| Moods of Marvin Gaye | ||||
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| Studio album by Marvin Gaye | ||||
| Released | May 23, 1966 | |||
| Recorded | 1965-66 Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit |
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| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 36:12 | |||
| Label | Tamla TS-266 |
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| Producer | Smokey Robinson, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Clarence Paul | |||
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Moods of Marvin Gaye is a 1966 album by Marvin Gaye released on the Tamla label.
The album's plan was to establish the singer as a strong albums-oriented artist, as well as a hit maker, although Gaye was still uncomfortable with performing strictly R&B. He had begun work on a standards album around this time after meeting musician Bobby Scott. However, sessions were unsuccessful. As a matter of fact, Gaye would successfully complete a standards album only in his later years, an album which would be released after his death. For the time being, Gaye was winning more fans and had become a crossover teen idol. Six songs from Moods of Marvin Gaye were released as singles: impressively, all reached the Top 40 on the R&B singles chart and four of them reached the Top 40 on the Pop Singles Chart, a rare feat for a solo R&B artist even at that time.
Gaye also scored his first two #1 R&B singles, "I'll Be Doggone" and "Ain't That Peculiar", both co-written by Gaye's friend, Berry Gordy's right-hand man Smokey Robinson.
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