Marvin Gaye - The Best of Marvin Gaye

Recorded between 1962 & 1981. The 1995 version of Anthology was remastered and slightly retooled from the 1986 reissue, which was in turn updated from the original triple-LP set Motown released in 1974. That first Anthology [1974] featured nothing from Let's Get It On or afterward; the newest Anthology adds even more from that era while subtracting a bit from Gaye's earlier years, including a few of his numerous duets. Even so, it still stands as a near-definitive document. It's well-nigh impossible to encapsulate a career as lengthy and trailblazing as Gaye's on just one disc; Anthology hits all the high points of the Motown years in a more concise fashion than the collector-oriented box set The Master, making it the best summation of Gaye's career yet released. Kicking off with his first hit "Stubborn Kind of Fellow," Disc One traces Gaye's rise to stardom as part of the Motown hit machine, featuring 20 solo cuts from the '60s as well as seven of his most important duets with Tammi Terrell, Kim Weston, and Mary Wells. Disc Two covers Gaye the visionary auteur, beginning with material from his epochal What's Going On LP. If this disc can't reproduce the flowing, carefully calibrated moods of his albums from the period, it does touch upon every major facet of his '70s work – the urgent social commentary, the smoldering eroticism, the soul-baring confessions. It's a rich, engaging listen from top to bottom, even with around 2 1/2 hours of music.


Track list:

CD 1 - 01 Stubborn Kind Of Fellow
CD 1 - 02 Hitch Hike
CD 1 - 03 Pride And Joy
CD 1 - 04 Can I Get A Witness
CD 1 - 05 Try It Baby
CD 1 - 06 What's The Matter With You Baby
CD 1 - 07 Baby Don't You Do It
CD 1 - 08 How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By Y
CD 1 - 09 I'll Be Doggone
CD 1 - 10 Ain't That Peculiar
CD 1 - 11 One More Heartache
CD 1 - 12 Take This Heart Of Mine
CD 1 - 13 Little Darling (I Need You)
CD 1 - 14 Sweeter As The Days Go By
CD 1 - 15 It Takes Two
CD 1 - 16 Ain't No Mountain High Enough
CD 1 - 17 Your Unchanging Love
CD 1 - 18 Sweet Thing
CD 1 - 19 Your Precious Love
CD 1 - 20 If I Could Build My Whole World A
CD 1 - 21 You
CD 1 - 22 Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
CD 1 - 23 You're All I Need To Get By
CD 1 - 24 Chained
CD 1 - 25 I Heard It Through The Grapevine
CD 1 - 26 Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
CD 1 - 27 That's The Way Love Is
CD 2 - 01-What's Going On
CD 2 - 02-God Is Love
CD 2 - 03-Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
CD 2 - 04-Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
CD 2 - 05-Sad Tomorrows
CD 2 - 06-You're The Man - Parts I & II
CD 2 - 07-The World Is Rated X
CD 2 - 08-Trouble Man
CD 2 - 09-Let's Get It On
CD 2 - 10-Come Get To This
CD 2 - 11-Just To Keep You Satisfied
CD 2 - 12-My Mistake (Was To Love You)
CD 2 - 13-Distant Lover (live)
CD 2 - 14-I Want You
CD 2 - 15-After The Dance
CD 2 - 16-Got To Give It Up - Part I
CD 2 - 17-When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
CD 2 - 18-Ego Tripping Out
CD 2 - 19-Praise
CD 2 - 20-Heavy Love Affair