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The Godfather of Soul appointed himself the Minister Of New New Super Heavy Funk for this 1975 release, and it was subtitled Disco Soul (if thats not entirely an oxymoron). This disc catches the hardest working man in show business in a transitional phase, as he slides his patented funk into a brand new, sequin-encrusted, spandex bag.

Brown was in one of the most prolific phases of his recording career when this album was recorded, as he released seven(!) albums in 1975-76. Always keenly aware of changing public taste, JB embraced the new dance movement eagerly, even to the point of putting out a disc called Everybodys Doin The Hustle & Dead On The Double Bump, which they were, if only for just about as long as it took to play that album.


The album resonated more keenly in the urban community than it did in mainstream pop culture; it managed to get to number 10 on the Black Album chart, while it didnt quite break the upper half of the Pop Album chart, topping out at 103. In fact, this was Browns last top ten charting album to date. Remarkably, he notched three top 25 albums in 1975, despite critics claims that he was beginning to repeat himself.



One slight shortcoming of the CD version of this album is that it cannot reproduce at full size the unique typography for the words Sex Machine as seen in the original 12 x 12 artwork. But it still sounds great.