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Get Up Offa That Thing
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1976
Recorded1976
Genre Funk
Length42:20
Label Polydor
ProducerJames Brown
James Brown chronology
Hot
(1976)
Get Up Offa That Thing
(1976)
Bodyheat
(1976)
Singles from Get Up Offa That Thing
  1. " Get Up Offa That Thing"
    Released: May 1976
  2. " I Refuse to Lose"
    Released: 1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Robert ChristgauB− [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [3]

Get Up Offa That Thing is the 43rd studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in July 1976, by Polydor Records. [1] [4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Deanna Brown, Deirdre Brown and Yamma Brown; except where indicated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1." Get Up Offa That Thing / Release the Pressure" 9:16
2."You Took My Heart"Deanna Brown, Deirdre Brown, St. Clair Pinckney, Yamma Brown3:23
3." I Refuse to Lose" 7:33
4."Can't Take It With You" 9:07
5."Home Again" 4:39
6."This Feeling" 8:22

Personnel

  • James Brown - lead vocals, arrangements
  • Jimmy Nolen – guitar
  • Robert Lee Coleman – guitar
  • Sweet Charles Sherrell – clavinet
  • Melvin Parker – drums
  • Will Lee – bass
  • Russell Crimes – trumpet
  • Holly Ferris – trombone
  • St. Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone
  • Peyton Johnson – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Poff Jr. - alto saxophone
  • Patricia Dryden - cover illustration

References

  1. ^ a b Alex Henderson. "Get Up Offa That Thing - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (June 9, 1980). "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "iTunes - Music - Get Up Offa That Thing by James Brown". Itunes.apple.com. January 1976. Retrieved 2015-06-29.