A Soulful Christmas

For the Brian Culbertson album, see A Soulful Christmas (Brian Culbertson album).

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A Soulful Christmas is the 22nd studio album and second Christmas album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in 1968, by King Records.^[1][3]

A Soulful Christmas
Studio album by James Brown
Released	1968
Recorded	1968
Genre	Funk, Christmas
Length	34:29
Label	King
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things (1968) A Soulful Christmas (1968) Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto"	Alfred Ellis, Charles Bobbit, Hank Ballard	3:02
2.	"Santa Claus, Santa Claus"	Charles Bobbit, Nat Jones	4:04
3.	"Believers Shall Enjoy (Non Believers Shall Suffer)"	Bud Hobgood, Nat Jones	2:16
4.	"Soulful Christmas"	Alfred Ellis, Charles Bobbit, Hank Ballard	3:08
5.	"Tit for Tat (Ain't No Taking Back)"	Charles Bobbit, Nat Jones	3:06
6.	"Christmas is Coming"	Bud Hobgood, Nat Jones	2:39
7.	"Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud, Pts. 1 & 2"	James Brown	4:48
8.	"In the Middle, Pt. 1"	Bud Hobgood, Nat Jones	2:44
9.	"Let's Unite the Whole World at Christmas"	Charles Bobbit, Nat Jones	2:45
10.	"You Know It"	Alfred Ellis, Bud Hobgood	2:22
11.	"Santa Claus Gave Me a Brand New Start"	Bud Hobgood, Nat Jones	3:49

References

1. "A Soulful Christmas - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
2. 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.
3. "iTunes - Music - A Soulful Christmas by James Brown". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2015-07-14.