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1	Songs in the Key of Life (1976) more music like this by Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life was Stevie Wonder's longest, most ambitious collection of songs, a two-LP (plus accompanying EP) set that -- just as the title promised -- touched on nearly every issue under the sun, and did it all with ambitious (even for him), wide-ranging arrangements and some of the best performances of Wonder's career. The opening ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $16.72!
2	Pure 60's: The #1 Hits (2002) more music like this by Various Artists This compilation is just what it says: number one hits on the American charts from the 1960s. It has a leg up on some similar anthologies, though, by virtue of its sheer quantity: 26 songs spanning the entire decade, which is pretty good value for a single CD. While it's true the selection is a little arbitrary, on the whole it's really good, and ... see all copies from $11.32! new only from $12.86!
3	Definitive Collection (2002) more music like this by Stevie Wonder When you're putting together a 21-song collection of a major artist who's had more than 40 Top 40 hits, inevitably there's going to be a lot of good stuff left out. Stevie Wonder's long and varied career (not over when this anthology appeared) really needs more than one disc to even adequately summarize the highlights. But this single-disc comp ... see all copies from $8.80! new only from $9.51!
4	Genius Loves Company (2004) more music like this by Ray Charles Genius Loves Company is the last studio album Ray Charles completed before his death in June 2004. Prior to this, the last studio album he released was Strong Love Affair in 1996, which was a stab at modern pop, filled with new songs and given an adult contemporary sheen. It was not one of his most distinctive efforts, even when judged against his ... see all copies from $2.98! new only from $11.31!
5	Johnny's Greatest Hits (1958) more music like this by Johnny Mathis The original greatest-hits package, which stayed on the charts for ten years; includes "Chances Are," "It's Not for Me to Say, " "Wonderful! Wonderful!" and "The Twelfth of Never." It seldom gets more romantic than this. Cub Koda, All Music Guide see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.06!
6	The Commitments (1991) more music like this by Original Soundtrack Alan Parker's film about a Dublin, Ireland, cover band sparked this wildly popular soundtrack of R&B remakes. Male vocalist Andrew Strong shouts like a working-class Michael Bolton, and all three female singers have knelt at the altar of Queen Aretha. The band's competent, as bar bands go, and the songs are good -- any album that includes "The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.11!
7	Talking Book (1972) more music like this by Stevie Wonder After releasing two "head" records during 1970-71, Stevie Wonder expanded his compositional palate with 1972's Talking Book to include societal ills as well as tender love songs, and so recorded the first smash album of his career. What had been hinted at on the intriguing project Music of My Mind was here focused into a laser beam of tight ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $7.35!
8	Innervisions (1973) more music like this by Stevie Wonder When Stevie Wonder applied his tremendous songwriting talents to the unsettled social morass that was the early '70s, he produced one of his greatest, most important works, a rich panoply of songs addressing drugs, spirituality, political ethics, the unnecessary perils of urban life, and what looked to be the failure of the '60s dream -- all set ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.05!
9	The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985) more music like this by Sting The Police never really broke up, they just topped working together -- largely because they just couldn't stand playing together anymore and partially because Sting was itching to establish himself as a serious musician/songwriter on his own terms. Anxious to shed the mantle of pop star, he camped out at Eddy Grant's studio, picked up the guitar, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.99!
10	Breakfast in Bed (2007) more music like this by Joan Osborne Finally, Joan Osborne has come to her senses and recorded a soul record. Ever since she performed in Standing in the Shadows of Motown -- those performances are tacked on here at the end -- one thought that Osborne (the most gifted vocalist of her generation and a singer who understands the nuance of phrase, time, and elocution) would return to ... see all copies from $12.14! new only from $16.45!
11 view cover	Greatest Hits on Earth (1972) more music like this by The 5th Dimension Until Rhino issued its anthology, this was the best hits package for the 5th Dimension, a group that in its peak was among the best at doing lighthearted pop with a soulful foundation. Certainly, they weren't a hardcore R&B or earthy singing group, but they did put some punch into songs that were really kind of silly otherwise, like "Wedding Bell ... see all copies from $3.90! new only from $11.95!
12 view cover	Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 (2003) more music like this by Sam Cooke Some 46 years after his first pop hit, and 39 years after his death, comes only the second attempt at a comprehensive Sam Cooke collection. Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 eclipses RCA's early-'80s The Man and His Music, going it better in running time but losing some important recordings -- "That's Heaven to Me" and "Soothe Me," arguably one of ... see all copies from $13.12! new only from $16.81!
13 view cover	16 Most Requested Songs (1989) more music like this by Johnny Mathis 16 Most Requested Songs, a midline-priced collection, spotlights some of Johnny Mathis' best-known and most popular performances for Columbia Records. Although other sets may have a few more tracks, this is a very entertaining sampler, featuring such songs as "Chances Are," "It's Not for Me to Say," "Wonderful! Wonderful!," "When Sunny Gets Blue," ... see all copies from $2.98! new only from $8.69!
14 view cover	The Very Best of Ray Charles [Rhino] (2000) more music like this by Ray Charles This 16-track budget package hits all the high notes of Brother Ray's rise to greatness. Starting in the '50s with classic Atlantic sides like "I've Got a Woman," "Hallelujah I Love Her So," "Night Time (Is the Right Time)," and "What'd I Say," the set also includes his landmark ABC country sides of the '60s ("I Can't Stop Loving You," "Georgia on ... see all copies from $4.39! new only from $8.35!
15 view cover	The Ultimate Collection (1997) more music like this by The Four Tops The Ultimate Collection series was a rare success from Motown, one of the first of the label's many compilation series to do justice to some of the finest performers, arrangers, and musicians of the soul era. Nearly every artist with an entry was given the luxury treatment, with a disc-filling running time, excellent compilation decisions, and a ... see all copies from $10.88! new only from $10.88!
16 view cover	Every Great Motown Hit of Marvin Gaye (1983) more music like this by Marvin Gaye The title is a bit of a misnomer, as you could count up on the fingers of both hands all the early hits that aren't on this 15-track collection. But if it's latter-day Marvin you're looking for -- from "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" through tracks like "Let's Get It On" and "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" -- this set will fill the bill ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.33!
17 view cover	Greatest Hits [Evergreen] (1991) more music like this by Jerry Butler Evergreen's Greatest Hits is an 11-track budget-priced collection that features some of Jerry Butler's biggest hits, including "For Your Precious Love," "He Will Break Your Heart," "What's the Use of Breaking Up" and "The Devil in Mrs. Jones." Although this isn't a bad budget-priced disc, there are better collections available, offering more songs ... see all copies from $2.33! new only from $8.31!
18 view cover	Hotter Than July (1980) more music like this by Stevie Wonder Four years after the pinnacle of Stevie Wonder's mid-'70s typhoon of classic albums, Hotter Than July was the proper follow-up to Songs in the Key of Life (his Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants concept record was actually a soundtrack to an obscure movie that fared miserably in theaters). It also found Wonder in a different musical climate ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $7.59!
19 view cover	Music of My Mind (1972) more music like this by Stevie Wonder With a new contract from Motown in his hand, Stevie Wonder released Music of My Mind, his first truly unified record and, with the exception of a single part on two songs, the work of a one-man-band. Everything he had learned about musicianship, engineering, and production during his long apprenticeship in the Snakepit at Motown Studios came ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $6.74!
20 view cover	The Ultimate Collection (1997) more music like this by The Temptations With the exception of Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, one would be hard pressed to name a Motown act who went through as many creative shifts as the Temptations. While Wonder's and Gaye's changes of direction were a product of their own creative rebellion against Berry Gordy's brilliant but often formulaic vision, the Temptations seemed to be the ... see all copies from $9.43! new only from $9.78!
21 view cover	Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) more music like this by Stevie Wonder After the righteous anger and occasional despair of the socially motivated Innervisions, Stevie Wonder returned with a relationship record: Fulfillingness' First Finale. The cover pictures his life as an enormous wheel, part of which he's looking ahead to and part of which he's already completed (the latter with accompanying images of Little ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $8.66!
22 view cover	Signed, Sealed and Delivered (1970) more music like this by Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder was beginning to rebel against the Motown hit factory mentality in the early '70s. While he certainly hadn't lost his commercial touch, Wonder was anxious to address social concerns, experiment with electronics, and not be restricted by radio and marketplace considerations. Still, he gave the label another definitive smash with the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.66!
23 view cover	What's Going On [Bonus Tracks] (2003) more music like this by Marvin Gaye What's Going On is not only Marvin Gaye's masterpiece, it's the most important and passionate record to come out of soul music, delivered by one of its finest voices, a man finally free to speak his mind and so move from R&B sex symbol to true recording artist. With What's Going On, Gaye meditated on what had happened to the American dream of the ... see all copies from $5.19! new only from $6.50!
24 view cover	Genius & Friends (2005) more music like this by Ray Charles Atlantic/Rhino's 2005 Genius and Friends is the end result of a project Ray Charles initiated a few months before his death in June 2004. According to James Austin's liner notes, Charles called Austin in December of 2003, asking if he could find the masters to an unreleased duets record Ray recorded in 1997 and 1998. Austin found the tapes, but ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00!
25 view cover	The Big Chill [Original Soundtrack] (1983) more music like this by Original Soundtrack Motown scored big with this album, which contains ten 60s hits, from Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It through the Grapevine" to Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale," just the sort of thing the yuppie thirtysomethings in the movie loved, and music rediscovered by the audience that saw the film. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99!

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