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DarkSideOfTheComputer
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I find it a genre that's more often bought as a compilation. Aside from songs in the key of life and what's going on I'm not aware of any other great soulful albums or Motown albums that are great but aren't compilations.
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Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding


The Soul Album by Otis Redding

To be honest any of the Otis Redding studio albums are great but these two stand out for me


I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You ...a Franklin


Call Me by Al Green


Make It Happen by Smokey Robinson And The Miracles


Going To A Go-Go by Smokey Robinson And The Miracles


I Can't Stand The Rain by Ann Peebles

There are loads of great soul albums to be honest...in fact a great place to start is by checking out Norman Bates Soul chart.
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Some of my favorites from my soul chart:


Night Beat by Sam Cooke


At Last! by Etta James


Reach Out by Four Tops


The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend by Baby Huey


You Got My Mind Messed Up by James Carr


Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye


Complete And Unbelievable: The Otis Red...is Redding


The Iceman Cometh by Jerry Butler
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Favorite recent soul:


Half The City by St. Paul & The Broken Bones


Give The People What They Want by Sharo... Dap-Kings
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needs more Bobby


Fly Me To The Moon by Bobby Womack
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meccalecca wrote:
needs more Bobby


Fly Me To The Moon by Bobby Womack


Always more Bobby


My Prescription by Bobby Womack
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Yeah it seems everybody beat me to the punch on most of them in addition to some interesting recs . Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder have far more than just one good album (and neither of those that you named is my favorite by a longshot), as do Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Sly & the Family Stone. Nina Simone is like a jazz-blues-soul hybrid and she's amazing. You must be getting your music education from the wrong sources if you think there are only two legit classic albums in this rich and diverse genre.
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Okay I know that this album may not fit the description, but to me, the beautiful precious doing the singing was way over looked and couldn't have been any more soul filled and now since the 6th of last month his time down here with us is now a thing of the past which crushes me like crazy, I love him so much!!! Sad Sad Sad



God bless you and his family always!!!

Holly

P.S. I just wish that it had not taken his going forward in order for me to realize who I had been missing out on all of this time. Of course my being a little kid during his days on the front burner in country music wasn't a help, but still. I couldn't be anymore ashamed of how late I am in finally knowing just how awesome the beautiful precious will always be. Sad Sad Sad
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what no curtis


Curtis by Curtis Mayfield


This Is My Country by The Impressions

An old chart that probs need tidying up a bit but still:

http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=19685
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Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye


Night Beat by Sam Cooke


3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers


Back To The World by Curtis Mayfield


Just As I Am by Bill Withers


Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron / Brian Jackson


Sky's The Limit by The Temptations


Turn Back the Hands of Time by Tyrone Davis
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