Anthology (Marvin Gaye album)
| Anthology: Marvin Gaye | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | August 22, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1962–1980 | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul, psychedelic soul, funk | |||
| Length | 153:08 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Producer | William "Mickey" Stevenson, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Smokey Robinson, Harvey Fuqua, Ashford & Simpson, Frank Wilson, Norman Whitfield, Marvin Gaye, Hal Davis, Leon Ware, Art Stewart | |||
| Marvin Gaye chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Tom Hull | A+ (1986 CD) |
Anthology: The Best of Marvin Gaye is a double CD chronology of American singer Marvin Gaye's career throughout his twenty-year tenure with Motown Records from his first hit song, 1962's "Stubborn Kind of Fellow", to his final Motown R&B charter, "Heavy Love Affair" in 1981. The anthology also covered a set of duet recordings with Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Tammi Terrell, and Diana Ross, as well as unreleased recordings from the 1960s and 1970s.
Gaye's Anthology set was actually released a total of three times in different track listings. The 1974 original, which charted, featured singles spanning from his 1962's "Stubborn" to material from his What's Going On album, while a 1986 re-issue featured songs from Let's Get It On, I Want You and duets with Diana Ross.
The 1995 re-issue deleted some of the duets from the other two releases and included material from Gaye's later period (1978–1981). The set has since been out of stock for some time.