Try Me!

1959 studio album by James Brown and the Famous Flames

Try Me!

Studio album by

James Brown and the Famous Flames

Released

July 1959

Recorded

1956–59

Genre

Rhythm and blues, soul

Length

40:55

Label

King

James Brown and the Famous Flames chronology

Please Please Please
(1959)

Try Me!
(1959)

Think!
(1960)

Singles from Try Me!

"I Want You So Bad"
Released: February 14, 1959
"I've Got to Change"
Released: April 11, 1959
"It Was You"
Released: July 19, 1959

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

Try Me! is the second studio album by James Brown and the Famous Flames. It is a collection of singles, B-sides, and outtakes from their first album, Please Please Please.^[3] It was reissued by King Records in 1964 under the title The Unbeatable James Brown: 16 Hits.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by James Brown; except where indicated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"There Must Be a Reason"		2:28
2.	"I Want You So Bad"		2:47
3.	"Why Do You Do Me"	Bobby Byrd, Sylvester Keels	3:01
4.	"Got to Cry"		2:37
5.	"Strange Things Happen"	Roy Hawkins	2:10
6.	"Fine Old Foxy Self"		2:10
7.	"Messing With The Blues"	Floyd Hunt	2:12
8.	"Try Me (I Need You)"		2:33
9.	"It Was You"		2:45
10.	"I've Got to Change"		2:27
11.	"Can't Be The Same"		2:21
12.	"It Hurts to Tell You"	James Brown, Albert Shubert (Andy Gibson)	2:54
13.	"I Won't Plead No More"	Bobby Byrd, Sylvester Keels	2:28
14.	"You're Mine, You're Mine"	James Brown, Nafloyd Scott	2:33
15.	"Gonna Try"		2:46
16.	"Don't Let It Happen To Me"		2:51

References

^ ^a ^b Ruhlmann, William. "Try Me! - James Brown / James Brown & His Famous Flames". AllMusic. 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. 108. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ "iTunes - Music - Try Me! by James Brown & His Famous Flames". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2015-07-04.