Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (180g) (LP)

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (180g) (LP) Format: LP Vinyl  Label: Universal Motown    Catalog No: 5300221 Barcode: 0731453002210   Genre: R&B/Soul    No of Discs: 1   Release Date: 12/9/2008 Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 1/500 Originally released in 1971, What's Going On is widely considered to be Marvin Gaye's master work. A social commentary on American life that remains poignant 30 + years later, Berry Gordy was initially dead set against its release, calling the single "uncommercial". Thankfully the Motown execs eventually relented and the song soon became a huge hit, going down in history as one of the greatest R&B songs of all time. "In 1969 or 1970, I began to re-evaluate my whole concept of what I wanted my music to say," Gaye once said about the creation of What's Going On. "I was very much affected by letters my brother was sending me from Vietnam, as well as the social situation here at home. I realized that I had