I Heard It Through the Grapevine! [Grape Purple LP]

by Marvin Gaye

Overview

Never overly reliant on the Holland-Dozier-Holland machine, Marvin Gaye weathered their departure pretty well, turning to Norman Whitfield (for the epochal "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"), as well as Ivory Joe Hunter, Ashford & Simpson, Frank Wilson, and, for two songs, his own pen. One of Gaye's other R&B hits from In the Groove, the impassioned "You," is in the Four Tops style (it's patterned after "Reach Out"), while "Chained" is another brilliant performance and production of a sub-standard tune. The Brill Building standard "Some Kind of Wonderful" and "There Goes My Baby" were early-'60s throwbacks in sound and feel, quite a jarring effect in context. After "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" became one of the biggest hits of 1968, Motown re-released In the Groove as I Heard It Through the Grapevine. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	10/12/2018
Label:	Motown
UPC:	0602567958253
Rank:	62086

Tracks

1. You
2. Tear It On Down
3. Chained
4. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
5. At Last (I Found A Love)
6. So Kind Of Wonderful
7. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
8. Change What You Can
9. It's Love I Need
10. Every Now And Then
11. You're What's Happening (In The World Today)
12. There Goes My Baby

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Marvin Gaye   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Allen Story   Composer
Susan Bowden   Composer
Berry Gordy, Jr.   Executive Producer
Ivy Jo Hunter   Composer,Producer
Stephen Bowden   Composer
Jack Coga   Composer
Chihiro Nozaki   Art Coordinator
Jack Goga   Composer
Barrett Strong   Composer
Elgie Stover   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
Carole King   Composer
Robert Gordy   Composer
Valerie Simpson   Composer,Producer
Lover Patterson   Composer
Marvin Gaye   Composer,Executive Producer
Jeffrey Bowen   Composer
George Treadwell   Composer
Anna Gordy Gaye   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Composer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
Harvey Fuqua   Producer
Ivory Joe Hunter   Producer
Benjamin Nelson   Composer
John Ellison   Composer
Johnny Bristol   Producer
Nickolas Ashford   Composer,Producer
George Gordy   Composer,Producer
Norman Whitfield   Composer,Producer
Frank Beaty Wilson   Producer
Mickey Gentile   Producer
Frank Wilson   Composer,Producer