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The Best Soul Albums of All Time

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1.

Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
September 28, 1976
Critic Score
99
6 reviews
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2.

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
May 21, 1971
Critic Score
96
5 reviews
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3.

D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah
December 15, 2014
Critic Score
92
31 reviews
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4.

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
September 23, 1969
Critic Score
92
5 reviews
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5.

SAULT - Untitled (Rise)
September 18, 2020
Critic Score
90
7 reviews
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6.

Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up on Me
July 23, 2002
Critic Score
90
5 reviews
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7.

D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
July 3, 1995
Critic Score
89
5 reviews
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8.

D'Angelo - Voodoo
January 25, 2000
Critic Score
88
5 reviews
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9.

Macy Gray - Ruby
September 21, 2018
Critic Score
88
5 reviews
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10.

Solange - A Seat at the Table
September 30, 2016
Critic Score
88
29 reviews
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11.

SAULT - UNTITLED (Black Is)
June 19, 2020
Critic Score
88
7 reviews
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12.

Meshell Ndegeocello - Weather
November 8, 2011
Critic Score
87
6 reviews
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13.

William Bell - This Is Where I Live
June 3, 2016
Critic Score
87
5 reviews
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14.

Frank Ocean - Blonde
August 20, 2016
Critic Score
86
40 reviews
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15.

Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!
May 10, 2019
Critic Score
85
20 reviews
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16.

Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
April 15, 2016
Critic Score
85
23 reviews
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17.

Tyler, the Creator - IGOR
May 17, 2019
Critic Score
85
21 reviews
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18.

Kali Uchis - Isolation
April 6, 2018
Critic Score
85
21 reviews
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19.

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
February 26, 2008
Critic Score
85
13 reviews
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20.

Raphael Saadiq - Jimmy Lee
August 23, 2019
Critic Score
84
7 reviews
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21.

Meshell Ndegeocello - Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape
June 4, 2002
Critic Score
84
5 reviews
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22.

Prince - Originals
June 7, 2019
Critic Score
84
19 reviews
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23.

Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar
March 9, 2018
Critic Score
84
25 reviews
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24.

Anthony Hamilton - Ain't Nobody Worryin'
December 13, 2005
Critic Score
83
6 reviews
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25.

The James Hunter Six - Nick of Time
March 6, 2020
Critic Score
83
7 reviews
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