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Marvin Gaye: Sexual Healing
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Marvin Gaye is a Singer, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Pianist, Drummer, Consummate Performer, Spiritualist, Idealist, Sensualist, Humanist and Social Warrior. He runs the gauntlet of emotions as he tears through classics as diverse as What’s Going On, Let’s Get It On, an extended version of Sexual Healing and two new versions of The Lord’s Prayer. Legend, Live & Forever!
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If his life hadn't ended in the '80s, maybe this Marvin Gaye biography would be mourning his decline into has-been-hood. As it was, "Sexual Healing" gave him new success at Columbia. His unusual performance of the national anthem at an NBA All-Star Game left its own mark.
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[I]n the early 80s Marvin Gaye’s light shone brightest with the release of of the superb funk infused Sexual Healing. His vocals had never sounded better, and legions of fans were glad to see him back.
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There always was a bit of the crooner in Marvin Gaye. Even at his most explicit, the singer known for his era-defining calls to enlightenment ("What's Going On") and his heated bedroom pleas ("Sexual Healing") ennobled love's pain and transformed each injury into profoundly universal music. Dripping soul but singing with an understatement that puts him closer to Frank Sinatra than to Otis Redding, Gaye made every seduction a campaign, a quest, something worth carrying the torch for.
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