20, 1973 (1973-09-20) – July 1975 (1975-07)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Studio

Starday-King Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)^[1]^[4]
A & R Studios (New York City, New York)^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Sound Ideas Studios (New York City, New York)^[1]^[4]^[5]

Genre

Funk
Soul
R&B

Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump

Studio album by

James Brown

Released

August 1975 (1975-08)^[1]

Recorded

September 20, 1973 (1973-09-20) – July 1975 (1975-07)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Studio

Starday-King Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)^[1]^[4]
A & R Studios (New York City, New York)^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Sound Ideas Studios (New York City, New York)^[1]^[4]^[5]

Genre

Funk
Soul
R&B

Length

41:17

Label

Polydor
6054

Producer

James Brown

James Brown chronology

Sex Machine Today
(1975)

Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump
(1975)

Hot
(1976)

Singles from Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump

"Hustle!!! (Dead on It)"
Released: July 24, 1975
"Superbad, Superslick"
Released: October 20, 1975

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[6]
Robert Christgau	B−^[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[8]

Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump is the 41st studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in August 1975 by Polydor Records.^[1]

All tracks are written by James Brown; except where specified.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hustle!!! (Dead on It)"		5:01
2.	"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"		5:33
3.	"Your Love"		4:09
4.	"Turn On The Heat And Build Some Fire"		6:08
5.	"Superbad, Superslick"		6:49
6.	"Calm & Cool"		5:48
7.	"Kansas City"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	7:47

Personnel

Musicians

James Brown – lead vocals, electric organ

The J.B.'s (1973)

"Your Love"; originally recorded as "I Got A Good Thing"^[1]^[4]

Jerone "Jasaan" Sanford – trumpet
Fred Wesley – trombone
Maceo Parker – alto saxophone
Hearlon "Cheese" Martin – electric guitar
Fred Thomas – bass guitar
Bob Both – sticks, additional production
John Morgan – drums

The J.B.'s (1975)

"Turn On The Heat And Build Some Fire", "Kansas City"^[2]^[3]

Russell Crimes – trumpet
Fred Wesley – trombone
Maceo Parker, Jimmy Parker – alto saxophone
St. Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone
"Sweet" Charles Sherrell – clavinet
Jimmy Nolen, Hearlon "Cheese" Martin – electric guitar
Fred Thomas, Bernard Odum – bass guitar
Johnny Griggs – congas
John Morgan, John "Jabo" Starks – drums

Studio band conducted by David Matthews

"Hustle!!! (Dead On It)", "Superbad, Superslick"^[1]^[5]

James Brown, Fred Wesley – backing vocals
Fred Wesley – trombone, backing vocals
Leon Pendarvis – clavinet
Joe Beck, John Tropea or Duncan Cleary – electric guitar
Wilbur Bascomb or Will Lee – bass guitar
unknown – backing vocals, flute, percussion, drums

Technical

James Brown – arrangements
Fred Wesley – production supervision, arrangements
Bob Both – production supervision, engineer
David Stone, Major Little – assistant engineer
Roger Huyssen – artwork
Bob Both - production supervision, recording and mixing engineer
David Stone, Major Little - assistant engineer
Douglas Gervasi - cover photography

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Weinger, Harry; Leeds, Alan (1985). Dead On The Heavy Funk 74-76. Polydor. 827 439-1 Y-1.
1 2 3 Cliff, White; Weinger, Harry (1990). Messing With The Blues. Polydor. 847 258-2.
1 2 3 Leeds, Alan (July 23, 1996). Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971–1975. Polydor. 31453 3052-2.
1 2 3 4 5 Leeds, Alan (January 2010). The Singles, Volume 9: 1973–1975. Hip-O Select (published July 2, 2010). B0014259-02.
1 2 3 4 Leeds, Alan (December 2010). The Singles, Volume 10: 1975–1979. Hip-O Select (published February 11, 2011). B0015279-02.
↑ William Ruhlmann. "Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 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.

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