Qobuz Store wallpaper
Categories:
Cart 0

Your cart is empty

Marvin Gaye|What's Going On (Bonus Tracks)

What's Going On (Bonus Tracks) by Marvin Gaye

Available in
24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo

Unlimited Streaming

Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps

Start my trial period and start listening to this album

Enjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription

Subscribe

Enjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription

Digital Download

Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.

Devastated by the death of his partner Tammi Terrell, who died of cancer on 6 March 1970 at the age of just 24, Marvin Gaye withdrew from show business and fell into a deep depression. He threw himself into football and signed with the Detroit Lions. In June of the same year, however, the social and political situation compelled him to return to recording. As America struggled with its own demons, both internal (segregation) and external (Vietnam), he released a masterpiece of conscious soul. With its politically-engaged prose, What's Going On, which was released on 21 May 1971,  shook the Motown label out of its rosy American dream and forced it to confront the realities of the time. But Marvin Gaye, a poet and above all an entertainer, saw to it that his social and political sermon was delivered with a truly unique groove. The album is a masterful symphony, both measured and calculated, in which the string section enchants the rhythm and chorus. But it wasn't easy to lay this cornerstone of Black American music: Berry Gordy, the head of Motown, was worried that this politically-charged project would damage the very positive (perhaps too positive) public image of both his label and his protégé. With What's Going On, Marvin Gaye forced Gordy to face up to the war in Vietnam, interracial tensions and the degradation of great American cities. The success of the record was immediate and hugely impressive, with What's Going On raking in heaps of awards. Perhaps more notable was the fact that this was the first time a Motown record had been produced and designed in this way, without complete control from Gordy. Marvin Gaye went on to sign a new contract with the label, this time for a million dollars, making it the biggest contract ever signed by a black artist at the time. As for What's Going On, it remains one of the greatest albums of the twentieth century. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz

Read more

What's Going On (Bonus Tracks)

Marvin Gaye

launch qobuz app I already downloaded Qobuz for Windows / MacOS Open
download qobuz app I have not downloaded Qobuz for Windows / MacOS yet Download the Qobuz app

You are currently listening to samples.

Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.

From £10.83/month

1
What's Going On
00:03:52

Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, Producer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - David Van dePitte, RecordingArranger - Lawrence Miles, RecordingEngineer, MixingEngineer - Joe Atkinson, RecordingEngineer - James Green, RecordingEngineer - Art Stewart, RecordingEngineer - Renaldo Benson, ComposerLyricist - AL CLEVELAND, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.

2
What's Happening Brother
00:02:43

Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Art Stewart, RecordingEngineer - Lawrence Miles, RecordingEngineer, MixingEngineer - Joe Atkinson, RecordingEngineer - James Green, RecordingEngineer - James Nyx, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.

3
Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky)
00:03:49

Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Miles, RecordingEngineer, MixingEngineer - Joe Atkinson, RecordingEngineer - James Green, RecordingEngineer - Art Stewart, RecordingEngineer - Anna Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Elgie Stover, ComposerLyricist - Maurice King, Orchestrator

℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.

4
Save The Children
00:04:02

Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Miles, RecordingEngineer, MixingEngineer - Joe Atkinson, RecordingEngineer - James Green, RecordingEngineer - Art Stewart, RecordingEngineer - AL CLEVELAND, ComposerLyricist - Renaldo Benson, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.

5
God Is Love
00:01:41

Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Miles, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Joe Atkinson, Engineer - James Green, Engineer - Art Stewart, Engineer - David Van dePitte, Conductor, RecordingArranger - Anna Gaye, ComposerLyricist - James Nyx, ComposerLyricist - Elgie Stover, ComposerLyricist - Maurice King, Orchestrator

℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.

6
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
00:03:15

Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Miles, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Joe Atkinson, RecordingEngineer - James Green, RecordingEngineer - Art Stewart, RecordingEngineer - David Van dePitte, Conductor, RecordingArranger

℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.

7
Right On
00:07:31

Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Miles, RecordingEngineer, MixingEngineer - Joe Atkinson, RecordingEngineer - James Green, RecordingEngineer - Art Stewart, RecordingEngineer - Earl Derouen, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.

8
Wholy Holy
00:03:07

Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Miles, RecordingEngineer, MixingEngineer - Joe Atkinson, RecordingEngineer - James Green, RecordingEngineer - Art Stewart, RecordingEngineer - AL CLEVELAND, ComposerLyricist - Renaldo Benson, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.

9
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
00:05:30

Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Miles, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Art Stewart, RecordingEngineer - Joe Atkinson, RecordingEngineer - James Green, RecordingEngineer - David Van dePitte, OrchestraContractor - James Nyx, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.

10
God Is Love (Mono Single Version)
00:02:51

Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Smith, MixingEngineer - David Van dePitte, RecordingArranger - Anna Gaye, ComposerLyricist - James Nyx, ComposerLyricist - Elgie Stover, ComposerLyricist - Maurice King, Orchestrator

℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

11
Sad Tomorrows (Single Version)
00:02:25

Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Delores Wilkinson, ComposerLyricist - Fuller B. Gordy, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

12
What's Going On (Mono Single Version)
00:03:54

Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, Producer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Steve Smith, MixingEngineer - David Van dePitte, RecordingArranger - Renaldo Benson, ComposerLyricist - AL CLEVELAND, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

Review: Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (Bonus Tracks)

Devastated by the death of his partner Tammi Terrell, who died of cancer on 6 March 1970 at the age of just 24, Marvin Gaye withdrew from show business and fell into a deep depression. He threw himself into football and signed with the Detroit Lions. In June of the same year, however, the social and political situation compelled him to return to recording. As America struggled with its own demons, both internal (segregation) and external (Vietnam), he released a masterpiece of conscious soul. With its politically-engaged prose, What's Going On, which was released on 21 May 1971,  shook the Motown label out of its rosy American dream and forced it to confront the realities of the time. But Marvin Gaye, a poet and above all an entertainer, saw to it that his social and political sermon was delivered with a truly unique groove. The album is a masterful symphony, both measured and calculated, in which the string section enchants the rhythm and chorus. But it wasn't easy to lay this cornerstone of Black American music: Berry Gordy, the head of Motown, was worried that this politically-charged project would damage the very positive (perhaps too positive) public image of both his label and his protégé. With What's Going On, Marvin Gaye forced Gordy to face up to the war in Vietnam, interracial tensions and the degradation of great American cities. The success of the record was immediate and hugely impressive, with What's Going On raking in heaps of awards. Perhaps more notable was the fact that this was the first time a Motown record had been produced and designed in this way, without complete control from Gordy. Marvin Gaye went on to sign a new contract with the label, this time for a million dollars, making it the biggest contract ever signed by a black artist at the time. As for What's Going On, it remains one of the greatest albums of the twentieth century. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz

About the album

© 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

Distinctions:

Improve album information

Qobuz logo Why buy on Qobuz...