Let's Get It On (studio album) by Marvin Gaye

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 691st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 480 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1973 (19th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (158th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (691st)
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MARVIN GAYE 3 LPs: Let's Get It On, Tribute to Nat King Cole, In The Groove +Bns
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MARVIN GAYE GREATEST HITS LIVE 1976 180 Gram Vinyl Record LP LET'S GET IT ON
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Marvin Gaye bestography

Let's Get It On is ranked 2nd best out of 41 albums by Marvin Gaye on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Marvin Gaye is What's Going On which is ranked number 53 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 19,831.

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80/100 (from 480 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.4/100, a mean average of 79.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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65/100
From 06/16/2022 21:08
Really good album. Not near the Whats Going On, but still a fun listen.
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80/100
From 02/22/2022 20:21
One of Marvin's finest, in my honest opinion it can go toe to toe with What's Going On. Title track is awesome and also Distant Lover has that magic, overall very consistent soulful album.
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From 07/11/2021 15:39
sexy, smooth, soulful genius
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85/100
From 06/15/2021 13:48
This is one of the sexiest albums I've ever listened to. Beyond the great music and Gaye's sensual delivery and the great marriage of soul and funk, I'd highly recommend putting this album on late at night when you're with your special lady or man.
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75/100
From 02/03/2021 03:48
A tale of two sides and side A, where Gaye had some consistent songwriting help, is the clear powerhouse here.
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70/100
From 01/26/2021 18:36
When an artist has a practically flawless album, there's a tendency that the rest of his discography gets overlooked. That's pretty much what 's going on (pun intended, sorry for this) between me and Marvin (not a fan of addressing an artist with his first name only, but Marvin has always seemed to me so accessible, so relatable, just a lovely figure). His performance is once again of the highest standard, his passion could move mountains. Also, the tracks flow so smoothly from one to the next, it feels more like one big song, nothing stands out neither in a positive nor in a negative manner. Still, I can't help thinking this is a distant second behind his masterpiece. Maybe I'm not a romantic guy after all, but hearing him sing about love is not even half as captivating as the powerful and universal statement of his magnum opus.
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80/100
From 09/08/2020 00:12
Call me crazy, but I actually prefer this to What's Going On.
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From 07/12/2020 20:06
I could listen to Distant Lover on repeat all night....and have done!
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80/100
From 07/19/2018 20:09
This is actually my favourite Marvin album. Sexy and cool as fuck.
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From 11/28/2016 01:10
A severely underrated album. "Please Stay" an extremely underrated song. So much soul here. Marvin's voice was unlike any other and the funk brothers could lay it down.
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