Let's Get It On

I listened to this with my wife and now I'm pregnant, so - five stars.

Far too sexy for me. Makes me feel uncomfortable. Fuck knows what that says about me.

Sex - The Album.

Just so smooth. Who else could get away with a song called Let's Get It On and then a song three songs later called Keep Gettin It On. Unparalleled swagger.

Let’s get it off

Oh, oh, oh Marvin you have just brought me to climax. I've jizzed all over my mum's neck. Fetch me a glass of milk and a Snickers at once.

Fantastic. So good. Will resisten a million times. Makes me want to caress my plants.

Marvin's 13th and most successful album. This is smooth, smooth, smooth. A very easy listen. Some classify as smooth soul or slow jam. Sounds good to me. You definitely hear its influence on future late 70's/early 80's R&B and soul. Apparently, this album was a change in typical Motown recordings in that it was free-flowing album-oriented as opposed to their typical album containing-hit singles-next-to-each-other format. Certain artists have that liberty and I would think Marvin Gaye would be one of them at this point. The themes of these songs are very straight-forward: romance, lust and sex. Marvin's music and voice take it to another level. Some song highlights for me: the title track "Let's Get It On", "Keep Gettin' It On" - similar to the title track with a little more funk, "You Sure Love To Ball" - smooth jazz background music and a great female moan and "Just to Keep You Satisfied" - tremendous vocal performance with sweeping orchestral music. Really not a bad song on the album. I recommend listening to this album as a whole; there is a great flow to the music.

🍆💦

Marvin Gaye, solely responsible for the baby boom of 1974

3.5/5 Very horny album Sounds great, Marvin oozes soul Didn’t know Let’s Get it On had a literal sequel, or that it would better than the OG

One day in 1970, Marvin Gaye was like: "SEGGS!" Then, everybody turned to look at him.

Love Marvin Gaye, love his voice, but this album is extraordinarily repetitive

Let’s Get It On - Marvin Gaye 1. Let’s Get It On - This is a classic how else am I supposed to rate this? 5/5 2. Please Stay (Once You Go Away) - I would make love to this 100%, it’s Marvin Gaye. 5/5 3. If I Should Die Tonight - I’m such a sucker for this. Gives me Disney princess type love. I want it so bad. 5/5 4. Keep Gettin’ It On - This song makes me wanna grind all over somebody. 5/5 5. Come Get To This - I would skip around the city to this, dance around the living room with the LOML to this 5/5 6. Distant Lover - IF I COULD RATE THIS HIGHER I WOULD. SOO GOOD. One of my all time faves ever I hold this song so close to my heart it’s unreal. 1000000/5 7. You Sure Love To Ball - I’m such a sucker for the saxophone, imagine getting undressed to this song. I’d die for it. 5/5 8. Just To Keep You Satisfied - For some reason I can see this song in a ballroom. Enchanting, beautiful, elegant. 5/5 Notes: My ratings were way too low on OK Computer. I’m noting it as a 4/5 because I keep wanting to listen to it and I’m enjoying it way more.

My man Marvin gone too soon ❤️

Now that's more like it. Never listened to this one as much as What's Going On or Here My Dear for some reason but I should have! Another masterpiece. Always love the atmospheres he creates. Love him doing his own backing vocals and the interplay there. Listened to this one 2xs + deluxe edition bonus tracks.

4.1 - A luscious bedroom soundtrack strictly for grown folks, underpinned by sophisticated orchestration and Marvin Gaye's rich bari-tenor. Smooth and snag-free. My only knock is that "Keep Gettin' It On" sits lamely in the middle of the album as an unnecessary reprise of the title track.

Holy cow. This is our second from Marvin Gaye (somehow we haven't had What's Going On yet? that doesn't seem right). While Here My Dear was a really excellent surprise, this album tops even that. Yeah, it's very obviously a collection of jams to bone to. But damn man, they are all (in more ways than one) bangers. I genuinely loved all but one track, and that one was still pretty cool. I wasn't expecting depth beyond the title track, as I really don't see people talking about this album, but it goes the distance. I can so strongly hear the influence that he had on guys like Frank Ocean. This is a new favorite R&B/Soul album for me, going into the all time fiver club. Favorite tracks: All but "You Sure Love to Ball," which is still a good song. Album art: Not entirely sure what Marvin is doing in this picture. Is he playing guitar behind his head? Is he holding a pizza box, winding up before he smashes it on the table in front of him? Is he just hitting a "raise the roof" emote style? No idea. But it's blurry, the font is pretty shitty, and it doesn't even matter because the music is that good. 5/5

There’s definitely a comparison here about the strong correlation between this album and actually ’getting it on’. It’s starts very strong. Using its best, time and tested proven moves. That intro that is damn near Pavlovian. It’s just great, gets everything loose, hits the right spots. Then it settles into pure smoothness. Going through the motions a bit, but still nice. Then it almost realises things have … fallen off the boil a little. So it goes back to the same moves of the opener, just a little less effective. Then more, nice, functional, smoothness … and then it just end a little bit too quickly without a satisfying ending. Just me? It’s an album that is our silk, a great background soundtrack. It’s more clearly named than any Ronseal product.

It’s a shame that this album is solely remembered for its title track because the rest of the album is truly “all killer, no filler.” Every single song is a carefully-crafted, passionate masterpiece that showcases all the different flavors of love. Tracks like “I Should Die Tonight” are inescapable representations of passionate and unconditional love, and songs like “Please Stay” are of course musical sex, but it’s songs like “Just To Keep You Satisfied” and “Distant Lover” that really make the album for me. The former is a complex goodbye song, and the latter synthesizes this heartbreak with the rest of the album’s longing: you can hear both the longing and pain in Gaye’s desperate pleas at the end of the song. This album perfectly sets the indescribable intricacies of love to music.

2-3 Standout songs go beyond 5 stars and lift the slightly less good (but still groovin) tracks up from a 4. I'd say 4.5 but roundin' up.

It must have been hard even for Marvin Gaye to follow up What’s Goin’ On? (if we skip the Trouble Man soundtrack); having dealt with social issues and the environment, Gaye went for something a little more private, a little more sensual on Let’s Get It On. There are terrific tracks here and Gaye’s genius, especially as a vocalist, is apparent throughout. The backing singers are brilliant, I thought - no, wait, that’s all Marvin (except when it’s The Originals on Just to Keep You Satisfied). The jams are glorious and the only criticism is the brevity - a few tracks feel like kernels of ideas not quite fully formed and at half an hour - well, look, I guess that’s long enough for what Marvin had in mind…

One of the finest. Masterful, moving, soulful, spiritual and heartfelt. A wonderful example of the enduring power of music by one of its greatest exponents.

1000 Albums You Must Listen Before You Die + 1 Album You Must Listen Before You Fuck

On “Let’s Get It On”, Marvin Gaye demonstrates why he’s the king of love songs. Tracks flow top down like molasses; Gaye’s voice envelops you like a warm hug. I was also very surprised by the tight, live sounding percussion. Just like me, I wish this project lasted longer.

What a classic sound. I'd recognize it anywhere, even if I didn't know the song. I can't believe I am just learning today that his father murdered him. YIKES. Anyway, this album is sex.

Ha! What an album. The drums coming in on Let’s Get It On after those three sexy wahs is so satisfying and perfectly sets the mood for the rest of the album. It’s stunning in its lush arrangements and vocals, creating a dreamy space of all encompassing sensuality and tenderness. Beautiful.

really good but i have no hoes so

Lighter-hearted jazz. Let’s Get It On is iconic. The rest is more of the same which gets repetitive. There’s a reason only one song has most of the clicks, not that any of it is bad. If I Should Die Tonight is good too.

The title track wasnt actually as cheesy and I remember. Definitely a sensual album through and through. Not sure I'd listen again but I think I got it.

Soul just isn't my thing. I'm sure this album was cutting edge and revolutionary when it came out, but it just feels cheesy today. I didn't dislike the album, but I don't think it's one I'd intentionally listen to again.

It’s a really good album don’t get me wrong. I just don’t think there’s any space in my life where it really fits in. Maybe sitting outside by the fire? Otherwise it’s just not my taste

It's smooth. And classic. You've got to be in the right mood with the right person for this album to really shine.

Wunderbar!

taitaa olla että tittelilaulu vienyt tätä albumia huomattavasti eteenpäin. loput puolituntia on perus marveilua, eli saatanallista anteeksiantamatonta wibailua.. jaa hänen isänsä ampui ja tappoi hänet ok miksi vitussa luen näitä aina gg... ei vaikuta millään tavalla kuunteluuni ei kaunista ääntä yhtään tämä traaginen tarina....perkele... 98marvin98.. vähän eri tyyppi siinä... tsekki... legenda omassa haarassaan.. musta marvini eri.. annettu kolmosta ja nelosta... onkohan siinä aika.. kuin askelmia portailla.. onkohan siinä aika vitoseen. päästykkö parvekkeelle asti nyt.. SEXIÄ SEXIÄ SEXIÄ SEXIÄ SEXIÄ SEXIÄ KYLLÄ KYLLÄ KYLLÄ KYLLÄ KYLLÄ if i should die tonight

While this album wasnt as great as be it was still great. The best songs on here are Let's Get It On and Distant Lover. There isnt a worst song on here either because all of it was great. 9.7/10

Incredible vocals, way more strings and other instruments in the background filling out the tracks.

Legendary, healing, powerful.

The song Let's Get It On is so good that the rest of the album could be a cacophony of babies crying, lips smacking, teeth scrapping on forks and car alarms, and it would still earn 5 stars. Thankfully, it’s not—there are other excellent tracks here. It’s no What’s Going On, but honestly, what album is?

Let’s Get It On tells you exactly what it’s gonna be about. And then it gets down to the sexy business. The only question is whether this should have been a longer record…

I see quite a few reviews complaining about this album being "one note" but that's rather missing the point - this is utility music! This is an album you put on for a specific purpose, to set a specific mood, and you want it to maintain that mood, for, (checks runtime) 32 minutes. (Only 32 minutes Marvin? 😏 ) Anyway, you set a mood like this, you don't want to be jarred out of it, is what I'm saying. I docked "What's Going On" a star for exactly that reason - the preachy schmalzy tracks really brought things down. Here, Marvin Gaye is staying on topic, and the topic is getting it on. Fave track - as well as "Let's Get It On", let's say the comically dated titled "You Sure Love to Ball"...

God, wat een geweldige opener... Dit is natuurlijk DE nummer 1 glijplaat, je krijgt muziek niet veel sexyer dan dit. Als dit een voorbode is voor het hele album dan beloofd dit 5 sterren te worden! Marvin heeft natuurlijk een fantastische stem, de muziek klinkt goed en het album duurt precies lang genoeg. Prachtig soul album en een must listen als je ook maar enige emotie hebt. Also known as: Sex, the album. Fuck it, 5 sterren FAVO: Let's get it on, Keep gettin' it on, Come get to this, Distant Lover, You sure love to ball, Just to keep you satisfied

Marvin es lo más grande que hay. Este disco es una joya.

Волшебная музыка. Очень крутой стиль

There isn't a ton to say about this album. It's a classic and pretty much flawless. Incredible songs, incredible production, incredible staying power 50+ years later. An easy 5 stars.

Real music, sexy and passionate

absolutely extraordinary, I think I ascended. Not a single flop. It was soulful and graceful, and sounded like warm chocolate cookies and sweet childhood.

fire album, i used to think it was better than what’s going on but i don’t think that anymore, but this is still amazing

There is nothing I could possibly say about the single best soul album of all time that would expand the conversation.

All bops no filler

Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On grabs you from the first note, with his voice immediately setting the tone for an album full of soul and sincerity. The opener is an undeniable classic, but it’s the authenticity of the whole album that really stands out. It feels like these songs are pouring straight from Gaye’s heart, as if he’s rushed into the studio the moment inspiration struck. His vocal performance is almost like a magic trick—constantly surprising you with its range and emotion, leaving you wondering how he pulls it off time and time again. If I Should Die Tonight is the standout, showcasing Gaye at his most vulnerable and powerful. And, as a side note, the fact that the Marvin Gaye biopic starring Jesse L. Martin didn’t happen is still a real shame. This album earns a perfect 5/5.

Sexy, beautiful, and wonderful from start to finish

Vraie dinguerie. Chaque son était une découverte incroyable, c'est une musique jouissive. Vraiment banger

I was conceived to this record. 5/5

When this pick popped up, I let out an audible “HELL YEAH”. Immediately put the album on and took the dog out for a walk on this chilly morning. Marvin Gaye is one of those Top 3 crooners, and one I also always realize I don’t listen to enough. This album is perfect from start to finish, and its inclusion is warranted.

Excelente!!!

V good. Understandably classic

good vibes, très communicatif if you should die tonight - solo sax qui chiale ptn banger distant love trompette,

This might just be the ultimate chill and make out record of all time. Simply put, Let’s Get It On is “a record unparalleled in its sheer sensuality and carnal energy.” https://open.substack.com/pub/richcain/p/project-1001-lets-get-it-on-by-marvin?r=4ztyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

First song is a certified banger, so how does the rest of the album compare? Well, Let's Get It On is the high point so while it's technically true to say it's all downhill from there, it's not really helpful (though Keep Gettin' It On Is, y'know, about the same high). Any song can go anywhere and the album loses nothing. Easy to put on, easy to listen to. It's not experimental, it does not make a collage of existing music, it does not push the envelope. It's just good, consistent music.

Romance run amok Drenched in sensuality Pleasure seeker’s must

eeesse é clássico, hein? PQP . 5 estrelas.

Pure fucking music

Second only to "What's Going On" as Marvin Gaye's 70s masterpiece. Essential.

best album thus far! But also a really good album in general

lives up to the title

simplesmente o álbum mais sexy da história. o gaye se superou demais nesse. o final é meio soturno em comparação com o resto, mas ainda assim podemos considerar que ele fez amor gostoso com nossos ouvidos escrevendo essa obra prima.

Perfect album. He’s an Incredible singer and every track is amazing. Love the sound of this record and the grooves are so deep.

Such a great record, immaculate vibes, great playing, great singing. If I die tonight is amazing.

I never realized how much Bruno Mars is trying to be Marvin Gaye until listening to this album. The songs are cool.

Enjoyed this one. His voice sounds like another piece in the brass

smooth

S E X !!! This is probably my favorite Marvin Gaye's album. I think that never in the history of music has anyone managed to communicate and convey the sensations of... you know what, like Marvin did on this record. About the title track, a renowned Brazilian journalist once said: "...it presents such an engaging atmosphere that I have no doubt that 1/3 of children born since that year on the planet have been conceived to the sound of the song."

que discazo de la san puta

YEAHHHHH I’ve been so bad about listening to these on time but THIS??

Wonderful

Oh, yeah...

An absolute banger of an album. Thanks Marvin

Uno de los mejores discos de esta lista y probablemente del catálogo completo de música popular estadounidense del siglo XX. Marvin Gaye no deja de fascinar con interpretaciones suaves e intensas al mismo tiempo, logrando crear atmósferas que te sumergen en los 30 minutos que dura este LP. Un digno contendor para ser incluido en la lista de los mejores álbumes de todos los tiempos, siendo nombrado como número 1 por la Rolling Stone hace unos cuantos años. Es lo mejor que el género del R&B puede entregar.

Truly one of the kings of soul music. His voice truly encompasses the passion and soulfulness of the genre. From the opening bars of this album you know it's going to be special. And not one filler, the album follows seamlessly. 5/5

Eu nunca tinha dado a atenção para esse álbum porque estava saturado da "Let's Get It On" e esse foi um erro meu. É uma escuta suave em todos os sentidos, quase que não se nota a transição de uma música para outra. Critiquei outros álbuns justamente por não se notar a diferença de um musica para outra, como se fosse uma coisa só, mas entendi que nesse álbuns o que critiquei na verdade é que eles são muito homogêneos, as músicas não têm personalidade própria. No "Let's Get It On" todas as músicas parecem fazer parte de uma grande música com momentos e variações, mas dentro de um grande tema. Albúm fantástico.

I get it now

BanGers

Marvin’s vocals elicit stankface more than any other. I mean, instrumentally this is on point, but I’m just stankfacing left and right during these tracks.

Let's Marvin Gaye and get it on....

Day199 - this freakin guy just oozes cool. this a late night album for everyone

10/10. Marvin Gaye was incredible.

Classic

Amazing. Lesser knows its are so great

5 out of 5. The whole album sounds and feels cohesive and Gaye's voice is wonderful. Easy to see why it was included on this, and I'm sure many other's, top lists. Not a bad song on this album. Definitely an album to add to my collection in some way. Favorite song: Keep Gettin' It On

Another great album by the master of soul music. From the opener to the later tracks its a good journey of up and down. I appreciate that the music is a bit more versatile than other albums while the lyrics are good soulful Marvin Gaye.

Top sex songs 10/10

Just about one of the smoothest and sexiest albums ever recorded. If you don't feel the vibe you ain't got a pulse

I'm a big fan of Marvin Gaye's classic run of albums, this is just so smooth.

Classic

Short and strong.

Quite possibly the finest collection of odes to desire, love, lust, and of course 🎷 (knockin boots). An unparalleled celebration of the joys of sensuality. Nobody smoother than Marvin.

Loved it. Easy to listen to. Fun and sexy.

I think I got pregnant just listening to this

Great