R&B Stevie Wonder Innervisions vs. Marvin Gaye What's Going On

[Sinnerman]

Innervisions

Too High 4:37
Visions 5:17
Living For The City 7:26
Golden Lady 5:00
Higher Ground 3:54
Jesus Children Of America 4:04
All In Love Is Fair 3:45
Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing 4:55
He's Misstra Know-It-All 6:06

What's Going On

What's Going On 3:51
What's Happening Brother 2:57
Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky) 3:40
Save The Children 3:04
God Is Love 2:31
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 3:05
Right On 7:20
Wholy Holy 3:20
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 5:16



I go back and forth between these god-tier albums. Innervisions has Higher Ground/Living for the City but What's Going On has the title track/Inner City Blues

-Which album do you prefer
-What's your favorite song on either album
-What's your least favorite song on either album

 

[Mr Rager]

Innervisions>>>>

Best song: Golden Lady
Worst Song: Higher Ground. Just doesn't fit the vibe of the album iMO

I have this on vinyl and have listened to it MANY times over.


Don't get me wrong, God is Love from Marvin is a fukking banger too

 

[Sinnerman]

Innervisions>>>>

Best song: Golden Lady
Worst Song: Higher Ground. Just doesn't fit the vibe of the album iMO

I have this on vinyl and have listened to it MANY times over.


Don't get me wrong, God is Love from Marvin is a fukking banger too

Thanks for saving this thread from being a complete flop man

We'll have to agree to disagree on Higher Ground though cause I think that's arguably the best thing Stevie has ever done

 

[Mr Rager]

Thanks for saving this thread from being a complete flop man

We'll have to agree to disagree on Higher Ground though cause I think that's arguably the best thing Stevie has ever done

Really? Ever???

The bass work is impressive on that song but that's about it for me.

We can do an entirely new thread on best Stevie Song ever, but Higher Ground wouldn't even crack the top 25 for me

What do you like about it?

 

[Sinnerman]

Really? Ever???

The bass work is impressive on that song but that's about it for me.

We can do an entirely new thread on best Stevie Song ever, but Higher Ground wouldn't even crack the top 25 for me

What do you like about it?

For my personal tastes, when I think about my favorite Stevie songs off each album, especially in the golden era I tend to learn towards the funkier songs?

So Talking Book-Maybe Your Baby/Superstition(Although that one and Big Brother don't really fit the album lyrically, I dig it

FFF- On this one it's a tie between It Ain't no Use and You haven't done nothin

SITKOL- I wish/All Night Sucker

 

[Mr Rager]

For my personal tastes, when I think about my favorite Stevie songs off each album, especially in the golden era I tend to learn towards the funkier songs?

So Talking Book-Maybe Your Baby/Superstition(Although that one and Big Brother don't really fit the album lyrically, I dig it

FFF- On this one it's a tie between It Ain't no Use and You haven't done nothin

SITKOL- I wish/All Night Sucker

Ohhhhhhhh man, yeah we have opposing Stevie tastes because those are actually the WOAT tracks on all of those albums for me!

Bruh I like every. single. song. on Talking Book EXCEPT Superstition
FFF-Creepin', Heaven is 10 Zillion Miles away???
SITKOL, I skip All Night Sucker, every other song is GOAT

To each his own I guess.

What are your go-to Marvin songs?

 

[Sinnerman]

Ohhhhhhhh man, yeah we have opposing Stevie tastes because those are actually the WOAT tracks on all of those albums for me!

Bruh I like every. single. song. on Talking Book EXCEPT Superstition
FFF-Creepin', Heaven is 10 Zillion Miles away???
SITKOL, I skip All Night Sucker, every other song is GOAT

To each his own I guess.

What are your go-to Marvin songs?

This is why I love talking music, because it's so subjective so it's cool to hear other perspectives

My favorite three Marvin songs are probably: Trouble Man, Distant Lover, What's Goin On

But that changes every other day. You?

 

[Mr Rager]

This is why I love talking music, because it's so subjective so it's cool to hear other perspectives

My favorite three Marvin songs are probably: Trouble Man, Distant Lover, What's Goin On

But that changes every other day. You?

Same. Changes often. As far as albums go, "I Want You" is his peak IMO.
There's MANY if not all tracks I love off that album but if I had to pick 3 on repeat I'd have to go with I Want You, All the Way Around, and Come live with Me Angel. It's just a phenomenal album overall

Distant Lover is a bop too, of course.

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

What's Going On and its probably my favorite r b album

innervisions is beautiful too but every song on whats going on, the recurring musical and lyrical themes, those transitions, everything put together so

you should put a poll in this thread too

 

[feelosofer]

Personally it's Innervisions (maybe my 2nd Favorote Stevie album) but Marvin Gaye's what's going on is such a seemless album, like it just feels like one amazing expression. Both were ahead of their time.

 

[shopthatwrecks]

innervisons >>>>

here my dear tho...would be >>>>> innervisions

 

[Flex Grossman]

Arguably the 2 GOAT albums.

I currently have What’s going on in the top spot so that gets my vote.

 

[Mortal1]

Innervisions edges it out

 

[Yinny]

Innervisions is an example of a perfect album to me, builds up then mellows back out. It has a few of my staple Stevie tracks.

Fav track-Visions, sexiest bass line I’ve ever heard
Least-All in Love is Fair

 

[Dr. Narcisse]