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1. Charles Bradley: No Time for Dreaming
Charles Bradley is 62 years old, but this is his first album after a lifetime of tribulations. His singing is definitely James Brown-esque, but the accompaniment here -- by the Menehan Street Band ...read more
2. Nicolas Jaar: Space Is Only Noise
Nicolas Jaar is a young electronic-music producer based in New York—so young, in fact, that he may not be able to get into the sort of clubs that would play his esoteric but sexy quasi-house tracks...read more
3. SBTRKT: s/t
Perhaps a nice complement to James Blake's more inward, somber-seeming record, the full-length debut by SBTRKT -- pronounced "subtract" and there just ain't much more we can tell you, as the South ...read more
4. v/a: Eccentric Soul: The Nickel & Penny Labels
The latest from the Numero Group turns up 25 alternate worlds in which unknown artists like Jerry Townes and Voices are stars, bona fide Bandstand-rocking stars. The two Chicago labels on display h...read more
5. Don Covay and the Goodtimers: Mercy!
In late 1964, Don Covay, then fronting Don Covay & the Goodtimers, scored a Top 40 hit with "Mercy Mercy." He and the record label decided to capitalize on the unexpected crossover success ...read more
6. The Undisputed Truth: s/t
This sparkling debut, fueled by "Smiling Faces Sometimes," a number three pop hit, zoomed to #43 on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart. Lead singer Joe Harris had recorded as a teenager with Little...read more
7. Don Covay: See-Saw
Don Covay rides his most creative crest as a solo artist with this hearty collection of songs. The settings are simplistic for Atlantic Records, which recorded similar artists in lusher setti...read more
8. The Temptations: Psychedelic Shack
With everything the Temptations released pretty much guaranteed to turn to gold, not to mention platinum for that matter, even their tripped-out forays into sweet '60s psychedelic experimenta...read more
9. Curtis Mayfield: Superfly
The choice of Curtis Mayfield to score the blaxploitation film Superfly was an inspired one. No other artist in popular music knew so well, and expressed through his music so naturally, the sha...read more
10. The Delfonics: s/t
Although self-titled, The Delfonics was actually the fourth long-player for the Philly soul vocalists. The album would not only be the band's entrée into the Top 100 pop album chart upon its ...read more
11. The Delfonics: Sound of Sexy Soul
The Sound of Sexy Soul is the Delfonics' second long-player and builds upon the notable impact of their first, La La Means I Love You. This album provides the trio a platform for their next batch...read more
12. The Delfonics: La La Means I Love You
While La La Means I Love You is the trio's debut LP, the Delfonics had actually been working with producer Thom Bell as far back as their 1966 single "He Don't Really Love You." By the time this al...read more
13. Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson: Midnight Band: The First Minute of a New Day
This follow-up to the righteous and soulful Winter In America LP continues with the solid, decidedly left-of-center jazz-R&B that made Gil Scott-Heron a cult figure throughout the '70s. Thi...read more
14. Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul
Released at the tail end of the '60s, Hot Buttered Soul set the precedent for how soul would evolve in the early '70s, simultaneously establishing Isaac Hayes and the Bar-Kays as major forces withi...read more
15. Odd Future: The OF Tape Vol. 2
The Odd Future aesthetic is best summed up near the end of The OF Tape Vol. 2, their first major collective release, on the track “We Got Bitches”: “We got bitches / We got diamonds / We got cars...read more