Marvin Gaye · 1971 · 1970s · Entry 233 of 272
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Berry Gordy didn't want it released. Gaye threatened to never record again. The album that broke Motown's hit-factory mold — Vietnam, addiction, ecology, faith, fathers, all wound into a single suite that flows track-to-track. The Funk Brothers playing soft enough you can hear him think.
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