What's Going On (Deluxe Edition)

　Marvin Gaye's What's Going On may be the most powerful soul record ever made. On this Deluxe Edition, the original recording is embellished with an alternate Detroit Mix of the album (which is almost equally strong) and a previously unreleased recording of Gaye's live performance at the Kennedy Center in 1972. It also includes brilliant liner notes, song lyrics, and a mini-essay by Smokey Robinson, who calls What's Going On his favorite album of all time. The raw emotionality of the live disc further demonstrates Gaye's commitment to his own sentiments and captures the longing and sadness that permeate the album. Gaye went into uncharted R&B territory on What's Going On: leaving love ballads behind, he explored social commentary from an intimate personal perspective. The world weighed heavy on his heart, and the album brings home the confusion of the Vietnam era, when America the Beautiful began to seem a bit ugly. Armed with only his heart and his voice, Marvin Gaye took on Uncle Sam, and won over the hearts of many Americans.

这张专辑在滚石的史上500最佳专辑排行上排第六。。。。

走在大街上听着这张专辑，忽然降下暴雨，下意识的做出了封面的动作[幽灵]

1971十一专 时长:35:38 AllMusic:5/5 Rolling Stone:5/5 Robert Christgau:B+ MusicHound R&B:5/5 有生之年非听不可的1001张唱片:208/1001 Rolling Stone史上最伟大的500张唱片:6/500 NME史上最佳500张专辑:25/500