The Best of Marvin Gaye (Motown Anthology Series)

With the exception of Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye is probably the greatest male singer of the 20th century. His greatest hits collected here can still charm a listener's ear. From soulful love ballads to socially conscious protest songs, Marvin always had the sweetest voice and the tightest harmonies. He could seduce with the best of them, but he never stopped evolving as an artist as this collection proves.
Track list:

Cd 1 :

1. Stubborn Kind of Fellow
2. Hitch Hike
3. Pride and Joy
4. Can I Get a Witness
5. Try It Baby
6. What's the Matter With You Baby
7. Baby Don't You Do It
8. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
9. I'll Be Doggone
10. Ain't That Peculiar
11. One More Heartache
12. Take This Heart of Mine
13. Little Darling (I Need You)
14. Sweeter as the Days Go By
15. It Takes Two
16. Ain't No Mountain High Enough
17. Your Unchanging Love
18. Sweet Thing
19. Your Precious Love
20. If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
21. You
22. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
23. You're All I Need to Get By
24. Chained
25. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
26. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
27. That's the Way Love Is

Cd 2 :

1. What's Going On [Stereo Single Version]
2. God Is Love
3. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
4. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
5. Sad Tomorrows
6. You're the Man, Pts. 1-2
7. World Is Rated X
8. Trouble Man
9. Let's Get It On
10. Come Get to This
11. Just to Keep You Satisfied
12. My Mistake (Was to Love You)
13. Distant Lover [Live]
14. I Want You
15. After the Dance
16. Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1
17. When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
18. Ego Tripping Out
19. Praise
20. Heavy Love Affair


With the exception of Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye is probably the greatest male singer of the 20th century. His greatest hits collected here can still charm a listener's ear. From soulful love ballads to socially conscious protest songs, Marvin always had the sweetest voice and the tightest harmonies. He could seduce with the best of them, but he never stopped evolving as an artist as this collection proves. There are great love songs like "How Sweet It Is", great protest songs "What's Going On", great spiritual songs "God Is Love", sexual come-ons "Let's Get It On" and "I Want You", and even a disco-funk number "Got To Give It Up", all displaying MArvin's wide range of talents. It's so sad that his life was cut short so tragically when he was on a comeback. We will never get to hear the wonderful music that he would have made. Every male r&b singer owes a debt to this great artist.This Anthology of Marvin Gaye is a great retrospective of a brilliant career. The two disks are broken up in a way we hear the two distinct eras of his career. Disk one contains all his work from the 1960's including the amazing "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (his first number one hit) and other hits.Disk two covers the 70's songs including the number songs "Let's Get It On" and "Got To Give It Up (Part 1)" and other classics like "What's Going On", "Inner City Blues", "Trouble Man" & "I Want You".There are plenty of other great songs here besides the hits and the anti-Vietnam song, too numerous to mention. This remains the best double CD of Marvin's Motown music notwithstanding the omissions. The British hits and Sexual healing are all easy to find elsewhere - not just on other Marvin Gaye albums, but also on various artist compilations.If you can't find this album, you can either buy the more recent double-CD, Very best of Marvin Gaye, or go for the boxed set. In any event, no collection of soul music is complete without at least one Marvin Gaye album.