Anthology (Marvin Gaye album)
# Anthology (Marvin Gaye album)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Tom Hull | A+ (1986 CD) |

Anthology: The Best of Marvin Gaye is a double CD chronology of American singer Marvin Gaye's career throughout his twenty-year tenure with Motown Records from his first hit song, 1962's "Stubborn Kind of Fellow", to his final Motown R&B charter, "Heavy Love Affair" in 1981. The anthology also covered a set of duet recordings with Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Tammi Terrell, and Diana Ross, as well as unreleased recordings from the 1960s and 1970s.

Gaye's Anthology set was actually released a total of three times in different track listings. The 1974 original, which charted, featured singles spanning from his 1962's "Stubborn" to material from his What's Going On album, while a 1986 re-issue featured songs from Let's Get It On, I Want You and duets with Diana Ross.

The 1995 re-issue deleted some of the duets from the other two releases and included material from Gaye's later period (1978–1981). The set has since been out of stock for some time.

## Track listing

| 1974 US 3LP | 1974 Int'l 2LP | 1986 2CD | 1995 2CD | Title |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.01 | 1.01 | "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.02 | 1.02 | "Hitch Hike" |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.03 | 1.03 | "Pride and Joy" |
| 1.4 | | 1.04 | | "Once Upon a Time" (with Mary Wells) |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.05 | 1.04 | "Can I Get a Witness" |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.06 | 1.06 | "What's the Matter with You Baby" (with Mary Wells) |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.07 | | "You're a Wonderful One" |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.08 | 1.05 | "Try It Baby" |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.09 | 1.07 | "Baby Don't You Do It" |
| 2.3 | | 1.10 | | "What Good Am I Without You" (with Kim Weston) |
| 2.4 | | 1.11 | | "Forever" |
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.12 | 1.08 | "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.13 | 1.15 | "It Takes Two" (with Kim Weston) |
| 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.14 | 1.09 | "I'll Be Doggone" |
| 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.15 | | "Pretty Little Baby" |
| 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.16 | 1.10 | "Ain't That Peculiar" |
| 3.3 | | 1.17 | 1.16 | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (with Tammi Terrell) |
| 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.18 | 1.11 | "One More Heartache" |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.19 | 1.12 | "Take This Heart of Mine" |
| 3.6 | | 1.20 | 1.19 | "Your Precious Love" (with Tammi Terrell) |
| 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.21 | 1.13 | "Little Darling (I Need You)" |
| 4.1 | 2.8 | 1.22 | 1.17 | "Your Unchanging Love" |
| 4.2 | | 1.23 | | "If This World Were Mine" (with Tammi Terrell) |
| 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.24 | 1.21 | "You" |
| 4.4 | | 1.25 | 1.20 | "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" (with Tammi Terrell) |
| 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.01 | 1.24 | "Chained" |
| 4.6 | | 2.02 | 1.22 | "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Tammi Terrell) |
| 4.7 | | 2.03 | | "How Can I Forget" |
| 5.1 | 3.4 | 2.05 | 1.25 | "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" |
| 5.2 | | 2.06 | | "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By" (with Tammi Terrell) |
| 5.3 | 3.5 | 2.07 | 1.26 | "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" |
| 5.4 | 3.6 | 2.08 | 1.27 | "That's the Way Love Is" |
| 5.5 | 3.1 | 2.09 | 1.23 | "You're All I Need to Get By" (with Tammi Terrell) |
| 5.6 | | 2.10 | | "The End of Our Road" |
| 6.1 | 4.1 | 2.11 | 2.01* | "What's Going On" |
| 6.2 | 4.2 | 2.12 | 2.03 | "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" |
| 6.3 | 4.3 | 2.13 | 2.04 | "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" |
| 6.4 | 4.4 | 2.14 | | "Save the Children" |
| 6.5 | | 2.15 | | "You're the Man (Part 1)" |
| 6.6 | 4.5 | 2.16 | 2.08 | "Trouble Man" |
| | 3.3 | | | "You Ain't Livin' till You're Lovin'" (with Tammi Terrell) |
| | 3.7 | | | "The Onion Song" (with Tammi Terrell) |
| | 3.8 | | | "Abraham, Martin and John" |
| | 4.6 | 2.17 | 2.09 | "Let's Get It On" |
| | 4.7 | | | "You're a Special Part of Me" (with Diana Ross) |
| | | 2.04 | | "Heaven Sent You, I Know" (with Kim Weston) |
| | | 2.18 | 2.10 | "Come Get to This" |
| | | 2.19 | 2.13 | "Distant Lover (Live)" |
| | | 2.20 | 2.14 | "I Want You" |
| | | 2.21 | 2.16 | "Got to Give It Up (Part 1)" |
| | | 2.22 | 2.15 | "After the Dance" |
| | | | 1.14 | "Sweeter as the Days Go By" |
| | | | 1.18 | "Sweet Thing" (Previously unreleased 1967 mix) |
| | | | 2.02* | "God Is Love" |
| | | | 2.05 | "Sad Tomorrows" |
| | | | 2.06 | "You're the Man (Parts 1 and 2)" |
| | | | 2.07 | "The World Is Rated X" (Prev. unr. 1972 Mix) |
| | | | 2.11 | "Just to Keep You Satisfied" |
| | | | 2.12 | "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" (with Diana Ross) |
| | | | 2.17 | "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You" |
| | | | 2.18 | "Ego Tripping Out" |
| | | | 2.19 | "Praise" |
| | | | 2.20 | "Heavy Love Affair" |
