James Brown Live At The Apollo

Meh. I know Brown was a talented, high energy performer, but this album didn’t deliver.

boring lol and no guitar

Vähän kylmäksi jätti vaikka potentiaalia kyllä olisi. Toivottavasti listalle tulee jossain vaiheessa myös Brownin studiolevy.

Nej detta gillade jag inte alls.

This was disappointing

Not the best from the God Father of soul. It was a miss mash of jumbled up noise. May have been awesome seeing it live but via a recording it was beyond messy. Just noise no distinctive sound. I thought it better when Cold Sweat came on then noticed that the album had finished and that was a random track.

Nyt on kyllä siis harvinaisen paskaa musiikkia 1/5. Vaikka onkin erittäin pajon vaikuttanut musiikkiin ja on legenda itsessään, on tämä silti tähän mennessä huonoin. Tää live häiritsee todella paljon. Siihen lisää vielä tällaisen musiikin mistä en muutenkaan tykkää. Tällän blues/jazz ei lähe mulla ei sette alkuunkaan. Ymmärrän että on legenda mutta ellet ole Michael vitun Jackson niin sun status ja maine ei riitä korvaamaan paskaa musiikkia. Ei jatkoon

It wasn't bad. He was a character.

Don’t want to listen to a live album

Domestic abuser

The screaming was just messed up. The songs were all the same, I have NO idea why this was on this list.

Not my cup of tea. But funky. 3/11 52.22%

I can't stand violent and abusive scumbags

Once again annoyed that a live album is on here. Why would I want to listen to an inferior compilation version of these songs? I am not at the concert so all that is added for my experience is annoying screams from the crowd and worse audio quality. James Brown is great but live albums suck. 1/10

I mean....................................................................................................................................

It’s James brown. Exactly what I expected. Don’t like it.

Just not my thing.

Canciones muy parecidas entre si, un poco corto quizas. no conocia a James Brown y me gusto su voz. Soul clasico.

It doesn't matter how important the guy is when the album on the list is this garbage.

- Oh yay, anther pedo, SAer, and person who assaults others. - I generally don't love live albums because of the quality, but this one isn't too bad that way. That said, this lacked the charm and charisma that warrants a live album on this list (e.g., like what Sam Cooke had). And I can't stress enough how annoying the screaming was. - His voice is nice enough in the lower registers, but I don't like the strained screaming of the higher notes, and there isn't much variety in his delivery. - The instrumentation would have been okay, but the band was so relegated to being jazzy backup, it was a whole lot of nothing. - The songs weren't engaging -- I don't remember any of them. - The 11 min "Lost Someone" song was unlistenable after the first couple minutes. If I have to hear that wobbling sax riff again... - I can usually separate the artist from the art when doing the ratings (though, not in whether I'd support them), but hearing people scream for this creep was gross. Listening to SAers sing about "love" is the worst. Because this was boring/annoying coupled with him being a POS, it's going to have to be a 1.

I gotta hand it to this album, the sound quality was great. Too bad it’s just another shitty live album.

Minus 2 for domestic abuse

sevmedim

1/10, че за хуйня вообще

60s production is always poor. As are live albums. A combination of the two is just so atrocious. Not as bad as the crowd though. The start of every song was (un)welcomed with this ear-splitting shriek from the crowd that wouldn't go amiss in a slasher film. The music itself is pretty poor too. I felt blueballed in most songs. "I Don't Mind" was going pleasantly along, I was getting excited for the chorus, then it just ended. Lost Someone was that but for 10 minutes. The couple of songs at the end were a bit better but nothing massively redeemable. James Brown has been done dirty here. He's got miles better stuff that could have been included instead.

I nearly didn't listen to this one, convinced as I was that this sweating waxwork of a singer would just screech and yelp his way through the whole thing and leave me wanting to kill people. But here we are. Who's first?

Inte för mig

So far, the best thing I can say ab this album is that it goes by quickly. V repetitive, drawn out. The crowd is v into it, which is cool I guess, but def feel like I could have died without hearing this one.

My right ear heard a little James Brown and a lot of screaming

The Apollo was (is?) a phenomenal venue and I am sure shows there were amazing. I watched some Apollo shows on TV as a kid but not James Brown. I did not care for this entry. Saved no tracks. ⭐ Just not my vibe at all

I don't typically like albums, and this is no exception. The screaming is so obnoxious. Ugh. Definitely did not need a track over 10 minutes *encouraging* the screams. Meh. Please Please Please make it stop. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A My ratings are kind of based on general vibes and how many tracks I save to my Deezer profile -- ⭐: Hated it.

nah

Lost Someone is probably one of the 5 worst songs I've heard since I started this challenge (300+ albums ago). If I wanted someone to yell and scream in my ears, I would've made my wife angry. Easy - peasy as that!

did not listen

Live = Shit James Brown belongs on this list - this album does not.

I wanted to give this a shot as I had high hopes for James Brown. I dont really know a lot of James Brown, but I don’t think this is his best. And this is the worst kind of live album.

Live albums are mostly a waste. The sound is bad the songs arnt as good

Surprisingly dull for an artist like James Brown

Bad just like someone screaming , Piece of shit

Live album.

Eugh… no

That was very annoying to listen to. It came in relatively short at 31 minutes and I still found it too long! Screaming isn’t singing, wouldn’t know when to listen to that record. Too much noise, not enough substance 🤷🏻‍♂️

This was genuinely hard to get through. A 31 minute album that took me 3 days to get to the end of. Thank God this was my weekend album. I don’t even hate James Brown’s music generally, but for the love of God I can not in good faith enjoy this album in the slightest when it’s bogged down by 31 minutes of annoying fan cheering, and the most mid, boring instrumentation I’ve ever heard. I know this is blasphemy, but I don’t even enjoy his voice. “Soul” is listed as one of my favorite genres currently, but unfortunately this is going to tank that, probably for the rest of this challenge. “Instrumental Bridge #1” is my favorite song here, as it lasts for a little over 10 seconds. I don’t give 1’s very often, but this was offensively bad to my poor ears.

I can't knock James Brown, buy I'm not a fan of live music. If I want to listen to live music, I'll go to the venue. OK, I'll need a time machine, but I'm sure you get my meaning. Fraid its only 1 star, could have been more if it were a studio album.

R&B, na und?

Reminds me of when mom took me to an Elmo concert when I was 2 and I jumped on stage and started yelling curses at the crowd and they all joined in and Elmo tackled me and the crowd and we all yelled "OW!"

Ruined by the screeches of girls in the audience, as many 60s live recordings are. James Brown is talented but I don't need to hear the horny shrieks of women who are now in their late 70s at minimum

I thought the sound of screaming fans was obnoxious in the Era's Tour movie, but this is on a whole different level. I would never listen to this again unless there is a remastered version that removes the crowd sounds, and that's coming from someone who loves live albums.

Didn’t like it. Not my type of music

This mans wikipedia page is psychotic.

I think live albums shouldn't qualify for this list. They're largely pointless and a bit of a cop out to even fill space with them here. This was short and a waste of 20 minutes

I played the album twice. There are tons of repetition of the same “melody” but I can’t really remember any of them. I don’t like screaming either. I know the album is historically important and I fully respect that. But sorry I am the mistake, not the album. I’m just a basic person whose attention span has been fully polluted by all the TikTok videos in 2025. I know it’s bad but it’s happened, and still on going. Right. So, my very honest opinion: rubbish. One star.

Self indulgent making me listening to some old cunt get some girls to scream at him. I don't care

Livealbum

I thought this was bobbins, it's a 1 from me. Just not a fan of the slower ballad-y songs, disappointed it didn't go harder

James Brown is fine, I just dislike live albums. They're pointless.

Nah

The Godfather of soul has a lot of great hits throughout the years. A few of them are on this album. It is however live and an artist I don't listen to a lot. That made me appreciate it less. It was an ok listen but if I want to hear James Brown I wouldn't choose this album.

Not his best

I feel good in leaving a bad review. Forgettable live album.

I didn't much care for this album, but I'm not sure if it was because I actually didn't like the music (which is definitely part of it) or if my perception of him as a garbage person played a part (likely). Either way, it's over, and no more James Brown for me, thanks.

Ganz und gar nicht meins!

I typically don’t like live albums, and this album is a big indicator of why. The crowd noise is terrible. Hearing people scream over the songs just takes away all my enjoyment.

I know he's a legend, I know it's probably blasphemy, but I just didn't enjoy listening to this. Honestly was a bit bored. 8 tracks and one of those is an introduction to the album/band. None of his big big hits. Don't see what is so special about this really.

No

worst or second worst live album we've had so far, but mercifully short

Blödes Rumgekreische von der Bühne und aus dem Publikum.

Stop met fucking schreeuwen. Ik raak hier erg overprikkeld van

Wenig interessanter R&B.

Not the best album to start listening to James Brown too. Need to revisit after exploring his studio work.

James Brown had a great voice, my problem with this kind of music is it all sounds really similar, besides a few changes like speed.

Not my bag, baby

I would have really appreciated if they would have turned down the volume on the crowd. This was just awful. Just awful.

No me imagino lo mal que la pasaron las personas que estuvieron adelante de los parlantes escuchando por más de media hora los gritos de este flaco.

Feel dreadful with a cold. Needed something neutral. This was neutral, but shit in a nice way. So I'll just give it a 1.

一般般

Nah

Can a live album be better than the sum of the studio songs? Yes. This album is not. The crowd work is extensive-- voices are loudly heard instructing the crowd to shout and, worse, this is needed! Call and responses, or at least the capture thereof, are lack luster yet extensive crosstalk comes through everywhere else on the recording. Unprompted shouts don't seem to be related to particularly impressive or energetic moments in the song-- perhaps a visual of the stage would be needed to "feel" these moments along with the crowd. Listening to this album is simply an exercise in awkwardness. It comes off like he's a b-rate opener pleading with the crowd to pay attention.

Well, it's a live album, and you should know by now how I feel about live albums being on the list.

I get this was big at its time. It was a bit too tame for me. Crazy to hear those 1960s screams

Did not enjoy at all. Just don’t like this style

Good album, but 1 star for live albums.

Jeese stop screamin

Ew

Automatisk stryk for livealbum. Men wtf Opening Fanfare e jo introen til Radioresepsjonen på TV

Hate hate hate

instrumental > vocals nicht so ganz mein geschmack idk

I don't get it

Not my kind of music

Inte min kopp te i musikväg direkt.

Just never get the James Brown thing

I'm honestly just not sure what id apparently be missing in life if i didn’t hear this

Inte för å va rasist men det här var tyvärr jättetråkigt

Not my thing. Although James Brown was known as a great performer.

nope

Anyone with the surname brown is a cunt

I just realized that R&B music follows the Blues scheme. Huh. Anyways, not quite my case ^^

It's no good for me

Recorded live shows are meh. I'd rather be there live. Also, this isn't my type of music.

ok

1

Funny hearing the (almost all female) crowd go wild!