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The Next Step (James Brown album)

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The Next Step
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 27, 2002
Recorded2002
GenreSoul, funk
Length54:20
LabelFome Records
ProducerDerrick "New Funk" Monk
James Brown chronology
The Merry Christmas Album
(1999)
The Next Step
(2002)
The Federal Years 1956-1960
(2006)
Singles from The Next Step
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[1]

The Next Step is the 59th and final studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released on August 27, 2002, by Fome Records.[2]

"The following year he was the subject of a PBS American Masters documentary, James Brown: Soul Survivor. He continued performing well into the first decade of the 2000s, appearing at the second Bonnaroo festival in 2003, at the Edinburgh Live 8 concert in 2005, and setting out on his "Seven Decades Of Funk World Tour" in 2006."[3]

Brown died of congestive heart failure due to complications from pneumonia on December 25, 2006, four years after The Next Step was released.[3]

Track listings

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All tracks composed by James Brown and Derrick Monk; except where indicated

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Automatic" 3:50
2."Send Her Back to Me"James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Charles Bobbit, Derrick Monk3:20
3."Motivation" 3:41
4."Sunshine" 4:03
5."Nothing But a Jam" 4:03
6."Baby You've Got What It Takes"Clyde Otis, Murray Stein4:03
7."It's Time"James Brown, Tommy Rae3:23
8."Why Did This Happen To Me"James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Charles Bobbit, Derrick Monk4:21
9."Good and Natural" 5:10
10."Killing Is Out, School Is In"James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Charles Bobbit, Derrick Monk2:46

References

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  1. ^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "James Brown". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 110. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  2. ^ "The Next Step – James Brown – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b "James Brown". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 19 April 2015.