# The 10 Best Memphis Soul Albums

> Horns, Hammond organs and grooves cut in a few Memphis studios, with legends on both sides of the Stax and Hi divide.

*By YPB Team · Published October 16, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-10-best-memphis-soul-albums*

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1. **Dictionary of Soul** — score 1000/1000
   Otis Redding's 1966 follow-up to Otis Blue.
2. **Let's Stay Together** — score 930/1000
   Al Green's 1972 album, built on Hi Records' signature Memphis sound.
3. **Green Is Blues** — score 848/1000
   Al Green's 1970 album, his first for Hi Records.
4. **Call Me** — score 636/1000
   Al Green's 1973 album recorded with Willie Mitchell at Royal Studios.
5. **Shaft** — score 636/1000
   Isaac Hayes's 1971 double album soundtrack from Stax.
6. **Otis Blue** — score 520/1000
   Otis Redding's 1965 album recorded at Stax.
7. **Hot Buttered Soul** — score 520/1000
   Isaac Hayes's 1969 album of long, orchestrated soul tracks.
8. **Soul Men** — score 382/1000
   Sam & Dave's 1967 Stax album.
9. **I Can't Stand the Rain** — score 382/1000
   Ann Peebles' 1974 Hi Records album built on the title track.
10. **Black Moses** — score 0/1000
   Isaac Hayes's 1971 double album of reworked pop and soul.

Tags: music, 70s, 60s, soul, memphis