The killer groove, the bright horns, the gravely crooner, the layers of funk percolating in every direction, "Cold Sweat Part 1" and "Cold Sweat Part 2" are seven and a half minutes of dirty bliss and elevate this studio recording into our top five. Each standard gets played, and then seems to pick up steam at the end as the band gets the smallest of spaces to truly get down.Īll that said, I saved the best for last with this record, it's the opening pairing of parts one and two of the title track. The recording was split between 19 and some of the quality fluctuates but when he grunts on "Fever" or "Kansas City's" kitchen scratch groove the mix matching isn't that jarring, and most of these songs are fantastic, if a bit too clean, for the godfather of soul. His cover choices here like "I Love You Porgy" and "Stagger Lee" are grooving, slinky and fit Brown better to these ears then other Flames albums, and we will get to the title track. The full length album is a mishmash of various covers, standards and odd recordings, all to somehow support one of the baddest ass pieces of funk ever recorded. To prove the point we will start with Cold Sweat.
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