Please Please Please
by James Brown And His Famous Flames
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Please Please Please is ranked 2nd 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 2,637.
(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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Please Please Please track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Please Please Please rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 43 Music Albums of 1958 | 21/43 | 3 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 85 Music Albums of the 1950s | 60/85 | 6 |
| 2026 | downandout | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 61/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 87 Music Albums of 1958 | 71/87 | 1 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 10 Music Albums of 1958 | 5/10 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 55 Music Albums of 1958 | 53/55 | 0 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 18 Music Albums of 1958 | 18/18 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 68 Music Albums of 1958 | 21/68 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1958 | 15/20 | 2 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1950s | 11/50 | 16 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 109 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 599 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/25/2026 16:22 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/02/2026 12:48 | Olli | 7,955 | 62/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2026 01:06 | matterhornrider | 5,204 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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albummaster 10/22/2025 10:37 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
RoundTheBend 02/12/2016 00:51 in What album are you listening to right now?Please Please Please comments
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Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/11/2018 10:27 | #224299 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
A soulful work from the man that practically invented funk. Good stuff!
Jboy56 03/09/2022 15:57 | #282567 | TOP COMMENT
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Papa was a soulin stone. Good stuff
Feb 57 according to my copy of the great rock discography. Discogs has it listed as 59 though.
This album was released in 1958.
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