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The Very Best Of Marvin Gaye,Marvin Gaye

- The Very Best Of Marvin Gaye
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Marvin Gaye
Released 2001

Let's Get It On
04:53
2,828 plays

I Want You
03:55
26,610 plays

Ain't No Mountain High Enough
02:28
2,599 plays

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- 1
- Stubborn Kind of Fellow
- 02:45
- 1,517 plays

- 2
- Hitch Hike
- 02:33
- 1,465 plays

- 3
- Pride and Joy
- 02:08
- 1,277 plays

- 4
- Can I Get a Witness
- 02:50
- 1,336 plays

- 5
- You're a Wonderful One
- 02:43
- 1,066 plays

- 6
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
- 02:58
- 1,516 plays

- 7
- I'll Be Doggone
- 02:48
- 1,220 plays

- 8
- Ain't That Peculiar
- 03:00
- 1,449 plays

- 9
- It Takes Two
- 02:59
- 1,067 plays

- 10
- Ain't No Mountain High Enough
- 02:28
- 2,599 plays

- 11
- Your Precious Love
- 03:05
- 1,378 plays

- 12
- If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
- 02:21
- 1,289 plays

- 13
- Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
- 02:15
- 1,586 plays

- 14
- You're All I Need to Get By
- 02:51
- 1,516 plays

- 15
- You
- 02:27
- 1,128 plays

- 16
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine
- 03:15
- 1,799 plays

- 17
- Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
- 02:57
- 1,288 plays

- 18
- That's the Way Love Is
- 03:44
- 1,200 plays

- 19
- His Eye Is on the Sparrow [Stereo Mix][#]
- 03:48
- 1,374 plays

- 20
- What's Going On
- 03:52
- 2,275 plays

- 21
- Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
- 03:13
- 2,166 plays

- 22
- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
- 05:28
- 1,725 plays

- 23
- You're the Man, Pts. 1-2
- 05:48
- 1,097 plays

- 24
- Where Are We Going? [#]
- 03:57
- 1,681 plays

- 25
- Trouble Man
- 03:51
- 1,573 plays

- 26
- Let's Get It On
- 04:53
- 2,828 plays

- 27
- Come Get to This
- 02:42
- 1,604 plays

- 28
- Distant Lover [Live]
- 06:19
- 2,100 plays

- 29
- I Want You
- 03:55
- 26,610 plays

- 30
- Got to Give It Up
- 11:53
- 1,927 plays

- 31
- Anger
- 04:03
- 1,070 plays

- 32
- Ego Tripping Out
- 07:14
- 1,000 plays

- 33
- Praise
- 04:49
- 11,987 plays

- 34
- Sexual Healing
- 03:59
- 13,330 plays

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album review

Frankly, there are enough different Marvin Gaye best-of compilations that are on the market, or have been on the market, that fans should be forgiven if they couldn't quite muster a great deal of enthusiasm for yet another one at the time of this release. On its own terms, this double disc is a very good survey of Gaye's most popular songs, starting with his first hit single in the early 1960s ("Stubborn Kind of Fellow") and going all the way up to "Sexual Healing," also including his big duet hits with Tammi Terrell. It's a good starting point for those who want a little more than a standard single-disc Gaye best-of, or one that spans his entire career instead of just some of it. Nevertheless, the 1995 Anthology release is a better deal from every standpoint, including more songs (47 to The Very Best of's 34). It also has some good early hits that do not appear on The Very Best of, such as "One More Heartache," "Try It Baby," and "Baby Don't You Do It," not to mention his 1964 duet hit with Mary Wells, "What's the Matter With You Baby" (though it doesn't have "Sexual Healing"). Those that are willing to spend just a little more time or money on their purchase should consider alternatives, whether Anthology or the more comprehensive The Master box set. Of course, there's always a catch that might cause dedicated fans to hesitate passing this by entirely, namely two rare tracks. One's a previously unreleased stereo mix of the spiritual "His Eye Is on the Sparrow." The other, more interesting find is the previously unreleased 1972 track "Where Are We Going?," a fair but not great track in the same vein as material from the What's Going On album, but poppier; the song was also done by Donald Byrd on his Black Byrd record. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide