The world of R&B changed quite a bit in the years since Luther’s last. Discog Fever is a regular feature on, rating and reviewing a bands entire catalogue of studio albums.
#Luther vandross love is on the way album series#
Not only did he score a series of multi-million-selling albums containing chart-topping hit singles and perform sold-out tours of the U.S. Discog Fever - Rating and Reviewing Every Luther Vandross Album (Part 2) June 30, 2017. In fact, that word might not even be strong enough for him. Luther Vandross was one of the most successful R&B artists of the 1980s and '90s. We toss around the word “legend” wayyyy too frequently for my taste. Yes, like Sade, Lutha was once part of a group that shared his name. For clarity, this list will only include his 20-year solo studio albums, excluding his holiday sets, compilations and his early run as part of the group Luther. So today, let’s look back at his historic career, ranking his albums from bottom to top. And of course he has the voice – the gold standard for vocalists in any genre, arguably THE best male voice in R&B. He has the sales success – every studio album with one exception has gone at least platinum (and the one lone album still went gold). This album spawned four Billboard R&B singles in 'Til My Baby Comes Home,' 'Its Over Now,' 'Wait for Love,' and 'If Only for One Night.' However, as superb as these songs are.
He has the hits – an endless array that are still sampled and covered 40 years later. His fourth album under the Epic banner, and Luther Vandross still retains that freshness that is fulfilling to his audience and rightly so. Even Ghost Prince remains petty.Īfter Prince (and Stevie Wonder – and don’t get your hopes up waiting for THAT ranking…), the other major rankings request comes from a man who needs only one name:Īnd for younger readers who don’t know, or old heads who just have forgotten, I’ll happily remind you – Luther Vandross is one of the greatest artists in R&B history. Then he had the nerve to release a NEW album a few weeks ago. Earlier this year, I finally bent to pressure and ranked all 10 billion Prince albums.
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