| Anthology: Marvin Gaye | |
| Type: | greatest hits |
| Artist: | Marvin Gaye |
| Cover: | Anthology Marvin Gaye album cover.jpg |
| Recorded: | 1962–1980 |
| Genre: | R&B, soul, psychedelic soul, funk |
| Length: | 153:08 |
| Label: | Motown |
| Producer: | William "Mickey" Stevenson, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Smokey Robinson, Harvey Fuqua, Ashford & Simpson, Frank Wilson, Norman Whitfield, Marvin Gaye, Hal Davis, Leon Ware, Art Stewart |
| Prev Title: | The Very Best of Marvin Gaye |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | The Master (1961–1984) |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
Anthology: The Best of Marvin Gaye is a double CD chronology of American singer Marvin Gaye's career throughout his twenty-year tenure with Motown Records from his first hit song, 1962's "Stubborn Kind of Fellow", to his final Motown R&B charter, "Heavy Love Affair" in 1981. The anthology also covered a set of duet recordings with Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Tammi Terrell, and Diana Ross, as well as unreleased recordings from the 1960s and 1970s.
Gaye's Anthology set was actually released a total of three times in different track listings. The 1974 original, which charted, featured singles spanning from his 1962's "Stubborn" to material from his What's Going On album, while a 1986 re-issue featured songs from Let's Get It On, I Want You and duets with Diana Ross.
The 1995 re-issue deleted some of the duets from the other two releases and included material from Gaye's later period (1978–1981). The set has since been out of stock for some time.
| 1974 US 3LP | 1974 Int'l 2LP | 1986 2CD | 1995 2CD | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.01 | 1.01 | "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" | |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.02 | 1.02 | "Hitch Hike" | |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.03 | 1.03 | "Pride and Joy" | |
| 1.4 | 1.04 | "Once Upon a Time" (with Mary Wells) | |||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.05 | 1.04 | "Can I Get a Witness" | |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.06 | 1.06 | "What's the Matter with You Baby" (with Mary Wells) | |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.07 | "You're a Wonderful One" | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.08 | 1.05 | "Try It Baby" | |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.09 | 1.07 | "Baby Don't You Do It" | |
| 2.3 | 1.10 | "What Good Am I Without You" (with Kim Weston) | |||
| 2.4 | 1.11 | "Forever" | |||
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.12 | 1.08 | "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" | |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.13 | 1.15 | "It Takes Two" (with Kim Weston) | |
| 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.14 | 1.09 | "I'll Be Doggone" | |
| 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.15 | "Pretty Little Baby" | ||
| 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.16 | 1.10 | "Ain't That Peculiar" | |
| 3.3 | 1.17 | 1.16 | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (with Tammi Terrell) | ||
| 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.18 | 1.11 | "One More Heartache" | |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.19 | 1.12 | "Take This Heart of Mine" | |
| 3.6 | 1.20 | 1.19 | "Your Precious Love" (with Tammi Terrell) | ||
| 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.21 | 1.13 | "Little Darling (I Need You)" | |
| 4.1 | 2.8 | 1.22 | 1.17 | "Your Unchanging Love" | |
| 4.2 | 1.23 | "If This World Were Mine" (with Tammi Terrell) | |||
| 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.24 | 1.21 | "You" | |
| 4.4 | 1.25 | 1.20 | "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" (with Tammi Terrell) | ||
| 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.01 | 1.24 | "Chained" | |
| 4.6 | 2.02 | 1.22 | "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Tammi Terrell) | ||
| 4.7 | 2.03 | "How Can I Forget" | |||
| 5.1 | 3.4 | 2.05 | 1.25 | "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" | |
| 5.2 | 2.06 | "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By" (with Tammi Terrell) | |||
| 5.3 | 3.5 | 2.07 | 1.26 | "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" | |
| 5.4 | 3.6 | 2.08 | 1.27 | "That's the Way Love Is" | |
| 5.5 | 3.1 | 2.09 | 1.23 | "You're All I Need to Get By" (with Tammi Terrell) | |
| 5.6 | 2.10 | "The End of Our Road" | |||
| 6.1 | 4.1 | 2.11 | 2.01* | "What's Going On" | |
| 6.2 | 4.2 | 2.12 | 2.03 | "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" | |
| 6.3 | 4.3 | 2.13 | 2.04 | "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" | |
| 6.4 | 4.4 | 2.14 | "Save the Children" | ||
| 6.5 | 2.15 | "You're the Man (Part 1)" | |||
| 6.6 | 4.5 | 2.16 | 2.08 | "Trouble Man" | |
| 3.3 | "You Ain't Livin' till You're Lovin'" (with Tammi Terrell) | ||||
| 3.7 | "The Onion Song" (with Tammi Terrell) | ||||
| 3.8 | "Abraham, Martin and John" | ||||
| 4.6 | 2.17 | 2.09 | "Let's Get It On" | ||
| 4.7 | "You're a Special Part of Me" (with Diana Ross) | ||||
| 2.04 | "Heaven Sent You, I Know" (with Kim Weston) | ||||
| 2.18 | 2.10 | "Come Get to This" | |||
| 2.19 | 2.13 | "Distant Lover (Live)" | |||
| 2.20 | 2.14 | "I Want You" | |||
| 2.21 | 2.16 | "Got to Give It Up (Part 1)" | |||
| 2.22 | 2.15 | "After the Dance" | |||
| 1.14 | "Sweeter as the Days Go By" | ||||
| 1.18 | "Sweet Thing" (Previously unreleased 1967 mix) | ||||
| 2.02* | "God Is Love" | ||||
| 2.05 | "Sad Tomorrows" | ||||
| 2.06 | "You're the Man (Parts 1 and 2)" | ||||
| 2.07 | "The World Is Rated X" (Prev. unr. 1972 Mix) | ||||
| 2.11 | "Just to Keep You Satisfied" | ||||
| 2.12 | "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" (with Diana Ross) | ||||
| 2.17 | "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You" | ||||
| 2.18 | "Ego Tripping Out" | ||||
| 2.19 | "Praise" | ||||
| 2.20 | "Heavy Love Affair" |