Marvin Gaye: The Master 1961-1984 (Motown)
Jim Irvin, MOJO, July 1995
BIOGRAPHER DAVID RITZ HAS WRITTEN thousands and thousands of words on the ineffable talent of Marvin Gaye. This is possible. So all-encompassing are the pleasures of Marvin's singing you can ascribe any virtue you like to his voice and it's in there somewhere.
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