Sex Machine Today

Sex Machine Today
Studio album by James Brown
Released	March 1975 (1975-03) [1]
Recorded	January 4 – March 1, 1975 (1975-01-04 – 1975-03-01) [1] [2] [3]
Studio	A & R Studios (New York City, New York) Sound Ideas Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre	Funk
Length	39:45
Label	Polydor 6042
Producer	Charles Bobbit
James Brown chronology
Reality (1974) Sex Machine Today (1975) Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump (1975)
Singles from Sex Machine Today
"Sex Machine" Released: April 1975 (1975-04) "Dead On It" Released: May 1975 (1975-05)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Robert Christgau	C+ [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

Sex Machine Today is the 40th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in March 1975, by Polydor Records. ^{[4] [7]}

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sex Machine, Pts. 1 & 2"	James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff	12:05
2.	"I Feel Good"	James Brown	3:05
3.	"Problems"	Brown, Lee Austin	2:45
4.	"Dead on It"	Brown, Fred Wesley	13:10
5.	"Get Up Off of Me"	Brown, Wesley	3:56
6.	"Deep in It"	Brown	4:44

Personnel

Musicians

• James Brown – lead vocals, clavinet

The J.B.'s

"Sex Machine". "I Feel Good", "Dead On It" ^{[2] [3]}

• Russell Crimes – trumpet
• Fred Wesley – trombone
• Maceo Parker, Jimmy Parker – alto saxophone
• St. Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Nolen, Hearlon "Cheese" Martin – electric guitar
• “Sweet” Charles Sherrell – bass guitar, clavinet
• Fred Thomas – bass guitar
• Johnny Griggs – percussion
• John “Jabo” Starks, John Morgan – drums

Studio band arranged by James Brown

"Problems" ^[3]

• Maeretha Stewart, Hilda Harris, Tasha Thomas – backing vocals
• Lew Soloff, Marvin Stamm – trumpet
• Fred Wesley – trombone
• probably Maceo Parker – alto saxophone
• Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone
• Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis – baritone saxophone
• Leon Pendarvis – clavinet
• Joe Beck, Cornell Dupree – electric guitar
• Wilbur Bascomb – bass guitar
• Jimmy Madison – drums

• Joe Beck – overdubbed electric guitar ("Sex Machine")

Technical

• Fred Wesley – arrangements
• Fred Wesley – production supervision, arrangements
• Bob Both – production supervision, engineer
• David Stone, Major Little – assistant engineer
• Roger Huyssen – artwork==References==

References

1. Weinger, Harry; Leeds, Alan (1985). Dead On The Heavy Funk 74-76. Polydor. 827 439-1 Y-1.
2. Leeds, Alan (January 2010). The Singles, Volume 9: 1973–1975. Hip-O Select (published July 2, 2010). B0014259-02.
3. Leeds, Alan (July 23, 1996). Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971–1975. Polydor. 31453 3052-2.
4. William Ruhlmann. "Sex Machine Today - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
5. Christgau, Robert (June 9, 1980). "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
6. 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.
7. "iTunes - Music - Sex Machine Today by James Brown". iTunes. January 1975. Retrieved June 28, 2015.