Marvin Gaye byl americký soulový zpěvák, autor písní a producent, jehož osobitý hlas a společensky angažovaná tvorba formovaly moderní soul a urban R&B. Proslul ve 60. letech jako klíčová postava vydavatelství Motown, kde získal přezdívku Prince of Soul.
Kompilace The Very Best of Marvin Gaye vyšla v roce 1994 u vydavatelství Sound and Vision a shromažďuje 22 skladeb mapujících kariéru umělce. Nechybějí klasické hity jako I Heard It Through the Grapevine, What's Going On, Let's Get It On či (Sexual) Healing, dále duety s Mary Wells a Tammi Terrell (Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing, You're All I Need to Get By) nebo funkové Got to Give It Up. Výběr dokumentuje Gayeovu schopnost propojit citlivou lyriku s inovativními aranžemi a zároveň oslovit široké publikum.
Skladby
1 I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Single Version (Mono)) / Marvin Gaye
2 What's Going On / Marvin Gaye
3 Sexual Healing [Clean] / Marvin Gaye
4 You Are Everything / Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross
5 It Takes Two / Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
6 Let's Get It On (Single Version) / Marvin Gaye
7 Abraham, Martin & John / Marvin Gaye
8 Too Busy Thinking About My Baby / Marvin Gaye
9 How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) / Marvin Gaye
10 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) / Marvin Gaye
11 Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) / Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross
12 You're All I Need To Get By / Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye
13 Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing / Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye
14 Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) / Marvin Gaye
15 The Onion Song / Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
16 You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin' / Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye
17 Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By / Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye
18 That's The Way Love Is / Marvin Gaye
19 Got To Give It Up (Pt. 1) / Marvin Gaye
20 When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You / Marvin Gaye
21 Can I Get A Witness / Marvin Gaye
22 Lucky Lucky Me (Stereo Version) / Marvin Gaye
