Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996)

Maxwell's debut plays as one continuous romance, reviving the 1970s sensuality of Marvin Gaye's I Want You era, with Leon Ware, who wrote much of that album, co-writing Sumthin' Sumthin'. Undulating bass, muted wah guitar and soft brass keep the whole record at a seductive cruise, so it works best played start to finish rather than shuffled.