LP #33 Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (1971)

Mother, mother

There's too many of you crying

Brother, brother, brother

There's far too many of you dying

 

Motown turned out classic hit singles by the truckload in the 1960s and beyond. This is arguably the first really significant Motown album. “What’s Going On” and “Inner City Blues”, the opening and closing tracks, are as relevant now, almost 50 years later, as they were when the record was released.

 

Favorite tracks:

 

What’s Going On 

Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

What’s Happening Brother

Mercy Mercy Me

Save The Children