Get Up Offa That Thing

by James Brown

Get Up Offa That Thing cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 1976
  • Label: Polydor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:20
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A vital, explosive return to form for the Godfather of Soul, reasserting his dominance on the dance floor amidst the rising tide of disco. The infectious title track relies on relentless, heavily syncopated horn blasts and an impossibly tight, polyrhythmic groove. It proved that Brown's raw, unadulterated funk formula could easily rival the slicker, club-oriented sounds dominating the mid-70s charts.

Genres

Descriptors: party, jamming, conscious, funky, rhythmic, vocal, groove-laden, dance

Tracklist

  1. Medley: Get Up Offa That Thing/Release The Pressure (9:17)
  2. You Took My Heart (3:22)
  3. I Refuse To Lose (7:32)
  4. Can't Take It With You (9:06)
  5. Home Again (4:38)
  6. This Feeling (8:23)

Credits

  • Patricia Dryden - illustration
  • Deanna Brown - written-by
  • Deidre Brown - written-by
  • St-Clair Pinckney - written-by
  • Yamma Brown - written-by

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