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Album	You	Global	Diff
Brown Sugar D'Angelo	5	2.94	+2.06
Risque CHIC	5	3.28	+1.72
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	5	3.33	+1.67
We Are Family Sister Sledge	5	3.48	+1.52
Talking Book Stevie Wonder	5	3.71	+1.29
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	5	3.74	+1.26
Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye	5	3.78	+1.22
Off The Wall Michael Jackson	5	3.8	+1.2

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Michael Jackson	2	5

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Sign 'O' The Times

Prince · 1 likes

3/5

Can't give Prince less than 3 out of 5 cos it's Prince. Some good tracks on here but some that are kinda weird with a rather dated 80s feel. Dialogue on 'If I was your girlfriend' almost killed me off. I will say it ended much better than it started

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Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Good funk, good horns. Give Up The Funk is still good. Good, solid, concise album

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

4/5

Still love Inspiration Information. Some really nice instrumentals on this, with some interesting and unique (especially for the time) sounds/instruments. Quite beautiful and some genre cross-overs with folk/soul/experimental. Extra point for album cover and his swag

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

This is just so good. 2 classics on here, but the other tracks are just as good. Some are very beautiful, others are more funky. Will be coming back to listen to this one again.

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

2/5

Pretty upbeat. Quite 80s in sound. Bit naf in places. Nothing really stands out. I even find 'sign my name' is quite dated in terms of instrumentals etc.

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

4/5

Very good live album. Fantastic instruments/musicians - some tracks a bit long in parts.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

All hail the queen. Can't believe I've never listened to this. This surely is a GOATed album - Aretha at her best

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

4/5

Funky, smooth, 70s vibes. Jamiroquai are just iconic. Instruments on fire - didgeridoo

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Soulsville so good. Might be one of the best mainly instrumental albums I've heard. Can hear where so many soul songs have derived from. Great sax, I wanna play some of Isaac's music

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

I can see how this would be an important album in terms of rock & roll and rhythm & blues, but was slightly all over the place and did also just merge into one - nothing particularly memorable but I do think kinda an important listen

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

So far pretty epic, modern classic, lots of advert-worthy tracks. Some really beautiful tracks - I feel like I've been missing out by not having listened to this before now. I actually think this might be the best album I've listened to so far doing this 1001 albums thing. This album is so cohesive; it's not just a collection of songs, it fits and flows perfectly together. Finding out it was produced by Inflo and Danger Mouse makes a lot of sense.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Come on now, Marvin. Quite possibly the king of serenading (maybe in competition with Barry White). The way he beautifully builds tension and longing on this album is just wow

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Not my usual kinda thing, since this is blues rock. Already knew 'howlin' for you'. Decent - some good motifs/hooks. I can actually see how this is a good album - it's not really my thing, but it's cool and has some interesting sounds - catchy in places

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Ok vocals! Expressive, laid-back, easy-to-listen-to. Classic 12-bar blues vibes. Feels like an essential introduction to rhythm and blues, and understanding connected/related genres

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

'So in Love' really quite beautiful - I'll be coming back to that one. 'Jesus' also good! - There's a care and slowness about this album that I'm enjoying so far

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Nothing standing out to me so far. Feels all very on one level. I don't really enjoy the production very much.

Street Life

The Crusaders

4/5

Some really nice instrumentals - very smooth sax. I feel like 'Street Life' sets the tone for the rest of the album - cruising along.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Cmon now, one of the greatest of all time. Every track is essential. Every track is stand alone. I have had different periods in my life of loving one of these songs but for different reasons

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Classic Prince with that 80s sound, but he's still made it work for today. 2 classics on here. 'Purple Rain' is an amazing way to end the album. Some good upbeat and funky tracks

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

5/5

Pure disco heaven. Some classics on here and then some lovely slow ballads - incredible family harmonies. There's something about the instruments in this album that's so serene and ethereal

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

5/5

Personal with experimental interludes. Fantastic production - I could melt into 'Sierra Leone'. Every track is gold, there's variety, there's depth. It is a modern R&B classic - I'd almost go so far as to say it might be the best R&B album of the 21st century. It's an album that I always come back to and will continue to do so.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

A timeless classic. Bought this album when I was 10 years old, and I still love it now, and regularly go back to listen to it. So raw, emotive, honest

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

It's good. Let's Stay Together and How Do You Mend a Broken Heart are incredible, but the rest of this album did kind of pass me by and wash over me a bit

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

This is probably my favourite Michael Jackson album. The most disco, the most funky

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

5/5

A masterclass in Neo Soul - smooth like melted chocolate. Some of my favourite D'Angelo tracks on this album

Risque

CHIC

5/5

Disco heaven! Good variety of tracks and some true classics - I love 'a warm summer night' so much

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

3/5

Kinda eccentric. Interesting, unique interludes. Quite boppy vocals - Mika vibes. Circus-like in places. A bit epic in parts. I like 'Sometimes I don't know what to feel' - reminds me of his more famous track 'I saw the light'. 'I'm so proud' is a really beautiful track - the medley that this track is part of kinda saves the album and amps it up in terms of rating. Some quite iconic-sounding 70s tracks towards the back end of the album.