- soul
- 29 min
- 10 tracks
- Motown
Vulnerable is the third posthumous album by Marvin Gaye. Recorded in sessions throughout 1977, the album was a decade in the making, first being worked on in 1968 during sessions in New York with Bobby Scott. Reworked by Gaye a decade later, the album was originally going to be released in 1979 under the title, The Ballads, but was shelved. Two decades later, Motown released it under the title Vulnerable, including seven songs from the sessions and three alternate cuts.
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Character-led, grave, spare and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- 1Why Did I Choose You2:39
- 2She Needs Me3:27
- 3Funny, Not Much2:44
- 4This Will Make You Laugh2:54
- 5The Shadow of Your Smile3:08
- 6I Wish I Didn't Love You So2:35
- 7I Won't Cry Anymore3:00
- 8Why Did I Choose You (alternate vocal performance)2:38
- 9I Wish I Didn't Love You So (alternate vocal performance)2:36
- 10I Won't Cry Anymore (alternate vocal performance)2:54
10 tracks, 29 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Marvin Gaye
- Label
- Motown
- Released
- 1997
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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