20 All-Time Greatest Hits!
by James Brown
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20 All-Time Greatest Hits! is ranked 10th 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 636 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,675.
(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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20 All-Time Greatest Hits! track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/10/2025 09:25 | Leginlists | 3,750 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/15/2025 00:16 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,661 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/18/2024 08:44 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
| ! | 11/02/2024 15:28 | TonySayers61 | 25,122 | 64/100 |
| ! | 10/30/2024 19:28 | jlsfourth | 1,210 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.6/100, a mean average of 81.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
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NoisyBeast 09/17/2018 06:45 | #221196 | TOP COMMENT
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Fantastic JB comp... this one truly smokes!! A perfect party platter, and great place for newcomers to begin. All these essential tracks are available on the expansive "Star Time" comp, released the same year. Can't find any fault with this tasty collection, but you'll most likely wish to seek out more JB after whetting your appetite with this savory offering!
Tamthebam 09/09/2017 04:35 | #197635 | TOP COMMENT
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This for me is the best starting point for anyone who wants to know or find out what J.B. is all about. Soul Funk at its best . Get Up Offa that Thing !
If you only have one James Brown record this is the one. Be warned it's addictive.
swhaze 01/09/2015 22:04 | #131179 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is a great collection of all of James Brown's absolute mega-hits. Of course he has written so many great songs that this is simply a skimming of the absolute best songs.
tgarritsen 02/20/2014 23:10 | #103797 | TOP COMMENT
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One of my favourite compilation albums because it has the great hist from all his phases. Even the early pre-funk stuff.
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This is it folks!..The one-place stop for all-good James Brown quickness! No other compilation is as good for the price and it's got all the early hits. Everything is great by this artist but when you want brevity this is where to go! Live at the Apollo is his absolute best work but that's just for the James Brown fans man! I want to help create disciples with this compilation. Check it out & believe my brothas & sistas!
Pure funk brilliance.
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