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1
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Algiers - The Underside of Power
June 23, 2017
Post-Punk
,
Post-Industrial
,
Soul
Critic Score
84
25
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Sampha - Process
February 3, 2017
Alternative R&B
,
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
83
38
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
BADBADNOTGOOD - Late Night Tales
July 28, 2017
Soul
Critic Score
83
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
4
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SZA - Ctrl
June 9, 2017
Alternative R&B
,
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
83
23
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Jackie Shane - Any Other Way
October 20, 2017
Deep Soul
,
Southern Soul
Critic Score
82
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman
November 17, 2017
Soul
,
Southern Soul
Critic Score
82
24
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Nicole Atkins - Goodnight Rhonda Lee
July 21, 2017
Pop Soul
Critic Score
82
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
September 22, 2017
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Ambient Pop
,
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
81
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy
July 21, 2017
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
80
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Denai Moore - We Used to Bloom
June 16, 2017
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
80
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Thundercat - Drunk
February 24, 2017
Neo-Soul
,
Jazz-Funk
,
Psychedelic Soul
Critic Score
80
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Kesha - Rainbow
August 11, 2017
Country Pop
,
Pop Rock
,
Pop Soul
Critic Score
78
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Mavis Staples - If All I Was Was Black
November 17, 2017
Soul
,
Southern Soul
,
Deep Soul
Critic Score
78
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Gabriel Garzón-Montano - Jardín
January 27, 2017
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
77
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Daniel Caesar - Freudian
August 25, 2017
Neo-Soul
,
Contemporary R&B
Critic Score
77
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Curtis Harding - Face Your Fear
October 27, 2017
Soul
Critic Score
76
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Kelly Clarkson - Meaning of Life
October 27, 2017
Pop Soul
,
R&B
Critic Score
75
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Mr Jukes - God First
July 14, 2017
Contemporary R&B
,
Acid Jazz
,
Soul
Critic Score
71
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Cody ChesnuTT - My Love Divine Degree
June 2, 2017
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
70
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me
September 29, 2017
Pop Soul
,
Contemporary R&B
,
R&B
,
Pop
,
Soul
Critic Score
69
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Jessie Ware - Glasshouse
October 20, 2017
Blue-Eyed Soul
,
Pop Soul
,
Contemporary R&B
Critic Score
69
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Van Morrison - Roll With the Punches
September 22, 2017
Blues
,
Soul
Critic Score
69
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
23
.
Cold Specks - Fool's Paradise
September 22, 2017
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
67
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Paloma Faith - The Architect
November 17, 2017
Pop Soul
Critic Score
66
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Sam Smith - The Thrill of It All
November 3, 2017
Pop Soul
Critic Score
64
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
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