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Highest Rated Soul Albums of All Time
Decade
Source
Genre

1.

Meshell Ndegeocello - Weather
November 8, 2011
Score
100
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2.

Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
March 31, 1969
Score
100
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3.

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child Is Father to the Man
April 1, 1968
Score
100
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4.

Al Green - Call Me
April 1, 1973
Score
100
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5.

Bill Withers - Still Bill
May 1, 1972
Score
100
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6.

Charlie Rich - Set Me Free
Score
100
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7.

Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis
June 1, 1969
Score
100
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8.

Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
June 1, 1985
Score
100
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9.

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette
November 3, 1973
Score
100
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10.

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
July 1, 1972
Score
100
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11.

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
August 3, 1973
Score
100
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12.

Otis Redding - Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul
September 15, 1965
Score
100
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13.

Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
January 22, 1968
Score
100
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14.

Robert Glasper Experiment - Black Radio
February 28, 2012
Score
100
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15.

Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
June 17, 2003
Score
100
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16.

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
August 28, 1973
Score
100
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17.

Adele - 21
February 22, 2011
Score
100
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18.

Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
February 1, 1976
Score
100
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19.

Charlie Rich - The Fabulous Charlie Rich
January 0, 1970
Score
100
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20.

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
September 23, 1969
Score
100
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21.

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
September 1, 1970
Score
100
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22.

Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
September 28, 1976
Score
100
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23.

Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay
February 23, 1968
Score
100
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24.

Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson - Winter in America
May 1, 1974
Score
100
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25.

James Brown - Live at the Apollo
May 1, 1963
Score
100
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