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 Barry 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