I'm cheating here - I found an old CD-R of mine from 1998 that I think deserves to be put back into rotation. Some songs are even older than that. It's mainly uk soul on this compilation. I'm a sucker for this kind of smooth soul... the best music money can buy.
MP3 sound bite (3.1MB). 20 seconds from each song. Cover shot: old school coffee break, or "fika". 5/10 points.