i remember a post about great soul albums on the lesson a while back, with some posters saying that they didnt think there was a canon for the genre... well this might be a good place to start. my gripes would be that i dont see the need for rap albums to be on here, some of the picks are kinda safe (live at the apollo vs love power peace?), and they should allow for greatest hits compilations - otis redding and al greens' greatest hits cds are actually their best albums IMO. they did get the right mary j album though.

B&S TOP 100 SOUL ALBUMS OF ALL TIME (1998)

1. MARVIN GAYE – WHAT’S GOIN ON
2. CURTIS MAYFIELD – CURTIS
3. ISAAC HAYES – HOT BUTTERED SOUL
4. SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES – GOING TO A GO GO
5. OTIS REDDING – OTIS BLUE
6. HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUE NOTES – I MISS YOU
7. ARETHA FRANKLIN – LADY SOUL
8. STEVIE WONDER – TALKING BOOK
9. JAMES BROWN – LIVE AT THE APOLLO
10. THE O’JAYS – SHIP AHOY
11. MARVIN GAYE – LET’S GET IT ON
12. LUTHER VANDROSS – SELF TITLED (first solo)
13. THE TEMPTATIONS – SING SMOKEY
14. BOBBY WOMACK – THE POET
15. SAM DEES – THE SHOW MUST GO ON
16. GLADYS KNIGTH AND THE PIPS – EVERYBODY NEEDS LOVE
17. AL GREEN – IM STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
18. OSCAR BROWN JNR – SIN AND SOUL
19. BLACKSTREET – SELF TITLED (1993/1994)
20. THE DRIFTERS – TAKE YOU WERE THE MUSICS PLAUING
21. BOBBY BLAND – THE CALIFORNIA ALBUM
22. MAXWELL – URBAN HANG SUITE
23. EARTH WIND AND FIRE – THAT’S THE WAY OF THE WORLD
24. ANITA BAKER – RAPTURE
25. TERRY CALLIER – TIME PEACE
26. THE ISLEY BROTHERS – 3 +3
27. CURTIS MAYFIELD – SUPERFLY
28. PATTI LABELLE – GEMS
29. THE SPINNERS – SELF TITLED (first atlantic)
30. MICHAEL JACKSON – OFF THE WALL
31. ANN NESBY – SELF TITLED (first solo)
32. DONNY HATHAWAY – LIVE
33. DIONNE WARWICK – MAKE WAY FOR…
34. THE DELLS – I TOUCHED A DREAM
35. TYRONE DAVIS – CAN I CHANGE MY MIND
36. TEDDY PENDERGRASS – TEDDY
37. TONY TONI TONE – HOUSE OF MUSIC
38. JOE TEX – FROM THE ROOTS CAME THE RAPPPER
39. THE IMPRESSIONS – THIS IS MY COUNTRY
40. SAM COOKE – NIGHT BEAT
41. THE SOUL CHILDREN – GENESIS
42. BOYS II MEN – COOLEY HIGH HARMONY
43. BEN E KING AND THE AWS – BENNY AND US
44. QUINCY JONES – BACK ON THE BLOCK
45. FRIENDS OF DISTINCTION – GRAZIN
46. PHIL PERRY – PURE PLEASE
47. SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS - JOURNEY OF A DRUM
48. HOWARD HEWETT – ITS TIME
49. BILLY STEWART – UNBELIEVABLE
50. GURU JAZZMATAZZ – VOL 1
51. BB KING – LIVE AT THE REGAL
52. DAVID RUFFIN – MY WHOLE WORLD ENDED
53. BILLY AND SARAH GAINES NO ONE LOVES ME LIKE YOU
54. SOUL II SOUL – CLUB CLASSICS
55. DE LA SOUL – 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING
56. THE CRUSADERS – RHAPSODY AND BLUES
57. QUEEN PEN – MY MELODY
58. LIONEL RICHIE – CANT SLOW DOWN
59. DAVID PEASTON – INTRODUCING
60. JUNIOR WALKER AND THE ALL STARS – SOUL SESSION
61. BILL WITHERS – JUST AS I AM
62. SYLVESTER – STEP II
63. FUNADELIC – ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE
64. THE STYLISTICS – SELF TITLED (first avco)
65. JERRY BUTLER – THE ICE MAN COMETH
66. SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE – STAND
67. JACKIE MOORE – SWEET CHARLIE BABE
68. SOLOMON BURKE – ROCK N SOUL
69. THE CHI LITES – LONELY MAN
70. BABY HUEY – THE LIVING LEGEND
71. RANDY CRAWFORD – HOW WE MAY BEGIN
72. THE EMOTIONS – REJOICE
73. MARY J BLIGE – WHATS THE 411
74. NEVILLE BROTHERS – YELLOW MOON
75. ALEXANDER O NEAL – HEARSAY
76. ESTHER PHILLIPS – FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM
77. THE RANCE ALLEN GROUP – SANCTIFIED
78. THE SWEET INSPIRATIONS – WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW
79. LEON WARE – TASTE THE LOVE
80. OLETA ADAMS – CIRCLE OF ONE
81. GEORGE BENSON – IN FLIGHT
82. MARGIE JOSEPH – MAKES A NEW IMPRESSION
83. ISLEY BROTHERS – THIS OLD HEART OF MINE
84. JAMES BROWN – HOT PANTS
85. LENNY WILLIAMS – CHOOSING YOU
86. JACKIE WILSON AND COUNT BASIE – TOO MUCH
87. THE OHIO PLAYERS – PAIN
88. CISSY HOUSTON – MAMAS COOKIN
89. ANDRAE CROUCH AND THE DISCIPLES – THIS IS ANOTHER DAY
90. LOU RAWLS – AT LAST
91. AL WILSON – SEARCHING FOR THE DOLPHINS
92. RONNIE MCNEIR – SELF TITLED (first motown)
93. LITTLE MILTON – GRITS AINT GROCERIES
94. ROY C – SEX AND SOUL
95. VARIOUS – THE ORIGINAL MOTORTOWN REVUE
96. JOHN EDWARDS – SELF TITLED (the aware album)
97. EVERETTE HARP – WHATS GOIN ON

1. Luther doesn't have a self-titled album. OH SHIT...yes he does! it was released in 2001. and it is FAR FROM BEING his best album.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Vandross_%28album%29

2. there's only ONE Stevie Wonder album on it.

3. and it's not Innervisions.

4. Curtis over Superfly???

5. Stand at 66???

6. Soul II Soul's 'Club Classics' is ranked higher than Stand.

...i can't go on.

hell no.

fuck you.

it should read 'eponymous (first solo)' for luther. i think they mean never too much (was it released as 'luther vandross' at one point? i didnt think so but n/m)

not sure why theres a riot going on isnt on here, but i think a list like this would be quite diff to 1998. pop snobbery would be less okay, so thriller would be in there, there would be more stevie, more george clinton, prob LESS curtis, more sly, basically more of the people who dangelo have namechecked, there would have to be SOME prince, prob some rick james, and then there'd be reissues like inspiration information, betty davis, maybe william onyeabor, some disco i imagine, and albums like miseducation, mamas gun, black messiah or voodoo maybe, amy winehouse, etc....

Lol

fuck you.

also: BlackStreet

and show that they didnt disown rap.

queen pen and black street are kinda 'huh' but hey, it was 1998. they had to have *something* recent.

https://digife.com

now MJ with off the wall should be way higher, maxwell good, where is R.Kelly? more sly and the family stone, Stevie Wonder, Marvin gaye,barry white, rick james,thriller gotta be way up there, more earth,wind and fire

cameo,bar kays,isley brothers,frankie beverly and maze,

mistermaxxx R.Kelly, Michael Jackson,Stevie wonder,Rick James,Marvin Gaye,El Debarge, Barry WHite Lionel RIchie,Isleys EWF,Lady T.,Kid creole and coconuts,the crusaders,kc sunshine band,bee gees,jW,sd,NE,JB

Miami Heat, New York Yankees,buffalo bills

>now MJ with off the wall should be way higher, maxwell good,
>where is R.Kelly? more sly and the family stone, Stevie
>Wonder, Marvin gaye,barry white, rick james,thriller gotta be
>way up there, more earth,wind and fire
>
>cameo,bar kays,isley brothers,frankie beverly and maze,

even if they are important. then the list would just be 6 stevie albums, 3 sly albums, etc etc. it would mean the smaller, but still good albums, would be excluded.

thriller doesnt really need to be there. everyone knows about it already.

it meant everything from R&B to Pop and it covered all the bases and it was a game changer.

that's like saying the Chronic doesn't belong, if a album is a game changer from the music perspective and it happens to be a big timer seller well it all balances out.

if said big artists like MJ, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye,Rick James, R.Kelly,Earth,Wind and Fire, Isley Brothers, etc.. were white

then a white publication would have about 3 of their best albums all over the list.

i mean its one thing if somebody wants to acknowledge Shuggie Ottis's information society album or a album by Bobbi Humphrey however
when somebody puts a album by Joi or somebody who was decent but not that kind of impact artistry well it looks suspect.

mistermaxxx R.Kelly, Michael Jackson,Stevie wonder,Rick James,Marvin Gaye,El Debarge, Barry WHite Lionel RIchie,Isleys EWF,Lady T.,Kid creole and coconuts,the crusaders,kc sunshine band,bee gees,jW,sd,NE,JB

Miami Heat, New York Yankees,buffalo bills

it had kinda fallen off by the end of the 90s, though.

that we like

dude