Midnight Love (studio album)
by Marvin Gaye

Midnight Love by Marvin Gaye
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 5,174th   
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 130 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (86th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (761st)
Award Best albums of all time (5,174th)

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Marvin Gaye bestography

Midnight Love is ranked 5th 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 49 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,950.

Marvin Gaye album bestography « Higher ranked (3,211th)
I Want You
This album (5,174th)
Midnight Love
Lower ranked (7,033rd) »
In The Groove

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Midnight Love track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Midnight Love rankings

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Overall rank: 5,174th | 1980s rank: 761st | 1982 rank: 86th

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Midnight Love ratings

Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 130 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.8/100, a mean average of 69.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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From 11/30/2018 08:42 | #225912
This record has one of the best song ever, but the rest is only pretty decent, and it is suffering for the 80's sound, sequencer and electronic drums sounds really updated.
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From 09/07/2016 16:30 | #174472
It's not bad, but apart from Sexual healing, there's nothing great here. Very safe and overly commercial. So-so.
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From 02/01/2016 11:50 | #158393
This is not even close to his best record. It's got a nice groove but never really hits the mark. The 80's production gets in the way.
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From 07/14/2015 10:11 | #145720
Great 80s pop album and a fitting last album for Marvin.
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From 02/06/2013 21:33 | #64259
Decent effort. Solid use of trumpet. Nothing too special though.
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From 07/01/2012 03:15 | #45703
I want to love this. It was a great comeback story. It's just that there's nothing standout, too much synthesized sound, and it's pretty lightweight. Let's Get It On tries the same thing and hits the mark - stick to that.
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Best Albums of 1982
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2. The Dreaming by Kate Bush
3. The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden
4. Pornography by The Cure
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