Best Progressive Soul Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
9	Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder	1976	91	86.4	100	93.9	91.9	90.2	85	89.8
24	What's Going On - Marvin Gaye	1971	89.6	84.2	97	91.8	89.8	93.4	85	86.2
49	Innervisions - Stevie Wonder	1973	88.9	83	99	89.6	87.6	90	85	88.2
121	Sign "☮︎" the Times - Prince	1987	87.3	80.8	99	87.3	84.7	91	81	87.2
155	Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye	1973	86.7	79	100	88.2	87	91	80	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
222	Mothership Connection - Parliament	1975	86.1	78.8	100	83.2	81.7	91.8	80	87
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
437	Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome - Parliament	1977	84.5	79	95	83.8	83	89	78	84
460	Pieces of a Man - Gil Scott-Heron	1971	84.5	80	82	87.6	86.6	93	80	82
468	What Color Is Love - Terry Callier	1972	84.4	77.6	90	83.2	84.4	92.2	79	84.6
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
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
702	undun - The Roots	2011	83.4	76.4	82	88	86.1	89.4	80	81.8
706	The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe	2010	83.4	76.6	86	85.7	84.9	87.6	80	82.8
774	On the Corner - Miles Davis	1972	83	79.6	85	83.8	82.1	90.8	80	80
807	Black Moses - Isaac Hayes	1971	83	77.6	82	88.3	86.8	86.8	75	84.2
875	Come to My Garden - Minnie Riperton	1970	82.8	77	90	85.1	83.8	90.4	75	78
888	One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic	1978	82.7	77.2	92	82.5	77.4	88	80	82
970	Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite - Maxwell	1996	82.5	74.4	82	84.1	82.7	92.6	76	85.4
1011	Greatest Hits - Sly & the Family Stone	1970	82.3	84.6	85	82.5	74.8	85.4	80	84
1103	Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder	1974	82.1	77.6	83	85	82.3	84.8	80	82
1132	Kiwanuka - Michael Kiwanuka	2019	82	74.2	87	80.9	82.6	91	79	79.6
1219	Roots - Curtis Mayfield	1971	81.8	76.6	85	81.2	80.8	91.2	78	80
1286	A Seat at the Table - Solange	2016	81.7	73	88	83.1	83.2	91.4	77	76
1480	The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend - Baby Huey	1971	81.2	77.4	75	83	83.3	91	77	82
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
1557	Love & Hate - Michael Kiwanuka	2016	81.1	73.2	82	80	83.3	92	79	78.2
1718	Funkadelic - Funkadelic	1970	80.8	75.6	87	79.7	77.2	90	76	80
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
2151	Choose Your Weapon - Hiatus Kaiyote	2015	79.9	71	80	79.6	83.6	93	75	77.4
2180	Here, My Dear - Marvin Gaye	1978	79.9	75.4	84	79	74.3	87.6	77	82
2232	Emergency on Planet Earth - Jamiroquai	1993	79.8	73.8	74	83.8	83.1	89	74	81
2235	Standing on the Verge of Getting It On - Funkadelic	1974	79.8	76.6	70	80.5	81.3	89.2	79	82
2238	All 'n All - Earth, Wind & Fire	1977	79.8	75.2	80	82	81.6	82.8	75	82
2722	"Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino	2016	78.9	71.2	77	80.7	81.4	89	79	74
2836	New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh - Erykah Badu	2010	78.7	71.6	82	80.3	79	89	75	74
3312	I Am - Earth, Wind & Fire	1979	77.7	75.6	60	81.6	84.7	83.8	76	82
3403	Mood Valiant - Hiatus Kaiyote	2021	77.5	70	81	77	77.1	89	73	75.4
3543	Let's Start Here. - Lil Yachty	2023	77.2	70.2	76	80.5	77.9	91.6	76	68
3561	What Now - Brittany Howard	2024	77.1	70.4	81	77.1	74.6	88.8	74	74
3570	empathogen - WILLOW	2024	77.1	70.4	75	76.1	76.9	95.4	74	72
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
4137	Fatigue - L'Rain	2021	75.6	69.2	80	75.8	72.3	87.8	74	70
4368	Distracted - Thundercat	2026	74.9	67.8	76	76.3	71.3	93.6	73	66

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