M.P.G./That's the Way Love Is [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Product Description
2 albums in one package, digitally remastered.

M.P.G./That's the Way Love Is,Marvin Gaye,Universal Int'l,Motown,Pop,R&B,R&B/Soul,Smooth Soul,Soul,Soul/R & B

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Average customer rating: MPG is Marvin's best '60's ablum, TTWLI is good too! Two classic albums from Marvin 2 Great Lost Gems from Motown Great sound - great packaging

M.P.G./That's the Way Love Is Marvin Gaye Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Motown | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow/How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You Shotgun/Soul Session United/You're All I Need Together/Take Two On Top/Reach Out ASIN: B000059RKZ Release Date: 2001-03-05

Tracks:

1. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
2. This Magic Moment
3. End of Our Road
4. Seek and You Shall Find
5. Memories
6. Only a Lonely Man Would Know
7. It's a Bitter Pill to Swallow
8. More Than a Heart Can Stand
9. Try Me True Love
10. I Got to Get to California
11. It Don't Take Much to Keep Me
12. Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got
13. Yesterday
14. Groovin'
15. I Wish It Would Rain
16. That's the Way Love Is
17. How Can I Forget
18. Abraham, Martin and John
19. Gonna Keep on Tryin' Till I Win Your Love
20. No Time for Tears
21. Cloud Nine
22. Don't You Miss Me a Little Bit Baby
23. So Long

Album Details

2 albums in one package, digitally remastered.

Customer Reviews:

MPG is Marvin's best '60's ablum, TTWLI is good too!.......2004-08-03

These import two-fers' are terrific. They feature terrific sound quality and great packaging. The albums included are:

M.P.G. (1969) **** (4 out of 5) Despite Marvin's long stream of hit singles, this was his first album to actually crack the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 200 albums chart and is his biggest seller of the sixties. M.P.G. reteams Marvin with "I Heard It Through The Grapevine-producer Norman Whitfield, and the two manage to overcome the typical Motown formula and create a surprisingly focused work.

A sense of consistency (which is what's missing from most sixties Motown efforts) is brought to the set by the blisteringly lean arrangements and some of Marvin's most impassioned vocals ever. The big smash hit is "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" (#4 Pop, #1 R&B), which is easily one of his best singles. The song's bouncy timbre made it the perfect (and somewhat surprising) follow up to the bone-chilling smash "I Heard It Through The Grapevine."

Some irresistible light blues is brought to the set with the incredible cuts "Seek And You Shall Find," "More Than A Heart Can Stand," and the hit "End Of The Road" (#40 Pop, #7 R&B). The disc plays out in a surprising satisfying manner, with the clever refrain of "Only A Lonely Man Would Know" laying down nicely beside the funky "It's A Bitter Pill To Swallow." The only tracks that miss the boat is the forgettable cover of "This Magic Moment" (which is also placed too early in the album) and the banal "Memories," which has nothing to distinguish it aside from Marvin's powerful performance. Thankfully these two missteps are listenable and M.P.G. emerges as Marvin's best solo album of the sixties.

THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS (1970) **** (4 out of 5) Produced by Norman Whitfield again, THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS continues the excellence of M.P.G. and is possibly the most underrated album from the first decade of Marvin's career. The tense and mournful title track (#7 Pop, #2 R&B) was another hit single, cracking the Top Ten on both charts. The formulaic "How Can I Forget" (#41 Pop, #18 R&B) was almost a hit, but it (along "No More Tears") is actually one of the disc's weakest moments. The sweeping "Gonna Give Her All The Love I Got (which received some airplay as the flip side of the "How Can I Forget" single) is really splendid and should have been a A-side release. Four covers appear on this recording, and they may be the most surprising songs here.

Marvin's renditions of "Yesterday" and "Abraham, Martin, and John" are stunning and absolutely heartbreaking. Shockingly enough, both manage to top the original recordings (by The Beatles and Dion, respectively). The remaining two covers ("Groovin'" and "Cloud Nine") are much less effective, but they're perfectly solid. Throw in the vintage Motown sound of "Gonna Keep Tryin' Till I Win You're Love" and a few other catchy numbers and you have another excellent Gaye-Whitfield release. On this record, there are flashes of the brilliance that would come later in Marvin's career; although it's still pretty unbelievable that the peerless masterpiece WHAT'S GOING ON would be released in little less than a year.

Two classic albums from Marvin.......2003-08-09

The first album featured here, MPG, was released in 1969 and the second, That's the way love is, was released in 1970.

The collection opens with Too busy thinking about my baby, a top five hit for Marvin in Britain and America. The follow-up single, That's the way love is, was atop ten American hit but missed the chart completely in Britain. How can I forget you became a minor American hit, but in Britain it was put on the B-side of Abraham Martin and John (my favorite Marvin Gaye song). The tribute to Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King and John F Kennedy gave Marvin a top ten UK hit, but it was Smokey Robinson and the Miracles who had the American hit with that song. From these two albums, there was one other minor American hit, The end of our road, which was not released as a single in Britain.

The other tracks making up these albums include covers of This magic moment (Drifters), Yesterday (Beatles) and Grooving (Rascals) as well as songs that had been hits for other Motown artists and some interesting but obscure original songs.

If you already have one of Marvin's hits collections and wish to explore further, you will certainly enjoy the two albums presented here.

2 Great Lost Gems from Motown.......2002-09-14

These 2 albums from Marvin Gaye's late 60's output are great! "That's the Way Love Is" & "Too Busy Thinking..." are the 2 major hits and they are both great, revealing 2 different sides of Mr. Gaye. The former is done in an intense, brooding "Grapevine" style, while the latter is a good time uptemo song which sounds like something Sam Cooke might have done. Many people complain that Motown kept re-doing the same songs with its artists. Personally, I like comparing the different versions. His take on "I Wish It Would Rain" doesn't take anything from the Temptations' original, but is still a very good version with a harder edge. Several other songs "Keep on Tryin" & "Give Her All the Love I've Got" have been done before by the Temptations and other artists, but Mr. Gaye's versions are very enjoyable. He also does "End of Our Road" (Originally done by Gladys Knight & Pips)in a similar style to his version of "Grapevine" and it is a great track. Some of the non-Motown covers are quite good, particularly "Groovin" and "Yesterday". Also, his version of "Abraham, Martin & John" is very moving. His version of "This Magic Moment" is nice, too. Some of the other "filler" ("Bitter Pill" "Only A Lonely Man" "Memories, etc) is all quite good. I also have the "In The Groove" (later "I Heard it Through the Grapevine") CD and taken together these 3 CD's are a great listening experience for any Motown/Soul fan.

Great sound - great packaging.......2001-06-05

These are the last two solo CD's Marvin released before truly breaking out on his own ("What's Going On"). While "MPG" has a a number of gems on it, namely "Too Busy Thinking...", "The End of Our Road", and "I Got To Get To California", the overall production is sometimes shady ("Try My True Love") and it makes the album feel more like the single track sessions that they were, instead of a cohesive suite of songs.

By contrast, "That's The Way Love Is" is pure genius. The entire album is produced and nine of the twelve songs are co-written by Norman Whitfield. I have combed this list of twelve tracks trying to single a few out for merit, but there really is no reason to, it's all top notch. By itself, this CD would rate 4.5 to 5 stars.

As an additional note, for the collector's/audiophiles out there, the entire "That's The Way Love Is" album was previously available in a 1994 remastered version titled "The Norman Whitfield Sessions". The sound on this release is considerably clearer, and makes it well worth the purchase.

There's really only one question left to ask...

Why can't we get these and other Motown out of print releases in the U.S?

Average customer rating:

M.P.G./That's the Way Love Is Marvin Gaye Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005B6DS Release Date: 2001-02-26

Tracks:

1. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
2. This Magic Moment
3. The End Of Our Road
4. Seek And You Shall Find
5. Memories
6. Only A Lonely Man Would Know
7. It's A Bitter Pill To Swallow
8. More Than A Heart Can Stand
9. Try My True Love
10. I Got To Get To California
11. It Don't Take Much To Keep Me
12. Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got
13. Yesterday
14. Groovin'
15. I Wish It Would Rain
16. That's The Way Love Is
17. How Can I Forget
18. Abraham, Martin And John
19. Gonna Keep On Tryin' Till I Win Your Love
20. No Time For Tears
21. Cloud Nine
22. Don't You Miss Me A Little Bit Baby
23. So Long

Album Description

Two-on-one reissue combines two of the late Motown legend'sclassic albums together on one CD, 'M.P.G.' (1969) with 'That's the Way Love Is' (1970), both of which are currently out-of-print domestically. Deluxe CD case housed in a slipcase. 2000 release.

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