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UK Mall 1 - What's Going On
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List Price: £5.99
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Manufacturer: Island
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0044006402222
Format: Original recording remastered
Label: Island
Manufacturer: Island
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Island
Release Date: 2003-01-27
Studio: Island
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Summary: A work is genius is what's going on.
Comment: This album blew my mind when I first heard it 15 years or so ago. From the first to the last this album reaches the pinnacles that other artists just cannot. To think that it is over 30 years old to me it sounds fresher and more vital than most of the bland R&B that is being offered up today. Also it's political message still blows me away.
This album is so good that everyone should own it. Infact if you know someone who doesn't get them a copy. It would count as a genuine act of kindness on your part.
It's just a shame he's not still with us.
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Summary: You can't afford not to own this record
Comment: Probably the best LP ever released by anyone, anywhere, and certainly the best on Motown.
Beautiful in it's conception, writing, recording and production. Simply beautiful.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Desert Island Disk
Comment: Sadly, when this album was released, Motown was "uncool", and I was listening to Mahavishnu Orchestra and Chick Corea's Return to Forever. Both good bands, but don't get played too often these days. However, since eventually buying it, it's never failed to get the hairs on the back of my neck to stand up. The title track is as relevant today as it was when it was written (Vietnam and Iraq), and is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. It's just very sad that Marvin is no longer around to sing it.
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Summary: Wonderful Marvin
Comment: The sign of a truly great album is if it stands the test of time and "Whats going on" certainley does.It still as meaningful now as it was in 1971 if not more today.Marvin was a truly great artist and this album is a testament to his greatness.Great songs that make you think.A brilliant album.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Marvin Gaye's Best Album
Comment: Marvin had been on the Motown production line for nearly a decade. Now I have nothing against the traditional Motown sound, on the contrary, I live breathe and sleep it, but Marvin was ready to trust his own creativity, and try something new, of his own.
Some have described the album as a 'black American' album. Listen again, you will not hear the word 'black' once! The album speaks to all of humanity, like great art should. The concept is timeless. With the current growing concerns about pollution and global warming, 'Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)' could have been written tomorrow.
There is a lot of jazz in the music. The chords and changes are very pleasing, and thoughtfully complex if you listen closely.
This is Marvin's best album in my opinion. At the time of writing it is so cheap, and repackaged with a bonus track. It should be irrestibible to anybody. I believe it belongs in every serious collection.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: A work is genius is what's going on.
Comment: This album blew my mind when I first heard it 15 years or so ago. From the first to the last this album reaches the pinnacles that other artists just cannot. To think that it is over 30 years old to me it sounds fresher and more vital than most of the bland R&B that is being offered up today. Also it's political message still blows me away.
This album is so good that everyone should own it. Infact if you know someone who doesn't get them a copy. It would count as a genuine act of kindness on your part.
It's just a shame he's not still with us.
Customer Rating:
Summary: You can't afford not to own this record
Comment: Probably the best LP ever released by anyone, anywhere, and certainly the best on Motown.
Beautiful in it's conception, writing, recording and production. Simply beautiful.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Desert Island Disk
Comment: Sadly, when this album was released, Motown was "uncool", and I was listening to Mahavishnu Orchestra and Chick Corea's Return to Forever. Both good bands, but don't get played too often these days. However, since eventually buying it, it's never failed to get the hairs on the back of my neck to stand up. The title track is as relevant today as it was when it was written (Vietnam and Iraq), and is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. It's just very sad that Marvin is no longer around to sing it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Wonderful Marvin
Comment: The sign of a truly great album is if it stands the test of time and "Whats going on" certainley does.It still as meaningful now as it was in 1971 if not more today.Marvin was a truly great artist and this album is a testament to his greatness.Great songs that make you think.A brilliant album.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Marvin Gaye's Best Album
Comment: Marvin had been on the Motown production line for nearly a decade. Now I have nothing against the traditional Motown sound, on the contrary, I live breathe and sleep it, but Marvin was ready to trust his own creativity, and try something new, of his own.
Some have described the album as a 'black American' album. Listen again, you will not hear the word 'black' once! The album speaks to all of humanity, like great art should. The concept is timeless. With the current growing concerns about pollution and global warming, 'Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)' could have been written tomorrow.
There is a lot of jazz in the music. The chords and changes are very pleasing, and thoughtfully complex if you listen closely.
This is Marvin's best album in my opinion. At the time of writing it is so cheap, and repackaged with a bonus track. It should be irrestibible to anybody. I believe it belongs in every serious collection.
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