JB40 – 40th Anniversary Collection

JB40 – 40th Anniversary Collection
Greatest hits album by James Brown
Released	8 October 1996
Genre	Funk soul rhythm and blues
Length	2:27:29
Label	Polydor Chronicle
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
Source	Rating
AllMusic (JB40)	[1]
AllMusic (Gold)	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	4/5[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]
Tom Hull	A[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

Charts

Chart performance for JB40

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8]	28

References

1. Richie, Unterberger. "40th Anniversary Collection - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
2. 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 20 September 2011. Retrieved 3 January 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.