Recording
Love Is the Message
MFSB
Independently chosen for3 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.
- Released
- 1973
- Label
- Philadelphia International
- On
- Disco, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred, and The Waxonia Desk — What the DJs Kept
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Ranked No. 2 in Disco
The house band of Philadelphia soul cut the record that became the closing ritual of the Paradise Garage. Not a song so much as a structure DJs spent a decade learning to use.
Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
Not a song so much as a structure that DJs spent a decade learning to use. The Paradise Garage closed on it, which is the highest recommendation available.
Picked by The Waxonia Desk — What the DJs Kept
The closing ritual of the Paradise Garage, played to the same room often enough to become liturgy. Some records are made by DJs years after they are recorded, and this is the clearest case.