Artist: | Marvin Gaye |
Album: | Midnight Love |
Released: | Europe, 27 May 2013 |
Tracklist:
A1 | Midnight Lady | 5:17 |
Drums - James Gadson | ||
Drums, Synthesizer, Bongos - Marvin Gaye | ||
Guitar - Gordon Banks | ||
A2 | Sexual Healing | 3:59 |
Backing Vocals - Gordon Banks, Harvey Fuqua, Marvin Gaye | ||
Drums, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer, Organ, Bells [Orchestra], Glockenspiel, Bells, Cymbal [Finger], Bongos, Congas - Marvin Gaye | ||
Guitar - Gordon Banks | ||
Written By - Marvin Gaye And Odell Brown | ||
Written-By - Odell Brown | ||
A3 | Rockin' After Midnight | 6:03 |
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone - Joel Peskin | ||
Drums, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer, Vibraphone, Bells [Orchestra], Finger Snaps, Bongos, Tambourine - Marvin Gaye | ||
Guitar - Gordon Banks | ||
A4 | 'Til Tomorrow | 4:58 |
Guitar, Bass, Drums - Gordon Banks | ||
Synthesizer - Marvin Gaye | ||
Tenor Saxophone - Bobby Stern | ||
B1 | Turn On Some Music | 5:08 |
Drums, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer, Vibraphone, Bells [Orchestra], Glockenspiel - Marvin Gaye | ||
Guitar - Gordon Banks | ||
B2 | Third World Girl | 4:35 |
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer, Synthesizer [Bass], Organ - Marvin Gaye | ||
Guitar, Bass, Drums - Gordon Banks | ||
Harmonica - Bobby Stern | ||
B3 | Joy | 4:23 |
Drums, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer, Synthesizer [Bass] - Marvin Gaye | ||
Guitar, Bass - Gordon Banks | ||
Tenor Saxophone - Bobby Stern | ||
B4 | My Love Is Waiting | 5:08 |
Drums, Guitar, Bass, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] - Gordon Banks | ||
Synthesizer, Organ - Marvin Gaye | ||
Written-By - Gordon Banks |
Midnight Love was Marvin Gaye's final album, conceived in 1982 after a long recluse in Oostende, Belgium. Harmonious, sensual, uplifting and funky, Midnight Love became his swansong after Gaye went through a rough time, secluded from the mainstream and finding out where he belonged. We can safely say, it would be in the studio. He wrote every song on Midnight Love himself, which culminated in the smash hit "Sexual Healing". A creative genius and trained multi-instrumentalist, Gaye played every instrument on the song himself, except for the guitar. We can only guess what gems Gaye would have produced in his later years, as his life was taken by his own father just 18 months later.
"Midnight Love is the seventeenth and final studio album by Marvin Gaye. He signed with the label Columbia in March 1982 following his exit from Motown. The final album to be released before his death, it ultimately became the most successful album of Gaye's entire career. The disc was certified triple platinum in the United States, selling well over six million copies worldwide. It was nominated for a 1984 Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, spawning the two-time Grammy Award-winning smash "Sexual Healing". It was ranked number 37 on the Rolling Stone list of the best albums of the 1980s decade and the NME named the album as its Album of the Year in 1983." - Wikipedia