About this product

Product Identifiers

Record LabelMotown / Um3

EAN0602498197356

eBay Product ID (ePID)30593624

Product Key Features

Era1960s, 1980s, 1970s

Run Time18149 Sec

FormatCD

Release Year2004

FeaturesCompilation, Studio & Live

GenrePop, Soul, R&B & Soul

StyleRelaxation, Motown

TypeAlbum

ArtistMarvin Gaye

Release TitleMaster 1961-1984

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs4

DistributionUniversal Distribution

Number of Tracks89

ReviewsTied for #3 on the Reissues list of Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll., "...Handsome 4-CD digest of the man's magnificent work....Marvin Gaye became...an inimitable voice capable of touching anybody, anywhere....There's a universe in every note.", 4 stars out of 5 - "Marvin Gaye made some of the most life-affirming music ever recorded....Twenty years after his death, the full reach of Gaye's genius is revealed on THE MASTER.", 5 stars out of 5 - "...Songs of social comment, sexual desire and spiritual desperation so powerful that they left most of the competition stalled at the lights...", 10 (out of 10) - "...A dream package...flush with myriad unreleased tracks, and enhanced with exemplary digital remastering from original sources...the most all-encompassing and astutely assessed compilation of his work currently available...", 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...These are some of the most beautiful moments in the history of soul."