In 1973, Brown was hospitalized for exhaustion. There are echoes of Brown's anger and suffering throughout the album. The title song, with its drop-dead funky bassline, is full of vitriol, as Brown cries out for revenge and compensation.
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelPor, Polydor / Umgd
UPC0602537975853
eBay Product ID (ePID)2317095108
Product Key Features
FormatRecord
Release Year2014
GenreSoul/R & B
ArtistBrown, James
Release TitlePayback
Dimensions
Item Height0.24 in
Item Weight1.20 lb
Item Length12.42 in
Item Width11.96 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Tracks8
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Tracks1.1 The Payback 1.2 Doing the Best I Can 2.1 Take Some, Leave Some 2.2 Shoot Your Shot 3.1 Forever Suffering 3.2 Time Is Running Out Fast 4.1 Stone to the Bone 4.2 Mind Power
Number of Discs2
NotesThe Payback is a 1973 double album by James Brown. It was originally scheduled to become the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film Hell Up in Harlem. The Payback is considered a high point in Brown's recording career, and is now regarded by critics as a landmark funk album. It's revenge-themed title track, a #1 R&B hit, is one of his most famous songs and an especially prolific source of samples for record producers. Musically the album is largely based around cyclic grooves and jamming, but it also features departures into a softer soul-based sound on tracks like "Doing the Best I Can".