Please Please Please (studio album)
by James Brown And His Famous Flames

Please Please Please by James Brown And His Famous Flames
Year: 1958
Overall rank: 2,731st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 74 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1958 (20th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1950s (78th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,731st)

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James Brown And His Famous Flames bestography

Please Please Please is ranked 2nd best out of 93 albums by James Brown on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by James Brown is James Brown Live At The Apollo which is ranked number 624 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,755.

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 74 votes)
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11/05/2025 14:10 TonySayers61  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 22,83964/100
 
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10/24/2025 06:39 rambleon80  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,60976/100
 
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09/13/2025 11:21 Tamthebam  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 22,84969/100
 
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08/13/2025 05:40 PapaShiz86  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 10,75579/100
 
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07/19/2025 02:56 AAL2014  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,47175/100

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.

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80/100
From 03/09/2022 15:57
Papa was a soulin stone. Good stuff
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From 11/11/2018 10:27
More soulful than Ray Charles could be. The rock ‘n’ roll songs sound a bit too Little Richards-ish at times, but overall an album I can enjoy.
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From 02/06/2016 12:34
A soulful work from the man that practically invented funk. Good stuff!
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From 09/24/2015 12:44
Feb 57 according to my copy of the great rock discography. Discogs has it listed as 59 though.
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From 12/13/2014 05:48
This album was released in 1958.
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Best Albums of 1958
1. Blue Train by John Coltrane
2. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
3. Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday
4. Somethin' Else by Cannonball Adderley
5. Buddy Holly by Buddy Holly
6. Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley
7. Milestones by Miles Davis
8. Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud by Miles Davis
9. Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely by Frank Sinatra
10. Little Richard by Little Richard
11. Come Fly With Me by Frank Sinatra
12. The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers
13. One Dozen Berrys by Chuck Berry
14. Jerry Lee Lewis by Jerry Lee Lewis
15. Basie by Count Basie And His Orchestra & Neal Hefti
16. The Best Of Muddy Waters by Muddy Waters
17. Elvis' Golden Records by Elvis Presley
18. Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet by Miles Davis Quintet
19. Dance Mania by Tito Puente
20. Please Please Please by James Brown And His Famous Flames
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