The 50
albums that changed music https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/16/popandrock.shopping?CMP=share_btn_tw
6 Marvin
Gaye
What's Going On (1971)
Gaye's career as tuxedo-clad heart-throb gave no hint he would cut
a concept album dealing with civil rights, the Vietnam war and
ghetto life. Equally startling was the music, softening and
double-tracking Gaye's falsetto against a wash of bubbling percussion,
swaying strings and chattering guitars. Motown boss Berry Gordy
hated it but its disillusioned nobility caught the public mood. Led
by the oft-covered 'Inner City Blues', it ushered in an era of
socially aware soul.
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