{"product_id":"soul-marvin-gaye-whats-going-on-eu-version-lp","title":"SOUL Marvin Gaye What's going On EU version LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eFactory-sealed, everything included-Marvin Gaye's album What's Going On.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePART NUMBER: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5300221\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSKU: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e731453002210\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLABEL: UNIVERSAL MOTOWN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRELEASE DATE: 12\/9\/2008\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TOL-item-info-PC-tab-product-introduction-text\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis is the vinyl record of \"What's Going On,\" Marvin Gaye's first self-produced album, released in 1971, which addressed social themes such as the Vietnam War and environmental issues, and was a flagship album for Motown Records.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TOL-item-info-PC-tab-product-introduction-text\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TOL-item-info-PC-tab-product-introduction-text\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eRolling Stone (p.90) - 5 stars out of 5 -- \"Greatest protest album ever made? Most stirring soul-music symphony? Yes and yes. And then some.\" Rolling Stone (1\/23\/03, p.68) - 4 stars out of 5 - \"...Revolutionary...\" Rolling Stone (8\/5\/71, p.44) - \"...There are very few performers who could carry a project like this off. I've always admired Marvin Gaye, but I didn't expect that he would be one of them...\" Rolling Stone (9\/30\/71, p.42) - \"...there is no question that he has gotten progressively better...Gaye's multi-tracked lead vocals answer one another like a man talking to himself, finally enveloping the listener in a world view of incalculable intensity...\" Rolling Stone (1\/23\/03, p.68) - 4 stars out of 5 - \"...Revolutionary...\" Rolling Stone (9\/30\/71, p.42) - \"...there is no question that he has gotten progressively better...Gaye's multi-tracked lead vocals answer one another like a man talking to himself, finally enveloping the listener in a world view of incalculable intensity...\" Rolling Stone (8\/5\/71, p.44) - \"...There are very few performers who could carry a project like this off. I've always admired Marvin Gaye, but I didn't expect that he would be one of them...\" Rolling Stone (1\/23\/03, p.68) - 4 stars out of 5 - \"...Revolutionary...\" Spin (p.80) - \"[A]n indelible quiet-storm jeremiad.\" Spin (p.51) - Ranked #9 in Spin's 'The Top 10 Reissues Of 2011' -- \"[T]he sound is honeyed, feather-light....For protest music, it sure glides.\" Spin (p.122) - \"The godhead of '70s soul albums plays like one seamless groove-song, with jazzy orchestrations...\" Q (p.120) - \"[T]his was the first soul album to engage directly with the political and social upheaval of the times, from the Vietnam War to environmental pollution.\" Q (1\/03, p.69) - Included in Q Magazine's \"100 Greatest Albums Ever\" Q (10\/99, p.161) - Included in Q Magazine's Best Motown Records Of All Time - \"...one of the finest albums ever recorded.... gorgeous soulful settings, bewitching melodies and Gaye's magisterial singing.\" Gaye's magisterial singing.\" Q (6\/01, p.128) - 5 stars out of 5 - \"...The live album that forms the centerpiece of this re-packaged version of Gaye's greatest work is... astonishing...\" Uncut (p.95) - 5 stars out of 5 -- \"WHAT'S GOING ON is a fully rounded auteur classic, a sort of soul version of PET SOUNDS...\" Uncut (5\/03, p.116) - 5 stars out of 5 - \"...Global and personal anguish were never so exquisitely conveyed...\" Uncut (5\/03, p.116) - 5 stars out of 5 - \"...Global and personal anguish were never so exquisitely conveyed...\" Vibe (12\/99, p.164) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century Living Blues (5-6\/01, p.100) - \"...A masterwork....Sumptuous packaging, insightful liner notes, and voluminous session information underscore the first-class presentation...\" Living Blues (5-6\/01, p.100) - \"...A masterwork....Sumptuous packaging, insightful liner notes, and voluminous session information underscore the first-class presentation...\" Billboard (p.52) - \"[H]is melodic treatise on war, drugs, poverty, spirituality and ecology still rings disturbingly true 40 years later.\" Mojo (Publisher) (5\/01, p.97) - \"...Stands as both a eulogy and legacy to a spirit of co-operation, understanding and harmony. It's a vision of Utopia in words and music one could wander around in forever.\" Mojo (Publisher) (1\/02, p.69) - Included in Mojo's \"Best Reissues of 2001\". Mojo (Publisher) (5\/01, p.97) - \"...Stands as both a eulogy and legacy to a spirit of co-operation, understanding and harmony. It's a vision of Utopia in words and music one could wander around in forever.\" NME (Magazine) (10\/2\/93, p.29) - Ranked #4 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Press-1","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45255572062390,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/4070\/9302\/files\/Marvin1.png?v=1783774491","url":"https:\/\/press-1.com\/products\/soul-marvin-gaye-whats-going-on-eu-version-lp","provider":"Press-1","version":"1.0","type":"link"}