Tracklist
| A1 | Reality | 4:14 | ||
| A2 | Funky President (People It's Bad) | 4:01 | ||
| A3 | Further Up The Road | 3:47 | ||
| A4 | Check Your Body | 4:04 | ||
| A5 | Don't Fence Me In | 3:26 | ||
| B1 | All For One | 6:09 | ||
| B2 | I'm Broken Hearted | 4:09 | ||
| B3 | The Twist | 3:53 | ||
| B4 | Who Can I Turn To | 4:02 |
Companies etc
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor Incorporated
- Copyright (c) – Polydor Incorporated
- Manufactured By – Polydor Incorporated
- Recorded At – Sound Ideas Studios
- Recorded At – A&R Studios
- Mixed At – Sound Ideas Studios
Credits
- Arranged By – Dave Matthews (3) (tracks: B3), Fred Wesley (tracks: A1 to B2, B5), James Brown (tracks: A1 to B2, B5)
- Engineer – Bob Both
- Engineer [Assistant] – David Stone, Major*
- Illustration – Don Brautigam
- Producer – James Brown
- Supervised By [Production Supervision] – Bob Both, Fred Wesley
Notes
Recorded & mixed at Sound Ideas "Studio A" N.Y.C.
Additional recording at A & R Studios, N.Y.C.
James Brown - Minister Of New New Super Heavy Funk [labels]
© 1974 Polydor Incorporated
℗ 1974 Polydor Incorporated
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Reviews & Discussion
"Reality" finds JB mostly treading water with an uninspired batch of second rate tunes and occasionally embarrassing attempts at socially conscious/relevant lyrics (the bottom of the barrel is reached with "All For One," in which a chorus of voices insists "All for one! and! one for all!"). The exceptions are the title track, "Funky President," and his surprisingly potent, funky and straight-faced workout of Chubby Checker's "The Twist" (which concludes with a voice over reminding us to treat JB like the superstar he is). Sure, the lyrics of the good originals are ridiculous (Let's get together, buy some land/grown our food just like the man/save our money, like the mob..."), but for me, "Funky President" alone has enough killer funk to buoy the whole album to 3 stars.
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