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

prefer The Heat is On but mid '70s Isleys was a band of amazing consistency/

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15. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (1976)
124 points • 7 votes

^ surprised!!

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14. Parliament - Mothership Connection (1975)
124 points • 12 votes

Buzzard was number two on my ballot. Nothing like it.

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13. Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You (1972)
135 points • 9 votes • 1 number one

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