Most Beautiful Soul Album on Earth

A grandiose forty-song collection, Alex Records boasts that this is the most beautiful soul album on earth. That may be debatable, but quibbling with the selections is a losing argument, as this set is overflowing with great soul tunes. These ballads come from all angles of soul, including Smokey Robinson, the Isley Brothers, Rose Royce, Al Green, Champaign, Luther Vandross, Mary J. Blige, the Three Degrees, and many others. It's perfect for the shuffle play mode on CD players, and for music lovers who like songs the way they remember them from the radio (no song rolls over five minutes, not even Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing").