Ok, so I know the title song from this album, and it’s a sex song, there’s no too ways about it. But I’d not heard the rest of the album. And, I knew Marvin Gaye’s voice was smooth and soulful before listening to this album.
It’s a short album, coming in at around 31 minutes, over 8 tracks, and the title track is actually the longest on the album. But it’s very soulful and funky at the same time, filled with love songs, both emotional and physical, through the theme of getting it on all the way through.
The album has a really great funk/disco feel for a love album, with the bass lead rhythms and that groove that you just get, but there are the definite slower songs on there, with the vocal harmonies and strings, especially the climactic end song of the album, which just chills you out enough to roll over and reach for the metaphorical cigarette, knowing that it’s been a job well done.
Probably not the most appropriate album for while you’re at work (like I was), but there are definitely times when this is the right album to slip on…
1001 Albums you should hear before you die 