Genre
Soul & R&B
Best-sounding soul & r&b albums ranked by Hi-Fi Score and sonic facets — recordings that reward serious speakers and headphones.
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94Reference
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
#1 · 94/100
94Reference
I Put a Spell on You
Nina Simone
#2 · 94/100
94Reference
Songs in the Key of Life
Stevie Wonder
#3 · 94/100
94Reference
Love Deluxe
Sade
#4 · 94/100
89Reference
Voodoo
D'Angelo
#5 · 89/100
86Reference
BLACKsummers'night
Maxwell
#6 · 86/100
86Reference
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
#7 · 86/100
86Reference
Liquid Spirit
Gregory Porter
#8 · 86/100
86Reference
Black Messiah
D'Angelo
#9 · 86/100
84Excellent
Black Acid Soul
Lady Blackbird
#10 · 84/100
84Excellent
An Evening with Silk Sonic
Silk Sonic
#11 · 84/100
84Excellent
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
#12 · 84/100
82Excellent
Rapture
Anita Baker
#13 · 82/100
80Excellent
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Adele
#14 · 80/100
80Excellent
Back to Black
Amy Winehouse
#15 · 80/100
78Excellent
Dawn FM
The Weeknd
#16 · 78/100
77Excellent
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
#17 · 77/100
77Excellent
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
#18 · 77/100
77Excellent
Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1
Jill Scott
#19 · 77/100
74Excellent
Black Radio
Robert Glasper
#20 · 74/100
72Excellent
Choose Your Weapon
Hiatus Kaiyote
#21 · 72/100
72Excellent
IGOR
Tyler, The Creator
#22 · 72/100
72Excellent
The Beautiful Game
Vulfpeck
#23 · 72/100
72Excellent
Malibu
Anderson .Paak
#24 · 72/100
72Excellent
Mother
Cleo Sol
#25 · 72/100
72Excellent
Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
#26 · 72/100
72Excellent
Coming Home
Leon Bridges
#27 · 72/100
71Good
Songs in A Minor
Alicia Keys
#28 · 71/100
66Good
Blond
Frank Ocean
#29 · 66/100