Solid Gold
by James Brown
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James Brown bestography
Solid Gold is ranked 16th best out of 95 albums by James Brown on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by James Brown is James Brown Live At The Apollo which is ranked number 873 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,184.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Solid Gold track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (23 out of 30 tracks have been rated).
Solid Gold rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | PurpleHazel | Top 42 Music Albums of 1977 | 6/42 | 4 |
| 2022 |  Skinny | My record collection (A-C) | 39/79 | - |
| 2021 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 12/100 | 44 |
| 2016 |  NoisyBeast | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 41/100 | - |
| 2015 | NoisyBeast | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2013 |  thursdayeno | Top 65 Greatest Music Albums | 63/65 | - |
| 2010 | pwcl | Top 20 Greatest Music Albums | 9/20 | - |
| 1985 | New Music Express | NME's Best Albums Of All Time | 17/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 53 | |||
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Solid Gold ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/10/2025 09:26 | Leginlists | 3,398 | 83/100 | |
| 09/30/2022 14:53 | TonySayers61 | 24,398 | 64/100 | |
| 07/04/2019 11:52 | Johnnyo | 9,699 | 77/100 | |
| 03/11/2018 22:36 |  bojolpif71 | 14,854 | 58/100 | |
| 01/01/2018 02:57 | TodFitz | 27,367 | 63/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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ffudnebbuh 10/01/2009 21:21 | #6517
I think that in order to understand the direction of black music over the last 40 years, you have to start with James Brown and this is a great collection from the 1950s to the 1970s...
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