Jam 1980's
{{Short description|Album by James Brown}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Jam 1980's
| type = Studio album
| artist = James Brown
| cover = James Brown Jam 1980's.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1978
| recorded = 1978
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 38:18
| label = Polydor
| producer = James Brown
| prev_title = Mutha's Nature
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Take a Look at Those Cakes
| next_year = 1978
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Jam 1980's
| type = studio
| single1 = Eyesight
| single1date = March 1978
| single2 = The Spank
| single2date = June 1978
}}
}}
Jam 1980's is an album by the American musician James Brown.{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Arthur |title=Breakdown |work=Bay State Banner |issue=24 |date=23 Mar 1978 |page=18}}{{cite book |last1=Vincent |first1=Rickey |title=Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One |date=1996 |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group |page=85}} It was released in 1978 by Polydor Records.{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Al |title=James Brown Is Still Doing Dated Material |work=The Charlotte Observer |date=2 Jun 1978 |page=7D}} The album was arranged by James Brown, with Sweet Charles Sherrell arranging "Nature".
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|author=Jason Elias |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/jam-1980s-mw0000847604 |title=Jam/1980's - James Brown |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2015-06-29}}
|rev2 = Robert Christgau
|rev2Score = B+{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=June 9, 1980|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/rock/brown-80.php|title=A Consumer Guide to James Brown|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|access-date=December 7, 2016}}
|rev3 = (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite book|last=Cross|first=Charles R.|author-link=Charles R. Cross|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|chapter=James Brown|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/109 109]}}
|rev4 = The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul
|rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul |date=1998 |publisher=Virgin |page=42}}
}}
The Ottawa Journal called Jam 1980's "a slick album meeting the current disco craze head on," writing that the song "Jam" is "a masterpiece of disco soul."{{cite news |last1=Cobb |first1=Chris |title=Brown hits back |work=Ottawa Journal |date=2 Jun 1978 |page=D33}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Jam
| writer1 = James Brown, Deirdre Brown
| length1 = 11:47
| title2 = The Spank
| writer2 = James Brown, Charles Sherrell
| length2 = 6:45
| title3 = Nature
| writer3 = Deirdre Brown, Joe Brown
| length3 = 10:17
| title4 = Eyesight
| writer4 = James Brown, Deirdre Brown
| length4 = 5:30
| title5 = I Never, Never, Never Will Forget
| writer5 = James Brown
| length5 = 3:59
}}