Product Description

Relishing the artistic freedom afforded by the success of WHAT'S GOING ON, Marvin Gaye recorded this sultry paean to sex. Where its predecessor relied on complex arrangements, thestraightforward sound of LET'S GET IT ON focused attention on its tight rhythms, strong melodies, and Gaye's expressive, nuanced singing. For sheer sensual come-on, it's hard to beat the title track, one of the finest celebrations of the joys of human chemistry ever recorded. But the self-explanatory "Come Get to This" and "You Sure Love to Ball" aren't farbehind in terms of passionate execution and visceral impact.
Though LET'S GET IT ON has its reflective moments, notably the beautiful ballad "Distant Lover", Gaye's focus is onthe here and now, and the intensity of his vocal performances and the silky, fluid feel of the arrangements inform the sensual "carpe diem" philosophy. Just as WHAT'S GOING ON opened the floodgates for political soul music, LET'S GET IT ONdefined the "lover man" genre populated by luminaries like Al Green, Barry White, and Isaac Hayes.

Track Listing

1. Let's Get It On
2. Please Don't Stay (Once You Go Away)
3. If I Should Die Tonight
4. Keep Gettin It On
5. Come Get To This
6. Distant Lover
7. You Sure Love To Ball
8. Just To Keep You Satisfied
9. Let's Get It On
10. You Sure Love To Ball

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #820 in Music
• Released on: 2003-01-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Running time: 39 minutes

Customer Reviews

Fragile in the best possible way
Often, when listening to Marvin, I get a lump in my throat. This is knowing how he spent his last few years, and how his life was eventually ended. However, it's also the fragility of his voice. By this I don't mean his voice wasn't strong or good. However some songs, including many on this album, display a vulnerability. Dusty was the same - some of her ballads displayed the same fragility and vulnerability. Sadly, Johnny Cash's last recordings were the same, but for different reasons. All were and are (on record, anyway) great artists, and deserve all their accolades.

The voice
It's a tricky business opening an album with one of the best songs ever. How can the rest of the album not pale in comparison? Here's Marvin's answer, and while nothing quite matches 'Let's get it on', this would still be a good album even without the title cut. This is Marvin at his smooth sensual best, and his voice was never better - sublime, sexy singing. This album sets down the template for the whole bedroom soul genre - as Marvin says in his sleevenote: "Have your sex, it can be very exciting, if you're lucky. I hope the music I present here makes you lucky."

Sensual, sexy and smooth...
I love Marvin and I love this album. I don't think it was Marvin's best but it is a solid album and the first in which Marvin blantantly showcases his sexuality which was always waiting to come out but which marvin had tried to hide. There is of course the classic title track which speaks for itself but my favourite tracks are 'Come get to this' and 'You sure love to ball' which are amazingly sexy songs and marvins voice just sounds divine on them. Other notable tracks are 'Please stay' and 'distant lover' which follow the similiar theme of begging for a lover to return. It is of course a lovers album probably first and foremost as all the tracks have a sensual theme or mood about them but I also think its just a chilled mellow album that you can listen to when you want to relax.I would recommend this album to all fans of marvin as it is an amazing album sung by an amazing and legendary talent.