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What is the best soul album for beginners to the genre?
Back to Black
Amy Winehouse's 2006 album is one of the best entry points into soul for modern listeners — emotionally raw, Motown-influenced, and featuring some of the century's finest pop-soul songwriting.
Voodoo
D'Angelo's 2000 neo-soul masterpiece works equally well as a gateway to classic soul sounds and as a statement of soul's contemporary possibilities — luxurious and instantly captivating.
