What's Going On Live
by Marvin Gaye
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Overall rank: - | 2010s rank: 29,578th | 2019 rank: 3,112th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1971 by Acclaimed Music | 1/75 | - |
| 2025 |  EyeKanFly | Top 95 Music Albums of 2019 | 41/95 | 3 |
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| ! | 01/15/2026 14:03 | Leginlists | 3,847 | 83/100 |
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| ! | 04/26/2021 21:36 | EyeKanFly | 9,059 | 65/100 |
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From EyeKanFly 04/27/2021 13:16 in What album are you listening to right now?
EyeKanFly 04/27/2021 13:16 in What album are you listening to right now?“We're weeks away from What's Going On's 50th anniversary.”
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EyeKanFly 04/26/2021 21:40 | #269004
EyeKanFly 04/26/2021 21:40 | #269004
Recorded live at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on May 1st, 1972.
Pretty good live album though it pales in comparison to the studio version. For one, the mixing isn't great, even though it was remastered in 2019 (it was originally available in 2001 as a bonus disc as part of the 30th anniversary reissue, but the quality was bad enough that it honestly made for not so great listening).
Also, being Gaye's first live performance in 4 years, this was far from his best (though quite good considering he was rusty). This was the only time he recorded the whole album What's Going On in full, although unfortunately the track "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" was lost due to issues when recording.
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