Gravity earned a lukewarm reception from critics.
Robert Christgau went so far as to describe it as "[n]ot a James Brown album--a James Brown-influenced Dan Hartman record, with James Brown on vocals", and urged readers to seek out recent
reissues of Brown's earlier work instead.[6] Ron Wynn of
Allmusic.com described the album as "moderately interesting" but that, ultimately, Brown was trying to "catch up" with contemporary trends.[4] Brown himself stated that the album was "'about 10 percent of James Brown. This is about as real James Brown as we`re gonna put on (producer) Dan Hartman`s album.'' Nevertheless, Brown did praise Hartman and Midnight for capturing the essence of his style in "
Living in America".[8]
Gravity earned a lukewarm reception from critics.
Robert Christgau went so far as to describe it as "[n]ot a James Brown album--a James Brown-influenced Dan Hartman record, with James Brown on vocals", and urged readers to seek out recent
reissues of Brown's earlier work instead.[6] Ron Wynn of
Allmusic.com described the album as "moderately interesting" but that, ultimately, Brown was trying to "catch up" with contemporary trends.[4] Brown himself stated that the album was "'about 10 percent of James Brown. This is about as real James Brown as we`re gonna put on (producer) Dan Hartman`s album.'' Nevertheless, Brown did praise Hartman and Midnight for capturing the essence of his style in "
Living in America".[8]