Sho Is Funky Down Here

Sho Is Funky Down Here is the 31st studio album by American musician James Brown, released in 1971 on King Records, his last album on the label after having been on the label since 1956.

Overview

An entirely instrumental album, it's full of heavy fuzzed-out guitars in a jazzy psychedelic rock style, resembling the first records by Funkadelic. All songs are by James Brown and David Matthews and the record is somewhat a second album by Matthews' Grodeck Whipperjenny group. David Matthews worked as the band leader for James Brown at the time.

Chart performance

Sho Is Funky Down Here peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Best Selling Soul LP's chart and No. 137 on the Top LP's chart in May 1971.

Critical reception

Kurt Edwards reviewed the album for AllMusic, writing, "Even within that narrow subsection, Sho Is Funky Down Here stands out: an almost completely unsoulful album — at least as close as James Brown will ever come, even in his later years — full of fuzzed-out guitars, poorly recorded drums, and not much else."

Track listing

All tracks composed by James Brown and David Matthews

Personnel

James Brown – harpsichord, organ, vocals
David Matthews – organ, piano
Kenny Poole – guitar
Michael Moore – bass
Jimmy Madison – drums

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard Top LP's	137
US Billboard Best Selling Soul LP's	26