Best Soul & R&B 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
20	Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1968	89.9	83.2	100	90.6	88	92.2	86	89.2
24	What's Going On - Marvin Gaye	1971	89.6	84.2	97	91.8	89.8	93.4	85	86.2
35	Bitches Brew - Miles Davis	1970	89.3	83.6	100	89.4	86.6	92.4	84	89.4
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
51	Hot Rocks 1964–1971 - The Rolling Stones	1971	88.9	87.2	93	90.2	90.2	89.4	84	88
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
73	Rubber Soul - The Beatles	1965	88.2	80.2	100	85.2	85.9	91.8	88	86.2
75	Purple Rain - Prince and The Revolution	1984	88.1	82.8	95	90.5	86.7	91	83	87.8
84	The Immaculate Collection - Madonna	1990	87.9	80.6	100	89.6	88.2	90	81	86
93	Aja - Steely Dan	1977	87.8	80.6	99	87	85.5	91.8	83	87.4
101	Aquemini - OutKast	1998	87.6	82.6	90	89.9	86.9	92.6	83	88.4
102	Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 - Sam Cooke	1985	87.6	82.2	100	85.5	83.1	90.6	82	90
106	A Tábua de Esmeralda - Jorge Ben	1974	87.5	81.6	90	88.5	90.8	94.8	83	84
108	Karma - Pharoah Sanders	1969	87.5	83.6	93	89.1	86.2	92.8	82	85.8
117	Ready to Die - The Notorious B.I.G.	1994	87.4	80.6	92	88.6	86	93.2	82	89.4
120	Station to Station - David Bowie	1976	87.3	82.8	90	88.8	86.4	90.4	85	87.8
121	Sign "☮︎" the Times - Prince	1987	87.3	80.8	99	87.3	84.7	91	81	87.2
128	Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording) - Miles Davis	1971	87.2	80.8	98	84.3	85.6	92.8	82	86.6
129	Fôrça bruta - Jorge Ben	1970	87.1	82.8	90	88.5	90.7	94.2	79	84.6
135	Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits - Elvis Presley	2002	87	80.2	96	84.3	89.5	89.8	81	88
136	The Best of Sade - Sade	1994	87	83.2	87	92	91.9	94.6	78	82
137	Blonde - Frank Ocean	2016	86.9	81.8	87	89.4	90.9	96	83	80.4
142	Off the Wall - Michael Jackson	1979	86.9	79.2	99	89.6	88.1	91.2	79	82
148	ATLiens - OutKast	1996	86.8	81.2	92	87.6	84.9	93	82	87
151	The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads - Talking Heads	1982	86.8	84.4	88	88	88.8	88.2	80	90
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
165	Greatest Hits - Al Green	1975	86.6	83.2	99	83.7	85.3	91	78	86
168	Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul - Otis Redding	1965	86.6	79	100	83.3	82.8	92.2	83	85.8
171	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill	1998	86.5	81	88	90.9	90.7	92	78	85.2
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
202	Black on Both Sides - Mos Def	1999	86.3	81.6	89	89.9	86.1	92.2	80	85.2
203	Maggot Brain - Funkadelic	1971	86.3	79.8	95	85.8	83.8	91	82	86.6
207	Donuts - J Dilla	2006	86.2	82.8	83	89	87.9	94.4	81	85.4
210	Alive 2007 - Daft Punk	2007	86.2	85.2	75	92	91.4	92.8	79	88
219	Nina Simone Sings the Blues - Nina Simone	1967	86.1	78.2	97	86.5	85.3	91.4	80	84.2
222	Mothership Connection - Parliament	1975	86.1	78.8	100	83.2	81.7	91.8	80	87
223	Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock	1973	86.1	80.8	88	87	86.2	92.6	82	85.8
224	Curtis - Curtis Mayfield	1970	86.1	81.2	93	87	82.8	92.2	80	86.2
228	Discovery - Daft Punk	2001	86	82.8	80	90.7	89.6	93.4	83	82.6
234	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz	2021	85.9	79.6	91	88.6	86.2	93	83	80.2
237	Talking Book - Stevie Wonder	1972	85.9	78.6	100	86.4	83.5	88	81	84
245	Live-Evil - Miles Davis	1971	85.9	81.6	90	86	84.5	91	80	88
258	Astral Weeks - Van Morrison	1968	85.8	78.4	100	81.8	79	90.4	84	86.8
260	Jorge Ben - Jorge Ben	1969	85.8	77.8	89	85.2	90.8	94.6	77	86
264	The College Dropout - Kanye West	2004	85.7	83	81	91.2	89.3	91.2	83	81.2
266	Love Deluxe - Sade	1992	85.7	83.2	76	90.8	90.4	93.2	79	87.2
273	Since I Left You - The Avalanches	2000	85.6	81.6	85	88.8	85.5	90.8	82	85.8
276	Fear of Music - Talking Heads	1979	85.6	80	96	85.1	81.8	88.4	84	84
285	Agharta - Miles Davis	1975	85.6	82	90	86.6	84.9	91.6	80	84
290	IGOR - Tyler, The Creator	2019	85.5	82.2	85	90.4	89	92.4	83	76.8
294	Hot Buttered Soul - Isaac Hayes	1969	85.5	80.6	93	88.1	83.5	89.6	79	84.6
302	channel ORANGE - Frank Ocean	2012	85.4	77.6	90	87	87.2	93.8	82	80.4
304	Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine	1992	85.4	80	80	88	85.8	92.6	83	88.4
307	Moondance - Van Morrison	1970	85.4	78.2	94	81.9	82.1	90.8	84	86.8
313	Tapestry - Carole King	1971	85.3	76.4	98	85.7	85.6	87.6	82	82
319	Pastel Blues - Nina Simone	1965	85.3	80.8	82	86.7	86.2	92.8	82	86.4
322	Ege Bamyası - Can	1972	85.3	80.2	95	83.2	78.8	91.2	83	85.4
327	Ridin' Dirty - UGK	1996	85.2	78.4	95	83.9	82.6	92.4	77	87
329	The Stranger - Billy Joel	1977	85.2	78.4	87	87.9	89.1	87.8	82	84
333	Exile on Main St. - Rolling Stones	1972	85.1	78.6	90	81.6	82.5	91.4	85	86.8
341	Get Up With It - Miles Davis	1974	85.1	81.8	89	87	86.7	91.2	80	80
343	Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin	1968	85.1	78.6	100	84.2	81.5	89.8	79	82.6
344	I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin	1967	85.1	77.8	98	84.1	82.4	91.2	80	82.2
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
356	Band of Gypsys - Jimi Hendrix	1970	85	80.2	87	86	86.4	88.6	81	86
359	The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan	1964	85	77.4	100	80.9	82.1	93.6	81	80
376	Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem	2007	84.9	79.2	86	87.8	84.1	90.8	84	82.2
381	At Last! - Etta James	1960	84.9	75.6	100	81	84.9	91.6	78	83
385	The Chronic - Dr. Dre	1992	84.8	76.6	96	84.5	82	92	79	83.8
387	Brown Sugar - D'Angelo	1995	84.8	78.6	90	87.8	85.4	93.6	77	81.4
390	Piñata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	2014	84.8	81.8	79	90.3	87.3	93	80	82.2
408	The Forever Story - JID	2022	84.7	80	82	89.8	85.7	94	80	81.4
412	Diamond Life - Sade	1984	84.7	78.6	92	88.1	85.8	89.2	79	80
416	Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying - Labi Siffre	1972	84.7	77.6	90	86.2	84.4	94.4	78	82
418	Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple	2020	84.6	76	93	86.2	86.5	92.4	81	77.4
420	Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star - Black Star	1998	84.6	78.8	86	87	84.2	91.2	78	87.2
424	Expensive Shit - Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70	1975	84.6	81.4	87	84.2	81.4	93.4	80	84.8
427	Late Registration - Kanye West	2005	84.6	81.4	84	90	86.3	88.8	82	79.6
437	Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome - Parliament	1977	84.5	79	95	83.8	83	89	78	84
454	Stankonia - OutKast	2000	84.5	78.6	90	87.7	83.7	89.4	80	82
460	Pieces of a Man - Gil Scott-Heron	1971	84.5	80	82	87.6	86.6	93	80	82
462	The Epic - Kamasi Washington	2015	84.5	75.8	87	86.5	85.9	91	81	84
468	What Color Is Love - Terry Callier	1972	84.4	77.6	90	83.2	84.4	92.2	79	84.6
481	1999 - Prince	1982	84.3	78.2	92	85.7	81.8	89.6	79	84
489	Pearl - Janis Joplin	1971	84.3	74.4	100	81.6	82.9	87.2	80	84
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
491	Discipline - King Crimson	1981	84.3	81.2	87	84.5	84.4	88.8	80	84
492	LP! (OFFLINE) - JPEGMAFIA	2021	84.3	79.8	82	89.2	85.5	94.2	79	80.2
506	Speaking in Tongues - Talking Heads	1983	84.2	80	86	87	86.2	89.2	81	80
507	África Brasil - Jorge Ben	1976	84.2	79.8	88	83.7	83.5	92.4	80	82
517	A Piece of Strange - CunninLynguists	2006	84.2	76.2	80	87.2	86.9	94.4	79	85.4
522	Before and After Science - Brian Eno	1977	84.1	78.8	94	83.5	81	89.6	80	82
527	HOMECOMING: THE LIVE ALBUM - Beyoncé	2019	84.1	78.8	87	87	91.8	95.2	75	74
530	Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King	1967	84.1	75.2	100	80.4	77	92.4	79	84.6

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