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List by @riffiter · 15 albums

Essential soul & R&B albums

Fifteen albums spanning soul and R&B from the 1960s golden age through neo-soul to the modern era.

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  1. 1Live at the Apollo, 1962 coverLive at the Apollo, 1962James Brown · 19631963 · the hardest-working show business document4.3
  2. 2Otis Blue coverOtis BlueOtis Redding · 20081965 · Stax soul at its rawest and richest4.3
  3. 3I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You coverI Never Loved a Man the Way I Love YouAretha Franklin · 19671967 · the queen claims her throne4.8
  4. 4There's a Riot Goin' On coverThere's a Riot Goin' OnSly & The Family Stone · 19711971 · funk's murky, brilliant comedown
  5. 5Maggot Brain coverMaggot BrainFunkadelic · 19711971 · psychedelic funk's wildest peak4.5
  6. 6Superfly coverSuperflyCurtis Mayfield · 19721972 · the soundtrack that outgrew its film
  7. 7Innervisions coverInnervisionsStevie Wonder · 19731973 · social vision in perfect songform4.7
  8. 8Call Me coverCall MeAl Green · 19731973 · Memphis soul at its silkiest4.5
  9. 9Sign "O" the Times coverSign "O" the TimesPrince · 19871987 · one genius, every genre4.8
  10. 10Baduizm coverBaduizmErykah Badu · 19971997 · neo-soul's founding mother3.8
  11. 11The Velvet Rope coverThe Velvet RopeJanet Jackson · 19971997 · confessional R&B ahead of its time4.0
  12. 12Voodoo coverVoodooD'Angelo · 20002000 · groove as meditation4.5
  13. 13channel ORANGE coverchannel ORANGEFrank Ocean · 20122012 · modern R&B's storytelling leap4.4
  14. 14Ctrl coverCtrlSZA · 20172017 · the new generation's honest diary4.6
  15. 15What's Going On coverWhat's Going OnMarvin Gaye · 19711971 · the protest-soul masterpiece4.9

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