Soul Syndrome

Soul Syndrome
Soul Syndrome
Studio album by James Brown
Released	November 1980
Recorded	September – October 1980
Studio	Mastersound (Augusta, Georgia)
Genre	Funk
Length	40:16
Label	TK; 615
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Singles from Soul Syndrome
	"Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)"; Released: October 1980; "Stay with Me / Smokin' & Drinkin'"; Released: March 1981;

ReleasedNovember 1980^[1]

RecordedSeptember – October 1980^[2]

StudioMastersound (Augusta, Georgia)^[1]^[2]

GenreFunk

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Robert Christgau	A−^[4]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul	^[6]

Soul Syndrome is a studio album by American musician James Brown, released in 1980 by TK Records.^[3]^[7] It was reissued in 1991 by Rhino Records.^[8]

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)"	James Brown, Susaye Brown, Henry Stallings	13:58
2.	"Mashed Potatoes"	James Brown	5:18
Total length:			19:16

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
3.	"Funky Men"	James Brown	7:27
4.	"Smokin' & Drinkin'"	Anne McLeod, David Weston	4:33
5.	"Stay with Me"	Bobby Byrd, Susaye Brown	4:09
6.	"Honky Tonk"	Bill Doggett, Billy Butler, Clifford Scott, Henry Glover, Shep Shepherd	4:51
Total length:			21:00

No.	Title	Writer(s)
7.	"Bessie (Part 1)"	Sweet Charles Sherrell, Johnny Griggs, Melvin Parker, St. Clair Pinckney
8.	"Nature (Part 1)"	Deidre Brown, Joe Brown
9.	"Rock Groove Machine (Part 1)"	James Brown
10.	"Just Wanna Make You Dance (Part 1)"	James Brown, Larry Tinsley
11.	"Back from the Dead"	Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke
12.	"The Way to Get Down"	Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke
13.	"Headquarters (Augustus, GA)"	Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke
14.	"Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses?)" (7", Part 1)	Henry Stallings, James Brown, Susaye Brown

No.	Title	Length
7.	"Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses?)" (12" Single Version)
8.	"Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses?)" (Part II - 12" Single Version)

v t e James Brown
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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