quote:For soul music’s greatest artists, the ’70s meant reaching new ambitions and new levels of sophistication. Freed from the strictures they may have felt in Motown’s ’60s heyday, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder made masterful music that confronted the troubles they saw in the world while pushing soul into uncharted territory. Meanwhile, innovators like Philly soul kings Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff expanded the sound’s scope, resulting in sumptuous string-laden hits that still boasted irresistible grooves. Of course, Al Green, Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway showed how some songs required the very softest of touches.
Tracklist:
01. Stevie Wonder - Superstition
02. Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up
03. Earth, Wind & Fire - September
04. LaBelle - Lady Marmalade
05. The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself
06. Al Green - Let's Stay Together
07. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
08. Diana Ross - Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
09. Bill Withers - Lovely Day
10. The Spinners - I'll Be Around
11. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia (Single Version)
12. The O'Jays - Love Train
13. Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady
14. James Brown - The Payback
15. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (Single Version)
16. Funkadelic - Can You Get to That
17. Rufus, Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good
18. War - Why Can't We Be Friends
19. Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair (Single Version)
20. Barry White - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe
21. The Isley Brothers - That Lady, Pts. 1 & 2
22. Mcfadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
23. Natalie Cole - This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)
24. Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You (Single Version With Countdown)
25. Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
26. Donny Hathaway - To Be Young, Gifted and Black
27. The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl
28. Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary
29. Edwin Starr - War
30. Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft
31. Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star
32. Chic - Good Times (7" Edit; 2018 Remaster)
33. Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
34. The Stylistics - You Are Everything
35. Teddy Pendergrass - Turn off the Lights
36. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
37. The Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
38. Commodores - Easy
39. Al Green - Call Me (Come Back Home)
40. Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - Too Late To Turn Back Now
41. The Spinners, Dionne Warwick - Then Came You
42. The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
43. James Brown - Soul Power (Pt.1 / Single Version)