Album artist 172 - James Brown

This page lists the album chart runs of James Brown. A list of songs by James Brown can be found here. The albums are listed with the most widely successful first.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	James Brown	Live at the Apollo (1963)	1963	Library of Congress artifact added 2004 (1965), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1962), BEA 4 of 1963, Billboard 6 - Aug 1963 (59 weeks) (7 weeks in top 10), Rolling Stone 24, US CashBox 25 of 1963, France (InfoDisc) 31 of 1969 (peak 10, 48 weeks), Guiness 36, German RS100 37, Acclaimed 39 (1963), PopVortex 75 (1963), DMDB 76, WTMD 340, WXPN 641 (1963), RYM 3 of 1963, KEXP 245
2	James Brown	Sex Machine	1970	Billboard 29 - Sep 1970 (31 weeks), D.Marsh 37 of 1970, PopVortex 88 (1970), Channel4 96, Acclaimed 388 (1970), Rolling Stone 414, RYM 43 of 1970, Xgau rating A (1970)
3	James Brown	Pure Dynamite! Live At The Royal	1964	D.Marsh 7 of 1964, Billboard 10 - Feb 1964 (22 weeks) (1 week in top 10), US BB 50 of 1964, US CashBox 78 of 1964
4	James Brown	James Brown Live at the Apollo Vol. 2	1968	D.Marsh 13 of 1968, Billboard 32 - Sep 1968 (39 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 63 of 1968 (peak 2, 59 weeks), Acclaimed 899 (1968)
5	James Brown	I'm Real	1988	Switzerland 19 - Jul 1988 (1 week), UK 27 - Jun 1988 (5 weeks), Austria 28 - Jul 1988 (1 month), ODK Germany 39 - Jun 1988 (5 weeks), Billboard 96 - Jun 1988 (13 weeks), Xgau rating B (1988)
6	James Brown	The Payback	1974	US Gold (certified by RIAA in Mar 1974), Billboard 34 - Jan 1974 (36 weeks), US CashBox 89 of 1974, Acclaimed 1323 (1974), RYM 51 of 1973, Xgau rating B+ (1973)
7	James Brown	Prisoner of Love	1963	D.Marsh 8 of 1963, Billboard 73 - Sep 1963 (16 weeks), RYM 162 of 1963
8	James Brown	Papa's Got a Brand New Bag	1965	Billboard 26 - Sep 1965 (27 weeks), D.Marsh 28 of 1965, RYM 122 of 1965
9	James Brown	Gravity	1986	ODK Germany 23 - Mar 1987 (7 weeks), UK 85 - Oct 1986 (3 weeks), Billboard 156 - Oct 1986 (6 weeks), Xgau rating C+ (1986)
10	James Brown	Cold Sweat	1967	D.Marsh 7 of 1967, Billboard 35 - Sep 1967 (17 weeks)
11	James Brown	The James Brown Show	1963	D.Marsh 2 of 1963
12	James Brown	I Got You (I Feel Good)	1966	D.Marsh 30 of 1966, Billboard 36 - Jan 1966 (17 weeks)
13	James Brown	Live At The Garden	1967	D.Marsh 38 of 1967, Billboard 41 - Jun 1967 (17 weeks)
14	James Brown	I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me	1968	Billboard 17 - Mar 1968 (14 weeks), D.Marsh 31 of 1968
15	James Brown	Hot Pants	1971	Billboard 22 - Sep 1971 (18 weeks), Italy 64 of 1971, RYM 164 of 1971, Xgau rating A- (1971)
16	James Brown	Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud	1969	Billboard 53 - Apr 1969 (22 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 97 of 1969 (peak 3, 25 weeks)
17	James Brown	The Very Best Of... The Godfather	2007	Sweden 32 - Sep 2002 (2 weeks), UK 54 - Jan 2007 (1 week), Switzerland 61 - Jan 2007 (4 weeks)
18	James Brown	The Best Of James Brown - The Godfather Of Soul	1987	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Nov 1987), UK 17 - Oct 1987 (21 weeks)
19	James Brown	Sex Machine: The Very Best Of James Brown (1991)	1991	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Dec 1991), UK 19 - Nov 1991 (22 weeks)
20	James Brown	Super Bad	1971	D.Marsh 34 of 1971, Billboard 61 - Jan 1971 (15 weeks), Xgau rating A- (1970)
21	James Brown	20 All-Time Greatest Hits!	2014	US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Apr 1996), Billboard 133 - Aug 2014 (2 weeks)
22	James Brown	Showtime	1964	Billboard 61 - May 1964 (18 weeks)
23	James Brown	James Brown Plays James Brown - Today & Yesterday	1965	Billboard 42 - Nov 1965 (19 weeks)
24	James Brown	Grits & Soul	1965	Billboard 124 - Apr 1965 (10 weeks)
25	James Brown	Hell	1974	Billboard 35 - Jul 1974 (19 weeks), RYM 142 of 1974, Xgau rating B (1974)
26	James Brown	It's A Man's World	1966	Billboard 90 - Sep 1966 (9 weeks)
27	James Brown	James Brown Plays New Breed	1966	Billboard 101 - Apr 1966 (11 weeks)
28	James Brown	Handful of soul	1966	Billboard 135 - Dec 1966 (3 weeks)
29	James Brown	Black Caesar	1973	Billboard 31 - Mar 1973 (21 weeks), RYM 137 of 1973, Xgau rating D+ (1973)
30	James Brown	Raw Soul	1967	Billboard 88 - Apr 1967 (14 weeks)
31	James Brown	James Brown Plays The Real Thing	1967	Billboard 164 - Jul 1967 (5 weeks)
32	James Brown	James Brown...Live/Hot On The One	1980	Billboard 170 - Aug 1980 (5 weeks), Xgau rating B+ (1980)
33	James Brown	Soul Brother No. 1	2008	Billboard 170 - Apr 2008 (2 weeks)
34	James Brown	I Got The Feelin'	1968	Billboard 135 - May 1968 (14 weeks)
35	James Brown	James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul	1968	Billboard 150 - Aug 1968 (5 weeks)
36	James Brown	Jam 1980's	1978	Billboard 121 - May 1978 (22 weeks), Xgau rating B+ (1978)
37	James Brown	The Original Disco Man	1979	Billboard 152 - Aug 1979 (6 weeks), Xgau rating A- (1979)
38	James Brown	It's A Mother	1969	Billboard 26 - Sep 1969 (24 weeks)
39	James Brown	James Brown Plays & Directs The Popcorn	1969	Billboard 40 - Aug 1969 (22 weeks)
40	James Brown	Gettin' Down To It	1969	Billboard 99 - May 1969 (14 weeks)
41	James Brown	Body Heat	1976	Billboard 126 - Jan 1977 (10 weeks), Xgau rating C (1976)
42	James Brown	Get Up Offa That Thing	1976	Billboard 147 - Aug 1976 (8 weeks), Xgau rating B- (1976)
43	James Brown	Hey America	1972	Italy 83 of 1972
44	James Brown	Sex Machine Today	1975	Billboard 103 - May 1975 (8 weeks), Xgau rating C+ (1975)
45	James Brown	Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump	1975	Billboard 193 - Oct 1975 (2 weeks), Xgau rating B- (1975)
46	James Brown	Live And Lowdown At The Apollo Vol 1	1980	Billboard 163 - Nov 1980 (3 weeks)
47	James Brown	Reality	1974	Billboard 56 - Jan 1975 (10 weeks), Xgau rating B- (1974)
48	James Brown	Revolution of the Mind	1971	Billboard 39 - Dec 1971 (21 weeks), Xgau rating B+ (1971)
49	James Brown	Slaughter's Big Rip-Off	1973	Billboard 92 - Jul 1973 (11 weeks), Xgau rating C (1973)
50	James Brown	Sho Is Funky Down Here	1971	Billboard 137 - May 1971 (4 weeks), Xgau rating C+ (1971)
51	James Brown	There It Is	1972	Billboard 60 - Jul 1972 (21 weeks), Xgau rating A- (1972)
52	James Brown	Ain't It Funky	1970	Billboard 43 - Feb 1970 (12 weeks)
53	James Brown	Get on the Good Foot	1972	Billboard 68 - Dec 1972 (17 weeks), Xgau rating B- (1972)
54	James Brown	James Brown Soul Classics	1972	Billboard 83 - Jun 1972 (16 weeks), Xgau rating A- (1972)
55	James Brown	It's A New Day So Let A Man Come In	1970	Billboard 121 - Jul 1970 (6 weeks)
56	James Brown	Soul On Top	1970	Billboard 125 - May 1970 (10 weeks)
57	James Brown	Soul Syndrome	1981	France (InfoDisc) 84 of 1981 (peak 6, 16 weeks)
58	James Brown	Think	1960	RYM 103 of 1960
59	James Brown	Try Me!	1959	RYM 138 of 1959
60	James Brown	Get On Up: The James Brown Story	2014	Billboard 61 - Aug 2014 (3 weeks)
61	James Brown	Please, Please, Please	1958	RYM 44 of 1958
62	James Brown	James Brown Sings Out of Sight	1964	RYM 188 of 1964
63	James Brown	Universal James	1993	Switzerland 34 - Mar 1993 (2 weeks)
64	James Brown	Love Over - Due	1991	Switzerland 35 - Jul 1991 (1 week)
65	James Brown	JB40: 40th Anniversary Collection	2000	Norway 28 - Sep 2000 (3 weeks)
66	James Brown	Love Power Peace, Live at the Olympia, Paris 1971	1992	RYM 116 of 1992
67	James Brown	Star Time	unknown	US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 2005), Rolling Stone 79
68	James Brown	Mother Lode	1988	Xgau rating A- (1988)
69	James Brown	Soul Session Live	1989	Xgau rating C (1989)
70	James Brown	Bring It On	1983	Xgau rating B+ (1983)
71	James Brown	Non Stop	1981	Xgau rating B+ (1981)
72	James Brown	People	1980	Xgau rating C+ (1980)
73	James Brown	Take a Look at Those Cakes	1978	Xgau rating B- (1978)
74	James Brown	Mutha's Nature	1977	Xgau rating C (1977)
75	James Brown	Hot	1975	Xgau rating B (1975)
76	James Brown	In the Jungle Groove	unknown	Rolling Stone 330
77	James Brown	Soul Classics Volume II	1973	Xgau rating A- (1973)

Comments

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3 Apr 2018

#2 - Sex Machine

Title of this Album s/b changed to just 'Sex Machine'. #19 is the Album 'Sex Machine: The Very Best Of James Brown'.

Data fixed, thanks

19 Sep 2016

(3) Double & (1) Triple Listing

#7 & #31 are the same (Live At the Apollo, Volume II). Also #59 & #82 (James Brown Soul Classics). Also #46 & #75 (James Brown...Live/Hot On the One). And finally #2 & #50 & #52 are all the same. Title should just be "Sex Machine'. The(2) 1991 Chart Entries should be removed from this 1970 Album and set up as a separate 1991 "Very Best Of' album. (#52 mistakenly reads "Soft Machine' rather than 'Sex Machine').

Data fixed, thanks

22 Jan 2015

Double Listing - Pure Dynamite

#4 & #12 are the same.

Data fixed, thanks