James Brown
Album: Hell
Release Date: Jul 1974
Label: Polydor
Time: 68:53

Tracklist:
 1 Coldblooded 				Brown, Ellis 			4:46
 2 Hell 				Brown 				5:07
 3 My Thang 				Brown 				4:19
 4 Sayin' It and Doin' It 		Brown 				3:08
 5 Please, Please, Please 		Brown, Terry 			4:14
 6 When the Saints Go Marching In 	Traditional 			2:41
 7 These Foolish Things 		Link, Marvell, Strachey 	3:15
 8 Stormy Monday 			Walker 				3:17
 9 A Man Has to Go Back to the 
   Crossroads 				Brown 				2:57
10 Sometime 				Brown, Hobgood 			4:20
11 I Can't Stand It [76] 		Brown 				8:08
12 Lost Someone 			Brown, Byrd, Stallworth 	3:41
13 Don't Tell a Lie About Me and 
   I Won't Tell the Truth on You 	Brown, Roach 			5:09
14 Papa Don't Take No Mess 		Bobbit, Brown, Starks, Wesley  13:51

Credits:
Joe Beck 		Guitar
Joe Belt 		Artwork
Bob Both 		Percussion, Engineer
Charlie Brown 		Guitar
James Brown 		Piano, Arranger, Vocals, Producer
Sam T. Brown 		Guitar
James Buffington 	French Horn
Lyn Collins 		Vocals (bckgr)
Eddie Daniels 		Reeds
Gordon Edwards 		Bass
Pee Wee Ellis 		Sax (Baritone)
Sue Evans 		Percussion
Jon Faddis 		Trumpet
Joe Farrell 		Sax (Tenor)
Michael Gipson 		Trombone
Johnny Griggs 		Conga
Tom Harrell 		Trombone
Hilda Harris 		Vocals (bckgr)
Martha Harvin 		Vocals (bckgr)
Alan Leeds 		Liner Notes
Major Little 		Assistant Engineer
Ralph MacDonald 	Percussion
James Madison 		Drums
Hearlon "Cheese" Martin Guitar
Harvey Mason, Sr. 	Drums
David Matthews 		Piano, Arranger, Piano (Electric)
Gary N. Mayo 		Remastering
Deborah McDuffie 	Vocals (bckgr)
John Morgan 		Drums
Jimmy Nolen 		Guitar
Isiah "Ike" Oakley 	Trumpet
Gene Orloff 		Concert Master
Jim Parker 		Sax (Alto)
Maceo Parker 		Sax (Alto)
Ted Pettus 		Art Direction
St. Clair Pinckney 	Sax (Tenor)
Chuck Rainey 		Bass
David Sanborn 		Sax (Alto)
Johnny Scotton 		Vocals (bckgr)
Lew Soloff 		Trumpet
John Starks 		Drums
Maretha Stewart 	Vocals (bckgr)
David Stone 		Assistant Engineer
Fred Thomas 		Bass
David Tofani 		Reeds
Frank Vicari 		Sax (Tenor)
Fred Wesley 		Percussion, Trombone, Tambourine, Vocals (bckgr)

Charts (Billboard)
Album:
1974	Hell		Black Albums	 2
1974	Hell		Pop Albums	35
Singles:
1974	Coldblooded	 			Pop Singles	44
1974	My Thang	 			Black Singles	 1
1974	My Thang	 			Pop Singles	29
1974	Papa Don't Take No Mess Part I	 	Black Singles	 1
1974	Papa Don't Take No Mess Part I	 	Pop Singles	31