Take A Look At Those Cakes (studio album)
by James Brown

Take A Look At Those Cakes by James Brown
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 70,512th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (648th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (6,349th)
Award Best albums of all time (70,512th)

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James Brown bestography

Take A Look At Those Cakes is ranked 47th best out of 93 albums by James Brown on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by James Brown is James Brown Live At The Apollo which is ranked number 623 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,764.

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A surprisingly good album for the title and lyrical content it has. It's as exhilirating as it is funny as it is truly groundbreaking. Brown and the band give us some of their peak funk jams, while he shows us a very early example of rapping ever recorded on an album, and it's not even that bad.
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