''Anthology: The Best of Marvin Gaye'' is a double CD chronology of American singer

Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay Jr., who also spelled his surname as Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), was an American singer and songwriter. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo ar ...

's career throughout his twenty-year tenure with

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from his first hit song, 1962's "

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", to his final Motown R&B charter, "

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" in 1981. The anthology also covered a set of duet recordings with

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Kim Weston Kim Weston (born December 20, 1939) is an American soul singer, and Motown alumna. In the 1960s, Weston scored hits with the songs "Love Me All the Way" and "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)", and with her duet with Marvin Gaye, " ...

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, and

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, 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 ''

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'', '' I Want You'' and duets with

. 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.

Track listing

References

1995 greatest hits albums Albums produced by Hal Davis Albums produced by Harvey Fuqua Albums produced by Leon Ware Albums produced by Marvin Gaye Albums produced by Norman Whitfield Albums produced by Smokey Robinson Compilation albums published posthumously Marvin Gaye compilation albums Motown compilation albums {{1990s-R&B-album-stub