NewCC0026: Marvin Gaye

Submitted by lbangs on Mon, 04/30/2001 - 04:54
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  • What's Going On (71): *****
  • The Master 1961 - 1984 (95): *****
  • Super Hits (70): *****
  • Anthology (95): *****
  • Let's Get It On (73): **** 1/2
  • Midnight Love (82): ****
  • Marvin Gaye & His Girls (69): ****
  • I Heard It through the Grapevine (68): ****
  • Here, My Dear (78): ****
  • Seek & You Shall Find: More of the Best (1963 - 1981) (93): ****
  • Classics Collection (95): ****
  • Midnight Love & the Sexual Healing Sessions (98): ****
  • Tribute to the Great Nat King Cole (65): *** 1/2
  • Trouble Man (72): *** 1/2
  • Live (74): *** 1/2
  • I Want You (76): *** 1/2
  • Greatest Hits (76): *** 1/2
  • Live at the London Palladium (77): *** 1/2
  • The Marvin Gaye Collection (90): *** 1/2
  • Norman Whitfield Sessions (94): *** 1/2
  • Soulful Moods (61): ***
  • Every Great Motown Hit of Marvin Gaye (83): ***
  • Musical Testament 1964 - 1984 (88): ***
  • When I'm Alone I Cry (64): ** 1/2
  • In Our Lifetime (81): ** 1/2
  • Romantically Yours (85): ** 1/2
  • Great Songs & Performances That Inspired the Motown 25th Anniversary (90): ** 1/2
  • The Last Concert Tour (91): ** 1/2
  • Vulnerable (97): **
  • Dream of a Lifetime (85): * 1/2
Author Comments: 

This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.

Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.

Scale:

***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever