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    Staci Jordan Shelton liked and reviewed What's Going On
    
    Absolutely one of the BEST Albums of all time. Beautiful melodies and powerful social commentary. Just as relevant today as in 1971 when Marvin Gaye crafted this soundtrack of the 70s.
    
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    // Gerry BLZ // reviewed What's Going On
    
    Marvin Gaye... one of the BEST!!!
    
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    cooper1209 liked and reviewed What's Going On
    
    I can listen to this album 100 times a day 100 days in a row. this is close to musical perfection!
    
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    Michael Allred liked and reviewed What's Going On
    
    A classic & my album of the day. This came out 40 years ago
    
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    Michael Allred I agree with U 100 percent
    
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    Anthony Moses Sanchez liked and reviewed What's Going On
    
    Michelle's house likes it when I play Marvin Gaye. #laderaheights
    
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    Sadia liked and reviewed What's Going On
    
    love this album
    
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    Petra Alarcon liked and reviewed What's Going On
    
    gotta love motown!!
    
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    Cristov Russell liked and reviewed What's Going On
    
    One of the best albums ever recorded...ever.
    
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    Cherry Goodhead liked and reviewed What's Going On
    
    You're going on, Marvin, baby! You are SO HOT!
    
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Sly & The Family Stone might have psychedelicized soul music, but Marvin Gaye personalized it. Although the powers-that-were Motown didn't even want to release the record, the unexpected success of What's Going On, issued in 1971, inspired Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, and just about every other black artist on the planet to take greater responsibility for their music and its meaning. Gaye co-wrote the songs and produced the album, flavoring it with layer upon layer of his own multi-tracked vocals, oceans of hand percussion, strings, flutes, and jazzy horn solos. Spacey and loose as a spliff-fueled Sunday afternoon jam in the park, the nine songs all played like a hit single. The title track--inspired by his brother's return from the Vietnam War--and the obvious social commentary of "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" and "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" actually were hit singles. Two other tracks ("Wholly Holy" and "Save the Children") would inspire hit covers by Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross, respectively. Nevertheless, What's Going On sounds as fresh today as it did the week that it came out. Recommended reading: Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye by David Ritz (McGraw-Hill, 1985). --Don Waller

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