Get On The Good Foot
by James Brown
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James Brown bestography
Get On The Good Foot is ranked 18th 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 650 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,638.
(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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Get On The Good Foot track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Get On The Good Foot rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 63 Music Albums of 1972 | 14/63 | 4 |
| 2026 | dukeboxkool | Best R&B Albums 1960-2015 | 30/55 | - |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Jive Chart | 91/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | dukeboxkool | Best R&B Albums. My Top 100 | 29/100 | - |
| 2025 |  Graeme2 | Top 65 Music Albums of 1972 | 30/65 | 3 |
| 2025 | dukeboxkool | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2024 |  CharlieBarley | Top 59 Music Albums of 1972 | 23/59 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 28 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 61 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/09/2026 18:46 | Johnnyo | 9,950 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/01/2025 03:25 | jnmayles | 2,393 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/18/2024 08:46 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.
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Droophus 12/30/2019 16:36 | #246134
A critical album for the development of funk music. The ad for the album in the middle of the record by Hank Ballard is so bizarre, but it’s still one of James’s best.
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