In The Groove
by Marvin Gaye

In The Groove by Marvin Gaye
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 7,217th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 54 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (102nd)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (542nd)
Award Best albums of all time (7,217th)

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Marvin Gaye bestography

In The Groove is ranked 6th best out of 42 albums by Marvin Gaye on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Marvin Gaye is What's Going On which is ranked number 48 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,811.

Marvin Gaye album bestography « Higher ranked (7,217th)
In The Groove
This album (7,217th)
In The Groove
Lower ranked (10,961st) »
Moods Of Marvin Gaye

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 7,217th | 1960s rank: 542nd | 1968 rank: 102nd

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09/30/2025 04:37 Squonk007  Ratings distribution  74924/100
 
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07/16/2025 16:45 travelful  Ratings distribution  3,80272/100
 
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04/04/2025 07:35 Siromynian  Ratings distribution  1,62978/100
 
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03/18/2025 00:29 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,11772/100
 
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12/24/2024 11:48 VictorVale  Ratings distribution  3,77081/100

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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.

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From 06/13/2022 08:11 | #286331
Really enjoyed it, and i feel Marvin is severly underrated on this side. Heard it through the Grapevine is great, but i also loved the opener "You". This is his first album where we can hear the sound of his Magnum Opus "What's Going On", and i recommend it to anyone who enjoys Soul
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