Moods of Marvin Gaye is the seventh studio album by Marvin Gaye, released on the Tamla label in 1966.
The album was the result of a plan to establish Gaye as a strong album-oriented artist as well as a hit maker. Gaye was still uncomfortable with performing strictly R&B and had begun work on a standards album around this time, after meeting musician Bobby Scott. However, the sessions were unsuccessful and he would successfully complete a standards album only in his later years (released posthumously as Vulnerable in 1997). For the time being, Gaye was winning more fans and had become a crossover teen idol.
Six songs from Moods of Marvin Gaye were released as singles, all of which reached the Top 40 on the R&B singles chart. Four singles reached the Top 40 on the Pop Singles Chart.
Gaye also scored his first two No. 1 R&B singles, "I'll Be Doggone" and "Ain't That Peculiar", both co-written by Gaye's friend, Berry Gordy's right-hand man Smokey Robinson.
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I'll Be Doggone" | Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin | 2:47 |
| 2. | "Little Darling (I Need You)" | Holland–Dozier–Holland | 2:35 |
| 3. | "Take This Heart of Mine" | Moore, Robinson, Tarplin | 2:49 |
| 4. | "Hey Diddle Diddle" | Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, Gaye | 2:30 |
| 5. | "One More Heartache" | Moore, Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Tarplin, Ronald White | 2:42 |
| 6. | "Ain't That Peculiar" | Moore, Robinson, Rogers, Tarplin | 3:00 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Night Life" | Walt Breeland, Paul Buskirk, Willie Nelson | 3:05 |
| 2. | "You've Been a Long Time Coming" | Holland-Dozier-Holland | 2:13 |
| 3. | "Your Unchanging Love" | Holland-Dozier-Holland | 3:13 |
| 4. | "You're the One For Me" | Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder | 3:24 |
| 5. | "I Worry 'Bout You" | Norman Mapp | 3:24 |
| 6. | "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 4:30 |
Personnel
- Marvin Gaye - lead vocals
- The Andantes - backing vocals (all of side 1; side 2, tracks 8–10)
- The Miracles - additional backing vocals (on "I'll Be Doggone")
- The Spinners - backing vocals (on "Hey Diddle Diddle")
- Marv Tarplin - guitar (side 1, tracks 1, 3, 5 and 6)
- The Funk Brothers - instrumentation
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