Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It on
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Artist: Marvin GayeEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-01-14
Music Label: Motown
Soundtracks:
- Let's Get It On
- Please Stay (Once You Go Away)
- It I Should Die Tonight
- Keep Getting' It On
- Come Get To This
- Distant Lover
- You Sure Love To Ball
- Just To Keep You Satisfied
- Let's Get It On (The Single Version) (Bonus Track)
- You Sure Love To Ball (The Single Version) (Bonus Track)
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Free Music Review: Let's Get It On!
Hit: 5 Stars
After the amazing 1971 album "What's Going On" where Marvin focused on the problems in society and trying to find relief by gospel inspired songs about faith and spirituality, He defenitely changed direction with the successor "Let's Get It On" which is a seductive and lustful plea to make love, incase the album title wasn't straight forward enough. It's infact completely diffrent from "What's Going On" and that is also the beauty of it. Instead of stomping on the same ground, Marvin creates the most seductive album in history, Prince, Keith Sweat and R. Kelly are excused but this album takes the price. From song 1-8 and all way through the album we have the same concept of brilliant and truly unforgettable romantic and sexual love songs.
The original plan was the record an album with simular message to "What's Going On", Marvin made the sountrack to the film "Trouble Man" but wanted to make another political album right after. Some songs had been recorded for a new album but it went slow and dropping a great sequal to an award winning album was difficult. A man called Kenny Stover wrote a politican song called "Let's Get It On" but when Gaye's songwriting partner Ed Townsend heard he thought it would be better suited for a love song between a man and woman "getting it on" and he and Marvin re-wrote the lyrics. Poor Stover never got songwriting credits, but this was the start for a groundbrealking concept album about love, sensuality and romance. The title track peaked at #1 on the pop charts and the album became the most selling in the history of Motown, at this point. Let's take a closer look at the songs.
It all starts with the title track, which is a plea for sexual liberation. Coming from a strict religious home where his father was a pastor and back in the early 70's when this album was released, it wasn't as obvious as it may be today to release such song, Infact there weren't many songs as daring and straightforward as "Let's Get It On" on radio in 1973. And in my oppinion this is the ultimate love theme. The passion and energy that Marvin delivers on this song is second to none and it's a wonderful song aswell. "Please Stay (Don't Go Away)" is another touching song full of emotion where Marvin pleas to a woman to stay after spending a romantic night together. A beautiful romantic ballad called "If I Should Die Tonight" probably takes the price for emotion. On the hook he sings "If I should die tonight love Darlin'/ though it be far before my time/ I won't die blue/ 'Cause I've known you". "Keep Gettin' It On" which is a sequel to the title track is next up. It features the same music and same theme, just some diffrent lyrics. The first 4 songs were part of side 1 that were written and produced by Gaye and Townsend.
Side 2 was produced by Gaye and have slower songs with diffrent arrangements and less energy but still with a lot of sensuality and romance. "Come Get to This" the second single of the album deals with the return of an old love. It reached #21 on the pop charts and feature a funky band backing him. On "Distant Lover" the theme is the reverse, Marvin calling out for a lover that is miles away leaving him with emptyness and pain. Some say it was a tribute to his friend and singing partner Tammi Terrell that died in 1970. This is the slowest song of the album starting with a slow falsetto singing and ending with emotional wail. The next song is the most straightforward and sexual. "You Sure Love to Ball" is no typo, that's the original title. The song deals with a man that dedicates all his time for his lover. The dreamy arrangements here perfectly match the seductive singing and lyrics which is tender pillow talk. The last song "Just to Keep You Satisfied" is also very slow but also sad. It was written several years prior by him and his wife Anna Gordy and recorded for other artists as a dedication from a caring husband to his wife. But when Marvin re-recorded it his marriage with Gordy was going towards the end so he changed the arrangements making it more somber and depressing.
Overall, This is a classic album. Not only that it was recorded by a legendary singer but also cause it's a wonderful concept album promoting love, sensuality and emotion. The themes and straight forward lyrics were ahead of it's time when it came out in 1973, making it a remarkable album to look back at over 30 years later. But it's also an album about liberation, from family and from a strict society. Marvin fulfilled that, but it would eventually be the argument of his secular lifestyle that started the brawl with his father in 1984 that led to his death. However, as far as this album goes and the emotion and energy in his muic he's still very much alive today. Often emulated, never imitated. Classic.
Let's Get It on Poster
Marvin Gaye's 1973 album, Let's Get It On, is a marvel of sexual blandishment every bit the artistic equal of, say, John Donne's best seduction poems. The difference, though, is that the poetry here isn't in the verse--which gets a trifle clich?d--but in the supple pulse of the grooves and in the aching need of Gaye's sensual voice. The marvelous title track, a No. 1 hit, riffs on the earlier hook of Gaye's "What's Going On" to reach a more primal climax, and everything else here--a steamy swirl of sax, strings, and backing voices--is sexy, beautiful, and simply sublime. --David CantwellR&B Music CDs
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