C Em7 F G7 Let's get it on, sugar, C Em7 F G7 Let's get it on. Watch the video for Lets Get It On by Marvin Gaye for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. [32] Blender magazine ranked the album number 15 on its list of the 100 Greatest American Albums of All Time. [4] Gaye learned to cope with his personal issues with a newly found spirituality. Let's Get It On became the most commercially successful album of Gaye's recording career, and it further expanded his creative control during his tenure with Motown. [1] Following the earlier sessions in Detroit at Golden World, Gaye recorded at Hitsville West in Los Angeles from February to July 1973. Essayant de retenir ce sentiment depuis si longtemps. [9] The slow jam sound and contemporary R&B production in general were greatly influenced by the album's use of vocal multi-tracking and instrumentation. //, Sorry, we have to make sure you're a human before we can show you this page. As an adult, he suffered from impotence and became plagued by sadomasochistic fantasies, which haunted him in his dreams and provoked intense feelings of guilt. 4:38. "[11], "Distant Lover" has Gaye crooning over serene instrumentation, leading to soulful screams near the end; from a heartbroken croon to an impassioned wail. His best albums are still held in extremely high regard, and he is often cited as one of the finest… read more [14] The sexually-explicit and risqué nature of the album's content were, at the time, controversial, and the recording of such an album was deemed as a commercial risk by Motown A&R's (Artists and Repertoire) and label executives. So let's get it done-at the national level and at the global level. [11] The song is reprised on the fourth track, "Keep Gettin' It On". [9] Music writer Rob Bowman later cited Let's Get It On as "one of the most erotic recordings known to mankind. "Let's Get It On" became Gaye's most successful single for Motown and one of his most … La dramaturgie et le romantisme du classique, le déhanchement du groove black, la sincérité brûlante de la soul, le raffinement et le climat brumeux du jazz, quelques épices afro-cubaines dans les percussions et le tour est joué. "You Sure Love to Ball", the album's most sexually overt song. In the spring of 1972, Marvin Gaye was suffering from writer's block. [37], The album also affirmed Gaye's influence over later R&B styles and artists. [9] The commercial success of such recording artists led to a change of trend from socially conscious aesthetics to more mainstream, sensually themed music. Watch the video for Let's Get It On from By All Means's Beyond a Dream for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. "Let's Get It On" is a song and hit single by soul musician Marvin Gaye, released June 15, 1973, on Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. It is believed in many cultures that one cannot separate the sensual from the spiritual and Marvin seems to have understood this. Elliot [in his liner notes, that life amounts to "Birth, copulation and death"], and the young lady moaning [on the album], we hadn't heard that before. The album has been regarded by many music writers and critics as a landmark recording in soul. [2] It was originally written by Gaye as a religious ode to life, but Motown singer-songwriter Kenneth Stover re-wrote it as a more political first draft.