Gettin' Down to It
| Gettin' Down to It | ||||
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| Studio album by James Brown | ||||
| Released | May 1969 | |||
| Recorded | December 1968 - March 1969 | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 48:35 | |||
| Label | King | |||
| Producer | James Brown | |||
| James Brown chronology | ||||
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Gettin' Down to It is the 28th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in May 1969, by King Records.[1][2] A pet project of Brown's, the album consists of standards sung in the jazz ballad style of Frank Sinatra, whom Brown greatly admired.[2] In addition, two of Brown's own compositions, "Cold Sweat" and an instrumental version of "There Was a Time", are included, reinterpreted in the same style.
Robert Christgau has called it "a ballad album that could scare the shades off Ray Charles".[3]
Track listing
| Side one | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Sunny" (Marva Whitney, vocals) | Bobby Hebb | 3:17 |
| 2. | "That's Life" | Kelly Gordon / Dean Kay | 4:29 |
| 3. | "Strangers in the Night" | Bert Kaempfert / Charles Singleton / Eddie Snyder | 3:26 |
| 4. | "Willow Weep for Me" | Ann Ronell | 4:39 |
| 5. | "Cold Sweat" | James Brown / Alfred Ellis | 5:02 |
| 6. | "There Was a Time" (Kenny Poole and Lee Garrett, guitar) | James Brown / Bud Hobgood | 2:58 |
| Side two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Chicago" | Fred Fisher | 2:51 |
| 2. | "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" | William Best / Deek Watson | 7:40 |
| 3. | "Time After Time" | Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne | 4:48 |
| 4. | "All the Way" | Sammy Cahn | 3:40 |
| 5. | "It Had to Be You" | Isham Jones / Gus Kahn | 2:42 |
| 6. | "Uncle" (Kenny Poole, guitar) | Frank Vincent | 2:35 |
Personnel
James Brown, vocals and producer
Dee Felice Trio:
- Lee Tucker, bass
- Dee Felice, drums
- Frank Vincent, piano
References
- ↑ "iTunes - Music - Gettin' Down to It by James Brown". Itunes.apple.com. 1933-05-03. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
- 1 2 Al Campbell. "Gettin' Down to It - James Brown | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
- ↑ http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=1643
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