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Sho Is Funky Down Here
1971 studio album by James Brown From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sho Is Funky Down Here is the 31st studio album by American musician James Brown, released in 1971 on King Records, his last album on the label after having been on the label since 1956.[1]
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Overview
An entirely instrumental album, it's full of heavy fuzzed-out guitars in a jazzy psychedelic rock style, resembling the first records by Funkadelic. All songs are by James Brown and David Matthews and the record is somewhat a second album by Matthews' Grodeck Whipperjenny group.[3] David Matthews worked as the band leader for James Brown at the time.
Chart performance
It peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart and No. 137 on the Billboard Top LP's, during a four-week run on it in 1971.[4][5]
Reception
Kurt Edwards on AllMusic reviewed the album, writing, "Even within that narrow subsection, Sho Is Funky Down Here stands out: an almost completely unsoulful album - at least as close as James Brown will ever come, even in his later years - full of fuzzed-out guitars, poorly recorded drums, and not much else."[1]
Track listing
All tracks composed by James Brown and David Matthews
Personnel
- James Brown - organ, harpsichord, vocals
- Michael Moore - bass
- Jimmy Madison - drums
- Kenny Poole - guitar
- David Matthews - organ
Charts
References
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