I really rather like this. Your mileage may vary. Certainly, though, for me at least, this is the first good Marvin Gaye record, and in no small part because it’s also the first one that actually sounds like a Marvin Gaye record. (6)
Definitely worth listening to for that excellent middle section, but the massive drag factor of the terrible two minutes either side of the really good bit mean the quality of the whole thing is brought crashing downwards. (4)
Mable John is absolutely in her zone here, giving probably the greatest performance of her Motown career. (7)
Silly, entertaining and much, much better than the charmless, rockabilly-lite Rosa Lee (Stay Off The Bell), mainly because this one actually sounds like an Andre Williams record.
This sounds straight and flat, and not in the least bit scandalous or salacious. It could have been sung by pretty much anybody, which makes you wonder just what the point of getting Andre Williams in to record it was. A real waste. (2)
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