Get Up Offa That Thing (album)

Get Up Offa That Thing
Studio album by James Brown
Released	July 1976 (1976-07) [1]
Recorded	April 19 – June 18, 1976 (1976-04-19 – 1976-06-18) [1] [2]
Studio	Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida) [1] [2] International Studios (Augusta, Georgia) [1] [2]
Genre	Funk
Length	42:20
Label	Polydor 6071
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Hot (1976) Get Up Offa That Thing (1976) Bodyheat (1976)
Singles from Get Up Offa That Thing
"Get Up Offa That Thing" Released: June 1976 (1976-06) "I Refuse to Lose / Home Again" Released: August 1976 (1976-08)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	B− [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

Get Up Offa That Thing is the 43rd studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in July of 1976 by Polydor Records. ^{[1] [2] [3] [6]}

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Writer(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 Brown	3:23
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

Musicians

• James Brown – lead vocals, arrangement
• various bandmembers – backing vocals
• Hollie Farris, Russell Crimes – trumpet
• Joe Poff – alto saxophone
• St. Clair Pinckney, Peyton "P.J." Johnson – tenor saxophone
• Mike Lawler – clavinet, electric organ, piano
• Jimmy Nolen, Robert Coleman – electric guitar
• "Sweet" Charles Sherrell – bass guitar
• Melvin Parker – drums

Production

• Patricia Dryden – cover illustration

References

1. Weinger, Harry; Leeds, Alan (1985). Dead On The Heavy Funk 74-76. Polydor. 827 439-1 Y-1.
2. Leeds, Alan (December 2010). The Singles, Volume 10: 1975–1979. Hip-O Select (published February 11, 2011). B0015279-02.
3. Alex Henderson. "Get Up Offa That Thing - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
4. Christgau, Robert (June 9, 1980). "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
5. 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.
6. "iTunes - Music - Get Up Offa That Thing by James Brown". iTunes. July 1976. Retrieved June 29, 2015.