Bad Benson

1. "Take Five" (Paul Desmond) - 7:08
2. "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel) - 2:56
3. "My Latin Brother" (George Benson) - 6:50
4. "No Sooner Said Than Done" (Phil Upchurch) - 5:59
5. "Full Compass" (Upchurch) - 5:40
6. "The Changing World" (Benson, Art Gore) - 4:53
7. "Take the 'A' Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "Serbian Blue" (Don Sebesky) - 13:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "From Now On" (Benson) - 2:20 Bonus track on CD reissue

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 22 (Track 9), May 29 (Tracks 1, 3 & 5), May 30 (Tracks 4, 6-8) and June 20 (Track 2), 1974.

• George Benson, guitar
• Phil Upchurch, guitar, percussion (3), electric bass (5)
• Kenny Barron, piano
• Ron Carter, bass
• Steve Gadd, drums
• Garnett Brown, Warren Covington, Wayne Andre, trombone
• Paul Faulise, bass trombone
• Alan Rubin, Joe Shepley, John Frosk, trumpet
• Phil Bodner, English horn, clarinet, alto flute
• George Marge, English horn, flute, piccolo flute
• Ray Beckenstein, flute
• Albert Regni, flute, clarinet
• Brooks Tillotson, Jim Buffington, French horn
• Margaret Ross, harp
• Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, Frank Levy, Jesse Levy, Paul Tobias, Seymour Barab, cello
• Don Sebesky, arrangements and conductor

Production

• Creed Taylor, producer
• Rudy Van Gelder, engineer, mastering (4-6)
• Bob Ciano, album's design
• Ben Rose, cover photography
• Pete Turner, liner photography