Marvin Gaye United States

The best album credited to Marvin Gaye is What's Going On which is ranked number 53 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 19,831.

Marvin Gaye is ranked number 89 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 24,541.

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Lullaby Rendition Of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On VARIOUS RSD 2022 New Vinyl LP
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Can I Get a Witness by Marvin Gaye (CD, 2008) Like New
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Marvin Gaye, I Want You, Tamla Records, T6-342S1, Vg+/Vg
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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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1971
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1973
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2,615
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1978
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736
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1976
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390
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1982
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233
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1968
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157
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1965
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107
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1966
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98
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Trouble Man 
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1972
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82
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1977
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Total albums: 41. Page 1 of 5

This may not be a complete discography for Marvin Gaye.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!

Marvin Gaye bestography composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 13 0%
1970s 10 0%
1980s 7 0%
1990s 5 0%
2000s 2 0%
2010s 4 0%
2020s 0 0%
Compilation? Albums %
No 25 61%
Yes 16 39%
Live? Albums %
No 34 83%
Yes 7 17%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 40 98%
Yes 1 2%

Marvin Gaye best tracks

Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list.

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1.
Rating: 92 (539 votes)Comments: 9
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(from the album What's Going On)
2.
Rating: 90 (83 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album In The Groove)
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Rating: 90 (389 votes)Comments: 7
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(from the album What's Going On)
5.
Rating: 89 (174 votes)Comments: 2
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(from the album Let's Get It On)
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Rating: 87 (84 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Midnight Love)
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Rating: 86 (310 votes)Comments: 2
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(from the album What's Going On)
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Rating: 86 (46 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album I Want You)
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Rating: 84 (87 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Let's Get It On)
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Rating: 84 (279 votes)Comments: 2
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(from the album What's Going On)
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Rating: 84 (83 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Let's Get It On)
12.
Rating: 83 (20 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Trouble Man)
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Rating: 83 (83 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Let's Get It On)
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Rating: 83 (276 votes)Comments: 3
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(from the album What's Going On)
17.
Rating: 82 (77 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Let's Get It On)
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Rating: 82 (79 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Let's Get It On)
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Rating: 82 (279 votes)Comments: 4
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(from the album What's Going On)
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Rating: 82 (73 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Let's Get It On)
N.B. Tracks must have received at least 3 ratings to appear in the above list.

Marvin Gaye ratings

Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 144 votes)
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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 82.5/100, a mean average of 81.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.0/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 13.7.

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From 07/12/2020 19:58
I could listen to Distant Lover on repeat all night...and have done!
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From 09/17/2016 04:14
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.
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From 07/18/2013 21:47
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.
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From 07/01/2012 03:11
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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