Best Smooth 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
136	The Best of Sade - Sade	1994	87	83.2	87	92	91.9	94.6	78	82
155	Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye	1973	86.7	79	100	88.2	87	91	80	82
165	Greatest Hits - Al Green	1975	86.6	83.2	99	83.7	85.3	91	78	86
187	Voodoo - D'Angelo	2000	86.4	81.4	86	89.5	86.4	94.4	80	87
266	Love Deluxe - Sade	1992	85.7	83.2	76	90.8	90.4	93.2	79	87.2
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
387	Brown Sugar - D'Angelo	1995	84.8	78.6	90	87.8	85.4	93.6	77	81.4
412	Diamond Life - Sade	1984	84.7	78.6	92	88.1	85.8	89.2	79	80
468	What Color Is Love - Terry Callier	1972	84.4	77.6	90	83.2	84.4	92.2	79	84.6
531	What's Your Pleasure? - Jessie Ware	2020	84.1	77.6	85	85.7	85.8	94.6	79	80.8
551	Call Me - Al Green	1973	84	77.2	100	81.3	78.6	89.6	79	82
580	Still Bill - Bill Withers	1972	83.9	76.2	100	81.2	78	90.6	77	84
661	Let's Stay Together - Al Green	1972	83.6	75.4	97	82.3	81	90.2	79	80
755	Promise - Sade	1985	83.2	80	80	87.8	86.5	87.8	76	84
779	Just As I Am - Bill Withers	1971	83	76	94	82	81.1	90.2	76	82
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
875	Come to My Garden - Minnie Riperton	1970	82.8	77	90	85.1	83.8	90.4	75	78
905	Random Access Memories - Daft Punk	2013	82.7	76	83	87.1	87.9	92.6	80	72
970	Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite - Maxwell	1996	82.5	74.4	82	84.1	82.7	92.6	76	85.4
1085	Dusty in Memphis - Dusty Springfield	1969	82.2	75.8	93	80.1	74.8	91	79	81.4
1219	Roots - Curtis Mayfield	1971	81.8	76.6	85	81.2	80.8	91.2	78	80
1375	Street Songs - Rick James	1981	81.5	73.8	90	80.8	80.7	87.2	78	80
1480	The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend - Baby Huey	1971	81.2	77.4	75	83	83.3	91	77	82
1488	Malibu - Anderson .Paak	2016	81.2	74.2	81	82.8	82.4	92.4	79	76.8
1523	I Want You - Marvin Gaye	1976	81.2	78	75	85.1	86.4	90.6	75	78
1940	3 + 3 - The Isley Brothers	1973	80.3	75.2	87	81.2	75.2	85.8	78	80
2180	Here, My Dear - Marvin Gaye	1978	79.9	75.4	84	79	74.3	87.6	77	82
2259	The Art of Loving - Olivia Dean	2025	79.8	68.4	83	78.2	81.7	96.6	74	76.4
2368	To Whom This May Concern - Jill Scott	2026	79.6	72	79	79.5	77.4	97	76	76
2424	Rapture - Anita Baker	1986	79.5	72	90	80.7	78.8	86.8	72	76
2443	Older - George Michael	1996	79.4	74.2	70	83.4	83.8	92.2	72	80.4
2565	Sincerely, - Kali Uchis	2025	79.2	72.8	81	81.6	81.5	95.4	74	68
2595	Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs	1976	79.1	70.2	96	77	80.3	81.4	73	76
2668	Lovers Rock - Sade	2000	79	73.6	77	80.8	81.5	89	75	76
2790	Risqué - CHIC	1979	78.8	72.8	88	77.1	73	86.6	74	80
3032	Stronger Than Pride - Sade	1988	78.3	73.6	67	80	81.4	88.2	76	82
3082	janet. - Janet Jackson	1993	78.2	75.6	71	84.2	80.7	89.2	68	78.8
3280	Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By - Lovage	2001	77.8	73.2	62	79.3	85	90.8	76	78
3292	Hypnos - Ravyn Lenae	2022	77.7	68.6	84	77.1	76.9	96.6	71	70
3312	I Am - Earth, Wind & Fire	1979	77.7	75.6	60	81.6	84.7	83.8	76	82
3400	Why Lawd? - NxWorries	2024	77.5	72.4	77	79.7	77.4	94	70	72
3415	Yes Lawd! - NxWorries	2016	77.5	70.4	78	76.9	77.7	91.2	74	74
3563	Red Moon In Venus - Kali Uchis	2023	77.1	69.8	79	77.4	78.7	93	72	70
3597	IV - BADBADNOTGOOD	2016	77	71.2	75	79.1	78.2	88.8	75	72
3660	Collapsed In Sunbeams - Arlo Parks	2021	76.9	68	83	76	77.8	88.4	73	72
3670	Superbloom - Jessie Ware	2026	76.9	69.8	75	77	75.6	96.6	74	70
3676	One in a Million - Aaliyah	1996	76.8	72.4	71	80.8	78.7	89	70	76
3693	Tattoo You - Rolling Stones	1981	76.8	68.6	85	74.6	76	84.4	75	74
3754	Coming Home - Leon Bridges	2015	76.6	67.2	76	76	81.7	89.6	74	72
3825	Daydream - Mariah Carey	1995	76.4	70.4	67	82.5	79.4	88.8	69	78
4051	Soldier of Love - Sade	2010	75.8	67	78	76	76.9	88.8	72	72
4111	Butterfly - Mariah Carey	1997	75.6	71.4	59	84.4	81.7	92	65	76
4153	Sonder Son - Brent Faiyaz	2017	75.5	67.6	66	74.9	80	92.2	74	74
4173	NEVER ENOUGH - Daniel Caesar	2023	75.4	69.6	69	77.9	81.9	94.6	69	66
4284	Midnight Love - Marvin Gaye	1982	75.1	67.2	80	74	75.7	81	70	78
4368	Distracted - Thundercat	2026	74.9	67.8	76	76.3	71.3	93.6	73	66
4377	Apricot Princess - Rex Orange County	2017	74.8	66.8	60	78.9	81.5	89.6	77	70
4406	Songs in A Minor - Alicia Keys	2001	74.7	66	79	76.7	77.7	85.6	68	70
4448	Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan	2021	74.6	65.8	79	73	75.1	91	70	68
4470	Diamonds and Pearls - Prince & The New Power Generation	1991	74.5	68.2	67	78.1	76.9	87.2	74	70
4501	The Diary of Alicia Keys - Alicia Keys	2003	74.4	70	66	78.9	80.2	86.6	67	72
4575	Can't Slow Down - Lionel Richie	1983	74.1	64.6	85	73.2	75.6	80.2	72	68
5186	The Car - Arctic Monkeys	2022	69.5	58	80	64	68.7	84.8	71	60
5368	Dangerously in Love - Beyoncé	2003	65.7	58	59	68.5	74.4	83.2	61	56

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