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Let's Get It On (CD)

By: Marvin Gaye (Artist)

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Marvin Gaye Artist Snapshot:

Marvin Gaye began his career in the late 1950s, singing with various R&B vocal groups. Soon he moved on to work as a session drummer and vocalist at Motown. Gaye's own '60s albums are marked by propulsive, high-energy R&B, and duets with Mary Wells and Tammi Terrell. In the '70s, he crafted a unique, highly personal vision of R&B, incorporating socio-political issues, atmospheric arrangements, and unified album themes. His early, violent death robbed the world of a true genius.

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DISC 1 for Let's Get It On (CD) Album By Marvin Gaye (Artist)
1   Let's Get It On
2   Please Stay (Once You Go Away)
3   If I Should Die Tonight
4   Keep Gettin' It On
5   Come Get To This
6   Distant Lover
7   You Sure Love To Ball
8   Just To Keep You Satisfied
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (1/23/03, p.68) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A perfect seduction-groove record...
Uncut (5/03, p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...His deliberations on the boundaries between love and sex are beautifully sung..."

Title Note

This is a hybrid Super Audio CD, playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

Personnel include: Marvin Gaye (vocals, piano, keyboards); David T. Walker (guitar); Ernie Watts, Plas Johnson (saxophone); Joe Sample (piano); Emil Richards (vibraphone, marimba); Victor Feldman (vibraphone); Wilton Felder (bass guitar); Paul Humphrey (drums); Eddie "Bongo" Brown (congas, bongos); The Originals (background vocals).

Liner Note Author: Ben Edmonds.

Recording information: Motown Studios-Hitsville West, Los Angeles, CA (1973); Hitsville, Detroit, Michigan (1973).

Relishing the artistic freedom afforded by the success of WHAT'S GOING ON, Marvin Gaye recorded this sultry paean to sex. Where its predecessor relied on complex arrangements, the straightforward sound of LET'S GET IT ON focused attention on its tight rhythms, strong melodies, and Gaye's expressive, nuanced singing. For sheer sensual come-on, it's hard to beat the title track, one of the finest celebrations of the joys of human chemistry ever recorded. But the self-explanatory "Come Get to This" and "You Sure Love to Ball" aren't far behind in terms of passionate execution and visceral impact.

Though LET'S GET IT ON has its reflective moments, notably the beautiful ballad "Distant Lover," Gaye's focus is on the here and now, and the intensity of his vocal performances and the silky, fluid feel of the arrangements inform the sensual "carpe diem" philosophy. Just as WHAT'S GOING ON opened the floodgates for political soul music, LET'S GET IT ON defined the "lover man" genre populated by luminaries like Al Green, Barry White, and Isaac Hayes.

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