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The greatest R&B albums of the 80s (SoulTracks poll) I frequently visit a site called SoulTracks and they recently had a poll to determine the greatest R&B albums of the 80s.Click this link to see the results...
http://www.Soultracks.com...ll-results What do you think? List some of your favorite R&B albums of the 80s... | |
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Keith Sweat before, Tina Turner? What gives? "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" |
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shorttrini said: Keith Sweat before, Tina Turner? What gives?
The Keith Sweat album is better.  I prefer Guy, but Make It Last Forever is probably my second-favorite New Jack Swing album.
Most of the choices are pretty good. I would certainly have included Gap Band III, for starters. Rhythm Nation out of the top 20 is pretty rough. [Edited 4/7/09 5:47am] "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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AlexdeParis said: shorttrini said: Keith Sweat before, Tina Turner? What gives?
The Keith Sweat album is better. I prefer Guy, but Make It Last Forever is probably my second-favorite New Jack Swing album.
Most of the choices are pretty good. I would certainly have included Gap Band III, for starters. Rhythm Nation out of the top 20 is pretty rough. [Edited 4/7/09 5:47am] The only thing that I liked from Keith was, "I want her". He wined too much for me. "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" |
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shit, I just do NOT own two of those albums... scary  I guess I was a bit of a freak back in those days 
so then I have to say "nice list" overall of course one can always argue about certain omissions, positions and this and that.. one that springs to my mind rigth away is Bobby Womack "The Poet II", which would be in my Top 5 at least.. have to think about others, I'm sure there're more
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Interesting: I have 55 out of the 75 listed. My top 20 list would be void of Keith Sweat, Janet Jackson, Tina Turner. I've never liked Mr. Sweat's' voice, I don't think Ms. Jackson can sing, and Ms. Turner, a little goes a looooong way. (shrug) | |
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Control should be higher in that list | |
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shorttrini said: AlexdeParis said: The Keith Sweat album is better. I prefer Guy, but Make It Last Forever is probably my second-favorite New Jack Swing album.
Most of the choices are pretty good. I would certainly have included Gap Band III, for starters. Rhythm Nation out of the top 20 is pretty rough. [Edited 4/7/09 5:47am] The only thing that I liked from Keith was, "I want her". He wined too much for me. Whining/begging was his thing and he did it well (especially on that album). "Make It Last Forever," "Something Just Ain't Right," "How Deep Is Your Love," the cover of "In the Rain"... I might have to spin that one right now!  "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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shorttrini said: AlexdeParis said: The Keith Sweat album is better. I prefer Guy, but Make It Last Forever is probably my second-favorite New Jack Swing album.
Most of the choices are pretty good. I would certainly have included Gap Band III, for starters. Rhythm Nation out of the top 20 is pretty rough. [Edited 4/7/09 5:47am] The only thing that I liked from Keith was, "I want her". He wined too much for me. Whining/begging was his thing and he did it well (especially on that album). "Make It Last Forever," "Something Just Ain't Right," "How Deep Is Your Love," the cover of "In the Rain"... I might have to spin that one right now! "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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Dancelot said: shit, I just do NOT own two of those albums... scary
I guess I was a bit of a freak back in those days
so then I have to say "nice list" overall of course one can always argue about certain omissions, positions and this and that.. one that springs to my mind rigth away is Bobby Womack "The Poet II", which would be in my Top 5 at least.. have to think about others, I'm sure there're more
. [Edited 4/7/09 6:05am] I own 24 of them "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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The poll is subjective according to soultracks opinion but how in the
hell the one EWF album that's on the list is the Faces album. WTF? Are you kidding me? Some on the list i agree with and others i don't. Don't laugh at my funk
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NUMBER ONE
Michael Jackson - Thriller 2. Anita Baker - Rapture 3. Prince - Purple Rain 4. Luther Vandross - Never Too Much 5. Prince - 1999 6. Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July 7. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston 8. Sade - Stronger Than Pride 9. Sade - Diamond Life 10. Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell In Love 11. Janet Jackson - Control 12, Isley Bros. - Between The Sheets 13. Maze - Joy and Pain 14. Michael Jackson - Bad 15. Phyllis Hyman - Living All Alone 16. Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin' 17. Keith Sweat - Make It Last Forever 18. Rick James - Street Songs 19. Quincy Jones - Back On The Block 20. Tina Turner - Private Dancer 21 Chaka Khan - Chaka Khan 22 George Benson - Give Me The Night 23 Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814 24 Whispers - The Whispers 25 Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love 26 Quincy Jones - The Dude 27 Freddie Jackson - Rock Me Tonight 28 Guy - Guy 29 Earth Wind & Fire - Faces 30 Anita Baker - The Songstress 31 Teddy Pendergrass - Joy 32 Cameo - Word Up 33 Teena Marie - Must Be Magic 34 Alexander O'Neal - Hearsay 35 The Time - What Time Is It? 36 Babyface - Tender Lover 37 Bobby Womack - The Poet 38 Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle 39 New Edition - Heartbreak 40 Zapp - Zapp I 41 Jeffrey Osborne - Jeffrey Osborne 42 Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down 43 Stephanie Mills - Home 44 Kool and the Gang - Celebration 45 Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel 46 Debarge - In a Special Way 47 Gap Band - Gap Band IV 48 Terence Trent D'arby - Introducing The Hard Line... 49 Patrice Rushen - Straight From The Heart 50 Regina Belle - All By Myself 51 SOS Band - On the Rise 52 Patti Labelle - I'm In Love Again 53 Karyn White - Karyn White 54 Temptations - Truly for You 55 Mtume - Juicy Fruit 56 Al Jarreau - Breakin' Away 57 Hall and Oates - Private Eyes 58 Midnight Star - No Parking On The Dance Floor 59 Diana Ross - Diana 60 Rene & Angela - A Street Called Desire 61 Loose Ends - The Real Chuckeeboo 62 Gladys Knight and the Pips - All Our Love 63 Jones Girls - At Peace With Women 64 Roberta Flack/Peabo Bryson - Tonight I Celebrate 65 Simply Red - Picture Book 66 Billy Ocean - Suddenly 67 After 7 - After 7 68 Stylistics - Closer than Close 69 Aretha Franklin - Jump to It 70 Peabo Bryson - I Am Love 71 Atlantic Starr - Radiant 72 Natalie Cole - Everlasting 73 Al B Sure - In Effect Mode 74 Glenn Jones - Glenn Jones 75 Shalamar - The Look **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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My rankings would be totally different. Especially since they ranked "Back on the Block" higher than "The Dude". Give me a break. Also, how did Faces from EWF make the list and Raise didn't? **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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Great to see Thriller at #1, despite what people think about Michael and everything, it is a trult brilliant set, you can not fault. Our man Prince gets #3 and #5 which is great, shame sign didn't make it (Maybe its too white for them). Good to see the Time got #35, thats a good set, the Walk, Wild and Loose etc.
Also love #5, 6, 11, 14,16,18(Rick James!!!!), 20, 23, 25, 42, 45, 48 (Really deserved to get higher a brilliant album) 57, 59, 65, 66. (Some blue eyed soul acts there which is great) So what are u going 2 do? R u just gonna sit there and watch? I'm not gonna stop until the war is over. Its gonna take a long time | |
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There are a lot of albums on that list that were greater than "Thriller" but doesn't surprise me it landed at #1. Guess since it's the biggest selling album, it will always land atop any 80's Pop/Rock/Soul list.
Very interesting the Grammy winning "Chaka Khan" made the Top 30 but Warner Brothers refuses to reissue over here in the states.  [Edited 4/7/09 14:46pm] "It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
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kitbradley said: There are a lot of albums on that list that were greater than "Thriller" but doesn't surprise me it landed at #1. Guess since it's the biggest selling album, it will always land atop any 80's Pop/Rock/Soul list.
Yeah, Thriller is amongst most top lists. Mostly because of its appeal and influence on society. Anyway, how can u have a greatest of the 80s/90s and not mention Dangerous? It is a better album than Bad. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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'Street Songs' should be much higher than #18. | |
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kitbradley said: There are a lot of albums on that list that were greater than "Thriller" but doesn't surprise me it landed at #1. Guess since it's the biggest selling album, it will always land atop any 80's Pop/Rock/Soul list.
Very interesting the Grammy winning "Chaka Khan" made the Top 30 but Warner Brothers refuses to reissue over here in the states.
[Edited 4/7/09 14:46pm] There are a few albums on the list that haven't been reissued in the states. The Jones Girls - At Peace With Woman, The Whispers - The Whispers, SOS Band- On The Rise, are just a few that I can see. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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SoulAlive said: 'Street Songs' should be much higher than #18.
I wholeheartedly agree. I didn't even know they were doing a poll on '80s albums already. I voted on the '70s one and Earth, Wind & Fire won with their "That's the Way of the World" album. | |
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Timmy84 said: SoulAlive said: 'Street Songs' should be much higher than #18.
I wholeheartedly agree. I didn't even know they were doing a poll on '80s albums already. I voted on the '70s one and Earth, Wind & Fire won with their "That's the Way of the World" album. Oh,I must have missed the 70s poll! | |
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SoulAlive said: Timmy84 said: I wholeheartedly agree. I didn't even know they were doing a poll on '80s albums already. I voted on the '70s one and Earth, Wind & Fire won with their "That's the Way of the World" album. Oh,I must have missed the 70s poll! "What's Going On" was #2. | |
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Timmy84 said: SoulAlive said: 'Street Songs' should be much higher than #18.
I wholeheartedly agree. I didn't even know they were doing a poll on '80s albums already. I voted on the '70s one and Earth, Wind & Fire won with their "That's the Way of the World" album. Still i can't see how Faces made it over Raise and Powerlight in the 80's poll. [Edited 4/7/09 18:49pm] Don't laugh at my funk
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phunkdaddy said: Timmy84 said: I wholeheartedly agree. I didn't even know they were doing a poll on '80s albums already. I voted on the '70s one and Earth, Wind & Fire won with their "That's the Way of the World" album. Still i can't see how Faces made it over Raise and Powerlight in the 80's poll.
[Edited 4/7/09 18:49pm] Me either. Faces is one of my least favorite EWF albums. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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phunkdaddy said: Timmy84 said: I wholeheartedly agree. I didn't even know they were doing a poll on '80s albums already. I voted on the '70s one and Earth, Wind & Fire won with their "That's the Way of the World" album. Still i can't see how Faces made it over Raise and Powerlight in the 80's poll.
[Edited 4/7/09 18:49pm] Maybe Vainandy has the answer to that. | |
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Is there any reason Triumph isn't on this list?? PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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LittleBLUECorvette said: Is there any reason Triumph isn't on this list??
Beats me too.  | |
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LittleBLUECorvette said: Is there any reason Triumph isn't on this list??
Same reason Dangerous is not on there. I mean, come on, I LOVE Peabo Bryson's I Am Love. It is his best album, but it doesn't compare to Dangerous or Triumph. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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No Jesse Johnson, only one Rick James release, No Shalamar, Howard Hewitt, Tenna Marie, PRINCE: Always and Forever
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LittleBLUECorvette said: No Jesse Johnson, only one Rick James release, No Shalamar, Howard Hewitt, Tenna Marie,
Shalamar is on the list....with their worst album. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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