Soul Syndrome

Soul Syndrome
Soul Syndrome
Studio album by James Brown
Released	November 1980
Recorded	September – October 1980
Studio	Mastersound (Augusta, Georgia)
Genre	Funk
Length	40:16
Label	TK; 615
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Singles from Soul Syndrome
	"Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)"; Released: October 1980; "Stay with Me / Smokin' & Drinkin'"; Released: March 1981;

Soul Syndrome is a studio album by American musician James Brown, released in 1980 by TK Records.^[3]^[7] It was reissued in 1991 by Rhino Records.^[8]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Robert Christgau	A−^[4]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul	^[6]

Track listings

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)"	James Brown, Susaye Brown, Henry Stallings	13:58
2.	"Mashed Potatoes"	James Brown	5:18
Total length:			19:16

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
3.	"Funky Men"	James Brown	7:27
4.	"Smokin' & Drinkin'"	Anne McLeod, David Weston	4:33
5.	"Stay with Me"	Bobby Byrd, Susaye Brown	4:09
6.	"Honky Tonk"	Bill Doggett, Billy Butler, Clifford Scott, Henry Glover, Shep Shepherd	4:51
Total length:			21:00

No.	Title	Writer(s)
7.	"Bessie (Part 1)"	Sweet Charles Sherrell, Johnny Griggs, Melvin Parker, St. Clair Pinckney
8.	"Nature (Part 1)"	Deidre Brown, Joe Brown
9.	"Rock Groove Machine (Part 1)"	James Brown
10.	"Just Wanna Make You Dance (Part 1)"	James Brown, Larry Tinsley
11.	"Back from the Dead"	Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke
12.	"The Way to Get Down"	Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke
13.	"Headquarters (Augustus, GA)"	Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke
14.	"Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses?)" (7", Part 1)	Henry Stallings, James Brown, Susaye Brown

No.	Title	Length
7.	"Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses?)" (12" Single Version)
8.	"Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses?)" (Part II - 12" Single Version)

1 2 Weinger, Harry; Leeds, Alan (1985). Dead On The Heavy Funk 74–76. Polydor. 827 439-1 Y-1.
1 2 Leeds, Alan (July 2011). The Singles, Volume 11: 1979–1981. Hip-O Select (published September 27, 2011). B0016037-02.
1 2 Jason Elias. "Soul Syndrome - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
↑ Christgau, Robert (June 9, 1980). "James Brown". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
↑ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "James Brown". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 109. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
↑ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin Books. p. 42.
↑ "James Brown to Return". Oakland Post. No. 680. November 20, 1980. p. 6.
↑ Britt, Bruce (July 18, 1991). "Out-of-print Brown album to hit shelves". Onward. Austin American-Statesman. p. 15.