Artist:Marvin Gaye
Song:I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Album:Every Great Motown Hit
The thing about Motown is they've saturated the market with comps of all their artists. It's hard for consumers. So of course I Heard It Through The Grapevine is one of Motown's greatest songs and one of Marvin Gaye's greatest performances. The song was written by Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield and produced by Whitfield. The Gladys Knight & The Pips version is worthy too. So you want the song in your collection. But this particular comp isn't the greatest. It concentrates mostly on Gaye's later hits. It's like he did nothing before 1964. Realizing that this comp wasn't adequate, Motown added a couple of songs to the 2000 reissue. I have the 4CD box set The Master. That might be a bit much for most so try the 2CD comp Anthology. It's a pretty good overview of Gaye's career. Seriously, everyone needs some Marvin Gaye. He was simply one of the greatest performers in pop music history.
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