"22 Albums Your Kids Should Hear"

I don't buy magazine's unless something about the cover compels me to. Though months late, I perused through a past issue of Ebony while on line at CVS because not only did it commemorate Black Music Month but the cover inset read "22 Albums Your Kids Should Hear". I purchased this issue after reviewing the following list compiled by Bryan Monroe that is quite well-rounded, especially for music novices.

What's Going On...Marvin Gaye
Songs In the Key of Life...Stevie Wonder
Legend...Bob Marley & the Wailers
All n All...Earth, Wind, and Fire
20 All Time Greates Hits...James Brown
My Favorite Things...John Coltrane
Kind of Blue...Miles Davis
Mack the Knife...Ella Fitzgerald
Thriller...Michael Jackson
Purple Rain...Prince
Greatest Hits...Bill Withers
Fear of a Black Planet...Public Enemy
Lou Rawls Live...Lou Rawls
Time Out...Dave Brubeck Quartet
Baduizm...Erykah Badu
Kirk Franklin and the Family...Kirk Franklin
The Night I Fell in Love...Luther Vandross
James Taylor Live...James Taylor
Unplugged...Eric Clapton
Back on the Block...Quincy Jones
Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings...Aretha Franklin
Gipsy Kings...Gipsy Kings

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