James Brown

The Godfather of Soul, United States, 1933 to 2006

Albums

Year Title Average Ratings
1961 Twist Around
1963 Prisoner of Love
1964 Grits & Soul
1964 Showtime
1965 Sings Out of Sight
1965 James Brown Plays James Brown: Yesterday and Today
1966 Handful of Soul
1966 James Brown Plays New Breed
1967 James Brown Sings Raw Soul
1967 James Brown Plays the Real Thing
1968 Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things
1968 I Got the Feelin’
41 more releases
1968 A Soulful Christmas
1969 Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud
1969 Gettin’ Down to It
1969 The Popcorn
1969 It’s a Mother
1970 Ain’t It Funky
1970 Hey America
1970 Soul on Top
1970 It’s a New Day - Let a Man Come In
1971 Hot Pants
1971 Sho Is Funky Down Here
1972 There It Is
1972 Get on the Good Foot
1973 The Payback
1974 Reality
1974 Hell
1975 Everybody’s Doin’ the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump
1975 Sex Machine Today
1976 Get Up Offa That Thing
1976 Hot
1976 Bodyheat
1977 Mutha’s Nature
1978 Jam 1980’s
1978 Take a Look at Those Cakes
1979 The Original Disco Man
1980 Soul Syndrome
1980 People
1981 Nonstop!
1983 Bring It On!
1986 In the Jungle Groove
1986 Gravity
1988 I’m Real
1991 Love Over-Due
1991 Star Time
1992 Universal James
1996 Soul Jubilee
1998 I’m Back
1999 The Merry Christmas Album
2002 The Next Step
2007 James Brown Presents A Soulful Christmas
2017 Blowball

EPs

Year Title Average Ratings
1974 Ruidos
1985 Sex Machine
1988 The Payback Mix (Keep On Doing What You’re Doing but Make It Funky)
1990 The Night Time Is the Right Time
1993 Just Do It

Live

Year Title Average Ratings
1963 The James Brown Show: Live At The Apollo 7.0 30
2005 Live At The Apollo (1962) 5.0 1
58 more releases
1964 Pure Dynamite! Live at The Royal
1967 Live at the Garden
1968 Live at the Apollo, Part 2
1968 Live at the Apollo, Part 1
1970 Sex Machine
1971 Super Bad
1971 Revolution of the Mind
1980 Live And Lowdown At The Apollo, Vol.1
1981 Live in New York
1983 Body Heat
1986 Live at Chastain Park
1986 Live in Concert
1987 Soul Session Live
1988 On Stage
1989 LIVE!
1989 Live!
1991 Soul’s Alive
1991 Hot on the One... Live
1992 The Sex Machine Live
1992 Love Power Peace: Live at The Olympia, Paris, 1971
1993 Collection
1993 The Great James Brown Live
1993 Sex Machine: Live in Concert
1993 Try Me
1994 The Best of James Brown Live
1995 Live
1995 Live at the Apollo 1995
1996 Golden Classics
1998 Live in Atlanta
1998 The Godfather Live in N.Y.C.
1998 The Gold Collection
1998 Say It Live and Loud (Live in Dallas 08.26.68)
1999 The Great James Brown
1999 The Sex Machine Performs Live
2000 The Godfather
2000 The Original Funk Soul Brother
2000 Seventh Wonder
2002 Live in Concert
2003 I Feel Good
2003 I Feel Good (live)
2004 Live in Concert
2005 Cold Sweat: Live
2006 Golden Legends: James Brown Live
2007 Greatest Hits Live
2014 Get on Up: Live in America
2015 Get Down With James Brown: Live At The Apollo Vol. IV
2016 Live in Dallas ’68
2019 Live at Home With His Bad Self
2019 Live at Home with His Bad Self
2019 Live at Home With His Bad Self (The After Show)
2022 Super Bad Live!
2026 Live At The Apollo, Vol. II
Live At The Apollo (Part 2)
James Brown Live!
Best of James Brown
Sex Machine
Volume Two
The Original Showman Live!

Soundtracks

Year Title Average Ratings
1973 Slaughter’s Big Rip‐Off
1973 Black Caesar
James Brown Live Sex Machine

Remixes

Year Title Average Ratings
2001 Greatest Hits Remixed
2002 Ultimate Remixes
2007 Dynamite X
2022 Black & Loud: James Brown Reimagined