Mojo Magazine Salutes Motown

The latest edition of Britain's Mojo magazine is a salute to the 50th anniversary of Motown Records. Included is a Motown Nuggets CD with 15 great tracks from the label, interviews with Berry Gordy, Martha Reeves and Holland-Dozier-Holland and the selection of the 100 greatest Motown tracks as picked by Iggy Pop, Paul Weller, the Clash and others.


The Mojo website also has an exclusive list of the ten best Motown albums:

1. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
   
2. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
   
3. Reach Out - Four Tops
   
4. Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
   
5. Sky's the Limit - Temptations
   
6. Let's Get it On - Marvin Gaye
   
7. Going to a Go-Go - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
   
8. The Nitty Gritty - Gladys Knight & the Pips
   
9. Shotgun - Junior Walker & the All Stars
   
10. Street Songs - Rick James

To see the rational behind each of these picks, go to the Mojo website.

While we don't know the full list of the top 100 Motown songs, the top ten are being reported as:

1. Dancing in the Streets - Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
2. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
3. Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops
4. Papa Was a Rolling Stone - Temptations
5. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
6. Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong
7. The Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
8. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
9. What Becomes of the Broken Hearted - Jimmy Ruffin
10. Stop! In the Name of Love - Supremes