Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown

Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown
Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown
Greatest hits album by James Brown
Released	November 9, 1991
Recorded	1956–1988
Genre	Funk; R&B; soul;
Label	Polydor
Producer	James Brown; Ralph Bass; Brad Shapiro; Dan Hartman; Full Force;
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ReleasedNovember 9, 1991

Recorded1956–1988

Genre

LabelPolydor

Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter James Brown, released in 1991 by Polydor Records in the United Kingdom and Europe as a single-disc alternative to the Star Time four-CD box set; the compilation 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! was released in North America instead.

It includes several songs not featured on the box set, some due to licensing differences.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
1.	"Please, Please, Please"	James Brown Johnny Terry	Please Please Please (1958)	2:45
2.	"Think"	Lowman Pauling	Think! (1960)	2:47
3.	"Night Train"	Oscar Washington Lewis P. Simpkins Jimmy Forrest	James Brown Presents His Band (1961)	3:31
4.	"Out of Sight"	Ted Wright	Out of Sight (1964)	2:24
5.	"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1"	Brown	non-album single (1965)	2:06
6.	"I Got You (I Feel Good)"	Brown	I Got You (I Feel Good) (1966)	2:47
7.	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"	Brown Betty Jean Newsome	It's a Man's Man's Man's World (1966)	2:47
8.	"Cold Sweat"	Brown Alfred Ellis	Cold Sweat (1967)	2:51
9.	"Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud, Pt. 1"	Brown Ellis	A Soulful Christmas (1968) & Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)	2:46
10.	"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine"	Brown Bobby Byrd Ron Lenhoff	non-album single (1970)	5:15
11.	"Hey America"	Nat Jones A. William Jones	Hey America (1970)	3:38
12.	"Make It Funky, Pt. 1"	Brown Charles Bobbit	Get on the Good Foot (1972)	3:15
13.	"I'm a Greedy Man, Pt. 1"	Brown Bobbit	There It Is (1972)	3:38
14.	"Get on the Good Foot"	Brown Fred Wesley Joseph Mims	Get on the Good Foot	3:35
15.	"Get Up Offa That Thing"	Deidre Jenkins Deanna Brown Yamma Brown	Get Up Offa That Thing (1976)	4:10
16.	"It's Too Funky in Here"	George Jackson Walter Shaw Brad Shapiro Robert Miller	The Original Disco Man (1979)	3:59
17.	"Living in America"	Dan Hartman Charlie Midnight	Rocky IV soundtrack (1985) & Gravity (1986)	4:43
18.	"I'm Real"	Brown Full Force	I'm Real (1988)	5:34
19.	"Hot Pants, Pt. 1"	Brown Wesley	Hot Pants (1971)	3:07
20.	"Soul Power" (live)	Brown	Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971 (1992; recorded 1971)^[1]	4:21

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[3]	196
UK Albums (OCC)^[4]	19

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[5]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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Studio albums	Please Please Please Try Me! Think! The Amazing James Brown James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the U.S.A. Prisoner of Love Showtime Grits & Soul Out of Sight Papa's Got a Brand New Bag James Brown Plays James Brown Today & Yesterday I Got You (I Feel Good) Mighty Instrumentals James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) It's a Man's Man's Man's World James Brown Sings Christmas Songs Handful of Soul James Brown Sings Raw Soul James Brown Plays the Real Thing Cold Sweat I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me I Got the Feelin' James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things A Soulful Christmas Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud Gettin' Down to It The Popcorn It's a Mother Ain't It Funky Soul on Top It's a New Day – Let a Man Come In Hey America Sho Is Funky Down Here Hot Pants There It Is Get on the Good Foot Black Caesar The Payback Hell Reality Sex Machine Today Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump Hot Get Up Offa that Thing Bodyheat Mutha's Nature Jam 1980's Take a Look at Those Cakes The Original Disco Man People Soul Syndrome Nonstop! Bring It On! Gravity I'm Real Love Over-Due Universal James I'm Back The Merry Christmas Album The Next Step
Live albums	Live at the Apollo Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal The James Brown Show Live at the Garden Live at the Apollo, Volume II Sex Machine Super Bad Revolution of the Mind: Live at the Apollo, Volume III Hot on the One Live in New York Live at Chastain Park Soul Session Live Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971 Live at the Apollo 1995 Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68
Notable compilation albums	Good, Good, Twistin' Solid Gold: 30 Golden Hits In the Jungle Groove Motherlode Roots of a Revolution Star Time 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown Foundations of Funk – A Brand New Bag: 1964–1969 Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang The Godfather: The Very Best of James Brown JB40 – 40th Anniversary Collection Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971–1975 The Singles (1 - 2 - 3 - 4)
Band members	Bobby Byrd Lyn Collins Catfish Collins Bootsy Collins Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis Maceo Parker Melvin Parker St. Clair Pinckney John "Jabo" Starks Clyde Stubblefield Fred Thomas Fred Wesley
Associated acts	The Famous Flames The J.B.'s
Related articles	Discography Record labels owned by James Brown Super Bowl XXXI halftime show "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes" James Brown: Man to Man Live at the Boston Garden: April 5, 1968 Future Shock Tomi Rae Hynie Get on Up

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