While Brown's 30-track, 40-track, and even 50-track collections are excellent choices as well, this fine hits package is the best one for Brown neophytes looking for a way in. Covering his prime stretch from the late '50s through the early '70s, 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! includes early R&B milestones ("Please, Please, Please"), epochal '60s sides ("Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1"), and latter-day funk classics ("Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1"). And that's not to mention such perennials as "Mother Popcorn," "Hot Pants," "Cold Sweat," and "Think." Start your Brown obsession here. [20 All-Time Greatest Hits! was released on LP in 2014.] ~ Stephen Cook
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Funk / Soul
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Tracklist
| I Got You (I Feel Good) | 2:46 |
| Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pt. 1 | 5:15 |
| I Got The Feelin' | 2:38 |
| Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1 | 3:16 |
| Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose | 3:11 |
| Make It Funky, Pt. 1 | 3:15 |
| Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Pt. 1 | 2:06 |
| Think | 2:45 |
| It's A Man's Man's Man's World | 2:47 |
| Try Me | 2:30 |
| Night Train | 3:31 |
| Cold Sweat, Pt. 1 | 2:51 |
| Get On The Good Foot | 3:35 |
| Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1 | 4:23 |
| The Payback | 7:38 |
| Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud), Pt. 1 | 2:46 |
| Super Bad, Pts. 1 & 2 | 5:00 |
| Hot Pants, Pt. 1 | 3:07 |
| Get Up Offa That Thing | 4:10 |
| Please, Please, Please | 2:44 |
