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The Marvin Gaye Collection
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedSeptember 1990
Recorded1961-1983
Genre Funk, soul, R&B
Length183:53
Label Motown

The Marvin Gaye Collection released by Motown Records in 1990. The box set, divided into four categories, features thirty-four unreleased songs, including the sessions from 1979's The Ballads (later released in 1997 as Vulnerable).

The set is out of print, usurped by 1995's The Master (1961-1984).

Track listing

Disc One (20 Top 20s)

  1. " Stubborn Kind of Fellow" - 2:49
  2. " Hitch Hike" - 2:32
  3. " Pride and Joy" - 2:28
  4. " Can I Get a Witness" - 2:47
  5. " You're a Wonderful One" - 2:46
  6. " Try It Baby" - 2:59
  7. " How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" - 2:55
  8. " I'll Be Doggone" - 2:47
  9. " Ain't That Peculiar" - 2:57
  10. " I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - 3:12
  11. " Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" - 2:53
  12. " That's the Way Love Is" - 3:39
  13. " What's Going On" - 3:50
  14. " Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" - 3:13
  15. " Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" - 3:04
  16. " Trouble Man" - 3:39
  17. " Let's Get It On" (Single version) - 4:00
  18. " I Want You" - 3:55
  19. " Got to Give It Up" ( Single version) - 4:12
  20. " Sexual Healing" - 3:58

Disc two (The Duets)

  1. " Once Upon a Time" - 2:28
  2. " What's the Matter with You Baby" - 2:19
  3. " I'm Yours, You're Mine" - 2:07
  4. "All I Got" - 3:12
  5. "You Can Dance" - 2:17
  6. "Rilleh" - 2:32
  7. "So Good to Be Loved by You" - 2:23
  8. "Was It a Dream" - 3:12
  9. "Steadies" - 2:23
    • Tracks 6-9 performed with Oma Page
  10. " It Takes Two" - 2:56
  11. " Exactly Like You" - 2:41
  12. " Teach Me Tonight" - 3:15
  13. " Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" - 2:22
  14. " It's Me" - 2:49
  15. " Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - 2:26
  16. " Your Precious Love" - 2:59
  17. " If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" - 2:20
  18. " If This World Were Mine" - 2:41
  19. " Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" - 2:15
  20. " You're All I Need to Get By" - 2:39
  21. " You Are Everything" - 3:07
  22. " You're a Special Part of Me" - 4:37
  23. " My Mistake (Was to Love You)" - 3:02
  24. " Don't Knock My Love" - 2:16
  25. " Pops, We Love You" - 3:51

Disc three (Rare, Live and Unreleased)

  1. " Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide" - 3:02
  2. "Never Let You Go (Sha Lu Bop)" - 2:44
  3. "It's Party Time" - 2:36
  4. " The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Live from the Apollo) - 2:22
  5. "Down and Under When You Limbo" - 2:43
  6. " My Girl" - 2:42
  7. " It's Not Unusual" - 2:21
  8. " Sunny" - 2:57
  9. "Sweeter as the Days Go By" - 2:50
  10. "Sweet Thing" - 3:09
  11. "I Love You Secretly (aka ' My Last Chance')" - 4:33
  12. " I Want to Come Home for Christmas" - 4:41
  13. "5, 10, 15, 20 Years of Love" - 2:41
  14. " You're My Everything (aka 'I'd Give My Life for You)" - 3:29
  15. " Come Get to This" (Live at the Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California) - 2:56
  16. " Distant Lover" (Live at the Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California) - 6:15
  17. "Jan" (Live at the Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California) - 3:10
  18. "'60s Hits Medley" (Live from the London Palladium, London, England) - 8:50
  19. " Star Spangled Banner" (Live from the 1983 NBA All-Star Game) - 3:13

Disc four (The Balladeer)

  1. " I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" - 3:28
  2. " Straighten Up and Fly Right" - 2:21
  3. " Too Young" - 3:45
  4. "Mona Lisa" - 3:00
  5. " It's Only a Paper Moon" - 2:23
  6. " What Kind of Fool Am I?" - 3:39
  7. " The Days of Wine and Roses" - 3:35
  8. " Mack the Knife" - 2:57
  9. " Hello Young Lovers" - 2:34
  10. " Happy Days Are Here Again" - 2:45
  11. "Why Did I Choose You" - 2:34
  12. "She Needs Me" - 3:24
  13. "Funny" - 2:42
  14. "This Will Make You Laugh" - 2:52
  15. " The Shadow of Your Smile" - 3:01
  16. "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" - 2:27
  17. "I Won't Cry Anymore" - 2:51