Marvin Gaye 
The best album credited to Marvin Gaye is What's Going On which is ranked number 48 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 18,736.
Marvin Gaye is ranked number 85 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 23,468.
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Marvin Gaye best albums
The following albums by Marvin Gaye are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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Marvin Gaye best tracks
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| 06/18/2025 09:32 | Invader666 | 337 | 71/100 | |
| 05/26/2025 05:08 |  JR | 345 | 81/100 | |
| 03/23/2025 18:41 |  zwiebel | 738 | 56/100 | |
| 02/05/2024 11:33 | bonnequestion | 402 | 71/100 | |
| 11/03/2023 17:39 |  Tamthebam | 876 | 73/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 81.7/100, a mean average of 81.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.1/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 13.9.
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I could listen to Distant Lover on repeat all night...and have done!
One of the great interpreters of song. His "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" may be my favorite rendition of any piece of popular music.
Tamthebam 07/18/2013 21:47 | #81914
A wonderful soulful guy who's life was too short. The albums he made for Motown in the 70's are almost equal to those of Stevie Wonder. If you don't know his back catalogue listen to What's Going On, Let's Get it On, Here My Dear and I Want You. He also made some great solo singles in the 60's and with Tammi Terrell made some brilliant duets.
junodog4 07/01/2012 03:11 | #45700
Marvin Gaye evolved like nobody else. From Motown popstar, to socially aware, to sexy r&b star, to coke-addled mess, to tragically short comeback. He redefined black music and showed that an artist could control his career. Greatest black artist ever.
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