James Brown 
Aliases: James Brown And His Famous Flames.
The best album credited to James Brown is James Brown Live At The Apollo which is ranked number 648 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 2,636.
James Brown is ranked number 292 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 6,926.
- See also:
- James Brown Presents His Band
- The J.B.'s
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James Brown best tracks
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 09/28/2026 15:09 | jnmayles | 39 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2025 08:29 | pago82 | 1,406 | 67/100 |
| ! | 05/23/2024 05:58 |  zags7000 | 294 | 77/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 3% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 80.2/100, a mean average of 80.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.8/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 16.0.
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James Brown forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5422): By CharlieBarleyView latest topic →
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Captain_Dude 07/05/2011 18:38 | #23964
LIVE AT THE APOLLO just may be the finest capture of a live performance ever. Listen to it and you'll feel as if you're there.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/02/2012 19:54 | #49844
James Brown taught every other artist how to perform. Nobody else put as much into it as the hardest working man in show-business.
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/07/2019 21:36 | #229268
Influential and funky, but far too much of a one trick pony to hold my interest.
tgarritsen 02/12/2014 17:43 | #102961
My favourite performer. He has so much passion and energy in his live shows.
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