PEOPLE... HOLD ON. It's the ~~~ ILM 1970s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO ALBUMS POLL ~~~ results thread!

Are you finishing tonight?

Yes!

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12. The Stylistics - The Stylistics (1971)
164 points • 9 votes

^ my number 2.

Album highlights:
'People Make The World Go Round'
'Betcha By Golly, Wow'
'Country Living'
'You Are Everything'

Yay, Mandrill Is!

Good to see Standing On the Verge of Getting It On this high up - it was going to be my #1.

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11. Chic - C'est Chic (1978)
164 points • 10 votes

Album highlight:
'I Want Your Love'

We are firmly in the boring section now. I can think of nine shoo-ins which leaves one wildcard.

OK, boring pick #1:

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10. Al Green - Call Me (1973)
164 points • 11 votes

nothing boring about that album

Good album but I'm not sure why people prefer it to I'm Still In Love With You (if only slightly).

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9. Chic - Risqué (1979)
179 points • 13 votes

Prefer the highlights on We Are Family and C'est Chic but this is the Edwards/Rodgers album.

the best one that is.

The placebo syndrome strikes!

I like both of those Chic albums, but both are way too high.

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8. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
188 points • 11 votes

TOO HIGH

just right tbh dunno what all these revisionists are talking about

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7. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (1979)
236 points • 14 votes

TOO HIGH

fuck Michael Jackson

kiljoys

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6. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
244 points • 13 votes • 2 number ones

*barfs*

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.

*barfs*
...
just getting into the spirit

lol

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5. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (1972)
272 points • 18 votes

I don't have high hopes but I'm really hoping that Curtis can win this whole thing.

Shit, forgot about Off the Wall. That was the wildcard slot. RIP Legendary Zing Album, Raydio and Where There's Smoke.

Go Riot!

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4. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (1971)
273 points • 14 votes • 1 number one

So glad this didn't win.

Superfly also too high - Mayfield has made better records.

So am I. I would rather Standing on the Verge of Getting It On had. Maggot Brain's still a masterpiece, though.

(x-post, obvs)

I like Curtis and There's No Place Like America Today more but Superfly is a perfect record too. I don't mind it placing so high.

There's probably about 10 P Funk albums I like more than Maggot Brain. I'll never understand why it's seen as the classic.

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3. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973)
277 points • 15 votes • 3 number ones

Ok, we're left with two 10/10 albums. I just really hope it's Curtis at the top.

No Gets Next To You then? I thought that was the canonical Al record. Shows how much I know.

Innervisions my #1. <— also Shows how much i know, probably.

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2. Jermaine Jackson - My Name Is Jermaine (1976)
345 points • 21 votes • 3 number ones

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1. Village People - Go West (1979)
437 points • 23 votes • 6 number ones

Predictable winner right there.

OK, sorry for that. Here we go:

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2. Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On (1971)
332 points • 18 votes

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1. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970)
337 points • 16 votes • 2 number ones

RECAP:

1. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970) 337 points • 16 votes • 2 number ones
2. Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On (1971) 332 points • 18 votes
3. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973) 277 points • 15 votes • 3 number ones
4. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (1971) 273 points • 14 votes • 1 number one
5. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (1972) 272 points • 18 votes
6. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976) 244 points • 13 votes • 2 number ones
7. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (1979) 236 points • 14 votes
8. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971) 188 points • 11 votes
9. Chic - Risqué (1979) 179 points • 13 votes
10. Al Green - Call Me (1973) 164 points • 11 votes
11. Chic - C'est Chic (1978) 164 points • 10 votes
12. The Stylistics - The Stylistics (1971) 164 points • 9 votes
13. Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You (1972) 135 points • 9 votes • 1 number one
14. Parliament - Mothership Connection (1975) 124 points • 12 votes
15. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (1976) 124 points • 7 votes
16. The Isley Brothers - 3 + 3 (1973) 117 points • 10 votes
17. Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972) 111 points • 8 votes
18. Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information (1974) 110 points • 8 votes
19. Funkadelic - Standing on the Verge of Getting It On (1974) 107 points • 6 votes • 1 number one
20. Syreeta - Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta (1974) 106 points • 11 votes • 1 number one
21. The O'Jays - Back Stabbers (1972) 105 points • 7 votes
22. Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh (1973) 104 points • 12 votes
23. The Spinners - Spinners (1973) 104 points • 8 votes
24. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972) 102 points • 8 votes
25. Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted and Black (1972) 102 points • 6 votes
26. Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove (1978) 99 points • 10 votes
27. James Brown - Sex Machine (1970) 99 points • 7 votes • 1 number one
28. WAR - The World Is a Ghetto (1972) 97 points • 7 votes
29. Eddie Kendricks - People... Hold On (1972) 97 points • 5 votes
30. Stairsteps - 2nd Resurrection (1976) 94 points • 5 votes • 1 number one
31. Minnie Riperton - Come to My Garden (1970) 92 points • 8 votes
32. Sister Sledge - We Are Family (1979) 88 points • 9 votes
33. Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974) 87 points • 6 votes
34. James Brown - There It Is (1972) 86 points • 5 votes • 1 number one
35. Curtis Mayfield - Roots (1971) 85 points • 10 votes
36. The Stylistics - Round 2 (1972) 85 points • 6 votes • 1 number one
37. Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man (1971) 84 points • 9 votes
38. Mandrill - Mandrill Is (1972) 79 points • 4 votes • 1 number one
39. Earth, Wind & Fire - All 'n All (1977) 78 points • 6 votes
40. Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome (1977) 75 points • 7 votes
41. Donny Hathaway - Everything Is Everything (1970) 75 points • 6 votes
42. Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973) 73 points • 9 votes
43. Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975) 72 points • 8 votes
44. Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain (1974) 71 points • 4 votes
45. Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) 70 points • 8 votes • 1 number one
46. Bill Withers - Just as I Am (1971) 69 points • 8 votes
47. Betty Davis - Betty Davis (1973) 69 points • 6 votes
48. The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974) 67 points • 11 votes
49. Terry Callier - What Color Is Love (1972) 67 points • 4 votes • 1 number one
50. Al Green - Let's Stay Together (1972) 66 points • 8 votes
51. Isaac Hayes - ...To Be Continued (1970) 66 points • 4 votes
52. Donna Summer - Bad Girls (1979) 65 points • 7 votes
53. George McCrae - Rock Your Baby (1974) 65 points • 4 votes
54. Minnie Riperton - Adventures in Paradise (1975) 64 points • 3 votes • 1 number one
55. Isaac Hayes - Black Moses (1971) 62 points • 7 votes
56. Lee Dorsey - Yes We Can (1970) 62 points • 3 votes
57. Cymande - Cymande (1972) 61 points • 7 votes
58. The Chi-Lites - (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People (1971) 61 points • 4 votes
60. Al Green - The Belle Album (1977) 60 points • 5 votes
61. Funkadelic - Funkadelic (1970) 58 points • 6 votes
62. Funkadelic - Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow (1970) 58 points • 5 votes
63. Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975) 57 points • 5 votes
64. Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978) 55 points • 5 votes
65. Chairmen of the Board - Skin I'm In (1974) 55 points • 3 votes
66. Mutiny - Mutiny on the Mamaship (1979) 55 points • 2 votes
67 (TIE). Parliament - Motor Booty Affair (1978) 54 points • 5 votes
67 (TIE). Willie Hutch - The Mack (1973) 54 points • 5 votes
69. James Brown - The Payback (1973) 53 points • 7 votes
70. Betty Davis - Nasty Gal (1975) 52 points • 5 votes
71. Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different (1974) 50 points • 5 votes • 1 number one
72. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Imagination (1973) 50 points • 5 votes
73. Eugene McDaniels - Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse (1971) 49 points • 5 votes
74 (TIE). Barry White - Let the Music Play (1976) 49 points • 3 votes
74 (TIE). Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am (1979) 49 points • 3 votes
76 (TIE). Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973) 48 points • 8 votes
76 (TIE). Prince - Prince (1979) 48 points • 8 votes
78. Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) 48 points • 5 votes
79 (TIE). Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop (1973) 48 points • 3 votes
79 (TIE). Funkadelic - Let's Take It to the Stage (1975) 48 points • 3 votes
81. The Isley Brothers - Go for Your Guns (1977) 47 points • 4 votes
82. Brick - Brick (1977) 47 points • 3 votes
83. Slave - The Concept (1978) 47 points • 2 votes
84. WAR - All Day Music (1971) 46 points • 6 votes
85. Heatwave - Too Hot to Handle (1976) 46 points • 5 votes
86. Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) 45 points • 6 votes
87. The Wild Tchoupitoulas - The Wild Tchoupitoulas (1976) 45 points • 5 votes
88. Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976) 44 points • 4 votes
89. Aretha Franklin - Spirit in the Dark (1970) 43 points • 4 votes
90. Swamp Dogg - Total Destruction to Your Mind (1970) 43 points • 3 votes
91. Baby Huey - The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend (1971) 42 points • 4 votes
92 (TIE). Barry White - Stone Gon' (1973) 41 points • 4 votes
92 (TIE). Blue Magic - Blue Magic (1974) 41 points • 4 votes
94. Sly Stone - High on You (1975) 41 points • 3 votes
95 (TIE). Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes (1974) 40 points • 4 votes
95 (TIE). Ohio Players - Honey (1975) 40 points • 4 votes
97 (TIE). Funkadelic - America Eats Its Young (1972) 40 points • 3 votes
97 (TIE). The Undisputed Truth - The Undisputed Truth (1971) 40 points • 3 votes
99. Fontella Bass - Free (1972) 40 points • 2 votes
100. Patrice Rushen - Pizzazz (1979) 39 points • 5 votes
101. Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975) 38 points • 6 votes
102. Roberta Flack - Chapter Two (1970) 38 points • 3 votes
103. Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel (1974) 37 points • 5 votes
104. The Meters - Fire on the Bayou (1975) 37 points • 4 votes
105. Ohio Players - Fire (1974) 37 points • 3 votes
106 (TIE). Ashford & Simpson - Is It Still Good to Ya (1978) 37 points • 2 votes
106 (TIE). Ohio Players - Pleasure (1972) 37 points • 2 votes
108. The Spinners - Pick of the Litter (1975) 36 points • 5 votes
109 (TIE). Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby (1975) 36 points • 4 votes
109 (TIE). Lou Bond - Lou Bond (1974) 36 points • 4 votes
111. Jorge Ben - Negro é lindo (1971) 36 points • 3 votes
112. The Temptations - All Directions (1972) 36 points • 2 votes
113. The Soul Children - Friction (1974) 35 points • 2 votes • 1 number one
114. Syreeta - Syreeta (1972) 35 points • 2 votes
115. Parliament - Chocolate City (1975) 34 points • 6 votes
116. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody (1975) 34 points • 5 votes
117. Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971) 33 points • 5 votes
118. Bee Gees - Main Course (1975) 33 points • 4 votes
119 (TIE). Commodores - Commodores [a.k.a. Zoom] (1977) 33 points • 3 votes
119 (TIE). Ohio Players - Pain (1972) 33 points • 3 votes
119 (TIE). WAR - War (1971) 33 points • 3 votes
122. Margie Joseph - Margie Joseph Makes a New Impression (1970) 33 points • 2 votes
123 (TIE). Andy Bey - Experience and Judgment (1974) 32 points • 3 votes
123 (TIE). Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974) 32 points • 3 votes
125. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - I Miss You (1972) 32 points • 2 votes
126. The Delfonics - The Delfonics (1970) 31 points • 5 votes
127 (TIE). Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974) 31 points • 4 votes
127 (TIE). Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan - Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (1975) 31 points • 4 votes
129 (TIE). Earth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude (1975) 31 points • 2 votes
129 (TIE). Nina Simone - Emergency Ward! (1973) 31 points • 2 votes
131. The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (1972) 30 points • 5 votes
132. Curtis Mayfield - Back to the World (1973) 30 points • 4 votes
133. Ohio Players - Skin Tight (1974) 30 points • 3 votes
134. Al Jarreau - We Got By (1975) 30 points • 1 vote • 1 number one
135. Caston & Majors - Caston & Majors (1974) 29 points • 3 votes
136. Maze featuring Frankie Beverly - Maze (1977) 29 points • 2 votes
137. Van Morrison - Moondance (1970) 28 points • 2 votes
138 (TIE). Love Unlimited Orchestra - Rhapsody in White (1974) 28 points • 1 vote
138 (TIE). Noir - We Had to Let You Have It (1971) 28 points • 1 vote
138 (TIE). Ruby Andrews - Black Ruby (1972) 28 points • 1 vote