| Year Rank |
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| 'Live' at the Apollo | 1963 | 1 | 16 | 39 | 
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| 'Live' at the Apollo, Volume II | 1968 | 29 | 163 | 972 |
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| Sex Machine | 1970 | 17 | 117 | 344 |
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| The Payback | 1974 | 33 | 340 | 1210 |
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| Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | ||||||
| Prisoner of Love | 1963 | 
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| Pure Dynamite! | 1964 |
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| Cold Sweat | 1967 |
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| Revolution of the Mind (Live at the Apollo, Vol. 3) | 1971 |
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| Soul Syndrome |
1980 |
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| Year Rank |
Decade Rank | All Time Rank | Sample | |||
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Please Please Please |
1956 | 14 | 43 | 330 | | |
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Try Me |
1958 | 27 | 134 | 1491 | | |
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Lost Someone |
1962 | 15 | 337 | 1433 | | |
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Night Train |
1962 | 21 | 422 | 1938 | | |
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Prisoner of Love |
1963 | 25 | 379 | 1705 | | |
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Papa's Got a Brand New Bag |
1965 | 6 | 35 | 82 | | |
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I Got You (I Feel Good) |
1965 | 18 | 92 | 243 | | |
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It's a Man's Man's Man's World |
1966 | 15 | 91 | 234 | | |
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Cold Sweat |
1967 | 58 | 396 | 1770 | | |
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Say It Loud - I'm Black and Proud |
1968 | 36 | 248 | 1027 | | |
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Funky Drummer |
1970 | 58 | 457 | 2230 | | |
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Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine |
1970 | 3 | 25 | 136 | Listen | |
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Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got, To Get What She Wants) |
1971 | 46 | 384 | 1777 | | |
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The Payback |
1974 | 16 | 239 | 1054 | Listen | |
| Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | ||||||
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Out of Sight | 1964 |
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Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother For Me) (Part I) |
1969 | | ||||
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Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing |
1970 | | ||||
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Get Up Offa That Thing |
1976 | | ||||
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Rapp Payback |
1980 | | ||||
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Living in America |
1986 | | ||||
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