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2023
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1970 Soul Album Releases
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Sep
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis
93
critic score
(4)
86
user score
(483)
Nov 1
Minnie Riperton
Come to My Garden
90
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(145)
Aug 7
Stevie Wonder
Signed, Sealed & Delivered
60
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(112)
Apr 10
Tim Maia
Tim Maia
79
user score
(99)
Aug 24
Aretha Franklin
Spirit in the Dark
83
critic score
(3)
84
user score
(92)
May 8
Jackson 5
ABC
83
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(65)
Aug 1
James Brown
Sex Machine
90
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(64)
Jul 1
Donny Hathaway
Everything Is Everything
87
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(43)
Jan 8
Marvin Gaye
That's the Way Love Is
60
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(38)
Nov 28
Isaac Hayes
...To Be Continued
65
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(33)
Sep 8
Jackson 5
Third Album
77
critic score
(3)
72
user score
(31)
Apr
Isaac Hayes
The Isaac Hayes Movement
70
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(28)
Jun 19
Diana Ross
Diana Ross
75
critic score
(2)
70
user score
(25)
Nov 11
Elvis Presley
That's the Way It Is
95
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(25)
Oct 15
Jackson 5
Christmas Album
75
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(22)
Jul 1
The Delfonics
The Delfonics
90
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(20)
Jan 15
Aretha Franklin
This Girl's in Love with You
65
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(19)
1970
Syl Johnson
Is It Because I'm Black
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(17)
Nov 25
Laura Nyro
Christmas and the Beads of Sweat
80
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(15)
Nov 3
Diana Ross
Everything Is Everything
60
critic score
(1)
59
user score
(14)
Aug 12
Roberta Flack
Chapter Two
80
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(12)
Apr 1
James Brown
Soul on Top
74
critic score
(3)
70
user score
(10)
May
Bobbie Gentry
Fancy
70
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(10)
Dec 1
Eric Burdon & War
The Black-Man's Burdon
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(9)
Mar 1
Four Tops
Still Waters Run Deep
55
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(6)
Mar 8
The Isley Brothers
Get into Something
63
critic score
(2)
66
user score
(6)
Aug 1
Little Richard
The Rill Thing
65
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(6)
Nov
Elvis Presley
Back in Memphis
80
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(6)
Jan 15
Dusty Springfield
A Brand New Me
75
critic score
(2)
85
user score
(6)
Jan
Charlie Rich
The Fabulous Charlie Rich
100
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(5)
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Oct 21
Mavis Staples
Only For the Lonely
80
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(4)
Apr
Candi Staton
I'm Just A Prisoner
75
user score
(4)
1970
James Brown
It's a New Day – Let a Man Come In
75
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(4)
Dec
The Chi-Lites
I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine)
60
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(4)
Jul 1
Otis Redding
Tell the Truth
70
critic score
(2)
84
user score
(4)
Sep 8
Martha & The Vandellas
Natural Resources
66
user score
(3)
Apr 1
Dionne Warwick
I'll Never Fall In Love Again
80
critic score
(1)
61
user score
(3)
1970
The Temptations
The Temptations' Christmas Card
72
user score
(3)
Jun
Tyrone Davis
Turn Back the Hands of Time
70
user score
(2)
Oct 4
The Whatnauts
Introducing the Whatnauts
80
user score
(2)
1970
Wilson Pickett
In Philadelphia
90
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(2)
Dec
Dionne Warwick
Very Dionne
60
critic score
(1)
50
user score
(1)
Mar 1
The Friends Of Distinction
Real Friends
76
user score
(1)
1970
Dobby Dobson
Strange
62
user score
(1)
Dec 31
Jean Knight
Mr. Big Stuff
90
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(1)
1970
Isaac Hayes
I Stand Accused / I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
100
user score
(1)
1970
Al Green
You Say It / Gotta Find a New World
Jun
Al Green
Right Now, Right Now / All Because (I'm a Foolish One)
Nov
Al Green
I Can't Get Next to You / Ride Sally Ride
Feb 12
The Globetrotters
The Globetrotters
Apr
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
What Love Has Joined Together
1970
Billy Paul
Ebony Woman
62
critic score
(2)
1970
Gene Chandler & Jerry Butler
Gene & Jerry - One & One
60
critic score
(1)
1970
The Globetrotters
Gravy / Cheer Me Up
Apr 21
Honey Cone
Take Me With You
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