JB40 – 40th Anniversary Collection

JB40 – 40th Anniversary Collection
Greatest hits album by
James Brown
ReleasedOctober 8, 1996
Genre
Length2:27:29
Label
James Brown chronology
Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971–1975
(1996) 		JB40 – 40th Anniversary Collection
(1996) 		Dead on the Heavy Funk, 1975–1983
(1998)
Alternative cover
2006 reissue cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic (JB40)[1]
AllMusic (Gold)[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide4/5[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Tom HullA[7]

JB40 – 40th Anniversary Collection is a greatest hits album by James Brown. Following Brown's death in 2006, it was repackaged under Universal Music's Gold series.[2]

Track listing

Disc one

  1. Please, Please, Please – 2:44
  2. Try Me – 2:31
  3. Good Good Lovin' – 2:14
  4. I'll Go Crazy – 2:08
  5. Think – 2:49
  6. Lost Someone – 3:05
  7. Night Train – 3:30
  8. Prisoner of Love – 2:22
  9. Out of Sight – 2:22
  10. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag – 4:16
  11. I Got You (I Feel Good) – 2:46
  12. It's a Man's Man's Man's World – 2:46
  13. Money Won't Change You – 2:45
  14. Cold Sweat – 7:25
  15. There Was a Time – 4:26
  16. I Got the Feelin' – 2:37
  17. Licking Stick – Licking Stick – 2:47
  18. Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud) – 4:50
  19. Give It Up or Turnit a Loose – 2:50
  20. I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open up the Door, or I'll Get it Myself) – 3:04
  21. Mother Popcorn – 3:16
  22. Ain't it Funky Now – 3:07

Disc two

  1. Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
  2. Super Bad – 5:00
  3. Soul Power – 3:20
  4. Hot Pants – 3:06
  5. Make It Funky – 3:14
  6. Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing – 3:23
  7. King Heroin – 3:55
  8. There It Is – 3:05
  9. Get on the Good Foot – 3:34
  10. Down and Out in New York City – 3:16
  11. Doing It to Death – 5:04
  12. The Payback – 7:38
  13. Papa Don't Take No Mess – 4:29
  14. My Thang – 4:14
  15. Funky President (People It's Bad) – 4:01
  16. Get Up Offa That Thing – 6:14
  17. Bodyheat – 4:02
  18. It's Too Funky in Here – 3:58
  • The UK edition replaces "Ain't It Funky Now," "There It Is," and "Down and Out in New York City" with "Hey America," "The Boss," and "Living In America."

Charts

2000 chart performance for JB40
Chart (2000) Peak
position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8] 28
2025 chart performance for JB40
Chart (2025) Peak
position
Greek Albums (IFPI)[9] 21

References

  1. ^ Unterberger, Ritchie. "40th Anniversary Collection - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Gold - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Danie, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 161. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  5. ^ "James Brown: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  6. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). "Brown, James". The Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Random House. p. 109. ISBN 9781439109397.
  7. ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "James Brown". tomhull.com. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  8. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – James Brown – JB40: 40th Anniversary Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  9. ^ "Official IFPI Charts Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) – Εβδομάδα: 27/2025" (in Greek). IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on July 9, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.


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