Track Listing
1. Joy
2. My Love Is Waiting
3. Midnight Lady
4. Sexual Healing
5. Rockin' After Midnight
6. Till Tomorrow
7. Turn On Some Music
8. Third World Girl
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Producer: | Marvin Gaye | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Sony Music/Arvato Services |
Album Notes
Also available in a 2-CD set entitled MIDNIGHT LOVE & THE SEXUAL HEALING SESSIONS.Personnel: Marvin Gaye (vocals, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, synthesizer, drums, vibraphone, bass synthesizer, bongos, congas, orchestra bells, glockenspiel, tambourine, percussion); Gordon Banks (guitar, Fender Rhodes piano, bass, drums, background vocals); Bobby Stern (harmonica, tenor saxophone); Joel Peskin (alto & tenor saxophones); David Stout and The L.A. Horn Section (horns); James Gadson (drums); Harvey Fuqua (background vocals).Recorded at Studio Katy, Ohaine, Belgium.Leaving the safety and familiarity of Tamla/Motown has seen many artists take a flight to obscurity. Gaye turned it on its head and made his most successful album for over ten years. The pivotal track is "Sexual Healing," an idea given to him by his biographer David Ritz and co-written with Odell Brown. This track alone is worth the price of the album (even though it was a single). It oozes greatness with every second and was the last great Marvin Gaye song. And for the record, he played drums, piano, organ, bells, synths and bongos. A premier voice lost to the world.
Editorial Reviews
Ranked #43 in NME's list of The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s.
NME (09/25/1993)
Included in Q Magazine's Best Soul Albums Of All Time - ...[His] lubricious tour de force....'Sexual Healing' is clearly the highlight....All the tracks showcase a different but equally integral Gaye persona...
Q (05/01/2000)
Ranked #7 in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums Of the 80s survey.
Rolling Stone (11/01/1989)
Ranked #7 in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums Of the 80s survey.Q (5/00, p.135) - Included in Q Magazine's Best Soul Albums Of All Time - ...[His] lubricious tour de force....'Sexual Healing' is clearly the highlight....All the tracks showcase a different but equally integral Gaye persona...NME (9/25/93, p.19) - Ranked #43 in NME's list of The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s.
Rolling Stone (11/01/1989)
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