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DISCID=61094408
DTITLE=Marvin Gaye / Midnight Love & The Sexual Healing Sessions (Lega
DTITLE=cy Edition) - Disc 1 of 2
DYEAR=1982
DGENRE=R&B
TTITLE0=Midnight Lady
TTITLE1=Sexual Healing
TTITLE2=Rockin' After Midnight
TTITLE3='Til Tommorow
TTITLE4=Turn On Some Music
TTITLE5=Third World Girl
TTITLE6=Joy
TTITLE7=My Love Is Waiting
EXTD=Midnight Love & The Sexual Healing Sessions (Legacy Edition) - Di
EXTD=sc 1 of 2\n2007 Columbia/Legacy\n\nOriginally Released October 19
EXTD=82\nCD Edition Released September 6, 1989\nMidnight Love & The Se
EXTD=xual Healing Sessions 2CD Released November 10, 1998\n2CH SACD Ed
EXTD=ition Released June 27, 2000\nMCH SACD Edition Released May 14, 2
EXTD=002\n2CD Expanded Edition (Reissue from 1998) Released April 24, 
EXTD=2007\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Larkin Arnold, former CBS Records (Son
EXTD=y Music) senior executive VP, convinced Marvin Gaye to leave his 
EXTD=flat in Belgium and sign with Columbia Records; the result would 
EXTD=become the soul singer's last album before his untimely death. Of
EXTD= all his number one songs, this album's first release, "Sexual He
EXTD=aling," became his longest running number one single on the Billb
EXTD=oard R&B charts (ten straight weeks). With the exception of the g
EXTD=uitar, the Washington, D.C. native performed every instrument on 
EXTD=this classic hit. Gaye concocted a pioneering percussive sound th
EXTD=at was balladic in taste but stimulating in feel. As this project
EXTD= may not be an absolute erotic expression or a socially challengi
EXTD=ng plea from Gaye like on some of his previous albums, nonetheles
EXTD=s, Midnight Love is a classic Marvin Gaye effort. In addition to 
EXTD=this project thriving with Gaye's enthusiastic spirit, it has his
EXTD= harmonious background vocals, his stunning vocal arrangements an
EXTD=d his creative penmanship, as he wrote all the selections.  \n\n[
EXTD=The 2007 'Expanded Edition' includes 13 bonus tracks.] \n\n[The 2
EXTD=000 MCH SACD reissue on Sony/Legacy adds historical liner notes b
EXTD=y Gaye biographer David Ritz and a bonus track, an instrumental v
EXTD=ersion of "Rockin' After Midnight" (which actually does feature a
EXTD= bit of vocalizing by Gaye), as well 5.1 Surround Sound.] -- Crai
EXTD=g Lytle\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: (Midnight Love & The Sexual Healing
EXTD= Sessions) After a series of business and personal upheavals as w
EXTD=ell as a couple of artistically satisfying but commercially disap
EXTD=pointing albums, Marvin Gaye scored a final triumph with Midnight
EXTD= Love on which he embraced dancefloor rhythms derived from Rick J
EXTD=ames, horn charts that echoed Earth, Wind & Fire, and the kind of
EXTD= loverman lyrics he himself had pioneered on earlier hits such as
EXTD= "Let's Get It On." The breakthrough track was his last major hit
EXTD=, "Sexual Healing," a relaxed groove tune with burbling percussio
EXTD=n, doo wop backup vocals, and a new twist on the old romantic com
EXTD=e-on. But the album as a whole made Gaye's case as a contemporary
EXTD= R&B artist. Then he was gone. This reissue compilation contains 
EXTD=the entire Midnight Love album on the first disc, followed by a f
EXTD=ull 74-minute disc of previously unreleased work tapes and altern
EXTD=ate takes of most of the album's songs, among them four versions 
EXTD=of "Sexual Healing." Since Gaye developed the tracks himself, pla
EXTD=ying keyboards and percussion, the alternates illuminate his crea
EXTD=tive process, but they contain no real revelations and will be of
EXTD= interest primarily to Gaye fans and hip-hop musicians searching 
EXTD=for samples. Everybody else can stick with the original album.  -
EXTD=- William Ruhlmann\n\nAmazon.com essential recording\nThis set's 
EXTD=first disc is a sparkling upgrade of Gaye's final album. Hardly a
EXTD=s frivolous as the artist claimed in the David Ritz-penned biogra
EXTD=phy Divided Soul, 1982's Midnight Love finds an assured-sounding 
EXTD=Gaye melding with smooth, rhythmically dense tracks; the thoughtf
EXTD=ul smash "Sexual Healing" is hardly the only masterwork here. "Th
EXTD=ird World Girl" nods toward Bob Marley, "Joy" perfectly captures 
EXTD=Gaye's trademark urgency, and "Turn On Some Music" is a sex song 
EXTD=worthy of "Let's Get It On." The second CD's archaeology sometime
EXTD=s gets tiring (anyone for an "alternate 12-inch instrumental" of 
EXTD="Sexual Healing"?) but turns up the occasional winner (the a capp
EXTD=ella version of that song). A must for soul students and those wh
EXTD=o just want to seduce--or be seduced. --Rickey Wright \n\n\nAMAZO
EXTD=N.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nOne of Many Albums Overshadowed by Michael
EXTD= Jackson, December 21, 2004 \nBy  Timothy Pernell (Saratoga, Nort
EXTD=h Carolina, USA)\n\nWhen you think of Marvin Gaye, CBS Records an
EXTD=d the year 1982, you think of these things: \n\n1.) Marvin was no
EXTD=w 43 years old at this point \n2.) Marvin had been in exile from 
EXTD=U.S. soil in three years \n3.) Marvin hadn't had a big hit since 
EXTD=1977 \n4.) Marvin had just left Motown \n5.) CBS was starting to 
EXTD=get into a overhaul for new records from Billy Joel among others 
EXTD=\n6.) Younger artists like Rick James, Luther Vandross, Prince, C
EXTD=ameo, and the Gap Band had taken over the airwaves once dominated
EXTD= by Gaye and Stevie Wonder, who was still atop the pop music worl
EXTD=d around this time \n7.) Michael Jackson was releasing an upcomin
EXTD=g album in the months following the release of this record \n8.) 
EXTD=Marvin was considered a "has-been" and "old" at this point \n9.) 
EXTD=Marvin had just gotten out of a drug addiction \n10.) Marvin was 
EXTD=given doubts he would return back to the top \n\nDespite these ob
EXTD=stacles and more, somehow, some way, and UNBELIVABLY... and tragi
EXTD=cally for the last time on this earth, Marvin Gaye gave it his al
EXTD=l and more. With the release of "Midnight Love", he calmly let hi
EXTD=s music and vocal prowess do the talking. \n\nWith "Midnight Love
EXTD=", Marvin learned how to mesh in contemporary R&B styles with his
EXTD= classic soul and rhythm and blues sound. Each track display an e
EXTD=mulation of a sound that had already been established by other ar
EXTD=tists but mesh brilliantly by the Prince of Soul: \n\n1.) Midnigh
EXTD=t Lady was a tribute to the overflowing horn sounds and conga rhy
EXTD=thms of '70s era Earth, Wind & Fire \n\n2.) Sexual Healing, of co
EXTD=urse, the most original of the joints, brings in a reggae meets d
EXTD=isco meets electronica new wave meets classic R&B flow that is as
EXTD= complex as beautiful \n\n3.) Rockin' After Midnight had the feel
EXTD= of Cameo and the Gap Band but was less rough as it was smooth an
EXTD=d intricate - as always the style of Marvin \n\n4.) 'Til Tomorrow
EXTD= was classic Marvin with his usual "DON'T GO, GIRL!" stance as he
EXTD= had used during some of the classic moments in 1973's "Let's Get
EXTD= It On" \n\n5.) Turn On Some Music is the real tribute to Rick Ja
EXTD=mes... but it's less punk-funk... in fact, you can say it's the k
EXTD=ind of funk that Rick overdub too many times... Marvin is in a di
EXTD=fferent brand of funk called cool-funk... no one really gives him
EXTD= props for it \n\n6.) Third World Girl has Marvin once again dabb
EXTD=ing in reggae and it's a great tribute to reggae legend Bob Marle
EXTD=y \n\n7.) Joy was a funk-rock tribute to his father and in the ra
EXTD=rest moments of his career, other than Ray Parker, Jr.'s great gu
EXTD=itar solo in "I Want You", marked another time Marvin put a guita
EXTD=r solo in a song, it's used perfectly \n\n8.) My Love Is Waiting 
EXTD=has Marvin thanking God and his fans before he goes into song and
EXTD= then he goes into that contemporary R&B feel that almost seems a
EXTD=s home to Marvin as he was in two decades ago \n\nBut that's not 
EXTD=the most amazing thing about the album. In this one, Columbia sho
EXTD=wcases Marvin's making-of efforts into what became "Midnight Love
EXTD=". Some of the songs sounding different than the other. Of course
EXTD= if your biggest hit is "Sexual Healing", they're gonna want to g
EXTD=et it all over the album. It's almost redundant but I love hearin
EXTD=g the different mixes. Erick Sermon got his props to sample Marvi
EXTD=n's raw demo of "Turn on Some Music". While "Third World Girl" sh
EXTD=owcases a mixture of reggae and blues with the harmonica over a d
EXTD=eeper-sounding Marvin almost overlapping his vocals down a notch 
EXTD=than he's used to. \n\nOverall, it's a great album and recollecti
EXTD=on of how far Marvin Gaye had gone from where he was and how he g
EXTD=ot back to the top, if not for one more time. \n\nWith the album'
EXTD=s release, it debuted atop the Black Albums chart at #1 and at #7
EXTD= on the Pop Albums chart, his first Top 10 Pop album since 1977's
EXTD= "Live at the London Palladium". It also served him right that "S
EXTD=exual Healing" would become the artist's biggest hit of his recor
EXTD=ding career and 22 years later, it's still a classic... never ove
EXTD=rrated or overplayed. It won Gaye two Grammy's when he should've 
EXTD=received a Grammy for throughout his 2-decade career. \n\nI hones
EXTD=tly think if Marvin had stayed over at Belgium and had Michael re
EXTD=leased his album maybe in EIGHTY-THREE instead of eighty-two then
EXTD= maybe Marvin's album (and other albums released that year) would
EXTD= get bigger props. In today's Grammy's, this album would easily n
EXTD=otch a Best R&B Album Grammy nomination or better. It's a shame M
EXTD=arvin didn't get his rightful props until before he really die. B
EXTD=ut hopefully younger fans who are just getting into Marvin would 
EXTD=understand how really talented dude was and how big of a hole he 
EXTD=left for R&B artists to fill when he died. Twenty years has passe
EXTD=d and no one has really taken the throne. \n\nLong live the princ
EXTD=e of soul music.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMarvin's Comeba
EXTD=ck, February 28, 2001 \nBy  Thomas Magnum (NJ, USA)\n\nWhen Midni
EXTD=ght Love was released in late 1982, no one expected much from it.
EXTD= Marvin Gaye had fallen off the map. Due to his rabid cocaine hab
EXTD=it and troubles with taxes, he was living in exile in Belgium. He
EXTD= hadn't recorded an album in three years, hadn't had a hit in fiv
EXTD=e and had left Motown Records after an almost twenty year associa
EXTD=tion. But like the mythical Phoenix, Mr. Gaye rose out of the ash
EXTD=es and released an album equal to anything else he had done in hi
EXTD=s magnificent career. Spurred on by the biggest song of his caree
EXTD=r, the album went into the top ten and brought him back as a musi
EXTD=cal force. The was "Sexual Healing" and it is a stone cold classi
EXTD=c. With it's percolating beat, seductive lyrics and smoldering vo
EXTD=cals, the song hit number three on the pop charts and spent a sta
EXTD=ggering ten weeks at number one on the r&b charts. The song won M
EXTD=r. Gaye his only Grammy Award and was a major triumph. The rest o
EXTD=f the album is made of impressive music. "Midnight Lady" is a fun
EXTD=ky jam that opens up the album and "Turn On Some Music" is anothe
EXTD=r sexy jam. "Joy" is a great and should have been released as a s
EXTD=ingle as it would have certainly been a hit. "Third World Girl" i
EXTD=s a reggae flavored song that was a tribute to the late Bob Marle
EXTD=y. The second disk is interesting, but a bit repetitive especiall
EXTD=y with the numerous takes on "Sexual Healing". Midnight Love was 
EXTD=a big comeback, but unfortunately was short lived as Mr. Gaye's l
EXTD=ife was tragically cut short when his life was taken by his fathe
EXTD=r in 1984. The music world lost a giant, but we have his music th
EXTD=at will keep his voice alive. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nC
EXTD=all Him the Midnight Man, March 6, 2006 \nBy  Timothy Pernell (Sa
EXTD=ratoga, North Carolina, USA)\n\nMarvin Gaye. Wow, what else can I
EXTD= say about the master of soul that I haven't said already in othe
EXTD=r reviews? The man knew how to soothe the beast within him at the
EXTD= recording studio that he couldn't out of it. Even with his first
EXTD= hit, "Stubborn Kind of Fellow", which I can't believe was 44 yea
EXTD=rs ago, there was always a surreal force guiding Marvin through h
EXTD=is interesting trip from music neophyte to soul icon. In his last
EXTD= studio album, 1982's "Midnight Love", the man not only used this
EXTD= surreal force to guide him through another mystical trip inside 
EXTD=his psyche, he also put his blood, sweat and tears on it, as you 
EXTD=can see in the credits. \n\nIt's weird because when this album wa
EXTD=s released in the fall of 1982, Marvin Gaye was seemingly on the 
EXTD=outs of American rock & roll music. If you think about it, Marvin
EXTD= hadn't had a significant hit in American shores since "Got to Gi
EXTD=ve It Up" was his last song to reach #1 on the pop charts, and th
EXTD=at was 1977. And by now, the 43-year-old singer had went through 
EXTD=a tense battle with drugs, depression, alimony and support charge
EXTD=s brought out by his first wife after their divorce, a second div
EXTD=orce, the split with Motown, and having been forced out of Americ
EXTD=a due to the IRS catching up with him for failure to pay back tax
EXTD=es and filing taxes. \n\nStuck in Europe and now settling in Oste
EXTD=nd, Belgium, thanks to a friend and boxing promoter there, Marvin
EXTD= was cleaning up and in the process had re-found his musical geni
EXTD=us though it wasn't lost, he was just messed up over so many stuf
EXTD=f that he couldn't find it in his heart to record, much less perf
EXTD=orm - which he hated. But with determination to overcome his demo
EXTD=ns, Marvin managed to emerge from the darkness with "Midnight Lov
EXTD=e", which he worked through a grueling process to reach commercia
EXTD=l status. After reworking several songs to fit the feel of what p
EXTD=eople were listening to, particularly in the black community whic
EXTD=h was now entranced by the sounds of '80s electro funk and hip-ho
EXTD=p. Marvin was entranced by more sounds coming from '80s white roc
EXTD=k music including new wave and the amazing black sounds of reggae
EXTD= and the Caribbean. So he had to find a way to stay true to what 
EXTD=he wanted to do and at the same time fit the commercial format. S
EXTD=omehow his "divided soul" helped him in this decision perfectly. 
EXTD=\n\n"Midnight Lady" is seemingly an autobiographical tale of how 
EXTD=it felt to be in a party in the '80s especially with the hedonist
EXTD=ic, cocaine-using, freak-kind of people that paraded around the c
EXTD=lubs. Musically, the song is out of sight with a pulsating Latin 
EXTD=beat, an off-the-wall synthesizer rumble over funk horns and Marv
EXTD=in's emasculate/immaculate vocals layering over one another. \n\n
EXTD="Sexual Healing" will forever remain the cut. This was an interna
EXTD=tional crossover hit that fit perfectly. Mixing R&B/soul with reg
EXTD=gae overtones, new wave sounds, hip-hop/pre-New Jack Swing beats,
EXTD= funk rhythms and Marvin's gospel-like poetic melding and doo-wop
EXTD= background vocals (plus help from his guitarist Gordon Banks and
EXTD= best friend, the legendary Harvey Fuqua), the song is one of the
EXTD= most timeless jams of all time. This helped Marvin get back on t
EXTD=op and helped him finally win a Grammy. An award he should've won
EXTD= more of years ago! Anyway, "Sexual Healing" doesn't need to be e
EXTD=xplained anymore than it is, it is what is - timeless song. \n\n"
EXTD=Rockin' After Midnight" keeps the party running and of course Mar
EXTD=vin tries to get a woman to notice him and fall in love with him.
EXTD=..and at the same time, get down with him. His angel vs. devil co
EXTD=mplex plays very interestingly in this song that you don't even n
EXTD=otice it. That's how great it is. And when you get at the end, th
EXTD=e FUNK takes over the SOUL and just makes you go off. Great song.
EXTD= I consider this another masterpiece. \n\n"'Til Tomorrow" was and
EXTD= is a perfect Quiet Storm ballad. Very "Let's Get It On" album-es
EXTD=que almost, the song features Gaye trying to get a woman to stay 
EXTD=with him throughout the night. No one can resist his soulful voca
EXTD=ls. Once he sung a woman to tears, the woman couldn't leave. He g
EXTD=ives you his blood, sweat and tears to you. And it's so massive y
EXTD=ou can't take it. That's how great the song is. \n\n"Turn On Some
EXTD= Music" is a great funk/doo-wop/soul type of song. It'll have you
EXTD= groovin' as Marvin turns on the charm getting the woman to get d
EXTD=own while three albums play on a CD changer as they get down. Per
EXTD=fect remedy, Marvin! The original version of this song was more a
EXTD=utobiographical as Marvin explained how everything is just like m
EXTD=usic. Either way, I love the song, no matter what version. \n\n"T
EXTD=hird World Girl" gels because of its Caribbean rhythms and reggae
EXTD=-esque funk grooves that it was clear that Marvin was a huge fan 
EXTD=of reggae, especially of Bob Marley. He and Stevie definitely add
EXTD=ed to their craft by adding the reggae licks into their trademark
EXTD= sounds. \n\n"Joy" is another masterpiece where Marvin echoes bac
EXTD=k to his Pentecostal childhood growing up the son of a storefront
EXTD= minister. Bridging the worlds of gospel and funk, it's the perfe
EXTD=ct secular/sacred marriage. Marvin may have been conflicted in hi
EXTD=s soul by doing some of the secular stuff he was doing but it's o
EXTD=bvious he was having fun making this record. Makes his death at t
EXTD=he hands of his father more tragic. \n\n"My Love is Waiting" begi
EXTD=ns with Marvin shouting out to everybody who helped him in his co
EXTD=rner while making this album and thanked God while Gordon Banks p
EXTD=arlayed the pulsating drum beat and just kicked in there. The ent
EXTD=ire song is so happy and enjoyable that you just continue groovin
EXTD=g even at its end. And Marvin's vocals at the end is STELLAR!!! \n
EXTD=\nThe "Rockin' After Midnight" instrumental is funky as hell. I g
EXTD=ive props to both Marvin and Gordon Banks. Banks helped make this
EXTD= album work for his friend. You could just tell those two had a v
EXTD=ery compatible working partnership. It was supposed to be the pre
EXTD=cursor to what Marvin was gonna do as the '80s continued but of c
EXTD=ourse, we know what happened. But it's funny that some 22 years a
EXTD=fter his untimely death, Marvin Gaye is still years ahead of his 
EXTD=time, even as far as those of today's R&B artists could even imag
EXTD=ine. \n\nFor this, Marvin, his surreal guide, and his undeniable 
EXTD=spirit has helped continue to make his music as timeless as ever.
EXTD= "The Midnight Man" continues to shine. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER
EXTD= REVIEW\nSongs from the Boudoir Songs from the Chapel, March 29, 
EXTD=2005 \nBy  Christopher Schmitz "Flaming Intellectual" (Cleveland,
EXTD= Ohio)\nGaye's biographer called him a "Divided Soul." Addled by 
EXTD=drugs and family dysfunction and unable to fully resolve the conf
EXTD=lict between erotic and spiritual yearnings, Gaye was the suave c
EXTD=lassy performer onstage who succumbed to demons when out of the f
EXTD=ootlights. \n\nHis early 80's swansong "Midnight Love" joins the 
EXTD=political "What's Going On?" and the sexual "Let's Get It On" as 
EXTD=his trio of finest albums. "Midnight Lady" opens the album with a
EXTD= rollicking tribute to nightclub hedonism with its images of line
EXTD=s of coke on the men's room marble. "Sexual Healing" finds Marvin
EXTD= celebrating sex unabashedly, but there's a plea in his voice too
EXTD=--like he's begging his stern Pentecostal God to accept this poin
EXTD=t of view. Clever lyrics. A voice of grit and sweetness. \n\nThe 
EXTD=good songs just keep coming. "'Til Tomorrow" is a throwback to '7
EXTD=3 and the "Let's Get It On" album with its piercing well-develope
EXTD=d falsetto and erotic longing. "Turn the Music On," Rastafarian a
EXTD=nd witty, imagines lovemaking through an entire double record set
EXTD=. "Rocking after Midnight" starts as a jangle-funk dance piece bu
EXTD=t slips into vocal caresses which almost sound like testifying or
EXTD= speaking in tongues! Underrated in its depth and beauty. \n\nThi
EXTD=s eight song effort, despite some tinny early 80s production, wou
EXTD=ld--on the strength of its songwriting, musicianship, and vocal p
EXTD=erformance--become the template for the perfect male R & B album 
EXTD=over the next 20 years. See KEITH SWEAT, JONNY GILL, JEFFREY OSBO
EXTD=URNE, etc. \n\nThe musical equivalent of novelist James Baldwin, 
EXTD=Gaye shared the writer's threatening father, religious immersion,
EXTD= and sexual voracity; this combination yielded for them both a ri
EXTD=ch body of artistic work, tortured and triumphant. \n\n\nAMAZON.C
EXTD=OM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMarvin's Definitive Moment - Even Beyond Deat
EXTD=h . . . , December 23, 2004 \nBy  B. M. Branch "BarneySaxMan" (No
EXTD=rth Carolina)\n\nMarvin became our voice, our collective conscien
EXTD=ce, our speaker for the excitement and pain of relationships. Bec
EXTD=ause despite our failure to find the right woman, despite the hur
EXTD=t of not being the perfect man for the woman of our dreams and de
EXTD=spite the anguish of losing out to another suitor, Marvin kept us
EXTD= all grounded in the reality of life and the struggle to try agai
EXTD=n. That, for me, was the basis of Marvin's appeal on a global lev
EXTD=el. People couldn't put their finger on it back then (drugs had c
EXTD=louded most peoples' mentalities and they couldn't think straight
EXTD= enough to figure it out). In my old age, I know what Marvin was 
EXTD=trying to say. And he was quite eloquent at it. \n\nThis CD/album
EXTD= epitomizes the Marvin Gaye experience with women. He could satis
EXTD=fy them sexually, but he could also connect on a spiritual level;
EXTD= he could also relate on an intellectual level. Marvin got over b
EXTD=ecause he knew the heart of a Woman was not to compete with her. 
EXTD=Once you compete, you lose automatically. Women don't play those 
EXTD=games. So Marvin gave what he had -- himself, totally and honestl
EXTD=y, in all his songs . . . especially on this CD. It turned out to
EXTD= be his last, but it was also the one where you can just sit back
EXTD=, put it on and leave it for the rest of the night. \n\nOn a very
EXTD= selfish note, I have to highlight my favorite song on the CD. I 
EXTD=don't know who the sax player is on "Til Tomorrow", but from a st
EXTD=rictly aesthetic perspective, it is perfectly framed for this son
EXTD=g. There are no ill-advised notes, there is no lapse in the struc
EXTD=ture, there are no flaws in the runs and riffs. It is clinically 
EXTD=perfect, and in deference to players who specialize in running sc
EXTD=ales, this song really shows them how you have to blend the forma
EXTD=l training with the street knowledge to produce the solo of your 
EXTD=dreams. This guy, whoever he is, takes care of business. It is ab
EXTD=solutely one of the best sax solos I have ever heard -- on a par 
EXTD=with Gerald Albright, Kirk Whalum or Najee. I get a chill every t
EXTD=ime I hear it. It literally sets off the vocal inflections and th
EXTD=e poignant lyrics as sung by a very sincere Marvin Gaye to his la
EXTD=dy to just stay. What Woman could resist?? Marvin made the men je
EXTD=alous of his power over them. You KNOW the Woman stayed!!! She wo
EXTD=uld have stayed without the sax part!!!!!!! \n\nYou can't go wron
EXTD=g with most of Marvin's collection of songs. But this one, you ha
EXTD=ve to get and you have to listen to (NOT JUST PUT ON, BUT LISTEN)
EXTD= to really get the most out of. Pure genius. I can't say enough a
EXTD=bout it. 20 years after the fact, I still miss his surreal presen
EXTD=ce. There's no telling what he'd be doing if he were still here. 
EXTD=And 20 years after the fact, this CD is still a classic. \n\n\n\n
EXTD=AMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMarvin's final bow, and he went out w
EXTD=ith style., August 2, 2004 \nBy  Robert Johnson (Richmond, KY USA
EXTD=)\n\nMarvin's first album for Columbia, and the last completed st
EXTD=udio album before his death, is yet another solid release - even 
EXTD=if it is a little more derivative than his earlier recordings. St
EXTD=ill smarting from the lackluster chart-performances of his last t
EXTD=wo Motown albums (including 1978's otherwise brilliant HERE, MY D
EXTD=EAR), Marvin later admitted that he was really aiming for commerc
EXTD=ial success above all else with this album. To his credit, he suc
EXTD=ceeded - MIDNIGHT LOVE became Marvin's first Top Ten, million-sel
EXTD=ler since 1977's LIVE AT LONDON'S PALLADIUM, and the terrific sin
EXTD=gle "Sexual Healing" (with it's unusual percussion and unbeatable
EXTD= hook) became an outright smash (#3 Pop, #1 R&B). MIDNIGHT LOVE i
EXTD=s the first album of Marvin's to really sound dated since the six
EXTD=ties (ah, those post-disco, pre-funk arrangements!), but it's sti
EXTD=ll a lot of fun. \n\nIn some ways, it's almost like hearing Marvi
EXTD=n perform other artists' songbooks. Basically, "Midnight Lady" is
EXTD= his Rick James tune, "Third World Girl" is his stab at a Bob Mar
EXTD=ley number, while "Rockin' After Midnight" and "Turn On Some Musi
EXTD=c" both sound very much like vintage Earth, Wind, & Fire. But wha
EXTD=t's really incredible is how Marvin is totally convincing in each
EXTD= of these settings. In addition to the previously-mentioned class
EXTD=ic "Sexual Healing," MIDNIGHT LOVE also contains two of his most 
EXTD=painfully beautiful ballads, "Til Tomorrow" (#31 R&B) and "My Lov
EXTD=e Is Waiting," as well as the fun disco-ditty "Joy" (#78 R&B). Ev
EXTD=en though Midnight Love may not reach the classic status of WHAT'
EXTD=S GOING ON or HERE, MY DEAR, it's still an excellent release, and
EXTD= probably a notch more enjoyable than his last Motown release (IN
EXTD= OUR LIFETIME) on a track-by-track basis. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOM
EXTD=ER REVIEW\nTrouble Mans finale, May 23, 2004 \nBy  brother_ike "b
EXTD=rother_ike" (L-Boogie)\nHow Marvin managed to come up with this k
EXTD=iller album is really beyond me. Marv was at all time low by 1982
EXTD=, out in Belgium trying to escape the drugs, alcohol and hard liv
EXTD=ing that haunted his life in the states. His last album had been 
EXTD=the sorely underrated & critically torn up 'Here, My Dear' (1978)
EXTD=, and although he had escaped Motown, they still had thrown toget
EXTD=her an unfinished project called 'In Our Lifetime' and released i
EXTD=t against his wishes.\nDespite the pits of depression that Marvin
EXTD= must have been lost in, somehow he was still able to come up wit
EXTD=h a collection of songs full of the kind of life, fun and wit tha
EXTD=t were the trademark of his style. 'Sexual Healing' is eternal, a
EXTD=nd the song that resurrected Marv in the game, what more can you 
EXTD=say? 'Midnight Lady' is an upbeat dance floor number that's some 
EXTD=20 years before its time, as is the murderous cut 'Turn On Some M
EXTD=usic'. 'Third World Girl' is a lively jam about his Jamaican Lady
EXTD=, and 'Rockin' After Midnight' and 'Til Tomorrow' take you into t
EXTD=he late hours. So a lot of strong material, but my personal pic h
EXTD=as to be the closing 'My Love Is Waiting', what a sweet, beautifu
EXTD=l groove to go out on. Plus, the remastering is great and adds mu
EXTD=ch extra bump & depth to the sound, although tagging on the 'Rock
EXTD=in After Midnight' instrumental seems pretty pointless.\n\nOveral
EXTD=l this album being released in the 80s is a world away from his 6
EXTD=0s and 70s style, but its just another great re-invention. Unfort
EXTD=unately for Marvin releasing this album meant having to promote i
EXTD=t. This meant having to return to the US where all his demons wer
EXTD=e waiting for him, and he would soon be in his grave. A sad end f
EXTD=or a tortured genius, Marvin is the all time legend of black musi
EXTD=c. He had that charisma & feeling that nobody else could ever tak
EXTD=e, there will never be another Marvin Gaye. R.I.P. \n\n\nAMAZON.C
EXTD=OM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nSimply turn down the lights and press play., 
EXTD=August 2, 2001 \nBy  Hugh Jenkins "hugh_jenkins" (Perth, Australi
EXTD=a (originally Wales))\nAfter a lenghty self imposed exile, Marvin
EXTD='s comeback album proved that he had lost nothing in his ability 
EXTD=to produce classic silky smooth soul music. \nThis album probably
EXTD= doesn't have the depth of some of his earlier work (eg What's Go
EXTD=ing On, Lets Get It On, Here My Dear), but despite that it's stil
EXTD=l a typically great Marvin at work.\n\nThis is Marvin in the 80's
EXTD=, and proved to be his last album. It's production was ultimately
EXTD= the catalyst for his demise, as it's promotion required his retu
EXTD=rn to the US and the waiting arms of all the demons he had tried 
EXTD=so hard to shake off.\n\nMost people would know and love 'Sexual 
EXTD=Healing', but other tracks such as 'Midnight Lady' and 'Turn on S
EXTD=ome Music' are also gems.\n\nIf you want to set the mood (if you 
EXTD=know what I mean), then simply turn down the lights and press pla
EXTD=y. \n\n\n\nHalf.com Album Notes\nDisc 1 is the original MIDNIGHT 
EXTD=LOVE album in its entirety. \nDisc 2 is a collection of previousl
EXTD=y unreleased tracks recorded during the MIDNIGHT LOVE sessions.\n
EXTD=\nPersonnel: Marvin Gaye (vocals, synthesizer, drums, Fender Rhod
EXTD=es piano, organ, vibraphone, bass synthesizer, orchestra bells, g
EXTD=lockenspiel, percussion); Gordon Banks (guitar, bass, drums, Fend
EXTD=er Rhodes piano, background vocals); Joel Peskin (alto & tenor sa
EXTD=xophones); Bobby Stern (tenor saxophone, harmonica); David Stout 
EXTD=and The L.A. Horn section (horns); James Gadson (drums); Harvey F
EXTD=uqua (background vocals).\n\nProducer: Marvin Gaye\nReissue produ
EXTD=cer: Leo Sacks.\nRecorded at Studio Katy, Ohaine, Belgium. Includ
EXTD=es liner notes by David Ritz.\nDigitally remastered by Tom Ruff (
EXTD=Sony Music Studios, New York, New York).\n\n1982's MIDNIGHT LOVE 
EXTD=turned out to be Marvin Gaye's final offering to the world, but h
EXTD=is swan song was a moving and effective one. He managed to fuse h
EXTD=is sensual, '70s-oriented brand of sinuous, progressive R&B with 
EXTD=more electronic-based '80s production techniques, including drum 
EXTD=machines, sequencers and synthesizers. It's a tribute to his arti
EXTD=stry that the blend was so seamless and organic.\n"Sexual Healing
EXTD=," the signature tune from MIDNIGHT LOVE, combined the carnal wit
EXTD=h the spiritual in a manner rivaling vintage (secular) Al Green. 
EXTD=This release reissues MIDNIGHT LOVE with a fascinating additional
EXTD= disc that features unreleased material from that album's session
EXTD=s. The additional material, including alternate mixes, instrument
EXTD=al versions and even a rehearsal recording of "Sexual Healing" is
EXTD=n't really revelatory, but it's consistently intriguing, and a we
EXTD=lcome look into the creative process of R&B's late, tortured geni
EXTD=us.\n\nIndustry Reviews\n...features some a capella moaning that 
EXTD=will freak you deep into the night...\nSpin (01/01/1999)
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