500 Awesome Funk and Soul Albums

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5. P.P. Arnold - The First Lady Of Immediate

This thread is perfectly timed. I've been listening to loads of hardcore & metal lately and I need a change!

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Friday, 14 October 2005 23:54 (eighteen years ago) link

6. Demon Fuzz - Afreaka!
7. Gino Washington - Out Of This World
8. Baby Huey-The Baby Huey Story

all utterly essential

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Friday, 14 October 2005 23:55 (eighteen years ago) link

9. lee dorsey - yes we can!

― jare d, Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:01 (eighteen years ago) link

10 Fishbone - Truth and Soul

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:03 (eighteen years ago) link

11. sly & the family stone -- fresh

― liz fletcher, Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:03 (eighteen years ago) link

12. allen toussaint - toussaint (a.k.a. from a whisper to a scream)

― jared, Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:05 (eighteen years ago) link

13. chairmen of the board - in session

― jared, Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:06 (eighteen years ago) link

14. eddie kendricks - people hold on
15. william bell - bound to happen

― jared, Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:09 (eighteen years ago) link

adam, what's the Afreaka like?

i will definitely contribute to this thread when i get home and have my collection in front of me.

― Mad SETI (jaxon), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:15 (eighteen years ago) link

17. Pieces of a Man by Gil Scot-Heron

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:15 (eighteen years ago) link

18. Millie Jackson - Caught Up

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:20 (eighteen years ago) link

19. Kool and the Gang - Wild and Peaceful

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:21 (eighteen years ago) link

20. "Was (Not Was)"
21. "The Genius of Ray Charles"
22. "Back Stabbers," O'Jays
23. "Here, My Dear," Marvin Gaye
24. "Drop the Bomb," Trouble Funk
25. "A Tribute to Jack Johnson," Miles Davis
26. "Off the Wall," Michael Jackson
27. "War Heroes," Jimi Hendrix
28. "Catch a Fire," The Wailers
29. "Funkadelic"

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:22 (eighteen years ago) link

30. The Isley Brothers - Live It Up

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:22 (eighteen years ago) link

31. Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On

It's obvious but no-one's mentioned it yet!

I really only have compilations of soul music (albeit quite a lot of them). I suck.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:22 (eighteen years ago) link

32: Rick James - Street Songs

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link

33: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Naturally

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link

34: Black Merda - s/t

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link

35: The Dramatics - Whatcha See is Whatcha Get

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:24 (eighteen years ago) link

36: Funkadelic - Standing on the Verge of Getting it On (oddly my favorite Funkadelic record)

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:25 (eighteen years ago) link

37: The Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:25 (eighteen years ago) link

38: Taj Mahal, Mo' Roots

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:26 (eighteen years ago) link

38 1/2: Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (mostly for "Trampled Underfoot", "Wanton Song" and Bonzo at his highest level of Bonzosity)

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:28 (eighteen years ago) link

39: Southside Movement - Moving South

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:29 (eighteen years ago) link

40: ISAAC HAYES - HOT BUTTERED SOUL

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:29 (eighteen years ago) link

41: Jorge Ben - Africa Brasil (possibly the funkiest album recorded in a language other than English)

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:30 (eighteen years ago) link

42: Prince - Dirty Mind

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:31 (eighteen years ago) link

All of the sudden disco violence is the top poster of the week.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:31 (eighteen years ago) link

43: v/a - Philadelphia Classics

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:32 (eighteen years ago) link

http://albemuth.org/reviews.graphix/afreaka.gif

― Lion-O (nordicskilla), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:32 (eighteen years ago) link

45: The Fantastic Four - Got to Have Your Love (disco + slow jam ballads!)

(xp: HOLY SHIT!)

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:33 (eighteen years ago) link

46: Instant Funk - s/t (y'all know "I Got My Mind Made Up"? That's on there, but there is also a Star Wars-inspired xylophone-heavy jam called "DARK VADER")

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:35 (eighteen years ago) link

46 1/2: Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:37 (eighteen years ago) link

47: AL GREEN - LET'S STAY TOGETHER

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:38 (eighteen years ago) link

48: The Very Best of the Spinners (the one on Rhino with "It's a Shame" and "Could it Be I'm Falling in Love" and "I'll Be Around" and "The Rubberband Man")

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:42 (eighteen years ago) link

49: Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:45 (eighteen years ago) link

50: Chic - C'est Chic

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:46 (eighteen years ago) link

51: Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:46 (eighteen years ago) link

52: OK just go right ahead and bump JAMES BROWN - STAR TIME to the top of the list, box set or no

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different

― Minty (Minty), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:48 (eighteen years ago) link

54: Bohannon - Dance Your Ass Off

― peepee (peepee), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:48 (eighteen years ago) link

55: Dr. John - In the Right Place
56: Labelle - Nightbirds
57: Booker T. & the MG's - Melting Pot

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:49 (eighteen years ago) link

58:
PARLIAMENT

MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:51 (eighteen years ago) link

Eddie Hazel - Games Dames and Guitar Things

― Minty (Minty), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:55 (eighteen years ago) link

ten from New Orleans

60. Huey Piano Smith & The Clowns - For Dancin'
61. Alvin Robinson - Something You Got
62. Irma Thomas - Soul Queen of New Orleans
63. Ernie K-Doe - Absolutely The Best
64. Dr. John, The Night Tripper - Gris Gris
65. Professor Longhair - Professor Longhair's Boogie
66. Smiley Lewis - I Hear You knockin'
67. The Oblivians - Play 9 Songs With Mr. Quintron (memphis/n.o)
68. Eddie Bo - Check Mr. Popeye
69. Lee Dorsey - The New Lee Dorsey
70. Betty Harris - In The Saddle (a greatest hits package, but that's ok, right?)

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Saturday, 15 October 2005 01:00 (eighteen years ago) link

ok, i'm gonna have to do this in chunks.

cds by the computer

71 Stark Reality - Now
72 funkadelic - uncle jam wants you
73 parliament - mothership connection
74 parliament - chocolate city
75 marvin gaye - i want you
76 marvin gaye - midnight love
77 marvin gaye - what's going on
78 marvin gaye - let's get it on
79 - mutiny - how's your loose booty
80 rotary connection - songs
81 rotary connection - hey love
82 minnie ripperton - perfect angel
83 plant life - s/t
84 gil scott heron - winter in america
85 terry callier - occasional rain
86 terry callier - i just can't help myself
87 daryl hall & john oates - private eyes
88 eugene mcdaniels - outlaw
89 eugene mcdaniels - headless heroes of the apocalypse
90 al green - livin for you
91 jorge ben - a tabua de esmeralda
92 serge gainsbourg - melody nelson
93 arto lindsay - invoke
94 esg - south bronx story
95 prince - sign o the times
96 congos - heart of the congos
97 nina simone - i put a spell on you
98 nina simone - pastel blues
99 nina simone - high priestess of soul
100 poets of rhythm - discern/define
101 erykah badu - mam's gun

― Mad SETI (jaxon), Saturday, 15 October 2005 01:23 (eighteen years ago) link

102 The Temptations - "Song For You"
103 Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa '70 - "Expensive Shit"
104 Fela Anikulapo Kuti - "No Agreement"
105 Maceo Parker - "Life on Planet Groove"
106 Lyrics Born - "Later That Day"

― Minty (Minty), Saturday, 15 October 2005 01:29 (eighteen years ago) link

cds by the front door

107. peven everett - studio confessions
vikter duplaix - international affairs v01
kelis - wanderland
bilal - 1rst born second
erlend oye - unrest
phoenix - alphabetical
a certain ratio - early (comp)
cherrywine - bright black
john martyn - solid air
116 colin blunstone - one year
117 tony joe white - best of
118. joe south - introspect

― Mad SETI (jaxon), Saturday, 15 October 2005 01:32 (eighteen years ago) link

cds on that other wall

missy elliot - miss e... so addictive
ethiopiques - 1
daktaris - soul explosion
bo diddley - black gladiator
bo diddley - where it all began
bo diddley - big bad bo
o.v. wright - complete hi records: in the studio
parliament - osmium
va - Chains and black Exhaust
whitefield brothers - in the raw
shuggie otis - inspiration information
bobbi humphrey - blacks and blues
d'angelo - voodoo
dwele - subject
slum village - fantastic vol 2
ce-lo green - ... is the soul machine
135. sheila e - in the glamorous life

― Mad SETI (jaxon), Saturday, 15 October 2005 01:41 (eighteen years ago) link

James Brown's Funky People Volumes 1-3
Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop

― joygoat (joygoat), Saturday, 15 October 2005 01:58 (eighteen years ago) link

first handful of funk/soul records

muddy waters - after the rain
muddy waters - electric mud
rotary connection - s/t
kamaal - sampler
rasputins's stash - s/t
edwin birdsong - super natural
funkadelic - free yr mind
funkadelic - one nation
parliament - up for the down stroke
parliament - hardcore jolies
parliament - funkentelechy
parliament - gloryhallastoopid
bootsy - player of the year
bootsy - this boot is made for fonkin
new birth - birth day
bar kays - black rock
temptations - sky's the limit
temptations - all directions
temps - psychedelic shack
temps - 1990
temps - solid rock
temps - masterpiece
undisputed truth - s/t
undisputed truth - higher than high
grodeck whipperjenny - s/t
isley bros - live it up
isley bros - heat is on
165. isley bros - go for your guns

― Mad SETI (jaxon), Saturday, 15 October 2005 02:03 (eighteen years ago) link

joe tex - just you and me

― Sym Sym (sym), Saturday, 15 October 2005 02:09 (eighteen years ago) link

MORE AL GREEN!

Gets Next to You
Is Love
The Hi Singles
Call Me
Full of Fire

― austin, logged out somehow, Saturday, 15 October 2005 02:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Max Merritt & The Meteors - "A Little Easier"

― Minty (Minty), Saturday, 15 October 2005 02:18 (eighteen years ago) link

Sam Dees ' Second To None' In my opinion Sam Dees is one of the more underappreciated soul guys. Perhaps, more for deep soul fans.

― Jacobs (LolVStein), Saturday, 15 October 2005 02:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Is someone going to run up and kick me in the but if I say that soul and funk are more singles genres than album genres? I mean, there are great soul and funk albums, but if you limited yourself to albums you'd be missing out on a significant percentage of great soul and funk.

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 15 October 2005 03:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Actually I was going to ask a related question: are there Earth Wind and Fire albums worth getting, or should I just grab an anthology or two. If the latter, which one(s)? Same question goes for Ohio Players.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Saturday, 15 October 2005 04:13 (eighteen years ago) link

you need all ohio players albums for the covers alone.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Saturday, 15 October 2005 04:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Zat right? What songs do they cover?

(wha-whaaaaa)

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Saturday, 15 October 2005 04:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Isaac Hayes-to be continued.

The J.B's-food for thought.

Marva Whitney-it's my thing.

Don Julian-shorty the pimp.

Bobby Womack & J.J Johnson-across 110th street.

24 Carat Black-ghetto : misfortune's wealth.

Prince-purple rain.

D'Angelo-brown sugar.

― Ellis, Saturday, 15 October 2005 07:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Curtis Mayfield-roots.

Lightnin' Rod-hustler's convention.

Isaac Hayes-tough guys.

― Ellis, Saturday, 15 October 2005 08:15 (eighteen years ago) link

Defunkt - Razor's Edge
Thermonuclear Sweat
Fela - everything

― steve ketchup, Saturday, 15 October 2005 15:18 (eighteen years ago) link

Curtis Mayfield: Curtis (the best soul record ever?)
The Meters: Rejuvenation (the best funk band ever?)
Fela Kuti: Afrodisiac (his funkiest set)
Earth Wind & Fire: Live in '75
Marlena Shaw: Out of Different Bags

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Saturday, 15 October 2005 16:39 (eighteen years ago) link

500. Motown's Greatest Hits Vol. 1

LOCK DUMB THREAD

― Confounded (Confounded), Saturday, 15 October 2005 16:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today
Parliament - Motor Booty Affair

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Saturday, 15 October 2005 17:57 (eighteen years ago) link

six months pass...

Headhunters w/ Herbie Hancock - Thrust
Headhunters w/ Herbie Hancock - Survival Of The Fittest
Groove Collective - Groove Collective
Groove Collective - We The People
Groove Collective - Dance of the Drunken Master
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay
Iceberg Slim - Reflections
Parliament - The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein
Sir Joe Quarterman - How High
The Propostions - Funky Desposition
The Meters Anthology - Funkify Your Life
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Live Mardi Gras in Montreux
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - We Got Robbed (Live In New Orleans)
Milt Jackson - Sunflower
Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up
Medeski, Martin & Wood - Notes From The Underground

― gsbe, Thursday, 20 April 2006 05:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Someone decided to stop counting so here goes

212. Funkadelic " Lets Take It to The Stage"

― Stone (stone), Thursday, 20 April 2006 06:09 (seventeen years ago) link

213. O'Jays "Backstabbers"
214. Bootsy Collins "Aaah..The Name Is Boosty Baby"

― Stone (stone), Thursday, 20 April 2006 06:12 (seventeen years ago) link

one year passes...

http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/%A5Artist%20GIF%20Images/Creative-Source-5.jpg
215. Creative Source - Creative Source

ripping records dad wants on his ipod, came across this. couple of disco stompers, couple of bill withers covers. vocal arrangements are lovely.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NLJEDS93

sound quality kinda meh, most of dad's stuff is pretty beat up and i need to sort the belt out on his turntable. will post a bunch more stuff if it hasn't been discussed to death on here before.

― Crackle Box, Sunday, 27 January 2008 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link

Sam Cooke, Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963

"Ah ONE, ah TWO, ah PUT IT ANYWHERE!"

― Jake Brown, Sunday, 27 January 2008 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link

216 Ann Peebles - i Can't Stand the Rain
217 Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music

(two LPs overshadowed by their title tracks, by singers who tend to be known only for their hit..... both LPs are great - hear Peebles' One Way Street, and Conley's let Nothing Separate Us)

218 - Bobby Bland -2 Steps from the Blues
219 William Bell - Soul of a Bell

― sonofstan, Sunday, 27 January 2008 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link

four years pass...

http://www.noise11.com/news/legendary-funk-diva-marva-whitney-passes-away-20121224

RIP Marva. Wow, what a powerful voice

― curmudgeon, Monday, 24 December 2012 08:01 (eleven years ago) link

She doesn't have her own thread. Just fans of obscure soul and James Brown like Douglas W#lk and others have posted on various threads about her

― curmudgeon, Monday, 24 December 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link

three years pass...

Do you want to know what the right order is? Then vote in the

~~~ ILM 1970s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO ALBUMS POLL ~~~

― ArchCarrier, Monday, 10 October 2016 08:08 (seven years ago) link

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