The Payback

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The Payback
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Length
8 tracks, 56:36
Release Date
1 January 1973
The Payback is the 37th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in December 1973, by Polydor Records. It was originally scheduled to become the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film Hell Up in Harlem, but was rejected by the film's producers, who dismissed it as "the same old James Brown stuff." A widely repeated story—including by Brown himself—that director Larry Cohen rejected the music as "not funky enough" is denied by Cohen. On the DVD commentary track for Black Caesar (to which Hell Up in Harlem is a sequel), Cohen state… read more
The Payback is the 37th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in December 1973, by Polydor Records. It was originally… read more
The Payback is the 37th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in December 1973, by Polydor Records. It was originally scheduled to become the soundtrack f… read more

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Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track The Payback
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 7:38 298,481 listeners
2 Play track Doing The Best I Can
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 7:50 21,186 listeners
3 Play track Take Some - Leave Some
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 8:22 14,372 listeners
4 Play track Shoot Your Shot
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 8:08 17,500 listeners
5 Play track Forever Suffering
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 5:52 15,715 listeners
6 Play track Time Is Running Out Fast
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 12:37 14,449 listeners
7 Play track Stone To The Bone
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 4:04 32,491 listeners
8 Play track Mind Power
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 2:05 25,818 listeners

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James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American entertainer, record producer, and bandleader. The central progenitor of music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honorific nicknames "the Hardest Working Man in Show Business", "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1". In a career that lasted more than 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres. Brown was one of the first 10 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at its inaugural induc… read more
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American entertainer, record producer, and bandleader. The central progenitor of music and a major figure of 20th century mu… read more
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