20th Century Masters 2 [Original recording remastered]

Marvin Gaye | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Motown
• ASIN: B00003XAWH
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,724 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. What's Going On

2. Trouble Man

3. Let's Get It On

4. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)

5. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

6. Distant Lover (Live)

7. You're A Special Part Of Me

8. Come Get To This

9. I Want You

10. My Last Chance

11. Got To Give It Up, Part 1

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Marvin Gaye's 1970s recordings reflected his growing awareness of social issues--"What's Going On," "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)," "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"--coupled with a freewheeling sexuality ("Let's Get It On," "Come Get to This," "I Want You"). On both counts, Gaye was out in front of the times, and helped shape the discussion during that turbulent time. This set does a good job of briefly limning the highlights of Gaye's '70s work; coupled with the 20th Century Masters companion volume of his '60s hits, it gives a fair if less than definitive overview of one of pop's most prolific and important hitmakers. --Daniel Durchholz

Product Description

The 20th Century Masters series is the best-selling single-artist line in music history and is being re-released by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in its ground-breaking, environmentally-friendly packaging format. A first for the music industry, the standard package (both sleeve and tray) will be completely paper-recyclable, continuing the company's long-standing commitment to being "green."

To further reduce the amount of paper in the Eco-Pack, the CD booklet will no longer be offered. Official liner notes are easily accessible on the Internet at http://www.ilovethatsong.com/green.

UMe is the first North American music company to replace the traditional jewel case with recycled paperboard sleeves and the plastic tray with trays made from PaperFoam®, a new packaging technology from Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, that is paper-recyclable and biodegradable. Shorewood Packaging is the first North American packaging supplier to produce disc trays from PaperFoam®. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars There are better compilations for the money, November 7, 2001

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"brianwmeye" (Surfside Beach, SC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 20th Century Masters 2 (Audio CD)

The songs here all great examples of Marvin Gaye's later material. Unfortunately there are other single and double disc compilations that include more later material and some of his fantastic early recordings as well. For the money, buy a copy of the 2001 "Very Best of" double CD which contains the best of his Motown recordings as well as music released on Columbia in the later years. The songs here are great but will leave you wanting more (there's no "Sexual Healing"). Save a few bucks more and buy the "Very Best Of" new or used. You can build your collection from there.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Sampler, But It Makes Me Wanna Holla..., April 12, 2000

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yygsgsdrassil "yygsgsdrassil" (Crossroads America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 20th Century Masters 2 (Audio CD)

...it has MPG's masterworks, "What's Goin' On", "Trouble Man", "Let's Get It On", "I Want You" and a treat in the Marvin & Diana cut "You're A Special Part of Me", but they were done in a compilation somewheres already and done better. Good for the 1st time Marv fan, but other than that stick to the Original albums produced by Motown and Columbia records.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice compilation of a soul legend!, June 28, 2008

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Eric Robinson "Big E" (DETROIT, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 20th Century Masters 2 (Audio CD)

These without a doubt are some classic recordings by Marvin, but the only reason i can possibly see me or anyone else copping this greatest hits collection would be strictly for the title song "My last Chance", due to the fact that it does not exist on any other of his greatest hits or anthology collections, which i think is somewhat sad. That song along with the live version of the "Star Spangled Banner" from the 1983 Nba all star game should be on at least two greatest hits collections.