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Critics' Highest Rated Soul Albums of All Time
Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life
100
critic score
(5)
James Brown
'Live' at the Apollo
100
critic score
(5)
Curtis Mayfield
Superfly
98
critic score
(5)
Stevie Wonder
Innervisions
98
critic score
(5)
Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
97
critic score
(7)
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Users' Highest Rated Soul Albums of 2024
EARTHGANG
ROBOPHOBIA
62
user score
(159)
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Users' Highest Rated Soul Albums of All Time
Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life
93
user score
(3,697)
Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
92
user score
(4,613)
Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
91
user score
(4,726)
Stevie Wonder
Innervisions
89
user score
(1,770)
Tyler, The Creator
IGOR
89
user score
(18K)
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Recent Soul Albums
Ari Mediratta
Coming To America
EARTHGANG
ROBOPHOBIA
Micah Dailey-White
Micah.
DJ Harrison
Shades of Yesterday
80
critic score
(1)
Sy Smith
Until We Meet Again
95
critic score
(2)
Igor
Kind Aan Zee
Doin' Fine
I Will Always Love Me
Izzy Bizu
Don't Have To Say
Sean Leon
IN LOVING MEMORY
Jimmy Poindexter
SHAZAM
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Critics' Top Soul Artists
Marvin Gaye
Isaac Hayes
Lee Fields & The Expressions
Meshell Ndegeocello
Mavis Staples
Charles Bradley
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Bettye LaVette
Raphael Saadiq
St. Paul & The Broken Bones
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By Year
1954
1
1957
2
1958
1
1959
7
1960
13
1961
9
1962
26
1963
29
1964
30
1965
51
1966
53
1967
74
1968
69
1969
87
1970
69
1971
65
1972
65
1973
69
1974
57
1975
57
1976
61
1977
66
1978
38
1979
34
1980
35
1981
27
1982
29
1983
14
1984
24
1985
25
1986
14
1987
17
1988
14
1989
14
1990
10
1991
23
1992
27
1993
17
1994
22
1995
19
1996
21
1997
12
1998
20
1999
13
2000
18
2001
22
2002
23
2003
22
2004
15
2005
17
2006
26
2007
42
2008
31
2009
33
2010
41
2011
38
2012
50
2013
52
2014
55
2015
81
2016
83
2017
90
2018
114
2019
118
2020
130
2021
164
2022
142
2023
136
2024
13
2,986 releases
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