The Marvin Gaye Collection Explained

The Marvin Gaye Collection
Type:	greatest
Artist:	Marvin Gaye
Cover:	CollectionMPG.jpg
Released:	September 1990
Recorded:	1961–1983
Genre:	Funk, soul, R&B
Length:	183:53
Label:	Motown

The Marvin Gaye Collection released by Motown Records in 1990. The box set, divided into four categories, features thirty-four unreleased songs, including the sessions from 1979's The Ballads (later released in 1997 as Vulnerable).

The set is out of print, usurped by 1995's The Master (1961–1984).

Track listing

Disc One (20 Top 20s)

1. "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" - 2:49
2. "Hitch Hike" - 2:32
3. "Pride and Joy" - 2:28
4. "Can I Get a Witness" - 2:47
5. "You're a Wonderful One" - 2:46
6. "Try It Baby" - 2:59
7. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" - 2:55
8. "I'll Be Doggone" - 2:47
9. "Ain't That Peculiar" - 2:57
10. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - 3:12
11. "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" - 2:53
12. "That's the Way Love Is" - 3:39
13. "What's Going On" - 3:50
14. "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" - 3:13
15. "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" - 3:04
16. "Trouble Man" - 3:39
17. "Let's Get It On" (Single version) - 4:00
18. "I Want You" - 3:55
19. "Got to Give It Up" (Single version) - 4:12
20. "Sexual Healing" - 3:58

Disc two (The Duets)

1. "Once Upon a Time" - 2:28
2. "What's the Matter with You Baby" - 2:19
3. "I'm Yours, You're Mine" - 2:07
4. "All I Got" - 3:12
5. "You Can Dance" - 2:17
   • 1. Tracks 1-5 performed with Mary Wells "Rilleh" - 2:32
6. "So Good to Be Loved by You" - 2:23
7. "Was It a Dream" - 3:12
8. "Steadies" - 2:23
   • Tracks 6-9 performed with Oma Page
9. "It Takes Two" - 2:56
10. "Exactly Like You" - 2:41
11. "Teach Me Tonight" - 3:15
12. "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" - 2:22
13. "It's Me" - 2:49
    • Tracks 10-14 performed with Kim Weston
14. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - 2:26
15. "Your Precious Love" - 2:59
16. "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" - 2:20
17. "If This World Were Mine" - 2:41
18. "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" - 2:15
19. "You're All I Need to Get By" - 2:39
    • Tracks 15-20 performed with Tammi Terrell
20. "You Are Everything" - 3:07
21. "You're a Special Part of Me" - 4:37
22. "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" - 3:02
23. "Don't Knock My Love" - 2:16
    • 1. Tracks 21-24 performed with Diana Ross "Pops, We Love You" - 3:51
    • Performed with Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder

Disc three (Rare, Live and Unreleased)

1. "Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide" - 3:02
2. "Never Let You Go (Sha Lu Bop)" - 2:44
3. "It's Party Time" - 2:36
4. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Live from the Apollo) - 2:22
5. "Down and Under When You Limbo" - 2:43
6. "My Girl" - 2:42
7. "It's Not Unusual" - 2:21
8. "Sunny" - 2:57
9. "Sweeter as the Days Go By" - 2:50
10. "Sweet Thing" - 3:09
11. "I Love You Secretly (aka 'My Last Chance')" - 4:33
12. "I Want to Come Home for Christmas" - 4:41
13. "5, 10, 15, 20 Years of Love" - 2:41
14. "You're My Everything (aka 'I'd Give My Life for You)" - 3:29
15. "Come Get to This" (Live at the Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California) - 2:56
16. "Distant Lover" (Live at the Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California) - 6:15
17. "Jan" (Live at the Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California) - 3:10
18. "'60s Hits Medley" (Live from the London Palladium, London, England) - 8:50
19. "Star Spangled Banner" (Live from the 1983 NBA All-Star Game) - 3:13

Disc four (The Balladeer)

1. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" - 3:28
2. "Straighten Up and Fly Right" - 2:21
3. "Too Young" - 3:45
4. "Mona Lisa" - 3:00
5. "It's Only a Paper Moon" - 2:23
6. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" - 3:39
7. "The Days of Wine and Roses" - 3:35
8. "Mack the Knife" - 2:57
9. "Hello Young Lovers" - 2:34
10. "Happy Days Are Here Again" - 2:45
11. "Why Did I Choose You" - 2:34
12. "She Needs Me" - 3:24
13. "Funny" - 2:42
14. "This Will Make You Laugh" - 2:52
15. "The Shadow of Your Smile" - 3:01
16. "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" - 2:27
17. "I Won't Cry Anymore" - 2:51