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There Was a Time

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On JB40: 40th Anniversary Collection

1996 · 40 tracks

01Please, Please, Please2:46
01Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18
02Try Me2:33
02Super Bad5:02
03Soul Power3:22
03Good Good Lovin'2:16
04I'll Go Crazy2:10
04Hot Pants3:09
05Make It Funky3:17
05Think2:52
06Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing3:25
06Lost Someone3:08
07Night Train3:32
07King Heroin3:58
08There It Is3:08
08Prisoner of Love2:24
09Get on the Good Foot, Part 13:36
09Out of Sight2:24
10Papa's Got a Brand New Bag4:19
10Down and Out in New York City3:17
11I Got You (I Feel Good)2:48
11Doing It to Death5:07
12The Payback7:39
12It's a Man's Man's Man's World2:49
13Papa Don't Take No Mess4:31
13Money Won't Change You2:47
14Cold Sweat7:26
14My Thang4:17
15There Was a Time4:28
15Funky President (People It's Bad)4:04
16I Got the Feelin'2:40
16Get Up Offa That Thing6:16
17Licking Stick-Licking Stick2:49
17Bodyheat4:05
18It's Too Funky in Here3:59
18Say It Loud-I'm Black and I'm Proud4:53
19Give It Up or Turnit a Loose2:52
20I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)3:07
21Mother Popcorn3:18
22Ain't It Funky Now3:10