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| Masterful set from the soul legend, remastered and expanded. Let's Get It On, Trouble Man, I Want You, "What's Going On" Medley, more. |
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| 1 Intro Theme |
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| 2 All the Way Around |
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| 3 Since I Had You |
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| 4 Come Get to This |
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| 5 Let's Get It On |
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| 6 Trouble Man |
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| 7 Medley I: Ain't That Peculiar/You're a Wonderful One/Stubborn Kind ... |
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| 8 Medley II: Inner City Blues/God Is Love/What's Going on/Save the ... |
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| 9 Medley III: You're All I Need to Get by/Ain't Nothing Like the ... |
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| 10 Thanks |
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| 11 Distant Lover |
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| 12 Closing Theme/I Want You |
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| 13 Got to Give It Up |
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Album Review
"Live at the London Palladium", a nearly 80-minute live album from 1977, effectively compresses almost all of Marvin Gaye's numerous career highlights, making it a wonderful retrospective of the justly mythologized soul singer's accomplishments. Almost everything that could be here is: his '60s hits, his duets, the best moments from "What's Going On", a trio of highlights each from "Let's Get It On" and "I Want You", and even a bonus studio track, the dancefloor-orientated disco-funk epic "Got To Give It Up." Gaye performs with a sense of exuberance no doubt fueled by the large, appreciative audience. Furthermore, his rapport with the audience becomes overtly apparent, and welcome, during "Come Get To This" and "Let'S Get It On"; during this pair of back-to-back odes to sex, you can feel the sultry passion in his voice as his singing drifts close to moaning and his ad lib approaches tasteful, amorous soft porn. Yet for as intimate as Gaye is while singing, he's undeniably uncomfortable when talking: Just before beginning his medley of '60s hits, he stumbles over his mumbled words, confessing "I'll tell you, I don't do this so good so, you know, I might just stop and go right into the song. I'm really nuts," before halting mid-sentence rather than shamefully rambling any longer. Another revealing moment comes just before the duet medley, when Marvin speaks pensively of Tammi Terrell -- after the audience applauds her name, he wistfully whispers, "Oh, she'd like that... for her I thank you." These subtle between-song moments prove revealing in retrospect, illustrating just how shaken Gaye is at this point in his career, a sense of struggling instability that would erupt cathartically a year later with "Hear, My Dear". In addition to being historically noteworthy, though, "Live at the London Palladium" also stands as the best and most readily available portrait of Gaye's live performances -- a far different and more intimate experience than his studio releases that every fan should experience. And, if that isn't reason enough, "Got To Give It Up" by itself makes this a must-have for diehards. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
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