However, similar to the conception and recording of Let's Get It On, Gaye had struggled to come up with an album as an appropriate follow-up. Following a mixed response from critics at the time of its release, I Want You has earned retrospective recognition from writers and music critics as one of Gaye's most controversial works and influential to such musical styles as disco, quiet storm, R&B, and neo soul.īy 1975, Marvin Gaye had come off of the commercial and critical success of his landmark studio album Let's Get It On (1973), its successful supporting tour following the album's release, and Diana & Marvin (1973), a duet project with Diana Ross. While it marked a change in musical direction for Gaye, departing from his trademark Motown and doo-wop-influenced sound for funky, light- disco soul, the album maintained and expanded on his previous work's sexual themes. I Want You consisted of Gaye's first recorded studio material since his highly successful and well-received album Let's Get It On (1973). The album's cover artwork adapts neo-mannerist artist Ernie Barnes's famous painting The Sugar Shack (1971).
The album has often been noted by critics for producer Leon Ware's cinematic, downtempo sound, the erotic themes in his and Gaye's songwriting, and the singer's prominent use of the synthesizer. Gaye recorded the album during 19 at his studio Marvin's Room in Los Angeles and at Motown's Detroit-based Hitsville West studio.
It was released on March 16, 1976, by the Motown Records-subsidiary label Tamla. I Want You is the fourteenth studio album by American soul singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye.
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