Best Funk Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
3	To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar	2015	91.9	87.6	95	94.6	93.5	94.6	89	89.2
9	Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder	1976	91	86.4	100	93.9	91.9	90.2	85	89.8
36	Remain in Light - Talking Heads	1980	89.3	85.2	97	89.2	85.9	91	87	89.8
49	Innervisions - Stevie Wonder	1973	88.9	83	99	89.6	87.6	90	85	88.2
52	Thriller - Michael Jackson	1982	88.8	81.2	97	90.7	92.2	91.8	82	86.8
68	Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads	1984	88.4	86.8	84	92	92.8	90	83	90
101	Aquemini - OutKast	1998	87.6	82.6	90	89.9	86.9	92.6	83	88.4
121	Sign "☮︎" the Times - Prince	1987	87.3	80.8	99	87.3	84.7	91	81	87.2
142	Off the Wall - Michael Jackson	1979	86.9	79.2	99	89.6	88.1	91.2	79	82
158	Superfly - Curtis Mayfield	1972	86.7	81.6	98	85.7	82.4	90.8	81	87.4
183	Black Messiah - D'Angelo and The Vanguard	2014	86.4	80.4	92	87.9	86.3	92.6	81	84.6
187	Voodoo - D'Angelo	2000	86.4	81.4	86	89.5	86.4	94.4	80	87
203	Maggot Brain - Funkadelic	1971	86.3	79.8	95	85.8	83.8	91	82	86.6
224	Curtis - Curtis Mayfield	1970	86.1	81.2	93	87	82.8	92.2	80	86.2
237	Talking Book - Stevie Wonder	1972	85.9	78.6	100	86.4	83.5	88	81	84
294	Hot Buttered Soul - Isaac Hayes	1969	85.5	80.6	93	88.1	83.5	89.6	79	84.6
345	The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 - Earth, Wind & Fire	1978	85.1	76.8	100	84.6	83.9	85.4	79	86
454	Stankonia - OutKast	2000	84.5	78.6	90	87.7	83.7	89.4	80	82
490	There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly & the Family Stone	1971	84.3	79	94	83.7	78.3	89.4	81	84.6
507	África Brasil - Jorge Ben	1976	84.2	79.8	88	83.7	83.5	92.4	80	82
580	Still Bill - Bill Withers	1972	83.9	76.2	100	81.2	78	90.6	77	84
596	Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu	2000	83.8	80	78	88.3	87.8	91.8	79	81.6
655	Stand! - Sly & the Family Stone	1969	83.6	78.2	96	82.8	77.4	87.8	80	82.8
706	The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe	2010	83.4	76.6	86	85.7	84.9	87.6	80	82.8
807	Black Moses - Isaac Hayes	1971	83	77.6	82	88.3	86.8	86.8	75	84.2
835	I'm Still in Love with You - Al Green	1972	82.9	77.6	94	82	80.6	88	76	82
1011	Greatest Hits - Sly & the Family Stone	1970	82.3	84.6	85	82.5	74.8	85.4	80	84
1043	Strictly Business - EPMD	1988	82.3	74.2	97	78.3	74.9	91.4	78	82
1045	Gaucho - Steely Dan	1980	82.2	77.8	86	82.7	83.2	89	77	80
1103	Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder	1974	82.1	77.6	83	85	82.3	84.8	80	82
1219	Roots - Curtis Mayfield	1971	81.8	76.6	85	81.2	80.8	91.2	78	80
1285	Ill Communication - Beastie Boys	1994	81.7	76.6	84	81.8	79.9	91	78	80.4
1360	Like Water for Chocolate - Common	2000	81.5	75.6	80	84.3	82	91	77	80.8
1480	The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend - Baby Huey	1971	81.2	77.4	75	83	83.3	91	77	82
1482	Smiling With No Teeth - Genesis Owusu	2021	81.2	75	84	81.7	80.6	92.2	77	78.2
1488	Malibu - Anderson .Paak	2016	81.2	74.2	81	82.8	82.4	92.4	79	76.8
1489	Cymande - Cymande	1972	81.2	74.4	80	79.1	81.9	92.2	77	84
1515	The Payback - James Brown	1973	81.2	76.4	78	80.9	78.9	92	78	84
1523	I Want You - Marvin Gaye	1976	81.2	78	75	85.1	86.4	90.6	75	78
1700	Fresh - Sly & the Family Stone	1973	80.8	75.6	85	80.1	79.9	87.2	78	80
1764	Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - OutKast	1994	80.7	75.6	81	81.4	77.6	90.6	79	79.6
1834	That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware	2023	80.6	74.6	84	81.5	78.5	92.6	77	75.8
1940	3 + 3 - The Isley Brothers	1973	80.3	75.2	87	81.2	75.2	85.8	78	80
1958	The Return of the Space Cowboy - Jamiroquai	1994	80.3	74.4	74	84.6	84.6	88.2	75	81.4
1998	The Electric Lady - Janelle Monáe	2013	80.2	71.2	83	82.1	83	89.4	77	76
2035	Music of My Mind - Stevie Wonder	1972	80.2	75	86	81.5	79.3	85.4	78	76
2075	Inspiration Information - Shuggie Otis	1974	80.1	74.6	88	75.4	77.8	91.8	75	78
2142	Y - The Pop Group	1979	80	72.8	90	78.8	76.3	88.8	75	78
2151	Choose Your Weapon - Hiatus Kaiyote	2015	79.9	71	80	79.6	83.6	93	75	77.4
2165	untitled unmastered. - Kendrick Lamar	2016	79.9	74	84	81.3	76.4	87.8	80	76
2180	Here, My Dear - Marvin Gaye	1978	79.9	75.4	84	79	74.3	87.6	77	82
2217	Check Your Head - Beastie Boys	1992	79.8	74.2	79	77.6	78.4	91.2	78	80.4
2232	Emergency on Planet Earth - Jamiroquai	1993	79.8	73.8	74	83.8	83.1	89	74	81
2238	All 'n All - Earth, Wind & Fire	1977	79.8	75.2	80	82	81.6	82.8	75	82
2318	Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast	2003	79.7	72.6	85	81.9	80.5	85.6	76	76
2368	To Whom This May Concern - Jill Scott	2026	79.6	72	79	79.5	77.4	97	76	76
2397	The Gold Experience - O(+>	1995	79.5	74.8	76	83.4	80.8	89.4	74	78.2
2559	Hotter Than July - Stevie Wonder	1980	79.2	71.8	88	80.6	79.6	82.4	74	78
2602	Dear Science - TV on the Radio	2008	79.1	71	87	79.2	74.1	84.8	78	79.6
2635	That's the Way of the World - Earth, Wind & Fire	1975	79	72.6	85	79.3	75.2	86.2	75	80
2722	"Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino	2016	78.9	71.2	77	80.7	81.4	89	79	74
2779	Diana - Diana Ross	1980	78.8	73.4	86	79.9	74.8	83.6	76	78
2790	Risqué - CHIC	1979	78.8	72.8	88	77.1	73	86.6	74	80
2836	New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh - Erykah Badu	2010	78.7	71.6	82	80.3	79	89	75	74
2865	Me Chama de Gato Que Eu Sou Sua - Ana Frango Elétrico	2023	78.6	73.2	80	80.3	81.9	89	74	72
2945	Con Todo El Mundo - Khruangbin	2018	78.5	69	80	77.3	81.9	93.2	76	72
3032	Stronger Than Pride - Sade	1988	78.3	73.6	67	80	81.4	88.2	76	82
3131	Ventura - Anderson .Paak	2019	78.1	70.6	79	79.1	78.1	90	76	74
3194	STRUGGLER - Genesis Owusu	2023	78	71.2	81	78	77.7	90.8	75	72
3214	C'est Chic - CHIC	1978	77.9	72.8	85	76.9	76.4	85.2	75	74
3217	Young Americans - David Bowie	1975	77.9	69.6	84	77.2	77.1	86.4	77	74
3230	Travelling Without Moving - Jamiroquai	1996	77.9	73	65	82	83.1	88.8	74	79.2
3252	Midnite Vultures - Beck	1999	77.8	71.4	84	80.6	78.4	82.4	76	72
3312	I Am - Earth, Wind & Fire	1979	77.7	75.6	60	81.6	84.7	83.8	76	82
3438	New Boots and Panties!! - Ian Dury	1977	77.4	69.4	90	69.8	70.3	84.2	78	80
3702	Drunk - Thundercat	2017	76.8	68.8	80	77.9	76	89.8	75	70
3764	Shaft - Isaac Hayes	1971	76.6	73.2	73	77	74.3	86.8	74	78
3798	Multi-Love - Unknown Mortal Orchestra	2015	76.5	69.2	79	77.9	75.5	87	75	72
3887	Lovesexy - Prince	1988	76.3	70.8	81	77.4	75.7	83	72	74
3916	Sandinista! - The Clash	1980	76.2	69.8	84	72.1	74.1	85.2	76	72
3925	HIStory: Past, Present and Future - Book I - Michael Jackson	1995	76.2	69.2	62	78	86.7	90.2	75	72
4169	Synkronized - Jamiroquai	1999	75.4	70.8	66	80.5	80.8	85	73	72
4217	A Funk Odyssey - Jamiroquai	2001	75.3	69	66	78	79.1	88	73	74
4298	It Is What It Is - Thundercat	2020	75.1	67.8	80	76	73.9	88	72	68
4308	Combat Rock - The Clash	1982	75.1	68.4	77	73.5	74.9	85.6	76	70
4368	Distracted - Thundercat	2026	74.9	67.8	76	76.3	71.3	93.6	73	66
4382	Spirits Having Flown - Bee Gees	1979	74.8	65.6	75	78.9	81.5	78.6	72	72
4451	Prince - Prince	1979	74.5	70.2	68	77	78.4	86.2	72	70
4470	Diamonds and Pearls - Prince & The New Power Generation	1991	74.5	68.2	67	78.1	76.9	87.2	74	70
4631	Oxnard - Anderson .Paak	2018	73.9	67	73	77.1	74.9	86	73	66
4911	B'Day - Beyoncé	2006	72.2	66.8	66	76.4	81	90.4	63	62
5016	Atavista - Childish Gambino	2024	71.5	60.6	80	71	68.2	87.4	69	64
5245	3.15.20 - Childish Gambino	2020	68.5	56.2	79	64.7	65.3	82.6	68	64
5461	Hot Space - Queen	1982	60.7	58	56	54.3	63.3	79.6	62	52

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