Star Time
by James Brown
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James Brown bestography
Star Time is ranked 9th best out of 97 albums by James Brown on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by James Brown is James Brown Live At The Apollo which is ranked number 644 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,647.
(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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Star Time track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Star Time rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 36 Music Albums of 1991 | 3/36 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Vox Magazine 50 Albums of 1991 | 2/50 | - |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 80 Music Albums of 1991 | 23/80 | 4 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Tom Club (Waits`favs+sound-alikes) | 11/100 | - |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1991 | 7/40 | 4 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 58 Music Albums of 1991 | 18/58 | 4 |
| 2024 |  Cardboardfolder | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 77/100 | 19 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | best ever compilations | 35/100 | - |
| 2024 |  pedro1976 | Most listened to albums - January 2022 | 15/20 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 48 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 157 | |||
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Star Time ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/20/2025 22:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,620 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2024 14:29 | javicho07 | 3,092 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/20/2024 14:12 | Pluto11 | 12,270 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.0.
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Forum mentions
pedro1976 08/04/2024 14:10 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 04/11/2023 13:40 in What album are you listening to right now? pedro1976 12/26/2022 08:10 in What album are you listening to right now?Star Time comments
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planetneutral 11/06/2020 04:00 | #260225 | TOP COMMENT
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Hard to rate in the context of regular albums, but outstanding, even amongst box sets.
VictorVale 09/23/2020 12:48 | #258578
A dimensão e a abrangência dele era imensa! Monstro!
StefanR10 05/29/2020 13:02 | #252470 | TOP COMMENT
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I was not disappointed, I like this collection of great music. Must have from James Brown with Live At Apollo.
Top Songs are: Public Enemy #1, I Feel. Papa´s got a brand new bag, Funky Drummer and Payback.
The greatest single collection of JB, the greatest and most influential R&B artist in history, and the inventor of funk. The only downside is that it came out when CDs didn't sound quite as good as they did a few years later, so there are later less comprehensive compilations with slightly better sound (not that the sound is bad; Polygram was generally the best of the major labels back then). There are great live albums, and, for JB fanatics, there are deep cuts not on here, but for most people this collection is all you need.
swhaze 05/16/2014 02:46 | #111945 | TOP COMMENT
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Lots and lots and lots of James Brown. The album is great, but it never ends.
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