Marvin Gaye a fost un cântăreț american de soul, autor de cântece și producător muzical, supranumit „prințul Motown” și „prințul muzicii soul”. În anii '60 și '70 a influențat în mod esențial sunetul Motown și al muzicii soul, rămânând până astăzi una dintre vocile cele mai importante ale erei.
Compilația The Best of Marvin Gaye a apărut în 1995 la casa de discuri Motown ca un set dublu cu 47 de piese. Reunește înregistrări de succes din întreaga sa carieră – de la succesele timpurii precum Stubborn Kind of Fellow și Hitch Hike, trecând prin duete cu Mary Wells și Tammi Terrell (Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing), până la legendarul I Heard It Through the Grapevine sau How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You). Compilația oferă o imagine de ansamblu completă a operei unui artist care a modelat fundamental stilurile soul, funk și urban R&B.
Melodii
CD1
1 Stubborn Kind Of Fellow (Mono) 2:43
2 Hitch Hike 2:33
3 Pride And Joy (Mono) 2:06
4 Can I Get A Witness (Mono) 2:46
5 Try It Baby (Mono) 3:00
6 What's The Matter With You Baby (Mono) 2:23
7 Baby Don't You Do It 2:33
8 How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (Mono) 2:58
9 I'll Be Doggone (Mono) 2:50
10 Ain't That Peculiar (Mono) 2:59
11 One More Heartache (Mono) 2:41
12 Take This Heart Of Mine (Mono) 2:43
13 Little Darling (I Need You) 2:46
14 Sweeter As The Days Go By (Mono) 2:48
15 It Takes Two 2:56
16 Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Mono) 2:28
17 Your Unchanging Love (Mono) 3:03
18 Sweet Thing (Mono) 3:06
19 Your Precious Love (Mono) 3:00
20 If I Could Build My Whole World Around You (Mono) 2:22
21 You (Mono) 2:24
22 Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (Mono) 2:17
23 You're All I Need To Get By (Mono) 2:40
24 Chained (Mono) 2:36
25 I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Single Version) 3:13
26 Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (Mono) 2:57
27 That's The Way Love Is (Mono) 3:36
CD2
1 What's Going On (Single Version / Stereo) 3:58
2 God Is Love (Single Version) 2:52
3 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) (Single Version) 2:33
4 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (Single Version) 2:58
5 Sad Tomorrows (Single Version / Stereo) 2:23
6 You're The Man (Pts. I & II / Single Version) 5:45
7 The World Is Rated X (1995 Anthology Version) 3:50
8 Trouble Man 3:58
9 Let's Get It On (Single Version) 4:02
10 Come Get To This 2:41
11 Just To Keep You Satisfied (Album Version) 4:26
12 My Mistake (Was To Love You) 2:55
13 Distant Lover (Live) (Live At Oakland Coliseumm, USA / 1974) 3:56
14 I Want You (Single Version) 3:56
15 After The Dance (Single Version) 3:31
16 Got To Give It Up (Pt. 1) 4:12
17 When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You (Album Version) 6:16
18 Ego Tripping Out (Single Version) 5:10
19 Praise (Single Version) 3:53
20 Heavy Love Affair (Single Version) 3:45
