Let's Get It On
by Marvin Gaye

From Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/09/2013 19:11 | #91485 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Another quick review....

Yes, this is perhaps the sexiest and most romantic record ever made. As a single guy who isn't a ladies man by any stretch of the imagination, it can be kinda strange to think how much I empathize with this record. The first half in particular is flawless as far as I'm concerned. And as far as "Greatest Songs of All Times" arguments go, well you will hear me pushing the title track forward in consideration. Just listen to that track closely again, everything about it - the horns, keyboards, the vocals, the harmonies, the sexy guitar and especially those fucking drums (the greatest drumming I've ever heard) is just perfection!

That level of excellence is nearly matched throughout, albeit in different ways. The slow burnin' shit on here is just about the most sizzlin' stuff ever recorded. (Example; "You Sure Love To Ball".) And the pure romantic stuff here is incredible too! (Example; "If I should Die Tonight" - perhaps one of the best love songs and most overlooked in Gaye's career.)

"There's nothin wrong
with me
Lovin' you
(Honey no nooooo)
And givin' yourself to me
can never be wrong
If the love is true."

From junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/10/2012 19:52 | #44226 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

After waking us all up with the political conscious of What's Going On, Marvin Gaye tells the world how much he wants his lover. This album practically drips with sexuality. Funny thing is, is has just as much depth as the previous effort. He sings with passion and meaning, his lyrics resound, and this whole album swings with clever melodies, hooks, and infectious beats. Marvin Gaye's second best album and one of the best r&b albums of all-time.

From Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/16/2013 06:31 | #65210 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This albums first half is flawless! The second half is still gorgeous, I just don't feel it has the same sexy momentum as the first. As far as opening tracks go, "Lets Get It On" is perfect. It's also a perfect song. It's thematic follow up, track 4 "Keep Getting It On" is also amazing! The drum fills are masterful throughout. As are the melodies and harmonies and the passion! The emotions of love and sexual desire are so perfectly represented here. Sex is sublimated to much higher concepts than most soul artists are capable of. "if I should Die Tonight" at first for me anyway, was almost too heart wrenchingly emotional. Then I listened a couple more times and I gave myself over to that track, and I now see that that song is one of the most amazing pure love songs I've ever ever ever heard. "Distant Lover" is marvelous and sad and longingly touching.
I just adore this album. I believe it is better than "What's Going On", way more consistent and perfected and precise. This album is criminally underrated! If you've never heard it, do so and listen to it in its entirety. You won't regret it!

Worked again. Just got it on with my lady with this spinning. Never fails.

From Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/12/2015 10:05 | #143679 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This is my favourite M. Gaye album, over the years I have managed to collect nearly everything he recorded from 1960 onwards. What's Going On is also great but this album flows so smoothly it is all about different aspects of Love & the art of making love. Let's get It On, Keep Gettin' It On & Come Get To This are amazing as is the whole album. The Deluxe 2 disc edition is a must for all fans of this album.