Gettin' Down to It
1969 studio album by James Brown / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gettin' Down to It is the 24th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in May 1969, by King Records.[3][1] A pet project of Brown's, the album consists of standards sung in the jazz ballad style of Frank Sinatra, whom Brown greatly admired.[1] 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.
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Released | May 1969 | |||
Recorded | December 1968–March 1969 | |||
Genre | Soul jazz | |||
Length | 48:35 | |||
Label | King | |||
Producer | James Brown | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [2] |
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Robert Christgau has called it "a ballad album that could scare the shades off Ray Charles".[4]