EOY List Aggregate: 2019 Old Music: Blues/Gospel/R&B

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Marvin Gaye: You're the Man (Motown) {16}: Gg_r:4, GTV:+, I:+, NME:+, SC:+, YW_r:1; aqd:+ -- MT:B-, TH:**
  2. Prince: Originals (1981-91, Rhino/Warner Bros) {14}: Cpu:+, Mc:+, Mj:+, PM_r:8, PO:+, Q:+; ct:+, fa:+, yjb:7 -- PJ:162-51-5, MT:**, TH:B-
  3. World Spirituality Classics 2: The Time for Peace Is Now (Luaka Bop) {8}: Bc:99, PO:+; npr_lo:4, npr_re:+ -- TH:***
  4. James Brown: Live at Home With His Bad Self (1969, Polydor) {6}: am:+, am_o:+ -- TH:A-
  5. Prince: 1999 [Super Deluxe Edition] (Rhino/Warner Bros) {6}: Mc:+; am:+, am_o:+, aqd:+, mg_o:6, npr_re:+
  6. Patrice Rushen: You Remind Me: The Classic Elektra Recordings 1978-1984 (Strut) {6}: JC_r:+; am:+, am_o:+, bc_r:+, jse:+ -- TH:*
  7. Lee Moses: How Much Longer Must I Wait? Singles & Rarities 1965-1972 (Light in the Attic) {5}: PM_r:18, PO:+ -- TH:**
  8. Professor Longhair: Live on the Queen Mary (Harvest) {5}: YW_r:13 -- TH:***
  9. Curtis Mayfield: Keep On Keeping On: Curtis Mayfield Studio Albums 1970-1974 (Rhino -4CD) {4}: YW_r:2
  10. Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969 Vol 1 (Third Man) {4}: YW_r:14; am_b:+, tg:+
  11. Mary J Blige: HERstory Vol 1 (Geffen) {3}: YW_r:9
  12. James Booker: Vol 1: At Onkel Po's Carnegie Hall Hamburg 1976 (Jazzline) {3}: PO:+ -- TH:**
  13. Ray Charles: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music: Volumes 1 & 2 (Concord) {3}: JC_r:+; gl:+, jsw:+
  14. Johnny Shines: The Blues Came Falling Down: Live 1973 (Omnivore) {3}: PO:+ -- TH:**
  15. If You're Going to the City: A Tribute to Mose Allison for Sweet Relief (Fat Possum) {3}: hft:22, ipr:+, j91:+
  16. Chic: The Chic Organization 1977-1979 (Atlantic -5CD -18) {2}: PM_r:12
  17. Lula Collins: The Delta Gospel Queen (Salvation Rock) {2}: YW_r:19
  18. Aretha Franklin: Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings (1972, Atlantic -2CD) {2}: aqd:+, npr_re:+
  19. Rory Gallagher: Blues [Deluxe Edition] (Chess) {2}: am:+, am_o:+
  20. Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures (Volume 5) (Kent) {2}: jrw:+, xmb:8
  21. No Other Love: Midwest Gospel (1965-1978) (Tompkins Square) {2}: PO:+; aqd:+
  22. Jessie Mae Hemphill: Run Get My Shotgun (Big Legal Mess) {1}: PO:+
  23. The JB's: More Mess on My Thing (1969-70, Now-Again) {1}: npr_re:+
  24. Blues Images Calendar Companion Volume 17 (Blues Images) {1}: PO:+
  25. Blues Kings of Baton Rouge (Bear Family -2CD) {1}: aaj:+
  26. Bombstrikes: The Best of 2019 (Bombstrikes) {1}: YW:29
  27. Cadillac Baby's Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection (Earwig -4CD) {1}: am_b:+
  28. Land of 1000 Dances: The Rampart Records 58th Anniversary Complete Singles Collection (Minky) {1}: am_o:+
  29. Put the Whole Armor On: Female Black Gospel 1940s and 1950s (NarroWay) {1}: PO:+
  30. Sacred Sounds: Dave Hamilton's Raw Detroit Gospel 1969-1974 (Kent) {1}: jrw:+
  31. This Is Lowrider Soul (Kent) {1}: jrw:+