Moods Of – MARVIN GAYE***

I’ll Be Doggone/Little Darling (I Need You)/Take This Heart Of Mine/Hey Diddle Diddle/One More Heartache/Ain’t That Peculiar/Night Life/You’ve Been A Long Time Coming/Your Unchanging Love/You’re The One For Me/I Worry ‘Bout You/One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

For most of the 1960s Motown was a singles orientated company, with sales of LPs much lower, other than compilations. This was especially true for Marvin Gaye. Two tracks from his Moods album I’ll Be Doggone and Ain’t That Peculiar both peaked at No. 8 in the US. (US:118)

“The first side is a fairly basic Motown soul template circa 1966 and shows evidence of Gaye's desire to begin penning his own work, while the flip is a much slower, lovelier affair. It's also the better of the two.”

“Marvin Gaye's treatment of songs that would be standard in most others hands make albums like this worth seeking out instead of heading to an obligatory anthology or compilation.”

"When it comes to the pop album, Marvin Gaye possessed that certain 'je ne sais quoi' that made his albums just a little bit more special and a little bit more memorable than anyone else's. Moods Of Marvin Gaye just may be his liveliest album. It came at a time where he was peaking as a performer and just about to explode into the songwriter and arranger that the world still celebrates him as. Most of the songs here come from either Smokey Robinson or Holland/Dozier/Holland - so if you love Motown, you're going to love this.”

"Moods Of Marvin Gaye is one of the greatest albums Marvin ever put out. It is simply incredible to hear these Sinatra like songs. The music is excellent, and Marvin's voice sounds golden.”

“A landmark album from Marvin Gaye in 1966. The exceptional concept of this album rests in its diversity. It contains versions of past singles. The remaining tracks were taken from a scrapped album of mainly standards, and are in a quite different style, Nat King Cole influenced with lush big band backing. They range from Willie Nelson's Night Life, Billie Holiday's I Wonder 'Bout You and Frank Sinatra's One For My Baby to a new Stevie Wonder song called You're The One For Me.”