Midnight Love (Legacy Edition)
Midnight Love
Larkin Arnold former CBS Records (Sony Music senior executive VP, convinced Marvin Gaye to leave his flat in Belgium and sign with Columbia Records the result would become the soul singer's last album before his untimely death. Of all his number one songs, this album's first release, "Sexual Healing," became his longest running number one single on the Billboard R&B charts (ten straight weeks). With the exception of the guitar, the Washington, D.C. native performed every instrument on this classic hit. Gaye concocted a pioneering percussive sound that was balladic in taste but stimulating in feel. As this project may not be an absolute erotic expression or a socially challenging plea from Gaye like on some of his previous albums, nonetheless, Midnight Love is a classic Marvin Gaye effort. In addition to this project thriving with Gaye s enthusiastic spirit, it has his harmonious background vocals, his stunning vocal arrangements and his creative penmanship, as he wrote all the selections. The 2000 CD reissue on Sony/Legacy adds historical liner notes by Gaye biographer David Ritz and a bonus track, an instrumental version of "Rockin' After Midnight" (which actually does feature a bit of vocalizing by Gaye . ~ Craig Lytle, All Music Guide Buy at iTunes
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Midnight Love (Legacy Edition)
- UPC:
- 074646385623
- Label:
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Columbia/Legacy
- Released:
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4/21/2008
- Rating:
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0
- Disc:
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1
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Music
| | Title | Time |
Preview
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| 1 | Midnight Lady | 8:37 |
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| 2 | Sexual Healing | 4:38 |
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| 3 | Rockin' After Midnight | 10:04 |
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| 4 | Sexual Healing | 4:49 |
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| 5 | I Bet You Wonder | 6:42 |
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| 6 | Third World Girl | 7:16 |
 
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| 7 | Joy | 4:23 |
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| 8 | I've Got My Music | 5:33 |
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| 9 | Rockin' After Midnight | 7:00 |
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| 10 | Third World Girl | 8:00 |
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| 11 | Third World Girl | 6:34 |
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| 12 | My Love Is Waiting | 5:15 |
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| 13 | Marvin's message to the CBS Records staff | 1:01 |
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| 14 | Sexual Healing | 2:14 |
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Credits »
Steven Berkowitz - A&R
Leo Sacks - Re-Release Producer
Tom "Curly" Ruff - Mastering
Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
Didier Leonard - Assistant Engineer
Henri Van Durme - Assistant Engineer
David Stout - Contractor
Bobby Stern - Soloist
Joel Peskin - Soloist
Brian Gardner - Mastering
Dan Bates - Engineer
Larkin Arnold - Executive Producer
Marvin Gaye - Main Performer
Marvin Gaye - Producer
Marvin Gaye - Arranger
Allen Zentz - Mastering
David Ritz - Essay
David Ritz - A&R
John Kovarek - Remixing
John Kovarek - Engineer
McKinley Jackson - Horn Arrangements
McKinley Jackson - Conductor
Harvey Fuqua - Production Advisor
Harvey Fuqua - Mixing
Harvey Fuqua - Editing
Mike Butcher - Mixing
Mike Butcher - Engineer
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