Please Please Please
by James Brown And His Famous Flames

Please Please Please by James Brown And His Famous Flames
Year: 1958
Overall rank: 2,640th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 76 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1958 (19th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1950s (76th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,640th)

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James Brown And His Famous Flames bestography

Please Please Please is ranked 2nd 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 615 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,767.

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Overall rank: 2,640th | 1950s rank: 76th | 1958 rank: 19th

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 76 votes)
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75/100
 
12/24/2025 19:48 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,72076/100
 
70/100
 
12/23/2025 05:04 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,64170/100
 
60/100
 
11/05/2025 14:10 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,78164/100
 
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10/24/2025 06:39 rambleon80  Ratings distribution  2,61876/100
 
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09/13/2025 11:21 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,93069/100

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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 74.1/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.

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80/100
From 03/09/2022 15:57 | #282567
Papa was a soulin stone. Good stuff
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From 11/11/2018 10:27 | #224299
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 | #158844
A soulful work from the man that practically invented funk. Good stuff!
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3. Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday
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12. Come Fly With Me by Frank Sinatra
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16. The Best Of Muddy Waters by Muddy Waters
17. Elvis' Golden Records by Elvis Presley
18. Songs For Distingué Lovers by Billie Holiday
19. Please Please Please by James Brown And His Famous Flames
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