MOJO Top 70 SOUL albums

[Bernedo]

Bernedo said:Strider79it said:Bernedo said:I miss here any albums from Buddah Records. Top label.




I may be wrong but I think Barbara Mason 's "give me your love" is on Buddah




Yes it is, I meant any more albums, sorry. In my own list would be "Sharing" by Vitamin E, "It's Rough out There" by Modulations or "Still Bill" by Bill Withers.





I would also add "Peaceful" by Al Johnson (Marina) or "Hutson" by Leroy Hutson (Curtom). But depends on tastes at all. But I think that Curtis' best is "There's no place Like America today" without any question.




Oh, didn't see it. "Still Bill" is.

 

[Bernedo]

Bernedo said:Bernedo said:Strider79it said:Bernedo said:I miss here any albums from Buddah Records. Top label.




I may be wrong but I think Barbara Mason 's "give me your love" is on Buddah




Yes it is, I meant any more albums, sorry. In my own list would be "Sharing" by Vitamin E, "It's Rough out There" by Modulations or "Still Bill" by Bill Withers.





I would also add "Peaceful" by Al Johnson (Marina) or "Hutson" by Leroy Hutson (Curtom). But depends on tastes at all. But I think that Curtis' best is "There's no place Like America today" without any question.




Oh, didn't see it. "Still Bill" is.




And "Hutson" too. Definetely i'm dyslexic.

 

[LokoOne]

Should be metnioned they do a Top 20 blaxploitation s/t which has most of the usuallly acclapmed albums and Freda and some others get a mention in the top singles section although it is pretty limited and based around albums that had one big song on them (?)...I think.





They even do a top 5 'soul compliations' list....a bit WTF-ish but different....





But yeah Four Tops, Chi Lites, Stylisitcs should all defitinely be there.....

 

[haze25]

I didn't know the strut had so much hate for that Syreeta album, i like her first 2 records alot.




















peace,xavier

 

[Strider79it]

LokoOne said:Should be metnioned they do a Top 20 blaxploitation s/t which has most of the usuallly acclapmed albums




May you list the 20 albums they choose ? .... I'm very curious

 

[Reynaldo]

Strider79it said:


Marlena Shaw - Spice of Life

1969

 

[The_Hook_Up]

Reynaldo said:Strider79it said:


Marlena Shaw - Spice of Life

1969




there are few from 69 on the list though...Ann Peebles for one

 

[The_Hook_Up]

my bad, Ann is the only one from 69








The_Hook_Up said:Reynaldo said:Strider79it said:


Marlena Shaw - Spice of Life

1969




there are few from 69 on the list though...Ann Peebles for one

 

[bassie]

mannybolone said:





Right off the bat, it should be noted that they decided NOT to repeat any artist. I understand why they might have decided that but it does create some "eggs in one basket" situations that'd be up for considerable debate ("Innervisions" vs. "Songs in the Key of Love" for example).




Choosing Aretha's Spirit In The Dark is one of those situations.


As is choosing Millie Jackson's Caught Up over It Hurts So Good.

 

[batmon]

Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am = FAIL

 

[Woimsah]

Also quite surprised The 5 Stairsteps didn't make it -- seems like major old guy material that would be in the top half of this list for sure.

 

[disco_che]

They should have left aside that Donna Summer and include "War & Peace" by Edwin Starr instead. That album is a monster. I recently heard it again after years and it's much better than I remembered.





The list apperas a little forced to me. In many cases it seems they just wanted to include certain artists and didn't care to much which album to pick. "Light Of the World" by Kool & the Gang - it could be almost any of their albums from that period.


Also as ODub said, the decision to only include one album per artists blurrs the relevance of that list to a certain degree. Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Curtis should all have more than one album in that list.





The inclusion of Esther Phillips is questionable. I like "From A Whisper..." but never heard that primarily as a soul album.

 

[4YearGraduate]

Off the wall and no thriller? WTF

 

[HarveyCanal]

willie_fugal said:not sure which makes less sense:





that there's exactly 1 Parliament album on the list or that that album is Motor Booty Affair...




BAN

 

[disco_che]

4YearGraduate said:Off the wall and no thriller? WTF




Thriller = 80s

 

[HarveyCanal]

Okay, so only one album per artist was selected...but still, where the hell is Al Green's I'm Still in Love with You? Same could be said for Marvin Gaye's I Want You.





Props to the list though for including Allen Toussaint's Southern Nights.

 

[DustedDon]

am i blind or is there no Eddie Kendricks on that list?

 

[pickwick33]

one of those Wilson Picketts on RCA might have been stronger than In Philadelphia

That's some cold shit. Wilson was definitely NOT on his game on those RCA sides. That was obviously a genius in decline.





I see nothing wrong with Wilson Pickett In Philadelphia, myself. It proved that the MFSB guys could get gritty when they wanted to (also see: Bobby Rush's Rush Hour).

overall it???s getting too close to disco for me on a lot of those LPs

I'm with you. I understand that their definition of classic soul might be a little more wide open than mine, but I'd sooner close the book when Donna Summer is part of that discussion.

 

[pickwick33]

Now lets get to the record bragging part of the equation???.who amongst you has ALL 70 in the crates (extra points if you got doubles) hehehehe

I have 33 of those LP's. I know for sure I wouldn't want all the albums on that list, but that's more about personal taste than actual merit.

 

[pickwick33]

Bassie:


Even though It Hurts So Good was an excellent Millie Jackson album, I'm guessing they went for Caught Up because it was conceived as an album, not just a random collection of songs...and it did change the direction of Millie's career, same way that What's Going On? did for Marvin or Where I'm Coming From did for Stevie...





No Swamp Dogg on that list...