Marvin Gaye What's Going On

Q: Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever"
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Format:  Vinyl LP
item number:  6QSDG
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Vinyl LP Details

  • Released: November 13, 2015
  • Originally Released: 2015
  • Label: Vinyl Lovers

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - p.90
5 stars out of 5 -- "Greatest protest album ever made? Most stirring soul-music symphony? Yes and yes. And then some."
Rolling Stone - 1/23/03, p.68
4 stars out of 5 - "...Revolutionary..."
Rolling Stone - 8/5/71, p.44
"...There are very few performers who could carry a project like this off. I've always admired Marvin Gaye, but I didn't expect that he would be one of them..."
Rolling Stone - 9/30/71, p.42
"...there is no question that he has gotten progressively better...Gaye's multi-tracked lead vocals answer one another like a man talking to himself, finally enveloping the listener in a world view of incalculable intensity..."
Rolling Stone - 1/23/03, p.68
4 stars out of 5 - "...Revolutionary..."
Rolling Stone - 9/30/71, p.42
"...there is no question that he has gotten progressively better...Gaye's multi-tracked lead vocals answer one another like a man talking to himself, finally enveloping the listener in a world view of incalculable intensity..."
Rolling Stone - 8/5/71, p.44
"...There are very few performers who could carry a project like this off. I've always admired Marvin Gaye, but I didn't expect that he would be one of them..."
Rolling Stone - 1/23/03, p.68
4 stars out of 5 - "...Revolutionary..."
Spin - p.80
"[A]n indelible quiet-storm jeremiad."
Spin - p.51
Ranked #9 in Spin's 'The Top 10 Reissues Of 2011' -- "[T]he sound is honeyed, feather-light....For protest music, it sure glides."
Spin - p.122
"The godhead of '70s soul albums plays like one seamless groove-song, with jazzy orchestrations..."
Q - p.120
"[T]his was the first soul album to engage directly with the political and social upheaval of the times, from the Vietnam War to environmental pollution."
Q - 1/03, p.69
Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever"
Q - 10/99, p.161
Included in Q Magazine's Best Motown Records Of All Time - "...one of the finest albums ever recorded.... gorgeous soulful settings, bewitching melodies and Gaye's magisterial singing."
Q - 10/99, p.161
Included in Q Magazine's Best Motown Records Of All Time - "...one of the finest albums ever recorded.... gorgeous soulful settings, bewitching melodies and Gaye's magisterial singing."
Q - 6/01, p.128
5 stars out of 5 - "...The live album that forms the centerpiece of this re-packaged version of Gaye's greatest work is... astonishing..."
Uncut - p.95
5 stars out of 5 -- "WHAT'S GOING ON is a fully rounded auteur classic, a sort of soul version of PET SOUNDS..."
Uncut - 5/03, p.116
5 stars out of 5 - "...Global and personal anguish were never so exquisitely conveyed..."
Uncut - 5/03, p.116
5 stars out of 5 - "...Global and personal anguish were never so exquisitely conveyed..."
Vibe - 12/99, p.164
Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
Vibe - 12/99, p.164
Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
Living Blues - 5-6/01, p.100
"...A masterwork....Sumptuous packaging, insightful liner notes, and voluminous session information underscore the first-class presentation..."
Living Blues - 5-6/01, p.100
"...A masterwork....Sumptuous packaging, insightful liner notes, and voluminous session information underscore the first-class presentation..."
Billboard (p.52) - "[H]is melodic treatise on war, drugs, poverty, spirituality and ecology still rings disturbingly true 40 years later."
Mojo (Publisher) - 5/01, p.97
"...Stands as both a eulogy and testament to a spirit of co-operation, understanding and harmony. It's a vision of Utopia in words and music one could wander around in forever."
Mojo (Publisher) - 1/02, p.69
Included in Mojo's "Best Reissues of 2001".
Mojo (Publisher) - 5/01, p.97
"...Stands as both a eulogy and testament to a spirit of co-operation, understanding and harmony. It's a vision of Utopia in words and music one could wander around in forever."
NME (Magazine) - 10/2/93, p.29
Ranked #4 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.'
NME (Magazine) - 9/11/93, p.18
Ranked #1 in NME's list of The Greatest Albums Of The '70s - "...politicized music has never been done better....it's also infused with a beautiful spirituality..."
NME (Magazine) - 10/2/93, p.29
Ranked #4 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.'
NME (Magazine) - 9/11/93, p.18
Ranked #1 in NME's list of 'The Greatest Albums Of The '70s' - "...politicized music has never been done better...it's also infused with a beautiful spirituality..."
Paste (magazine) - "The result is Gaye's magnum opus; a record that maintains his desire to keep dancefloors alight while sparking greater discussions about inequality, the inhumanity of war and poverty."
Pitchfork (Website) - "It hums and glides on the effortless, multi-tracked Marvins that swoop through the stereo spectrum like ghosts."

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.What's Going On
  • 2.What's Happening Brother
  • 3.Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky)
  • 4.Save The Children
  • 5.God Is Love
  • 6.Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
  • 7.Sad Tomorrows

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.Right On
  • 2.Wholy Holy
  • 3.Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
  • 4.Head Title

Product Info

  • UPC: 8013252990427
  • Shipping Weight: 0.60/lbs (approx)
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