Curtis MayfieldBest Curtis Mayfield Albums Ranked
8.1
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20
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20
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Summary from 20 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Curtis Mayfield’s catalog across 20 albums from 20 opinions, with an overall average of 8.1/10. The top-rated Curtis Mayfield album is Superfly - EP (1972) with a 9.3/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Curtis (Expanded Edition) and There's No Place Like America Today. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1970 to 2005. Move On Up (Extended Version) ranks as the highest-rated Curtis Mayfield song on Rate.fm with a 10.0/10 average.
There's No Place Like America Today
“Every Saturday, Paste will be revisiting albums that came out before the magazine was founded in July 2002 and assessing its current cultural relevance. This week, we’re looking at Curtis Mayfield’s deeply profound and splendidly subdued 1975 masterpiece, a bleak yet comforting dissection of post-Nixon America that dares to expound on what love and survival can exist under the thumb of a system ri”
New World Order
“In 1990, at an outdoor concert in Brooklyn, N.Y., Curtis Mayfield was hit by a falling lighting rig, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. New World Order is the soul titan’s first new studio effort since then, and it is a triumphant return. Produced with a cast of contemporary R&B players, the album doesn’t […]”
The Anthology: 1961–1977
“Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions: The Anthology,’ a two-CD, forty-song set, is a remarkable document. Lovingly assembled by Chicago-soul authority Robert Pruter, this collection connects a decade’s worth of gentle Impressions singles with the power and invention of Curtis Mayfield’s solo career. The side-by-side pairing presents a stunning picture and casts Mayfield’s often-undervalued solo work […]”