“Think!” by James Brown and The Famous Flames - album review
features in: Album Chart of 1960 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s |

Another quality LP from JB and his crew, rounding up 12 of the latest sides for Federal, and it’s more widely distributed parent label, King, to whom Brown was now officially signed. By 1960, having been influenced more by jazz music than blues, Brown began incorporating jazz styled arrangements in his music, with Brown citing the Famous Flames hits “I’ll Go Crazy” and “Think” as examples of his changing style away from more traditional forms of R n B and Rock n Roll. The restless and aggressively rhythmic cover of The 5 Royales’ “Think” in particular was completely radical for 1960, and could easily regarded as a square root catalyst for an entire funk movement to come…
The Jukebox Rebel
18–Apr–2012
Tracklist |
A1 | [02:49] ![]() |
A2 | [02:14] ![]() |
A3 | [02:35] ![]() |
A4 | [02:07] ![]() |
A5 | [02:09] ![]() |
A6 | [02:40] ![]() |
B1 | [02:24] ![]() |
B2 | [02:18] ![]() |
B3 | [02:20] ![]() |
B4 | [02:23] ![]() |
B5 | [03:05] ![]() |
B6 | [02:48] ![]() |