Let's Get It on | 
| Artist: Marvin Gaye
Label: Motown
Category: Music
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 4235
Format: Extra Tracks, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 064021
UPC: 044006402123
EAN: 0044006402123
ASIN: B00007FOMQ
Release Date: January 14, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Let's Get It On | | • | Please Stay (Once You Go Away) | | • | It I Should Die Tonight | | • | Keep Getting' It On | | • | Come Get To This | | • | Distant Lover | | • | You Sure Love To Ball | | • | Just To Keep You Satisfied | | • | Let's Get It On (The Single Version) (Bonus Track) | | • | You Sure Love To Ball (The Single Version) (Bonus Track) |
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Amazon.com
Marvin Gaye's 1973 album, Let's Get It On, is a marvel of sexual blandishment every bit the artistic equal of, say, John Donne's best seduction poems. The difference, though, is that the poetry here isn't in the verse--which gets a trifle clichéd--but in the supple pulse of the grooves and in the aching need of Gaye's sensual voice. The marvelous title track, a No. 1 hit, riffs on the earlier hook of Gaye's "What's Going On" to reach a more primal climax, and everything else here--a steamy swirl of sax, strings, and backing voices--is sexy, beautiful, and simply sublime. --David Cantwell
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
Classic, but avoid temptation January 25, 2003
R. Riis (NY)
32 out of 33 found this review helpful
An utterly classic, highly-recommended album, but if you have the previously-released remastered version you don't need this. The two bonus tracks are the abbreviated single edits of two album tracks - hardly worth an upgrade. If you have the two-CD special edition, you've got it all.
Seductive Classic! March 4, 2005
Samhot (Star Land)
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
In 1971, Marvin Gaye put out his classic album _What's Going On?_, which largely focused on ever-present world issues (drugs, war, racism, etc), then the next year, he put out a soundtrack to a fim called _Trouble Man_. And, in 1973, he put out _Let's Get It On_. Yes, that last title means *exactly* what you think it means!
On these eight wonderful tracks, Marvin takes us on a romantic odyssey which is every bit as seductive as the title suggests - so seductive, you can almost taste it. Smooth-as-silk vocals give way to fiery, impassioned, ecstatic releases, which are punctuated by the caramel harmony vocals, hushed congas and bongas, strings and a multitude of other instruments. The result? Something as close to the actual...real thing, it's overwhelming. To borrow a quote from the man himself, "you know what I'm talkin' 'bout..." it's so good, it almost makes me cry.
Some singers had the ability to do things with their voices, that, when hearing them, they almost seemed like a totally different being than human, and they almost seemed as if they went somewhere else, while they were doing what they did with their voices, and as listeners, we were able to go somewhere else -- someplace higher -- while we were listening, too. Some singers had this, some didn't. Marvin had it, and he had it in droves.
The things listed in the last two paragraphs apply *largely* to tracks like the title cut, and it's companion "Keep Gettin' It On." In fact, the latter seems more like an extended coda to the title hit, and it could have easily been added as the coda to the original. Either way, both are a sheer joy to have.
On "Come Get To This," things fasten up a bit. Marvin's seductive sensuality is still in tact, but this time, he doesn't take as much time as he did in much of the other songs. On "Distant Lover," Marvin returns to the slow-burning ecstasy found in songs like the title track, and the yearning throughout the song, especially the pleading--more like crying--near the end of the song, is so painful for me to listen to, even after hearing the song for the longest time, while the last song, the dramatic "Just To Keep You Satisfied," was said to be written about Marvin's ex-wife at the time. This song ends on quite a melancholic, reflective, and almost sad note.
This is classic stuff, and a must for those who love Marvin Gaye, but come to think of it, most fans who love Marvin already own this album. If you love classic R&B, loaded with sensuality, or if you just want something that sounds good (which is an understatement, to say the least), grab this.
Sexual Healing June 6, 2003
Thomas Magnum (NJ, USA)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
After the success of What's Going On, Marvin Gaye moved away from social issues to issues of the flesh. Let's Get It On finds him singing about sex, not just about the physical pleasure one gets, but on a spiritual level. The title track is almost sermon like in it's delivery where Mr. Gaye dispenses with all pleasantries and asks his lover to get it on. He not only feels good, but he feels sanctified. The song has a silky sound that matches Mr. Gaye's smooth vocals. The rest of the album finds Mr. Gaye searching for a love that will help him find that balance between the real and spiritual ecstasy he so desperately craves.
One of the top 5 albums of all time January 20, 2006
Jason E. Veazey (Alexandria, Virginia United States)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Music critics always cite "What's Going On?" as Marvin's best album. It's a great album, for sure, but this one is better. I don't know if those critics read one stellar review of "What's Going On?" as kids, and it just stayed with them, or what, but "Let's Get It On" ranks higher. It was Marvin's biggest selling Motown album, it went triple platinum within a year back when the US has about a hundred million fewer inhabitants than it does now.
Let's refer to this as an album as opposed to a CD. When it was released in 1973, it was a concept album, and if you listen to it start to finish, it takes you through the phases of a relationship that starts out with a bang, and ends with the banging of a gavel.
It begins raw and pleading with "Let's Get It On", moves to declarations of true love with "If I Should Die Tonight" and ends on a sad note with "Just To Keep You Satisfied". The additional tracks don't add to the total enjoyment of the album as it was intended. It's like a going back for a salad after dessert at the end of your 7 course meal.
As a single (with a remake of the Temptations' classic "I Wish It Would Rain" as its B-side), "Let's Get It On" sold over 2 million copies during its first 6 weeks of release, eventually topping 4 million copies sold. The lyrics were originally penned by Ed Townsend, but Marvin changed them to impress his very young girlfriend, who was present at the recording of the song. You can hear an example of what the original lyrics were on "Keep Gettin' It On", which is track 4 here.
Marvin wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on the album. He also arranged and sang background vocals. He got his start in Washington, DC with a doo-wop group called the Moonglows, and that doo-wop influence is evident throughout this album, especially on "Please Stay" and "Distant Lover".
Listening to this album demands that it be dark outside, the lights inside dim, and you have someone with you that you don't mind being real close to.
He Was Da Man September 9, 2005
Aurora Greene
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
On a horribly stressful night, when I saw singers like Luther Vandross and Marvin Gaye singing in a late night commercial for Sexy Soul Men by TimeLife, I stopped crying, felt a loving sensuous jolt, and just logged on to do research. Within that research, I came upon this page, heard all the clips, read all the amazing reviews and praising reviewers did of Marvin's truly Blessed voice and passionate style. Then I was hooked. I sought out this CD, bought it, and have had no regrets. I am very familiar with Marvin's "Sexual Healing" as I heard it nonstop since I was born. The man died the year I was born, which always makes me shake my head with sadness. This CD felt short, which I didn't like at first, until I realized how the songs really were as good as reviewers stated here. It's quality that counts, not quantity. Within these clips I first heard Keep Gettin' It On, and I thought it was worth buying the CD for only this and the title track. Keep Gettin It On is like a funner sweeter hotter shorter version of Let's Get It On. Unfortunately, I do not love the CD to the highest possible level, which explains how little I can describe it's detailing. I don't yet have the depth of perception to appreciate Marvin as much as is humanly possible. But with the right love, I could probably rectify that in a week. Perhaps if I read the lyrics to the songs on this CD I could appreciate it's sweet heat on a higher plane. If you buy this CD, do find the lyrics. I dreamt of Marvin Gaye finding and marrying me after I heard this CD, hah! This is such an effect his music can have on a female. I realized my sister once had this album on cassette. Can't believe she threw her music away. This time, this album of Marvin is staying put! Too good to loose, too good not to get, so get it now to warm your private time.
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