That is a surprise. I totally forgot about Shuggie being a contender even though I'm sure I voted for him.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 21 October 2016 15:30 (seven years ago) link
i never really got the appeal of inspiration information, it's okay i guess but i don't really think is a 70s soul classic. the reissuing thing seemed to cement it as such but idgi
― marcos, Friday, 21 October 2016 15:30 (seven years ago) link
lol idk im listening now and it is kind of hitting the spot. been a while since i last played it
― marcos, Friday, 21 October 2016 15:32 (seven years ago) link
It's a rainy day in NYC, perfect conditions for some Shuggie
― I know hoes that know Ali Farka Toure (voodoo chili), Friday, 21 October 2016 15:34 (seven years ago) link
i think it was more like this standard reissue off-the-mark hype description of it as this "lost psychedelic soul rock classic" in the vein of jimi and it is actually a pretty sparse, spacious, and minimal soul album. maybe that's why i remember being not quite satisfied but listening now and taking it on its own terms it is pretty great
― marcos, Friday, 21 October 2016 15:36 (seven years ago) link
I tried to get into those Syreeta albums recently and was surprised that I didn't like them at all
― Οὖτις, Friday, 21 October 2016 15:45 (seven years ago) link
http://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-covers/500/0000/112/0000112669.jpg17. Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)111 points • 8 votes
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 15:52 (seven years ago) link
I love and voted for Shuggie but it does feel like it exists in a different universe to all these great albums that people actually listened to in the 70s.
Donnie and Joe Emerson for #1?
― Het schaduwkabinet reshuffle (seandalai), Friday, 21 October 2016 15:54 (seven years ago) link
17. Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)111 points • 8 votes
Beautiful record. I love this pastoral, angry R&B.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 October 2016 15:55 (seven years ago) link
http://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-covers/500/0001/252/0001252956.jpg16. The Isley Brothers - 3 + 3 (1973)117 points • 10 votes
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
I love the Shuggie album - particularly the reissue that includes the heavenly 13-minute 'Freedom Flight'.
― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Friday, 21 October 2016 16:08 (seven years ago) link
prefer The Heat is On but mid '70s Isleys was a band of amazing consistency/
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 October 2016 16:08 (seven years ago) link
http://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-covers/500/0001/190/0001190533.jpg15. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (1976)124 points • 7 votes
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 16:26 (seven years ago) link
^ surprised!!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 21 October 2016 16:35 (seven years ago) link
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/638/MI0001638717.jpg14. Parliament - Mothership Connection (1975)124 points • 12 votes
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 16:41 (seven years ago) link
Buzzard was number two on my ballot. Nothing like it.
― simmel, Friday, 21 October 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0002/289/MI0002289480.jpg13. Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You (1972)135 points • 9 votes • 1 number one
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
Are you finishing tonight?
― Cosmic Slop, Friday, 21 October 2016 17:15 (seven years ago) link
Yes!
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 17:23 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/qBcF5GZW6FEIBzi5k69fzJUlm9c=/fit-in/600x587/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3301750-1324742916.jpeg.jpg12. The Stylistics - The Stylistics (1971)164 points • 9 votes
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 17:24 (seven years ago) link
^ my number 2.
Album highlights:'People Make The World Go Round''Betcha By Golly, Wow''Country Living''You Are Everything'
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 17:25 (seven years ago) link
Yay, Mandrill Is!
Good to see Standing On the Verge of Getting It On this high up - it was going to be my #1.
― pen pineapple apple pen (Turrican), Friday, 21 October 2016 17:26 (seven years ago) link
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/914/MI0001914893.jpg11. Chic - C'est Chic (1978)164 points • 10 votes
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 17:36 (seven years ago) link
Album highlight:'I Want Your Love'
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 17:38 (seven years ago) link
We are firmly in the boring section now. I can think of nine shoo-ins which leaves one wildcard.
― simmel, Friday, 21 October 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
OK, boring pick #1:
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0002/425/MI0002425304.jpg10. Al Green - Call Me (1973)164 points • 11 votes
nothing boring about that album
― marcos, Friday, 21 October 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
Good album but I'm not sure why people prefer it to I'm Still In Love With You (if only slightly).
― simmel, Friday, 21 October 2016 17:51 (seven years ago) link
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0002/500/MI0002500954.jpg9. Chic - Risqué (1979)179 points • 13 votes
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
Prefer the highlights on We Are Family and C'est Chic but this is the Edwards/Rodgers album.
― simmel, Friday, 21 October 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link
the best one that is.
The placebo syndrome strikes!
― pen pineapple apple pen (Turrican), Friday, 21 October 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
I like both of those Chic albums, but both are way too high.
― pen pineapple apple pen (Turrican), Friday, 21 October 2016 18:05 (seven years ago) link
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/957/MI0001957169.jpg8. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)188 points • 11 votes
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 18:13 (seven years ago) link
TOO HIGH
― simmel, Friday, 21 October 2016 18:14 (seven years ago) link
just right tbh dunno what all these revisionists are talking about
― Het schaduwkabinet reshuffle (seandalai), Friday, 21 October 2016 18:20 (seven years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6c/8d/51/6c8d511e2ddb6e220170a62ca30a8fd4.jpg7. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (1979)236 points • 14 votes
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 18:21 (seven years ago) link
― pen pineapple apple pen (Turrican), Friday, 21 October 2016 18:25 (seven years ago) link
fuck Michael Jackson
― Οὖτις, Friday, 21 October 2016 18:25 (seven years ago) link
kiljoys
― sleeve, Friday, 21 October 2016 18:28 (seven years ago) link
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0002/053/MI0002053115.jpg6. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976)244 points • 13 votes • 2 number ones
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 18:30 (seven years ago) link
*barfs*
― Het schaduwkabinet reshuffle (seandalai), Friday, 21 October 2016 18:30 (seven years ago) link
just getting into the spirit
Every album since I last checked in (around Shuggie Otis appearing) has been amazing. I know What's Going On is seen as a boring predictable pick but I still think it's a masterpiece and one of the key albums that got me into soul music.
Love the disco picks. Dr Buzzard is one of my favourite albums ever. Some of the best produced music I've ever heard and one of the greatest album covers in my collection. An album that is made for vinyl. Off the Wall and the Chic albums are ones I've heard so many times yet I still find myself going back to them a lot.
3 + 3 is a classic. I actually thought they'd have a few more albums make the list.
I'd put I'm Still in Love With You higher than Call Me but there's not much in it.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 21 October 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link
*barfs*...just getting into the spirit
lol
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 18:33 (seven years ago) link
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0002/323/MI0002323191.jpg5. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (1972)272 points • 18 votes
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 21 October 2016 18:36 (seven years ago) link
I don't have high hopes but I'm really hoping that Curtis can win this whole thing.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 21 October 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link
Shit, forgot about Off the Wall. That was the wildcard slot. RIP Legendary Zing Album, Raydio and Where There's Smoke.
― simmel, Friday, 21 October 2016 18:40 (seven years ago) link