Marvin Gaye bol americký soulový spevák, autor piesní a producent, ktorého osobitý hlas a spoločensky angažovaná tvorba formovali moderný soul a urban R&B. Preslávil sa v 60. rokoch ako kľúčová postava vydavateľstva Motown, kde získal prezývku Prince of Soul.
Kompilácia The Very Best of Marvin Gaye vyšla v roku 1994 u vydavateľstva Sound and Vision a obsahuje 22 skladieb mapujúcich umelcovu kariéru. Nechýbajú klasické hity ako I Heard It Through the Grapevine, What's Going On, Let's Get It On či (Sexual) Healing, ďalej duety s Mary Wells a Tammi Terrell (Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing, You're All I Need to Get By) alebo funkové Got to Give It Up. Výber dokumentuje Gayeovu schopnosť spojiť citlivú lyriku s inovatívnymi aranžmánmi a zároveň osloviť široké publikum.
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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
