What's on your list of the best R&B.Soul/Funk albums of the 70s?

[soulster]

The 70s was my time, when I became a teenager. We had some pretty amazing albums during that time, and some of what I consider to be the best of that decade are:

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
That's The Way Of the World - Earth, Wind & Fire
All & All - Earth, Wind & Fire
Soulful Tapestry - The Honey Cone
Superfly Soundtrack - Curtis Mayfield
Looking Out For #1 - The Brothers Johnson
Mellow Madness - Quincy Jones [[Introducing The Brothers Johnson)
Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta - Syreeta
Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
Fulfillingness First Fanale - Stevie Wonder
Songs In the Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
C'Est Chic - Chic
Secrets - Con Funk Shun
Natalie - Natalie Cole
Backstabbers - O'Jays
Ship Ahoy - O'Jays
Mighty Love - Spinners
Be Altitude: Respect Yourself - Staple Singers
Eargasm - Johnnie Taylor
All Things In Time - Lou Rawls
Keeper Of The Castle - Four Tops
Cut The Cake - Average White Band
Soul Searching - Average White Band
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters
Bustin' Out Of L7 - Rick James
Switch II - Switch
Hey Now Hey [[The Other Side Of the Sky) - Aretha Franklin
Life Is A Song Worth Singing - Teddy Pendergrass
All Directions - The Temptations
Go For Your Guns - Isley Brothers
Harvest For The World - Isley Brothers
Live It Up - Isley Brothers
Too Hot To Handle - Heatwave
Central Heating - Heatwave
Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
There's A Riot Goin' On - Sly & the Family Stone
A Taste Of Honey - A Taste Of Honey
Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
Rejoice - Emotions
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Slave - Slave
Destiny - The Jacksons
Skin Tight - Ohio Players
Fire - Ohio Players
Honey - Ohio Players
Flying High On Your Love - Bar Kays

[marv2]

Central Heating by Heatwave.

[tomato tom]

What! Nothing from BRICK! They were THE Funksters of the day IMHO..Paulo xxx

[arrr&bee]

Yesterday,today and tommorrow-the spinners..eddie kendricks,all by myself-eddie kendricks..a quiet storm-smokey..perfect angel-minnie riperton..a lonely man-the chi-lites..ray,goodman& brown..the stylistics..golden time of the day-maze!

[timmyfunk]

I will definitely post something later on.

[marv2]

What! Nothing from BRICK! They were THE Funksters of the day IMHO..Paulo xxx

All of Brick's stuff, are you kidding me?

[marv2]

Dazz Band - The Dazz Band

Payback - James Brown

Live at the London Palladium - Marvin Gaye

Our Love - Natalie Cole

[soulster]

What! Nothing from BRICK! They were THE Funksters of the day IMHO..Paulo xxx

Oh! I love the second album dearly, but I just don't think they were the best. I did forget to add The Brothers Johnson, which i'll correct now!

[soulster]

Dazz Band - The Dazz Band

Payback - James Brown

Live at the London Palladium - Marvin Gaye

Our Love - Natalie Cole

Well, we're listing albums, not songs, and the Dazz Band was in the 80s.

[marv2]

Well, we're listing albums, not songs, and the Dazz Band was in the 80s.

Ok my bad

7779311

[soulster]

7779311

Nope! That was 1982.

[chidrummer]

Right On Time - Bros. Johnson
Rufusized - Rufus & Chaka Khan
Honey - Ohio Players
Looking Through The Windows - Jackson 5
All n All - EWF
Player of The Year - Bootsy's Rubber Band
P-Funk Earth Tour - P-Funk
Fresh - Sly & The Family Stone
Wattstax - Various Artists
Aja - Steely Dan
Spirit of Love - Con Funk Shun
Looks Like Snow - Phoebe Snow
Urban Renewal - Tower of Power
Songs In The Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
Commodores - Commodores
Live - Mother's Finest
Cameosis - Cameo
Don't Let Go - Isaac Hayes

[funklexikon]

- All 3 Betty Davis
- Everyday People: Same
- Invaders: Spacing out
- Maceo & All The Kings Men: Doing their own thing
- Joe Quarterman & Free Soul: Same
- Bobby Williams: Funky superfly
to mention a few

[timmyfunk]

Anything P-Funk made in the 1970's.

To be continued....

[tomato tom]

I love Funk period! Why some people choose to be on a downer with other peoples tastes is beyond me. Get a life..or choose to be stuck in your own little musical world...If we all liked the same stuff, boring?..Paulo xxx

[tamla617]

soulster
to your list i will add..
bodyheat..quincy jones
places and spaces......donald byrd
white album and soulsearching AWB
MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION,MOTOR BOOTY AFFAIR,FUNKENTELECHY VS THE PLACEBO SYNDROME..you know who.not sorry for caps!
breaking bread,pass the peas...........the jb's
slaughters big rip off,black caesar,reality,there it is,payback......james brown
brass construction [[1st lp)
express....bt express
thats the way of the world,spirit......ewf
pain and pleasure= ecstacy.....ohio players
[[british)motown chartbusters vol 6
live at sahara tahoe...isaac hayes
in full bloom,strikes again,carwash......rose royce
stargard....stargard
troubleman,i want you,here my dear....mpg
talking book,innervisions,fullfillingness,songs in the key of life...stevie w.
brother,brother,brother,showdown...isley brothers
caught up,still caught up.........millie jackson
dancing machine,moving violation..j5
chaka........chaka khan
all rufus
maxayn........bail out

this list isnt going to end!how good was it back then?

[MIKEW-UK]

Roger And The Human Body* – Introducing Roger Troutman 1976

[[ Everything else by Roger/ Zapp / Human Body / New Horizons / Bobby Glover / Shirley Murdock was 1980s....) They certainly belong in any focus on funk.....

[marv2]

Nope! That was 1982.

Soulster, I put those numbers there only because the system said my reply was too short. hehehehehe.......

[marv2]

Stargard - Stargard 1978

[marv2]

Quincy Jones - Stuff Like That 1978
Faze-O - Ridin High 1977
War - Galaxy 1977
Dramatics - Shake It Well 1977
Dramatics -A Dramatic Experience 1973
Johnny Taylor - Eargasm 1976
Ohio Players - Fire 1975
Earth, Wind & Fire - All N' All 1977
Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World 1975
Eddie Kendricks - All By Myself 1971
Main Ingredient - Black Seeds 1971
Supremes - New Ways But Love Stays 1970
James Brown - The Payback 1974
James Brown - Hot Pants 1971
Aretha Franklin - Sparkle 1976
Dramatics - Drama V 1975
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis 1970
Curtis Mayfield - Sweet Exorcist - 1974
Bill Withers - Still Bill -1971

[truth_b_told]

Everything Is Everything
Donny Hathaway
Extension Of A Man

All by the great Donny Hathaway....my favorite '70s albums, right now anyway. We'll see next month. Maybe I'll get back on a Stevie kick or EWF or Tower of Power....