Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Stubborn Kind of Fellow - (with The Vandellas)
2. Hitch Hike - (with The Vandellas)
3. Pride and Joy
4. Can I Get a Witness
5. You're a Wonderful One
6. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
7. I'll Be Doggone
8. Ain't That Peculiar
9. It Takes Two - (with Kim Weston)
10. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - (with Tammi Terrell)
11. Your Precious Love - (with Tammi Terrell)
12. If I Could Build My Whole World Around You - (with Tammi Terrell)
13. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - (with Tammi Terrell)
14. You're All I Need to Get By - (with Tammi Terrell)
15. You
16. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
17. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
18. That's the Way Love Is
19. His Eye Is on the Sparrow - (stereo mix, previously unreleased)
DISC 2:
1. What's Going On
2. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
3. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
4. You're the Man (Pts. I & II)
5. Where Are We Going? - (previously unreleased)
6. Trouble Man
7. Let's Get It On
8. Come Get to This
9. Distant Lover - (live)
10. I Want You
11. Got to Give It Up
12. Anger
13. Ego Tripping Out
14. Praise
15. Sexual Healing
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Tammi Terrell | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell, Kim Weston (vocals); The Vandellas (background vocals).
Producers include: Smokey Robinson, Ashford & Simpson, Ivy Jo Hunter, Norman Whitfield, Harvey Fuqua.
Compilation producer: Harry Weinger.
Includes liner notes by David Ritz.
This generous two-disc compilation does an excellent job of tracing soul legend Marvin Gaye's career. It moves from his earliest, most pop-oriented recordings ("How Sweet It Is," "I'll Be Doggone") to his famed duets with Tammi Terrell ("Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing") and his later, more socially conscious work from the WHAT'S GOING ON era. Things kick off marvelously with the vibrant "Stubborn Kind of Fellow," where Marvin works his magic around sassy vocal assists from the Vandellas and a slightly Latin-tinged arrangement sporting flute and cowbell.
Other stops along the way include songs from the ultimate make-out album LET'S GET IT ON, the latter-day glory of the subtly sensual "Sexual Healing," and of course the immortal "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," the scorned-love anthem whose ominous intro alone is enough to secure Mr. Gaye a place in pop heaven. If you're interested in this R&B giant's music but just want one bases-covering collection, this is the definitive release for you.
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