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Frankly, there are enough different Marvin Gaye best-of compilations that are on the market, or have been on the market, that fans should be forgiven if they couldn't quite muster a great deal of enthusiasm for yet another one at the time of this release. On its own terms, this double disc is a very good survey of Gaye's most popular songs, starting with his first hit single in the early 1960s ("Stubborn Kind of Fellow") and going all the way up to "Sexual Healing," also including his big duet hits with Tammi Terrell. It's a good starting point for those who want a little more than a standard single-disc Gaye best-of, or one that spans his entire career instead of just some of it. Nevertheless, the 1995 Anthology release is a better deal from every standpoint, including more songs (47 to The Very Best Of's 34). It also has some good early hits that do not appear on The Very Best Of, such as "One More Heartache," "Try It Baby," and "Baby Don't You Do It," not to mention his 1964 duet hit with Mary Wells, "What's the Matter With You Baby" (though it doesn't have "Sexual Healing"). Those that are willing to spend just a little more time or money on their purchase should consider alternatives, whether Anthology or the more comprehensive The Master box set. Of course, there's always a catch that might cause dedicated fans to hesitate passing this by entirely, namely two rare tracks. One's a previously unreleased stereo mix of the spiritual "His Eye Is on the Sparrow." The other, more interesting find is the previously unreleased 1972 track "Where Are We Going?," a fair but not great track in the same vein as material from the What's Going On album, but poppier; the song was also done by Donald Byrd on his Black Byrd record.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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George Gordy, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Vandellas, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Paul, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - The Vandellas, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., Producer - Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - Robert Rogers, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer - Sylvia Moy, ComposerLyricist - William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Kim Weston, MainArtist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, Vocals, Unknown, Other, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Bristol, Producer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Tammi Terrell, Vocals, Unknown, Other, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - HARVEY FUQUA, Producer
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Johnny Bristol, Producer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Tammi Terrell, MainArtist - HARVEY FUQUA, Producer
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vernon Bullock, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Johnny Bristol, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tammi Terrell, MainArtist - HARVEY FUQUA, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tammi Terrell, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tammi Terrell, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jeffrey Bowen, ComposerLyricist - Jack Goga, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Ashford, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Earl Van Dyke, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Unknown, Other - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Griffith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - James Jamerson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Funk Brothers, Unknown, Other - Rick Allen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Louvain Demps, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Hicks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marlene Barrow, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Janie Bradford, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Conductor - Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Wade Marcus, Conductor
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles H. Gabriel, ComposerLyricist - Civilla D. Martin, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Johnny Bristol, Producer - HARVEY FUQUA, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
AL CLEVELAND, ComposerLyricist - Renaldo Benson, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Green, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Van dePitte, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawrence Miles, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Atkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - James Green, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Van dePitte, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawrence Miles, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Atkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - James Nyx, ComposerLyricist - James Green, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Van dePitte, Orchestra Contractor, AssociatedPerformer - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawrence Miles, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Atkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kenneth Stover, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Fonce Mizell, Producer - Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Freddie Perren, Producer - Edward Gordon, ComposerLyricist - Laurence Mizell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Pat Sullivan, Unknown, Other
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Melvin Ragin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Louie Shelton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Cal Harris, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - WILTON FELDER, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Feldman, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Gaye, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David T. Walker, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JOE SAMPLE, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bobbye Hall, Bongos, AssociatedPerformer - Emil Richards, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Rene Hall, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Townsend, Producer - Paul Humphrey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Brown, Drums, Bongos, AssociatedPerformer - Don Peake, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Townsend, ComposerLyricist - James Jamerson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Wright, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Jenkins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - William McMeekin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Uriel Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gene Page, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Cal Harris, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marvin Gaye, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Don Peake, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Van dePitte, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Wright, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gene Page, Conductor - Gwen Gordy Fuqua, ComposerLyricist - Cal Harris, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BILL SCHNEE, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marvin Gaye, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - David T. Walker, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JOE SAMPLE, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Sandra Elaine Greene, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - T-Boy Ross, Producer, Associate Producer - Marvin Gaye, Producer, Executive Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Ware, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ARTHUR ROSS, ComposerLyricist - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fred Ross, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Art Stewart, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ed Townsend, ComposerLyricist - Delta Ashby, ComposerLyricist - Art Stewart, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1979 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Frankly, there are enough different Marvin Gaye best-of compilations that are on the market, or have been on the market, that fans should be forgiven if they couldn't quite muster a great deal of enthusiasm for yet another one at the time of this release. On its own terms, this double disc is a very good survey of Gaye's most popular songs, starting with his first hit single in the early 1960s ("Stubborn Kind of Fellow") and going all the way up to "Sexual Healing," also including his big duet hits with Tammi Terrell. It's a good starting point for those who want a little more than a standard single-disc Gaye best-of, or one that spans his entire career instead of just some of it. Nevertheless, the 1995 Anthology release is a better deal from every standpoint, including more songs (47 to The Very Best Of's 34). It also has some good early hits that do not appear on The Very Best Of, such as "One More Heartache," "Try It Baby," and "Baby Don't You Do It," not to mention his 1964 duet hit with Mary Wells, "What's the Matter With You Baby" (though it doesn't have "Sexual Healing"). Those that are willing to spend just a little more time or money on their purchase should consider alternatives, whether Anthology or the more comprehensive The Master box set. Of course, there's always a catch that might cause dedicated fans to hesitate passing this by entirely, namely two rare tracks. One's a previously unreleased stereo mix of the spiritual "His Eye Is on the Sparrow." The other, more interesting find is the previously unreleased 1972 track "Where Are We Going?," a fair but not great track in the same vein as material from the What's Going On album, but poppier; the song was also done by Donald Byrd on his Black Byrd record.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 34 track(s)
- Total length: 02:08:23
- Main artists: Marvin Gaye
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2005 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2005 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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