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- Release Date: February 09, 1999
- Type: Collection (various artists)
- Genre: Rhythm & Blues
Review
The Greatest Soul Album of All Time collects early soul and R&B hits from the '50s and '60s, including Bob & Earl's "Harlem Shuffle," Aaron Neville's "Tell It Like It Is," the Dells' "Oh What a Night," Sam & Dave's "Soul Man," and Lloyd Price's "Stagger Lee." Brenton Wood's "Gimme Little Sign," Inez's "Mocking Bird," the Temptations' "My Girl," and Jackie Wilson's "Reet Petite" are among the other highlights of this diverse, entertaining collection. ~ Heather Phares, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| My Baby Just Cares for Me (Lyrics) | Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn | Nina Simone | (3:36) |
| She Once Belonged to Me | Allen Toussaint | Allen Toussaint | (2:50) |
| Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine | James Brown, Bobby Byrd, |
James Brown | (5:57) |
| We Got to Have Peace (Lyrics) | Curtis Mayfield | Curtis Mayfield | (4:44) |
| Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) | Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart | (6:17) | |
| Chapel of Love (Lyrics) | Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector, Jeff Barry | (2:44) | |
| Hey Paula | Paul & Paula | (2:28) | |
| Oh, What a Night | The Dells | (2:51) | |
| Every Beat of My Heart | Johnny Otis | Gladys Knight | (2:04) |
| Love Letters (Lyrics) | Edward Heyman, Victor Young | Ketty Lester | (2:41) |
| The Loco-Motion | Carole King, Gerry Goffin | Little Eva | (2:23) |
| For Your Precious Love | Jerry Butler, |
The Impressions | (2:40) |
| If You Don't Know My by Now | Harold Melvin | (3:29) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Move on Up (Lyrics) | Curtis Mayfield | Curtis Mayfield | (4:19) |
| Working in the Coal Mine (Lyrics) | Lee Dorsey, Allen Toussaint | Lee Dorsey | (2:48) |
| One Nation Under a Groove (Lyrics) | Walter "Junie" Morrison, George Clinton, |
Funkadelic | (7:27) |
| Duke of Earl | Gene Chandler | (2:19) | |
| Hello Stranger (Lyrics) | Barbara Lewis | Barbara Lewis | (2:42) |
| That's the Way I Feel About 'Cha | Bobby Womack, |
Bobby Womack | (5:07) |
| Harlem Shuffle | Earl Nelson, |
Bob & Earl | (2:48) |
| Oh No, Not My Baby (Lyrics) | Carole King, Gerry Goffin | Maxine Brown | (2:35) |
| Have You Seen Her? | Barbara Acklin, Eugene Record | The Chi-Lites | (5:07) |
| Ruler of My Heart | Irma Thomas | (2:45) | |
| Tell It Like It Is | George Davis, |
Aaron Neville | (3:07) |
| You're No Good | Clint Ballard, Jr. | Betty Everett | (2:16) |
| Mockingbird | James Taylor, |
(2:45) |
CD 3
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Only You (And You Alone) | Buck Ram, |
The Platters | (3:48) |
| Stagger Lee (Lyrics) | Lloyd Price, |
Lloyd Price | (3:15) |
| Jimmy Mack | Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Brian Holland | Martha & the Vandellas | (2:34) |
| Soul Man (Lyrics) | Isaac Hayes, David Porter | Sam & Dave | (2:50) |
| Lucky Fellow | Leroy Hutson | Leroy Hutson | (5:01) |
| Just Another Sucker | Prince, |
Prince, |
(5:17) |
| Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Lyrics) | Carole King, Gerry Goffin | The Shirelles | (2:42) |
| When a Man Loves a Woman | Andrew Wright, |
Percy Sledge | (2:51) |
| Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet) | Tyran Carlo, Berry Gordy, Jr. | Jackie Wilson | (2:44) |
| Who Gave Birth to the Funk | Joe Tex | Joe Tex | (3:15) |
| The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) | Betty Everett | (2:14) | |
| Gimme Little Sign | Brenton Wood | (2:17) | |
| My Girl (Lyrics) | Smokey Robinson, Ronald White | The Temptations | (2:58) |
| (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right | Homer Banks, |
Luther Ingram | (3:31) |




