Perhaps the pervasive element of tragedy that ruled Marvin Gaye's life accounts for the profound intimacy found in his songs. He scored dozens of hits for Motown in the 1960s both as a solo act ("How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)," "I Heard it Through the Grapevine") and singing duets ("Ain't No Mountain High Enough"). A late-decade period of depression and solitude ended with What's Going On? (1971). That album eschewed the pop frivolity of Gaye's earlier work, grappling with such issues as the Vietnam War, poverty and the ecology. Its success allowed him to create increasingly personal records. Let's Get It On was perhaps the most explicitly sexual album of its era; the double LP Here My Dear recounted the disintegration of his marriage in such detail that his wife considered suing for privacy invasion. Gaye's final chart topper was "Sexual Healing" (1983), a luscious ballad that simmered erotically beneath Gaye's velvet-lined vocals. His unexpected death in 1984 at the hands of his father renewed interest in his life, music and legacy.

CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN	COME GET TO THIS/DISTANT	EARLY CLASSICS	GOT TO GIVE IT UP/PART 1
GQ / MASS PRODUCTION	I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE - TAMLA MOTORUM	IN THE GROOVE - TAMLA MOTOWN - EMI	JOY/
LETS GET IT ON - DELUXE EDITION	LOVE SONGS: BEDROOM BALLADS	M.P.G.)A GUY CALLED MARV	MARVEL OF
MUSICAL TESTAMENT 1964 - 1984 - BMG - MOTOWN	REAL THING IN PERFORM 64-81	ROCKIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT-LAST CO	SANCTIFIED LADY - CBS
SEXUAL HEALING - CBS	SINCE I HAD YOU	SOULFUL SOUND OF	T PLAY IT COOL
THAT STUBBORN KINDA FELLOW/HOW SWEET IT IS BE LOVED BY YOU	TROUBLE MAN - TAMLA MOTOWN - 20TH CENTURY FOX	VERY BEST OF MARVIN GAYE	WHAT'S GOING ON - GOT TO GIVE IT UP - MOTOWN
WHATS GOING ON *RMX*	WORLD IS RATED	The Love Collection	Here, My Dear
The Norman Whitfield Sessions	The Final Concert	Got to Give It Up: The Funk Collection	Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits
That Stubborn Kinda' Fellow	Marvin Gaye Gold	Compact Command Performances: 15 Greatest Hits	Moods of Marvin Gaye
Early Classics: Marvin Gaye	Timeless Classics: Live	Compact Command Performances: 20 Greatest Hits	(Sexual) Healing
The Best of Marvin Gaye	Hello Broadway	Number 1's	The Very Best of Marvin Gaye
Love Starved Heart: Rare and Unreleased	Motown Legends: Marvin Gaye	Marvin Gaye Recorded Live on Stage	Here, My Dear (disc 1)
Here, My Dear (disc 2)	Together / Take Two	That Stubborn Kinda Fellow / How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You	When I'm Alone I Cry
A Tribute to the Great Nat King Cole	M.P.G. / That's the Way Love Is	Midnight Love & The Sexual Healing Sessions	The Last Concert Tour
Love Starved Heart: Expanded Edition	The Master 1961-1984	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Volume 2: The '70s	Rocking After Midnight
Trouble Man / M.P.G.	The Marvin Gaye Collection	I Heard It Through the Grapevine / I Want You	M.P.G.
The Sexual Healer	Can I Get a Witness / I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby	The Hits: Double Soul Collection, Volume 1	The Great Marvin Gaye - Live
Love Marvin: The Greatest Love Songs of Marvin Gaye	What's Going On / Let's Get It On	In Concert in the '80s	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Volume 1: The '60s
The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye	A Motown Legend	Every Great Motown Hit of Marvin Gaye	Inner City Blues: The Music of Marvin Gaye (disc 2: The Original Versions)
Marvin Gaye Super Hits	Let's Get It On: His Greatest Hits in Concert	Barry White & Marvin Gaye (disc 2)	1979-11-13: Tokyo, Japan
Missing You - The Best Of	Best of Marvin Gaye: Live	Marvin Gaye and Friends	Rockin' After Midnight
The Universal Masters Collection: Classic Marvin Gaye	Collection (disc 3)	The Legendary Marvin Gaye	Marvin Gaye & His Women: 21 Classic Duets
Love Songs: Greatest Duets	Marvin Gaye Sampler	Master Series: Marvin Gaye	The Man, The Music, The Legend
What's Happening Brother	The Soulful Sound of Marvin Gaye