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Best bass

The bass is what you feel before you hear it. Here is the album where each artist’s bass takes centre stage.

All 22Rock 7Pop 1Soul, funk and R&B 3Jazz 6Reggae and world 1Hard rock and metal 4
  1. 1 Marvin Gaye What's Going On 1971 · Soul, funk and R&B James Jamerson’s bass lines move as freely as jazz through the whole album, yet never let the song lose its footing. Listen to “What’s Going On” Timeless classic
  2. 2 Chic Risqué 1979 · Soul, funk and R&B Bernard Edwards’s bass line in “Good Times” became the basis of “Rapper’s Delight” – and with it, part of hip hop history. Listen to “Good Times” Timeless classic
  3. 3 Parliament Mothership Connection 1975 · Soul, funk and R&B Bootsy Collins makes the bass the heart of the funk – heavy, rubbery and full of humour. Listen to “Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)” Timeless classic

22 artists in the list.