James Brown's studio albums, 1959–1998

From Please Please Please in 1959 to I'm Back in 1998, James Brown made 60 studio albums: the R&B of the King years, the birth of funk with Papa's Got a Brand New Bag and Cold Sweat, the Christmas records, The Payback and the eighties. Here they are in the order they came out: about 39 hours of music, 6 days at eleven or twelve albums a day.

By genre

• Soul & R&B 95%
• Blues 2%
• Electronic 1%
• Other 2%

The genres named most: funk, soul, r&b, disco, blues, electronic.

The colours of the covers

A stripe for each cover, in the colour Tidal picks from it, sorted by hue; the greys at the end.

Where the music comes from

Music from 1 country: United States 60. The deeper the colour, the more albums: one, two to four, five to nine, ten and more.

The 1950s

• Please Please PleaseJames Brown · 1959
• Try Me!James Brown · 1959

The 1960s

• Think!James Brown · 1960
• The Amazing James BrownJames Brown · 1961
• Night TrainJames Brown · 1961
• James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the U.S.A.James Brown · 1962
• Shout and ShimmyJames Brown · 1962
• Prisoner of LoveJames Brown · 1963
• Grits & SoulJames Brown · 1964
• Out of SightJames Brown · 1964
• ShowtimeJames Brown · 1964
• James Brown Plays James Brown Today & YesterdayJames Brown · 1965
• Papa's Got a Brand New BagJames Brown · 1965
• Handful of SoulJames Brown · 1966
• I Got You (I Feel Good)James Brown · 1966
• It's a Man's Man's Man's WorldJames Brown · 1966
• James Brown Sings Christmas SongsJames Brown · 1966
• Mighty InstrumentalsJames Brown · 1966
• Cold SweatJames Brown · 1967
• James Brown Sings Raw SoulJames Brown · 1967
• A Soulful ChristmasJames Brown · 1968
• I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch MeJames Brown · 1968
• I Got the Feelin'James Brown · 1968
• James Brown Plays Nothing But SoulJames Brown · 1968
• Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice ThingsJames Brown · 1968
• Gettin' Down To ItJames Brown · 1969
• It's a MotherJames Brown · 1969
• The PopcornJames Brown · 1969
• Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm ProudJames Brown · 1969

The 1970s

• Ain't It FunkyJames Brown · 1970
• Hey AmericaJames Brown · 1970
• It's a New Day – Let a Man Come InJames Brown · 1970
• Soul on TopJames Brown · 1970
• Hot PantsJames Brown · 1971
• Sho Is Funky Down HereJames Brown · 1971
• Super BadJames Brown · 1971
• Get On the Good FootJames Brown · 1972
• There It IsJames Brown · 1972
• Black CaesarJames Brown · 1973
• The PaybackJames Brown · 1973
• Slaughter's Big Rip-OffJames Brown · 1973
• HellJames Brown · 1974
• RealityJames Brown · 1974
• Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double BumpJames Brown · 1975
• Sex Machine TodayJames Brown · 1975
• BodyheatJames Brown · 1976
• Get Up Offa That ThingJames Brown · 1976
• HotJames Brown · 1976
• Mutha's NatureJames Brown · 1977
• Jam/1980'sJames Brown · 1978
• The Original Disco ManJames Brown · 1979
• Take a Look at Those CakesJames Brown · 1979

The 1980s

• PeopleJames Brown · 1980
• Soul SyndromeJames Brown · 1980
• Nonstop!James Brown · 1981
• GravityJames Brown · 1986
• I'm RealJames Brown · 1988

The 1990s

• Love Over-DueJames Brown · 1991
• Universal JamesJames Brown · 1992
• I'm BackJames Brown · 1998