Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
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Free Music Review: Greatest Album EVER!
Hit: 5 Stars
This is by far the greatest album ever made. The reason I say this is because not only is it a great collection of songs but it has such a consistent sound and message. The quality of the song writing and musicianship is unsurpassed by any pop,rock,or soul ablum ever. The only thing you maybe able to compare it to is a great Jazz masterpiece like Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, but better because of the accessablity of a traditional gospel/soul song structure. This is the only album I own on vinyl, cassette, and CD. I recommed that you pick up the album on vinyl since the warm tones and crackle that come from old lps makes the listen experince that much better. Also pick up the double CD edition which feature the original "Detroit Mix" of the album as well as a rare live performace of the entire album.Free Music Review: Tortured Soul
Hit: 5 Stars
If not for this recording, artistic freedom probably would not have come so soon for Motown and many other black artists in the early 70s. It set the tone for political & religious commentary in music and highly influenced many such as Stevie Wonder, who followed suit and soon demanded his artisitc freedom, which led to his Innervisions LP.
But Marvin laid it all out, the pain and suffering, and faith of a man in a way never heard before. It's still amazing that Motown didn't want to release this record. It was only after Marvin threatened to never record for them again that Berry Gordy relented and released the record, which turned out to be a major hit.
Another must have for all; in particular Black Men.
Free Music Review: Timeless, peerless
Hit: 5 Stars
Marvin Gaye recorded this record when I was in the 7th grade. Time has changed many things, but the beauty and power of this music is untouched. Even if one were to ignore the spiritual aspects of Whats Going On, you would be hard pressed to find a finer piece of 20th century music.
To me, the cruel irony is that Gaye's father, who killed him a little over a decade later, desperately wanted Gaye to become the world's greatest gospel singer, and was unable to see that he did, in fact, did just that with this amazing work of fusion. With seemingly no effort, Gaye bridges the gap between God, penthouses and ghetto streets, raising more questions than he answers in the process. Beyond essential...
Free Music Review: Marvin Gaye- What's Going On (Remastered w/o Extra Tracks)
Hit: 5 Stars
Thank God I've inherited this masterpiece by Marvin Gaye. This is indeed one of the greatest albums I've ever heard.
I used to listen to this album over and over again during my bus rides and displayed the infectious impact it had on me using hand signals and other movements to the relative music (nobody got hurt because of that).
Featured on "What's Going On" are solemn, reflective, spiritual, realistic, cordial and motivating moods. A blase album.
Even though this shouldn't be the sole determinant of getting this Marvin Gaye piece, "What's Going On" ranked at #6 of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Free Music Review: The greatest r & b album of all time
Hit: 5 Stars
The title says it all. One of the very last Motown albums to be recorded in Detroit, before Berry Gordy took the label to LA. Perhaps the saddest of all music deaths was the night back in 1984 when I heard on my car radio that Marvin was shot by, of all people, his father. His dad, a Reverend, a man of GOD. Marvin dedicated this album to the man who would kill him 13 years later. This is probably the most haunting piece of music from the 20th Century, and therefore it is truly timeless. That's why it will always sound as if it were recorded last night. I can't listen to the title track without tears. Neither can you.