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Top funk albums

The top-rated funk album on Riffiter is Purple Rain by Prince, rated 5.0/5 by 4 listeners.

485 funk albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 25 of 485 funk albums, averaging 3.9/5, spanning 1967 to 2025.

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  1. Purple Rain cover01Purple RainPrince · 1984★ 5.0 · 4
  2. Voodoo cover

    02 Voodoo

    D'Angelo · 2000

    ★ 4.5 · 11
  3. The Very Best of Prince cover

    03 The Very Best of Prince

    Prince · 2001

    ★ 5.0 · 1
  4. Curtains cover

    04 Curtains

    John Frusciante · 2005

    ★ 4.3 · 2
  5. Maggot Brain cover

    05 Maggot Brain

    Funkadelic · 1971

    ★ 4.5 · 1
  6. Dirty Mind cover

    06 Dirty Mind

    Prince · 1980

    ★ 4.5 · 1
  7. 1999 cover

    07 1999

    Prince · 1982

    ★ 4.5 · 1
  8. Black Messiah cover

    08 Black Messiah

    D'Angelo · 2014

    ★ 4.0 · 1
  9. We Came to Play cover

    09 We Came to Play

    Tower of Power · 1978

    ★ 4.0 · 1
  10. Music Is the Message cover

    10 Music Is the Message

    Kool & The Gang · 1972

    ★ 4.0 · 1
  11. Back on the Right Track cover

    11 Back on the Right Track

    Sly & The Family Stone · 1979

    ★ 4.0 · 1
  12. Too Hot to Handle cover

    12 Too Hot to Handle

    Heatwave · 1976

    ★ 3.5 · 1
  13. Feel No Fret cover

    13 Feel No Fret

    Average White Band · 1979

    ★ 3.5 · 1
  14. Live at the Sahara Tahoe cover

    14 Live at the Sahara Tahoe

    Isaac Hayes · 1973

    ★ 3.5 · 1
  15. The Beautiful Game cover

    15 The Beautiful Game

    Vulfpeck · 2016

    ★ 3.5 · 1
  16. All Day Music cover

    16 All Day Music

    WAR · 1971

    ★ 3.5 · 2
  17. Cut the Cake cover

    17 Cut the Cake

    Average White Band · 1975

    ★ 3.0 · 1
  18. Love Is All Around cover

    18 Love Is All Around

    WAR · 1976

    ★ 3.0 · 1
  19. Us cover

    19 Us

    Maceo Parker · 1973

    ★ 3.0 · 1
  20. Ultimate cover

    20 Ultimate

    Prince · 2006

    ★ 2.5 · 1
  21. Controversy cover

    21 Controversy

    Prince · 1981

    ★ 2.5 · 1
  22. Sampladelic Relics & Dancefloor Oddities cover

    22 Sampladelic Relics & Dancefloor Oddities

    Deee-Lite · 1996

    ★ 3.0 · 2
  23. Live: P.Funk Earth Tour cover

    23 Live: P.Funk Earth Tour

    Parliament · 1977

    ★ 3.2 · 3
  24. U-Turn cover

    24 U-Turn

    Isaac Hayes · 1986

    ★ 2.0 · 1
  25. Black Moses cover

    25 Black Moses

    Isaac Hayes · 1971

    ★ 2.3 · 2
  26. Lukas Graham cover

    26 Lukas Graham

    Lukas Graham · 2012

  27. The Hits/The B-Sides cover

    27 The Hits/The B-Sides

    Prince · 1993

  28. Prince cover

    28 Prince

    Prince · 1979

  29. 4Ever cover

    29 4Ever

    Prince · 2016

  30. Piano & a Microphone 1983 cover

    30 Piano & a Microphone 1983

    Prince · 2018

  31. Batman cover

    31 Batman

    Prince · 1989

  32. American Love Call cover

    32 American Love Call

    Durand Jones & the Indications · 2019

  33. Backatown cover

    33 Backatown

    Trombone Shorty · 2010

  34. Anthology: 1995-2010 cover

    34 Anthology: 1995-2010

    Prince · 2018

  35. Mothership Connection cover

    35 Mothership Connection

    Parliament · 1975

  36. Celebration: The Best of Kool & The Gang (1979-1987) cover

    36 Celebration: The Best of Kool & The Gang (1979-1987)

    Kool & The Gang · 1994

  37. Welcome 2 America cover

    37 Welcome 2 America

    Prince · 2021

  38. Originals cover

    38 Originals

    Prince · 2019

  39. The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale cover

    39 The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale

    Prince · 1999

  40. Hot Buttered Soul cover

    40 Hot Buttered Soul

    Isaac Hayes · 1969

  41. Shadows Collide With People cover

    41 Shadows Collide With People

    John Frusciante · 2004

  42. The Empyrean cover

    42 The Empyrean

    John Frusciante · 2009

  43. 3 (The Purple Album) cover

    43 3 (The Purple Album)

    Lukas Graham · 2018

  44. Come cover

    44 Come

    Prince · 1994

  45. For You cover

    45 For You

    Prince · 1978

  46. Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt cover

    46 Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt

    John Frusciante · 1994

  47. Musicology cover

    47 Musicology

    Prince · 2004

  48. Rejuvenation cover

    48 Rejuvenation

    The Meters · 1974

  49. Celebrate! cover

    49 Celebrate!

    Kool & The Gang · 1980

  50. The Rainbow Children cover

    50 The Rainbow Children

    Prince · 2001

  51. Wild Cherry cover

    51 Wild Cherry

    Wild Cherry · 1976

  52. World Clique cover

    52 World Clique

    Deee-Lite · 1990

  53. Something Special cover

    53 Something Special

    Kool & The Gang · 1981

  54. Brown Sugar cover

    54 Brown Sugar

    D'Angelo · 1995

  55. The Gold Experience cover

    55 The Gold Experience

    Prince · 1995

  56. Tower of Power cover

    56 Tower of Power

    Tower of Power · 1973

  57. One Nite Alone… Live! cover

    57 One Nite Alone… Live!

    Prince · 2002

  58. Breakin' Out cover

    58 Breakin' Out

    Fat Larry's Band · 1994

  59. Roots Revisited cover

    59 Roots Revisited

    Maceo Parker · 1990

  60. Groove Is in the Heart cover

    60 Groove Is in the Heart

    Deee-Lite · 2014

  61. Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology cover

    61 Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology

    The Meters · 1995

  62. Wild and Peaceful cover

    62 Wild and Peaceful

    Kool & The Gang · 1973

  63. Dance to the Music cover

    63 Dance to the Music

    Sly & The Family Stone · 1968

  64. Emancipation cover

    64 Emancipation

    Prince · 1996

  65. 3121 cover

    65 3121

    Prince · 2006

  66. Yellow Moon cover

    66 Yellow Moon

    The Neville Brothers · 1989

  67. Maceo - Soundtrack cover

    67 Maceo - Soundtrack

    Maceo Parker · 2007

  68. Bongo Rock cover

    68 Bongo Rock

    Incredible Bongo Band · 1973

  69. Get Loose cover

    69 Get Loose

    Evelyn "Champagne" King · 1982

  70. Tell Your Friends cover

    70 Tell Your Friends

    Snarky Puppy · 2010

  71. HITnRUN Phase Two cover

    71 HITnRUN Phase Two

    Prince · 2015

  72. Planet Earth cover

    72 Planet Earth

    Prince · 2007

  73. Lovesexy cover

    73 Lovesexy

    Prince · 1988

  74. Mo' Roots cover

    74 Mo' Roots

    Maceo Parker · 1991

  75. Funky Good Time: The Anthology cover

    75 Funky Good Time: The Anthology

    The J.B.'s · 1995

  76. Doing It to Death cover

    76 Doing It to Death

    The J.B.'s · 1973

  77. Commodores cover

    77 Commodores

    Commodores · 1977

  78. The World Is a Ghetto cover

    78 The World Is a Ghetto

    WAR · 1972

  79. Why Can't We Be Friends? cover

    79 Why Can't We Be Friends?

    WAR · 1975

  80. Light of Worlds cover

    80 Light of Worlds

    Kool & The Gang · 1974

  81. Ladies' Night cover

    81 Ladies' Night

    Kool & The Gang · 1979

  82. 20Ten cover

    82 20Ten

    Prince · 2010

  83. The Truth cover

    83 The Truth

    Prince · 1997

  84. Crystal Ball cover

    84 Crystal Ball

    Prince · 1998

  85. Nasty Gal cover

    85 Nasty Gal

    Betty Davis · 1975

  86. Chocolate City cover

    86 Chocolate City

    Parliament · 1975

  87. Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome cover

    87 Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome

    Parliament · 1977

  88. Look-Ka Py Py cover

    88 Look-Ka Py Py

    The Meters · 1970

  89. Eric Burdon Declares "War" cover

    89 Eric Burdon Declares "War"

    WAR · 1970

  90. Forever cover

    90 Forever

    Kool & The Gang · 1986

  91. A Whole New Thing cover

    91 A Whole New Thing

    Sly & The Family Stone · 1967

  92. Fantasy (feat. Nile Rodgers) cover

    92 Fantasy (feat. Nile Rodgers)

    George Michael · 2017

  93. N.E.W.S. cover

    93 N.E.W.S.

    Prince · 2003

  94. Chaos and Disorder cover

    94 Chaos and Disorder

    Prince · 1996

  95. Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow cover

    95 Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow

    Funkadelic · 1970

  96. Graham Central Station cover

    96 Graham Central Station

    Graham Central Station · 1974

  97. Letur-Lefr cover

    97 Letur-Lefr

    John Frusciante · 2012

  98. DC EP cover

    98 DC EP

    John Frusciante · 2004

  99. Back to Oakland cover

    99 Back to Oakland

    Tower of Power · 1974

  100. Spirit of the Boogie cover

    100 Spirit of the Boogie

    Kool & The Gang · 1975

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