Released September 15, 1986 Length 39:40 | Recorded 1985–86 Release date 15 September 1986 Label Scotti Brothers Records | |
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Gravity is the 56th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released on September 15, 1986, by Scotti Bros. Records. It was largely written and produced by Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight, the authors of the album's previously released hit single "Living in America", which had reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was prominently featured in the film Rocky IV. It was Brown's first album for the Scotti Brothers record label.
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The album's title track became a minor hit on both the pop and R&B charts, while the tango-based slow jam "How Do You Stop" cracked the R&B top ten. The album track "Turn Me Loose, I'm Dr Feelgood" was used as the theme song for the Australian TV sketch comedy series The Late Show (1992–93) and is often played by Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies when one of their batters hits a home run at Citizens Bank Park.
Reception
Gravity earned a lukewarm reception from critics. Robert Christgau went so far as to describe it as "[n]ot a James Brown album--a James Brown-influenced Dan Hartman record, with James Brown on vocals", and urged readers to seek out recent reissues of Brown's earlier work instead. Ron Wynn of Allmusic.com described the album as "moderately interesting" but that, ultimately, Brown was trying to "catch up" with contemporary trends.
2012 BBR Expanded Remaster
9. Living In America (12" Version)10. Gravity (12" Version)11. How Do You Stop (12" Version)12. Goliath (12" Version)13. Living In America (Single Version)14. Gravity (Single Version)15. Living In America (Instrumental)Personnel
Songs
1Gravity5:59
2Let's Get Personal4:29
3How Do You Stop4:50