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1001 Albums you must hear before you die
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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends
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Published 7 years, 8 months ago
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101 albums I would take along to desert island
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Published 12 years, 7 months ago
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Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Part I 1-100
(100 items)list by Vix
Published 15 years, 11 months ago
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Music...Discography Soul/R&B
(627 items)list by Dj Levels
Published 3 years, 1 month ago
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Super Fly is the third studio album by American soul and funk musician Curtis Mayfield, released in July 1972 on Curtom Records. It was released as the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film of the same name. Widely considered a classic of 1970s soul and funk music, Super Fly was a nearly immediate hit. Its sales were bolstered by two million-selling singles, "Freddie's Dead" (#2 R&B, #4 Pop) and the title track (#5 R&B, #8 Pop). Super Fly is one of the few soundtracks to out-gross the film it accompanied.
Super Fly, along with Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, was one of the pioneering soul concept albums, wit
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Manufacturer: Curtom
Release date: 20 July 1972
EAN: 0081227580322 UPC: 812275803220
Release date: 20 July 1972
EAN: 0081227580322 UPC: 812275803220
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100 Greatest American Albums of All Time (100 music items)"Blaxploitation’s finest 40 minutes The movie was no Oscar winner, but the ex-Impression’s gold soundtrack was a milestone. It also won over white rock fans who wanted a little ghetto funkiness. Inventively atmospheric, with Mayfield’s edgy guitar and whispery falsetto ratcheting up the tension, its message was crystal clear: Drugs are bad, sucker. Standout tracks: “Freddie’s Dead,” “Pusherman”"
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