Every Great Motown Hit of Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye

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Every Great Motown Hit of Marvin Gaye Review

by Cub Koda

The title is a bit of a misnomer, as you could count up on the fingers of both hands all the early hits that aren't on this 15-track collection. But if it's latter-day Marvin you're looking for -- from "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" through tracks like "Let's Get It On" and "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" -- this set will fill the bill nicely, despite the utter lack of decent liner notes or recording date information. There's some great music here; just don't expect to fill your Marvin Gaye collection with this one disc, and you'll be just fine. [When Motown remastered and reissued the set in 2000, two tracks were added: "Ain't That Peculiar" and "I'll Be Doggone."]

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) Lamont Dozier / Brian Holland / Eddie Holland	Marvin Gaye	03:01	Amazon
2	Your Precious Love Nickolas Ashford / Valerie Simpson	Marvin Gaye feat: Tammi Terrell	03:05	Amazon
3	Ain't That Peculiar Warren "Pete" Moore / Smokey Robinson / Robert Rogers / Marvin Tarplin	Marvin Gaye	03:01	Amazon
4	If I Could Build My Whole World Around You Johnny Bristol / Vernon Bullock / Harvey Fuqua	Marvin Gaye feat: Tammi Terrell	02:23	Amazon
5	That's the Way Love Is Barrett Strong / Norman Whitfield	Marvin Gaye	03:45	Amazon
6	You're All I Need to Get By Nickolas Ashford / Valerie Simpson	Marvin Gaye feat: Tammi Terrell	02:51	Amazon
7	I'll Be Doggone Warren "Pete" Moore / Smokey Robinson / Marvin Tarplin	Marvin Gaye	02:50	Amazon
8	I Heard It Through the Grapevine Barrett Strong / Norman Whitfield	Marvin Gaye	03:16	Amazon
9	Too Busy Thinking About My Baby Janie Bradford / Barrett Strong / Norman Whitfield	Marvin Gaye	02:58	Amazon
10	What's Going On Renaldo Benson / Al Cleveland / Marvin Gaye	Marvin Gaye	03:53	Amazon
11	Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing Nickolas Ashford / Valerie Simpson	Marvin Gaye feat: Tammi Terrell	02:16	Amazon
12	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) Marvin Gaye / James Nyx, Jr.	Marvin Gaye	03:00	Amazon
13	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye	Marvin Gaye	03:16	Amazon
14	Trouble Man Marvin Gaye	Marvin Gaye	03:51	Amazon
15	Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye / Ed Townsend	Marvin Gaye	04:02	Amazon
16	Distant Lover Gwen Fuqua / Marvin Gaye / Sandra Greene	Marvin Gaye	04:19	Amazon
17	Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1 Marvin Gaye	Marvin Gaye	04:13	Amazon