- soul, r&b, rhythm & blues, funk soul
- 35 min
- 9 tracks
- Tamla Motown
What's Going On is the eleventh studio album by the American soul singer Marvin Gaye. It was released on May 21, 1971, by the Motown Records subsidiary label Tamla. Recorded between 1970 and 1971 in sessions at Hitsville U.S.A., Golden World, United Sound Studios in Detroit, and at The Sound Factory in West Hollywood, California, it was Gaye's first album to credit him as producer and to credit Motown's in-house session musicians, known as the Funk Brothers.
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Character
Grave, earnest, character-led and spare.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune4/4 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB+
- MusicHound R&B5/5 ★
- The Observer5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Slant Magazine4/5 ★
- Sputnikmusic5/5
- The Village VoiceB
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Tracks
- A1What’s Going On4:00
- A2What’s Happening Brother2:57
- A3Flyin’ High (in the Friendly Sky)3:40
- A4Save the Children4:06
- A5God Is Love1:44
- A6Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)3:03
- B1Right On7:15
- B2Wholy Holy3:06
- B3Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)5:30
9 tracks, 35 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Marvin Gaye
- Label
- Tamla Motown
- Released
- 1971
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- JP
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