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There It Is
There It Is
Studio album by James Brown
Released	June 9, 1972
Recorded	1970–1972
Genre	Funk, soul
Length	43:21
Label	Polydor
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Singles from There It Is
	"I'm a Greedy Man"; Released: November 1971; "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing"; Released: February 1972; "King Heroin"; Released: March 1972; "There It Is"; Released: May 1972;

There It Is is the 33rd studio album by American musician James Brown. His second release for Polydor Records, it contained five of his early-1970s hits.^[1] The album was released on June 9, 1972. It reached #10 on the Billboard R&B charts and #60 on the Billboard 200.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]
Tom Hull – on the Web	A−^[5]
The Village Voice	A−^[3]

Track listing edit

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"There It Is, Part 1"	3:05
2.	"There It Is, Part 2"	2:47
3.	"King Heroin"	3:56
4.	"I'm A Greedy Man, Part 1"	2:47
5.	"I'm A Greedy Man, Part 2"	4:29
6.	"Who Am I"	4:30

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Talking Loud and Saying Nothing"	5:41
2.	"Public Enemy #1, Part 1"	5:05
3.	"Public Enemy #1, Part 2""	5:05
4.	"I Need Help (I Can't Do It Alone)"	2:56
5.	"Never Can Say Goodbye"	3:00

1992 CD release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"There It Is, Pts. 1 & 2"	James Brown, St. Clair Pinckney	5:50
2.	"King Heroin"	J. Brown, Charles Bobbit, Dave Matthews, Manny Rosen	3:58
3.	"I'm a Greedy Man"	J. Brown, Bobbit	7:06
4.	"Who Am I"	Johnny Terry	4:59
5.	"Talking Loud and Saying Nothing"	J. Brown, Bobby Byrd	7:49
6.	"Public Enemy No. 1, Pt. 1"	J. Brown, Bobbit, Henry Stallings	5:06
7.	"Public Enemy No. 1, Pt. 2"	J. Brown, Bobbit, Stallings	5:09
8.	"I Need Help (I Can't Do It Alone)"	Teddy Brown	3:31
9.	"Never Can Say Goodbye"	J. Brown	3:02

Personnel edit

James Brown – lead vocal, record producer, arranger on tracks 1, 3, 5-8
Bobby Byrd - organ, vocal
Phelps "Catfish" Collins - guitar
William "Bootsy" Collins - bass
John "Jabo" Starks - drums
Johnny Griggs
Joe Beck – guitar
Joe Farrell – sax
Clayton "Chicken" Gunnells - trumpet
Darryl "Hassan" Jamison - trumpet
Robert McCollough - tenor saxophone
St. Clair Pinckney - baritone saxophone
Richard Tee – keyboard, organ
Danny Stiles - trumpet
Marvin Stamm - trumpet
Jimmy Buffington - French horn
Seldon Powell - flute, tenor saxophone
Sam Brown - guitar
Dave Matthews – arranger on tracks 2, 4
Fred Wesley – arranger on track 9
Joseph M. Palmaccio – digital remastering

References edit

^ ^a ^b Elias, Jason. "James Brown: There It Is Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
^ "There It Is > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
^ Christgau, Robert. "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". Retrieved 21 September 2011.
^ Brackett, N.; Hoard, C.D. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 111. ISBN 9780743201698. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
^ Hull, Tom (June 22, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved June 24, 2021.

[Allmusic-1] Elias, Jason. "James Brown: There It Is Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2011.

[2] "There It Is > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2011.

[3] Christgau, Robert. "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". Retrieved 21 September 2011.

[google-4] Brackett, N.; Hoard, C.D. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 111. ISBN 9780743201698. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

[5] Hull, Tom (June 22, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved June 24, 2021.

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