Our Take on the Greatest Motown Albums of All-Time

There is no sound like Motown. The Motor City (Detroit) was the place to be in the early 60s for an artist to be discovered. If Berry Gordy had not quit his boxing career and stated the Motown Label, who knows what we would be listening to now? Here (in our humble opinion) are the greatest Motown albums of all time…

1. Thriller – Michael Jackson
2. What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
3. Reach Out – Four Tops
4. Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder
5. Anthology Albums – Martha Reeves/Marvin Gaye/Temptations/Four Tops/Supremes/Isley Brothers
6. Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
7. Nitty Gritty – Gladys Knight and the Pips
8. Goin to a Go Go – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
9. ABC – The Jackson 5
10. Talking Book – Stevie Wonder
11. Motown’s #1s (2004)
12. Can’t Slow Down – Lionel Richie.
13. Where Did Our Love Go – The Supremes
14. Innervisions – Stevie Wonder
15. Street Songs – Rick James

Conclusions: The top Motown songs were dominated by a handful of artists, while the Top Albums show much more depth of artist. Lionel, Motown’s number ones, and Rick James demonstrate the power of the sound of the Motown label, extending the company’s success into the 80s, 90s, and 2000s.

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