Lookin’ back on the track for a little greenback. Got to find just the kind or I’m losin’ my mind.
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Tag: Soul Music
Diana Ross & The Supremes – Anthology: #406 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Stop! In the name of love, before you break my heart.
James Brown – James Brown Live at the Apollo, 1962: #414 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’m leaving you darling and I won’t be back. I found something better somewhere down the track.
Various Artists – Stax-Volt: The Complete Singles 1959-1968: #708 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Plug in and get supercharged anywhere you like with this massive 244 song compilation.
Sly & The Family Stone – Greatest Hits: #744 of best 1,000 albums ever!
There are very few bands that have better expressed the pure joy, the pure jubilation of music.
Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul: #777 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The Queen of Soul delivers some sweet impressions.
Curtis Mayfield – Curtis: #795 of best 1,000 albums ever!
If there is a hell below, at least we’ve got Curtis in the meanwhile in the here and now.
The Pointer Sisters – Break Out: #804 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You might just say that I’m so excited and yet I’m encountering a great deal of difficulty with regard to the prevention of obfuscating that emotional state.
Aretha Franklin – Aretha Now: #818 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Let your mind go, let yourself be free.
The Meters – Look-Ka Py Py: #843 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Get down with the funky miracle.
Nina Simone – Wild is the Wind: #846 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Striking, powerful, and evocative vocals mapped against a wild variety of musical styles.
Aloe Blacc – Good Things: #972 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I defy you to come away from this one without humming “I need a dollar, dollar, dollar that’s what I need…”
Edwin Starr – War & Peace: #979 of best 1,000 albums ever!
“War” first and foremost, but make peace with the fact there’s also a lot of other great songs going down here.