Metafile: 2013 Reissues/Compilations

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Sub-Lists

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Ranking

  1. Otis Redding: The Complete Stax/Volt Singles Collection (Shout! Factory, 3CD) {6}: ac, AM:90, AS:100, PM:90()
  2. Sylvester: Mighty Real: Greatest Dance Hits (Fantasy) {5}: AM:90; TH:A-()
  3. Digable Planets: Blowout Comb (Light in the Attic) {4}: Pf:92
  4. Otis Redding: Lonely and Blue: The Deepest Soul of Otis Redding (Fantasy) {4}: ac, Bl:100, P:96, PM:90
  5. TLC: 20 (Epic) {4}: AM:80, sl:70, St:80
  6. The Four Tops: 50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection 1964-1972 (Motown, 3CD) {3}: AM:90
  7. Donny Hathaway: Never My Love: The Anthology (Rhino) {3}: AM:90
  8. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas: 50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection 1962-1972 (Motown, 3CD) {3}: AM:90
  9. Irma Thomas: In Between Tears (1973, Alive Natural Sound) {3}: AM:80, Bl:80, pm:70
  10. Bobby Womack: Everything's Gonna Be Alright: The American Singles 1967-76 (Charly, 2CD) {3}: AM:100
  11. Darrell Banks: I'm the One Who Loves You: The Complete Volt Recordings (Kent Soul) {2}: AM:80
  12. James Brown: Best of Live at the Apollo [50th Anniversary] (Polydor) {2}: AM:80
  13. J Dilla/Jay Dee: Donuts [45 Box Set] (2006, Stones Throw) {2}: Pf:100
  14. Al Green: The Love Songs Collection (Fat Possum) {2}: AM:80
  15. Nas: Illmatic (1994, Get on Down) {2}: Pf:100
  16. Nas: The Essential Nas (Columbia/Legacy) {2}: AM:80
  17. Alexander O'Neal: Alexander O'Neal [Expanded Edition] (1985, Tabu, 2CD) {2}: AM:90
  18. Alexander O'Neal: Hearsay (1987, Tabu, 2CD) {2}: AM:90
  19. The SOS Band: SOS (1980, Tabu) {2}: AM:80
  20. Booker T and the MGs: Time Is Tight (1962-71, Concord, 3CD) {2}: AM:90
  21. Us3: Hand on the Torch [20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] (Blue Note) {2}: AM:80
  22. XV: Mixtape Anthology (2009-12, Square Bound Music/Warner Bros) {2}: DJB
  23. The Complete Motown Singles Vol 12A: 1972 (Motown/Universal) {2}: ac, RS:80
  24. Destiny's Child: Love Songs (Columbia) {1}: am:70, cs:50
  25. EPMD: Strictly Business [25th Anniversary Edition] (Priority) {1}: pm:70
  26. Alexander O'Neal: All Mixed Up (1988, Tabu) {1}: am:40
  27. Self Made Vol 3 (Atlantic/Maybach) {1}: MC(64/5), am:70, cs:60, ex:70, hdx:60, sl:50, xxl:60
  28. The Complete Motown Singles Vol 12B: 1972 (Motown/Universal) {1}: am:70

Notes

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