{"product_id":"marvin-gaye-whats-going-on-3","title":"Marvin Gaye - What's Going On","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtist: Marvin Gaye  | Label: Tamla \/ Motown \/ UMe  | Format: LP  |  Genre: Soul  | Vinyl Condition: Mint | Cover Condition: Sealed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr size=\"1\" noshade\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMarvin Gaye\u003cbr\u003eWhat's Going On\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTamla \/ Motown \/ UMe - re-issue LP in a thick gatefold jacket \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat's Going On\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is the eleventh Studio album by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. It was released on May 21, 1971, by the Motown Records subsidiary label Tamla. Recorded between 1970 and 1971 in sessions at Hitsville U.S.A., Golden World, and United Sound Studios in Detroit, and at The Sound Factory in West Hollywood, California, it was Gaye's first album to credit him as a producer and to credit Motown's in-house studio band, the session musicians known as The Funk Brothers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat's Going On\u003c\/i\u003e is a concept album with most of its songs segueing into the next and has been categorized as a song cycle. The narrative established by the songs is told from the point of view of a Vietnam veteran returning to his home country to witness hatred, suffering, and injustice. Gaye's introspective lyrics explore themes of drug abuse, poverty, and the Vietnam War. He has also been credited with promoting awareness of ecological issues before the public outcry over them had become prominent (\"Mercy Mercy Me\").\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat's Going On\u003c\/i\u003e stayed on the Billboard Top LPs  for over a year and became Gaye's second number-one album on Billoard's Soul LPs chart, where it stayed for nine weeks. The title track, which had been released in January 1971 as the album's lead single, hit number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and held the top position on \u003ci\u003eBillboard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"nowrap\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003es Soul Singles chart five weeks running. The follow-up singles \"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)\u003c\/span\u003e\" and \"Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Hollar)\" also reached the top 10 of the Hot 100, making Gaye the first male solo artist to place three top ten singles on the Hot 100 from one album.\u003cbr\u003eThe album was an immediate commercial and critical success, and came to be viewed by music historians as a classic of 1970s soul. Broad-ranging surveys of critics, musicians, and the general public have shown that \u003ci\u003eWhat's Going On\u003c\/i\u003e is regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time and a landmark recording in popular music. In 1985, writers on British music weekly the NME voted it the best album of all time. In 2020, it was ranked number one on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.  \u003ca title=\"Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rolling_Stone%27s_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eESSENTIAL!! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e     Tracks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat'S Going On \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat'S Happening Brother \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlyin' High (In The Friendly Sky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSave The Children \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGod Is Love \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRight On\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWholy Holy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNEW SEALED re-issue LP in a thick gatefold jacket - \u003cspan\u003ePrinted In Poland (slight difference in the 2nd photo, as ours has a UPC on the lower R corner that is not shown in the pic) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"All Media Supply (AMS)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67575471800571,"sku":null,"price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/4553\/products\/MarvinGayeWhat_sGoingOnLPfront.jpg?v=1672468863","url":"https:\/\/orbitrecords.com\/products\/marvin-gaye-whats-going-on-3","provider":"Orbit Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}