Natural Soul
by Lou Donaldson

Natural Soul by Lou Donaldson
Year: 1962
Overall rank: 56,474th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 9 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1962 (227th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (3,076th)
Award Best albums of all time (56,474th)

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Lou Donaldson bestography

Natural Soul is ranked 4th best out of 24 albums by Lou Donaldson on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Lou Donaldson is Blues Walk which is ranked number 6847 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 187.

Lou Donaldson album bestography « Higher ranked (29,632nd)
New Faces New Sounds
This album (56,474th)
Natural Soul
Lower ranked (56,660th) »
Everything I Play Is Funky

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Overall rank: 56,474th | 1960s rank: 3,076th | 1962 rank: 227th

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From 10/23/2022 15:13 | #290730
Very cool funky
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