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1966 studio album by Marvin Gaye From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moods of Marvin Gaye is the seventh studio album by Marvin Gaye, released on the Tamla label in 1966.
This article's lead possibly contains original research. (January 2023) |
Moods of Marvin Gaye | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 23, 1966 | |||
Recorded | Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 36:12 | |||
Label | Tamla | |||
Producer | Smokey Robinson, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Clarence Paul | |||
Marvin Gaye chronology | ||||
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Singles from Moods of Marvin Gaye | ||||
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The album was the result of a plan to establish Gaye as a strong album-oriented artist as well as a hit maker. Gaye was still uncomfortable with performing strictly R&B and had begun work on a standards album around this time after meeting musician Bobby Scott. However, the sessions were unsuccessful and he would successfully complete a standards album only in his later years (released posthumously as Vulnerable in 1997). For the time being, Gaye was winning more fans and had become a crossover teen idol. Six songs from Moods of Marvin Gaye were released as singles: impressively, all reached the Top 40 on the R&B singles chart and four of them reached the Top 40 on the Pop Singles Chart, a rare feat for a solo R&B artist even at that time.
Gaye also scored his first two #1 R&B singles, "I'll Be Doggone" and "Ain't That Peculiar", both co-written by Gaye's friend, Berry Gordy's right-hand man Smokey Robinson.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I'll Be Doggone" | Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin | 2:47 |
2. | "Little Darling (I Need You)" | Holland–Dozier–Holland | 2:35 |
3. | "Take This Heart of Mine" | Moore, Robinson, Tarplin | 2:49 |
4. | "Hey Diddle Diddle" | Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, Gaye | 2:30 |
5. | "One More Heartache" | Moore, Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Tarplin, Ronald White | 2:42 |
6. | "Ain't That Peculiar" | Moore, Robinson, Rogers, Tarplin | 3:00 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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7. | "Night Life" | Walt Breeland, Paul Buskirk, Willie Nelson | 3:05 |
8. | "You've Been a Long Time Coming" | Holland-Dozier-Holland | 2:13 |
9. | "Your Unchanging Love" | Holland-Dozier-Holland | 3:13 |
10. | "You're the One For Me" | Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder | 3:24 |
11. | "I Worry 'Bout You" | Norman Mapp | 3:24 |
12. | "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 4:30 |
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