This article's lead possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (January 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Moods of Marvin Gaye
Studio album by Marvin Gaye
Released	May 23, 1966
Recorded	Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit
Genre	Soul
Length	36:12
Label	Tamla
Producer	Smokey Robinson, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Clarence Paul
Marvin Gaye chronology
A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole (1966) Moods of Marvin Gaye (1966) Take Two (with Kim Weston) (1966)
Singles from Moods of Marvin Gaye
"I'll Be Doggone" Released: February 26, 1965 "Ain't That Peculiar" Released: September 14, 1965 "One More Heartache" Released: January 31, 1966 "Take This Heart of Mine" Released: May 5, 1966 "Little Darling (I Need You)" Released: July 26, 1966 "Your Unchanging Love" Released: June 13, 1967

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: impressively, all reached the Top 40 on the R&B singles chart and four of them reached the Top 40 on the Pop Singles Chart, a rare feat for a solo R&B artist even at that time.

Gaye also scored his first two #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.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

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

References