Album
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Album
The Payback
- Peak position
- #34
- Weeks on chart
- 36
The Payback (1974) is a James Brown album in the RetroVerse archive.
Why this album mattered
The Payback (1974) is a James Brown album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #34 and charted for 36 weeks.
The music
- 1
Gonna Have a Funky Good Time (Doing It to Death)
2 Get Up Offa That Thing
- 3
Body Heat
4 Sex Machine
- 5
Try Me
- 6
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
7 Get on the Good Foot
- 8
It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World
- 9
Lost Someone
- 10
It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World, Part 2
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Jan 5, 1974#176
A rocket up the chart — jumping 20 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #176, exploded upward for 16 weeks to reach #34 and fell quickly across 36 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
Album facts
- ArtistJames Brown
- Year1974