Top Smooth Soul Albums
Rank All Time Artist Album Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
215
 Marvin Gaye Let's Get It On 1973
2
689
 Al Green Let's Stay Together Southern Soul 1972
3
788
 Marvin Gaye Here, My Dear 1978
4
836
 Anita Baker Rapture 1986
5
1264
 Marvin Gaye Midnight Love Pop Soul 1982
6
1286
 Sade Diamond Life Sophisti-Pop 1984
7
1637
 Average White Band AWB 1974
8
1798
 Aretha Franklin Young, Gifted and Black Deep Soul 1972
9
2011
 Barry White Can't Get Enough 1974
10
2881
 Sade Love Deluxe Sophisti-Pop 1992

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Spinners The Spinners Philly Soul 1973
Al Green Al Green Is Love Southern Soul 1975
Sade Promise Sophisti-Pop 1985
Marvin Gaye I Want You 1976
Rhye Woman Alternative R&B, Sophisti-Pop 2013
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes To Be True Philly Soul 1975
Luther Vandross The Night I Fell in Love 1985
Jessie Ware Tough Love Contemporary R&B 2014
Toni Braxton Toni Braxton Contemporary R&B 1993
Al Green Livin' for You Southern Soul 1973
Jungle Jungle Funktronica, Synth Funk 2014
The Chi-Lites (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People Chicago Soul 1971
The Stylistics Round 2 1972
Al Green Al Green Explores Your Mind 1974
Alexander O'Neal Hearsay 1987
Isaac Hayes Black Moses 1971
Sade Lovers Rock 2000
Smokey Robinson A Quiet Storm 1975
The Stylistics The Stylistics Philly Soul 1971
Al Green Full of Fire 1976
Sade Soldier Of Love Downtempo 2010