There Was A Time (track)
by James Brown
Year: 1970
From the album Sex Machine (track #11)
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There Was A Time appears on the following album(s) by James Brown:
- Sex Machine (track #11) (this album) (1970)
- Solid Gold (track #12) (compilation) (1977)
- The 50th Anniversary Collection (track #18) (compilation) (2003)
- Gold (track #15) (compilation) (2007)
- I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me (track #2) (1968)
- Say It Live And Loud: Live In Dallas 08.26.68 (track #14) (1998)
- The Best Of James Brown (1969) (track #9) (compilation) (1969)
- Foundations Of Funk: A Brand New Bag 1964-1969 (track #7) (compilation) (1996)
- Gettin' Down To It (track #6) (1969)
- 40th Anniversary Collection (track #15) (compilation) (1996)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 03/23/2026 08:54 | Juneof44 | 4,697 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/05/2026 07:14 | Exist-en-ciel | 161,262 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2024 07:37 | Pluto11 | 28,694 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2024 23:25 | phmusic | 68,979 | 100/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2023 10:23 |  DommeDamian | 74,827 | 51/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 6% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.7/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.6.
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