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| Discografia di James Brown | |
|---|---|
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| Album in studio | 59↙ |
| Album dal vivo | 17↙ |
| Raccolte | 61↙ |
La carriera di James Brown, considerato uno degli artisti più influenti di sempre[1], si estende dal 1958 fino al 2006, anno della sua morte.[2]
La sua discografia comprende 59 album in studio, oltre a numerosi dischi live e raccolte.[3]
Album in studio[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
| Anno | Titolo | Massima posizione in classifica | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US
R&B |
CAN | SWI | UK | ||
| 1958 | Please Please Please
( sotto il nome "James Brown and The Famous Flames") |
— | — | — | — | — |
| 1959 | Try Me!
( sotto il nome "James Brown and The Famous Flames") |
— | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | Think!
( sotto il nome "James Brown and The Famous Flames") |
— | — | — | — | — |
| 1961 | The Amazing James Brown
( sotto il nome "James Brown and The Famous Flames") |
— | — | — | — | — |
| 1962 | James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the U.S.A.
( sotto il nome "James Brown and The Famous Flames") |
— | — | — | — | — |
| 1963 | Prisoner of Love | 73 | — | — | — | — |
| 1964 | Showtime | 61 | — | — | — | — |
| 1964 | Grits & Soul | 124 | 9 | — | — | — |
| 1964 | Out of Sight | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1965 | James Brown Plays James Brown Today & Yesterday | 42 | 3 | — | — | — |
| 1966 | Mighty Instrumentals | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1966 | James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) | 101 | — | — | — | — |
| 1966 | James Brown Sings Christmas Songs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1966 | Handful of Soul | 135 | 24 | — | — | — |
| 1967 | James Brown Sings Raw Soul | 88 | — | — | — | — |
| 1967 | James Brown Plays the Real Thing | 164 | 27 | — | — | — |
| 1967 | Cold Sweat
(sotto il nome "James Brown and The Famous Flames") |
35 | 5 | — | — | — |
| 1968 | I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me | 17 | 4 | — | — | — |
| 1968 | I Got the Feelin' | 135 | — | — | — | — |
| 1968 | James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul | 150 | — | — | — | — |
| 1968 | Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1968 | A Soulful Christmas | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1969 | Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud | 53 | 6 | — | — | — |
| 1969 | Gettin' Down to It | 99 | 26 | — | — | — |
| 1969 | The Popcorn | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1969 | It's a Mother | 26 | — | 49 | — | — |
| 1970 | Ain't It Funky | 43 | 5 | — | — | — |
| 1970 | Soul on Top | 125 | 12 | — | — | — |
| 1970 | It's a New Day – Let a Man Come In | — | 19 | — | — | — |
| 1970 | Hey America | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1971 | Sho Is Funky Down Here | 137 | 26 | — | — | — |
| 1971 | Hot Pants | 22 | 4 | — | — | — |
| 1972 | There It Is | 60 | 10 | — | — | — |
| 1972 | Get on the Good Foot | 68 | 8 | — | — | — |
| 1973 | Black Caesar | 31 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 1973 | Slaughter's Big Rip-Off | 92 | 15 | — | — | — |
| 1973 | The Payback | 34 | 1 | 92 | — | — |
| 1974 | Hell | 35 | 2 | 78 | — | — |
| 1974 | Reality | 56 | 11 | — | — | — |
| 1975 | Sex Machine Today | 103 | 24 | 60 | — | — |
| 1975 | Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1976 | Hot | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1976 | Get Up Offa That Thing | 147 | 24 | 12 | — | — |
| 1976 | Bodyheat | 126 | 20 | — | — | — |
| 1977 | Mutha's Nature | — | 38 | — | — | — |
| 1978 | Jam 1980's | — | 32 | — | — | — |
| 1978 | Take a Look at Those Cakes | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | The Original Disco Man | 152 | 37 | — | — | — |
| 1980 | People | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | Soul Syndrome | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | Nonstop! | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983 | Bring It On! | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | Gravity | 156 | 39 | — | — | 85 |
| 1988 | I'm Real | 96 | 15 | — | 19 | 27 |
| 1991 | Love Over-Due | — | 51 | — | 35 | — |
| 1993 | Universal James | — | 68 | — | 34 | — |
| 1998 | I'm Back | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | The Merry Christmas Album | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | The Next Step | — | 72 | — | — | — |
Album dal vivo[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
| Anno | Titolo | Massima posizione in classifica | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US
R&B |
GER | ||
| 1963 | Live at the Apollo
( sotto il nome "James Brown and The Famous Flames") |
2 | — | — |
| 1964 | Pure Dynamite!, Live at the Royal
( sotto il nome "James Brown and The Famous Flames") |
10 | — | — |
| 1967 | The James Brown Show | — | — | — |
| 1967 | Live at the Garden
( sotto il nome "James Brown and The Famous Flames") |
41 | 6 | — |
| 1968 | Live at the Apollo, Volume II
( sotto il nome "James Brown and The Famous Flames") |
32 | 2 | 32 |
| 1970 | Sex Machine | 29 | 4 | — |
| 1971 | Super Bad | 61 | 4 | — |
| 1971 | Revolution of the Mind, Live at the Apollo, Volume III | 39 | 7 | — |
| 1980 | Hot on the One | — | — | — |
| 1981 | Live in New York | — | — | — |
| 1988 | Live at Chastain Park | — | — | — |
| 1989 | Soul Session Live | — | — | — |
| 1992 | Love, Power, Peace, Live at the Olympia, Paris 1971 | — | — | — |
| 1995 | Live at the Apollo 1995 | — | — | — |
| 1998 | Say It Live and Loud, Live in Dallas 08.26.68 | — | — | — |
| 2016 | Live at the Apollo, Volume IV: September 13–14, 1972 | — | 45 | — |
| 2019 | Live at Home with His Bad Self | — | — | — |
Raccolte[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
| Anno | Titolo | Massima posizione in classifica | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US
R&B |
SWI | UK | ||
| 1961 | James Brown Presents His Band | — | — | — | — |
| 1962 | Good, Good, Twistin' | — | — | — | — |
| 1965 | Papa's Got a Brand New Bag | 26 | 2 | — | — |
| 1966 | I Got You (I Feel Good) | 36 | 3 | — | — |
| 1966 | It's a Man's Man's Man's World | 90 | — | — | — |
| 1972 | Soul Classics | 83 | 13 | — | — |
| 1973 | Soul Classics, Volume II | — | 31 | — | — |
| 1977 | Solid Gold, 30 Golden Hits | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | The Fabulous James Brown | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | Can Your Heart Stand It? | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | The Best of James Brown | — | — | — | — |
| 1984 | The Federal Years, Part I | — | — | — | — |
| 1984 | The Federal Years, Part II | — | — | — | — |
| 1984 | Roots of a Revolution, 1956–1965 | — | — | — | — |
| 1984 | Ain't That a Groove, 1966–1969 | — | — | — | — |
| 1984 | Doing It to Death, 1970–1973 | — | — | — | — |
| 1985 | Dead on the Heavy Funk, 1974–1976 | — | — | — | — |
| 1985 | The CD of JB: (Sex Machine and Other Soul Classics) | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | The LP of JB | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | In the Jungle Groove | — | — | — | — |
| 1987 | The CD of JB II, Cold Sweat and Other Soul Classics | — | — | — | — |
| 1987 | The Best of James Brown | — | — | — | 17 |
| 1988 | Motherlode | — | — | — | — |
| 1988 | The Great James Brown, Soul Brother Number One | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | Dance Machine | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | Messin' with the Blues | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | Star Time | — | 89 | — | — |
| 1991 | 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! | 133 | 99 | — | — |
| 1991 | Sex Machine, The Very Best of James Brown | — | — | — | 19 |
| 1992 | Greatest Hits of the Fourth Decade | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | Living in America | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | Roots of a Revolution 1956–1963 | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | Roots of a Revolution 1956–1963 | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | James Brown's Funky Christmas | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | Foundations of Funk, A Brand New Bag, 1964–1969 | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | Funk Power 1970, A Brand New Thang | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | Make It Funky, The Big Payback, 1971–1975 | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | JB40 - 40th Anniversary Collection | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | Dead on the Heavy Funk, 1975–1983 | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | Classic James Brown, Universal Masters Collection | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | The Godfather, The Very Best of James Brown | — | — | 61 | 30 |
| 2003 | Classic James Brown, Volume II, Universal Masters Collection | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 20th Century Masters, The Christmas Collection | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 50th Anniversary Collection | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | The Singles, Volume I: The Federal Years, 1956–1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | The Singles, Volume II: 1960–1963 | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | The Singles, Volume III: 1964–1965 | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | A Family Affair
(con le figlie Yamma e Venisha) |
— | — | — | — |
| 2007 | The Singles, Volume IV: 1966–1967 | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | Number 1's | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | Soul Brother No. 1 | 170 | — | — | — |
| 2008 | The Singles, Volume V: 1967–1969 | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | The Singles, Volume VI: 1969–1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | The Singles, Volume VII: 1970–1972 | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | The Singles, Volume VIII: 1972–1973 | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | Icon | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | The Singles, Volume IX: 1973–1975 | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | The Complete James Brown Christmas | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | The Singles, Volume X: 1975–1979 | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | The Singles, Volume XI: 1979–1981 | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | Get On Up, The James Brown Story | 61 | 9 | — | — |
Singoli (parziale)[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
- 1956 - Please, Please, Please/Why Do You Do Me (Federal Records, 12258)
- 1956 - I Don't Know/I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On (Federal Records, 12264)
- 1956 - No, No, No, No/Hold My Baby's Hand (Federal Records, 12277)
- 1957 - Just Won't Do Right/Let's Make It (Federal Records, 12289)
- 1957 - Chonnie-On-Chon/I Won't Plead No More (Federal Records, 12290)
- 1957 - Gonna Try/Can't Be The Same (Federal Records, 12292)
- 1957 - You're Mine, You're Mine/I Walked Alone (Federal Records, 12300)
- 1957 - That Dood It/Baby Cries Over The Ocean (Federal Records, 12311)
- 1958 - Begging, Begging/That's When I Lost My Heart (Federal Records, 12316)
- 1958 - Try Me (I Need You)/Tell Me What I Did Wrong (Federal Records, 12337)
- 1959 - I Want You So Bad (R&B N° 20)
- 1959 - I've Got To Change (R&B N° 26)
- 1960 - (Do The) Mashed Potatoes (Part 1) [a nome "Nat Kendrick & Swans"] (R&B N° 8)
- 1960 - I'll Go Crazy (R&B N° 15)
- 1960 - Think (R&B N° 5, U.S. N° 33)
- 1960 - You've Got the Power (R&B N° 14, U.S. N° 86)
- 1960 - This Old Heart (R&B N° 18, U.S. N° 79)
- 1960 - The Bells (R&B N° 11, U.S. N° 68)
- 1961 - Bewildered (R&B N° 8, U.S. N° 40)
- 1961 - I Don't Mind (R&B N° 4, U.S. N° 47)
- 1961 - Baby, You're Right (R&B N° 2 [1 week], U.S. N° 49)
- 1961 - Just You and Me, Darling (R&B N° 17)
- 1961 - Lost Someone (R&B N° 2 [4 weeks])
- 1962 - Night Train (R&B N° 5, U.S. N° 35)
- 1962 - Shout and Shimmy (R&B N° 13, U.S. N° 61)
- 1962 - Mashed Potatoes U.S.A. (R&B N° 15, U.S. N° 82)
- 1962 - Three Hearts in a Tangle (A-side) (U.S. N° 18)
- 1962 - I've Got Money (B-side) (U.S. N° 93)
- 1963 - Like a Baby (U.S. N° 24)
- 1963 - Every Beat of My Heart (U.S. N° 99)
- 1963 - Prisoner of Love (R&B N° 6, U.S. N° 9)
- 1963 - These Foolish Things (R&B N° 25, U.S. 55)
- 1963 - Signed, Sealed and Delivered (U.S. N° 77)
- 1963 - Oh Baby Don't You Weep – Pt. 1 (R&B N° 4, U.S. N° 23)
- 1964 - Please, Please, Please (overdubbed) (U.S. N° 95)
- 1964 - Have Mercy Baby
- 1965 - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag – Pt. 1 (R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 8)
- 1965 - I Got You (I Feel Good) (R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 3)
- 1965 - Lost Someone (live) (U.S. N° 94)
- 1965 - I'll Go Crazy (live) (R&B N° 28, U.S. N° 73)
- 1966 - Ain't That a Groove – Pts. 1 & 2 (R&B N° 6, U.S. N° 42)
- 1966 - It's a Man's Man's Man's World (R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 8)
- 1966 - Money Won't Change You – Pt. 1 (U.S. N° 53)
- 1966 - Don't Be a Drop-Out (R&B N° 4, U.S. 50)
- 1966 - Sweet Little Baby Boy – Pt. 1 (U.S. N° 8)
- 1966 - Bring It Up (Hipster's Avenue) (R&B N° 7, U.S. N° 29)
- 1967 - Kansas City (R&B N° 21, U.S. N° 55)
- 1967 - Think (duetto con Vicki Anderson) (U.S. N° 100)
- 1967 - Let Yourself Go (R&B N° 5, U.S. N° 46)
- 1967 - Cold Sweat – Pt. 1 (R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 7) - Grammy Hall of Fame Award 2016
- 1967 - Get It Together – Pt. 1 (R&B N° 11, U.S. 40)
- 1967 - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) (R&B N° 4, U.S. N° 28)
- 1967 - There Was a Time (R&B N° 3, U.S. N° 36)
- 1968 - America Is My Home, Pt. 1 (R&B N° 13, U.S. N° 52)
- 1968 - Goodbye My Love (U.S. N° 31)
- 1968 - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) (R&B N° 4, U.S. N° 28)
- 1968 - I Got the Feelin' (R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 6)
- 1968 - I Guess I'll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry (R&B N° 15, U.S. N° 55)
- 1968 - Licking Stick - Licking Stick - Part 1 (R&B N° 2, U.S. N° 14)
- 1968 - Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud - Part 1 (R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 10)
- 1968 - There Was a Time (R&B N° 3, U.S. N° 36)
- 1968 - Tit For Tat (Ain't No Taking Back) (U.S. N° 86)
- 1968 - You've Got to Change Your Mind (R&B N° 47)
- 1969 - Ain't It Funky Now (R&B N° 3, U.S. N° 24)
- 1969 - Give It Up or Turnit a Loose (R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 15)
- 1969 - I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself) (R&B N° 3, U.S. N° 20)
- 1969 - Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn - Part One (R&B N° 2, U.S. N° 21)
- 1969 - Lowdown Popcorn (R&B N° 16, U.S. N° 41)
- 1969 - Mother Popcorn (You Got To Have A Mother For Me) Part 1(R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 11)
- 1969 - The Popcorn (R&B N° 11, U.S. N° 30)
- 1970 - Ain't It Funky Now (U.S. N° 24)
- 1970 - Brother Rapp - Part 1 & Part 2 (U.S. N° 32)
- 1970 - Funky Drummer - Part 1 (R&B N° 20, U.S. N° 51)
- 1970 - Get Up (I Feel like Being a) Sex Machine (Part 1) (R&B N° 2, U.S. N° 15)
- 1970 - It's a New Day - Part 1 & Part 2 (U.S. N° 32)
- 1970 - Santa Claus Is Definitely Here to Stay (U.S. N° 7)
- 1970 - Super Bad - Part 1 & Part 2 (R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 13)
- 1970 - Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved (R&B N° 26)
- 1971 - Escape-ism - Part 1 (R&B N° 6, U.S. N° 35)
- 1971 - Hot Pants - Part 1 (R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 15)
- 1971 - Make It Funky - Part 1 (R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 22)
- 1971 - My Part/Make It Funky - Part 3 (R&B N° 68)
- 1971 - I'm a Greedy Man - Part 1 (R&B N° 7, U.S. N° 35)
- 1972 - Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing (R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 27)
- 1972 - King Heroin (R&B N° 6, U.S. N° 40)
- 1972 - There It Is - Part 1 (R&B N° 4, U.S. N° 43)
- 1972 - Honky Tonk - Part 1 (R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 2)
- 1972 - Get on the Good Foot - Part 1 (R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 18)
- 1972 - I Got a Bag of My Own (R&B N° 3, U.S. N° 44)
- 1972 - What My Baby Needs Now Is a Little More Lovin' (R&B N° 17, U.S. N° 56)
- 1972 - I Got Ants in My Pants - Part 1 (R&B N° 4, U.S. N° 27)
- 1973 - Down and Out in New York City (R&B N° 13, U.S. N° 50)
- 1973 - Think (nuova versione)
- 1973 - Sexy, Sexy, Sexy (R&B N° 6, U.S. N° 50)
- 1973 - Stoned to the Bone — Part 1 (R&B N° 4, U.S. N° 58)
- 1974 - The Payback — Part 1 (R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 26)
- 1974 - My Thang (R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 29)
- 1974 - Papa Don't Take No Mess - Part 1 (R&B N° 1, U.S. N° 31)
- 1974 - Funky President (People It's Bad) (R&B N° 4)
- 1974 - Coldblooded (U.S. N° 99)
- 1975 - Reality (R&B N° 19, U.S. N° 80)
- 1975 - Sex Machine - Part 1 (R&B N° 2, U.S. N° 15)
- 1975 - Hustle!!! (Dead on It) (R&B N° 11)
- 1975 - Superbad, Superslick - Part 1 (R&B N° 28)
- 1975 - Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved) (R&B N° 31)
- 1976 - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (R&B N° 70)
- 1976 - Get Up Offa That Thing (R&B N° 4, U.S. N° 34)
- 1976 - I Refuse to Lose (R&B N° 47)
- 1976 - Bodyheat - Part 1 (R&B N° 13, U.S. N° 88)
- 1977 - Kiss in 77 (R&B N° 35)
- 1977 - Give Me Some Skin (R&B N° 20)
- 1977 - If You Don't Give a Doggone About It (R&B N° 45)
- 1978 - Eyesight (R&B N° 38)
- 1978 - The Spank (R&B N° 26)
- 1979 - For Goodness Sakes, Look at Those Cakes - Part I (R&B N° 52)
- 1979 - It's Too Funky in Here (R&B N° 15)
- 1979 - Star Generation (R&B N° 63)
- 1980 - Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses) (R&B N° 46)
- 1980 - Regrets (R&B N° 63)
- 1981 - Stay with Me (R&B N° 80)
- 1983 - The Night Time Is the Right Time (To Be with the One that You Love) (R&B N° 73)
- 1984 - Unity - Part 1 (con Afrika Bambaataa) (R&B N° 87)
- 1985 - Living in America (R&B N° 10, U.S. N° 4)
- 1986 - Gravity (R&B N° 26, U.S. N° 93)
- 1987 - How Do You Stop (R&B N° 10)
- 1988 - I'm Real (R&B N° 2)
- 1988 - Static, Pts. 1 & 2 (R&B N° 5)
- 1991 - (So Tired of Standing Still We Got to) Move On (R&B N° 48)
- 1993 - Can't Get Any Harder (R&B N° 76)
- 1993 - Georgia-Lina
- 1995 - Respect Me
- 1996 - Hooked On Brown
- 1998 - Funk On Ah Roll
- 2001 - School Is In
Note[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
- ^ (EN) james brown | Biography, Music & News, su Billboard. URL consultato il 6 novembre 2023.
- ^ (EN) Nielsen Business Media Inc, Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 10 febbraio 1973. URL consultato il 6 novembre 2023.
- ^ (EN) Chart Landing Pages, su Billboard. URL consultato il 6 novembre 2023.
