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2LP Vinyl – B0021512-01

From the slow-rollin’, steady-mobbin’ opening bars, clearly on a mission, you know “The Payback” is going to be all killer, no filler. That groove, dark, deep and unfussy, thumping in your ears like a stressed heartbeat, ONE-two-three-four; the stratospheric vocal from Martha High like a siren warning of trouble; Fred Wesley’s horn section blowing like distant car horns blocks away; that chattering wah-wah like the awed gossip of bystanders on the corner, watching the gang going to fix a problem once and for all; the bassline, pensive and clearly unresolved. Over the top, Brown growling – not hysterical, but stating that revenge is his right and your unwanted destiny.