Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love
01. Midnight Lady (5:17)
02. Sexual Healing (4:00)
03. Rockin' After Midnight (6:04)
04. 'Til Tomorrow (4:57)
05. Turn On Some Music (5:08)
06. Third World Girl (4:36)
07. Joy (4:23)
08. My Love Is Waiting (5:08)
Marvin Gaye - The Sexual Healing Sessions
01. Clique Games/Rick James(Original Version Of Midnight Lady) (5:38)
02. Sexual Healing (Alternate 12-Inch Instrumental) (4:38)
03. Sexual Healing (Original Vocal Version) (4:40)
04. Sexual Healing (Alternate Vocal/Mix) (4:50)
05. I Bet You Wonder ("Original Version Of Rockin' After Midnight)" (6:43)
06. Rockin' After Midnight (Instrumental) (7:00)
07. Baby, Baby, Baby (Original Vocal Version Of "Til Tomorrow") (6:54)
08. I've Got My Music (Original Vocal Version Of "Turn On Some Music") (5:33)
09. Turn On Some Music (Alternate Vocal/Mix) (5:16)
10. Third World Girl (Original Reggae Version) (8:01)
11. Third World Girl (Alternate Vocal/Mix0 (6:34)
12. My Love Is Waiting (Alternate Vocal/Mix) (5:16)
13. Marvin's Message To The CBS Records Staff (1:03)
14. Sexual Healing (Rehearsal Tape Courtesy Of David Ritz) (2:15)
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 Gayelike 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.
AllMusic Review by Craig Lytle