Baddest (album)
# Baddest (album)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |

Baddest is a double compilation (1972–1978) album by American jazz musician Grover Washington Jr. The album was released in February 1981 via Motown label. The songs were conducted and arranged by Bob James.

## Reception

An editor at Dusty Groove stated "An excellent 2LP set that compiles Grover's killer funky cuts for Kudu – packaged here in an expanded best-of set that Motown issued when they took over the Kudu distribution. We hardly need to tell you how great these cuts are..."

## Track listing

Disc 1

* "It Feels So Good" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter)
* "Mister Magic" (Ralph MacDonald)
* "No Tears, In the End" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter)
* "Black Frost" (Bob James, Grover Washington, Jr.)
* "Do Dat" (Leonard Gibbs)
* "Summer Song" (Tyrone Brown, John E. Blake, Jr.)

Disc 2

* "A Secret Place" (Grover Washington, Jr.)
* "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers)
* "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (Marvin Gaye)
* "Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)" (Marvin Gaye, James Nyx)
* "Lean on Me" (Bill Withers)
* "Masterpiece" (Norman Whitfield)

## Charts

| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| US Billboard Pop Albums | 96 |
