James Brown United States

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 669 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 2,689.

James Brown is ranked number 311 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 6,618.

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James Brown - The Original Disco Man - Vinyl LP Record - 1979
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James Brown - Soul Syndrome - Vinyl LP Record - 1980
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Pure Soul Presents: A TRIBUTE TO JAMES BROWN ft. Cameron Webb
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB, Berwyn, United States. United States
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James Brown best albums

The following albums by James Brown are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:

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1973
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This may not be a complete discography for James Brown.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!

James Brown bestography composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 2 0%
1960s 28 0%
1970s 25 0%
1980s 11 0%
1990s 17 0%
2000s 4 0%
2010s 0 0%
2020s 0 0%
Compilation? Albums %
No 61 70%
Yes 26 30%
Live? Albums %
No 78 90%
Yes 9 10%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 85 98%
Yes 2 2%

James Brown best tracks

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Rating: 87 (24 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album I Got You (I Feel Good))
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Rating: 87 (34 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album The Payback)
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Rating: 84 (49 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Sex Machine)
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Rating: 82 (18 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Please Please Please)
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Rating: 80 (11 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Try Me!)
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Rating: 80 (16 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album The Payback)
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Rating: 80 (18 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Sex Machine)
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Rating: 80 (5 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Gravity)
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Rating: 80 (4 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Hell)
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Rating: 79 (11 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Please Please Please)
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Rating: 79 (17 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album The Payback)
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Rating: 79 (16 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album The Payback)
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Rating: 79 (4 votes)Comments: 0
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Rating: 79 (17 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Sex Machine)
18.
Rating: 79 (3 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Black Caesar)
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Rating: 79 (16 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album The Payback)
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Rating: 79 (15 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album The Payback)
N.B. Tracks must have received at least 3 ratings to appear in the above list.

James Brown ratings

Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 69 votes)
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This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 80.8/100, a mean average of 80.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.6/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 15.8.

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From 06/13/2020 22:18
Greatest Funkman that ever lived
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From 02/23/2020 02:27
The Godfather of RnB
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From 11/01/2017 13:08
This man just created the funk and the f*king Michael Jackson!! One of the greatest artists of ALL TIME!!
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From 12/14/2014 02:01
In top 10 great performers
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90/100
From 02/12/2014 17:43
My favourite performer. He has so much passion and energy in his live shows.
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From 07/21/2013 20:43
The Godfather of Soul is a fitting name, he has influenced so many, most notably Prince and Bootsy Collins.
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From 09/02/2012 19:54
James Brown taught every other artist how to perform. Nobody else put as much into it as the hardest working man in show-business.
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From 07/05/2011 18:38
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.
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