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{{Short description|Album by Marvin Gaye}} {{About|the Marvin Gaye album|the title song|Let's Get It On (song)|the Peter Andre single|Let's Get It On / Do You Wanna Dance?|the TV episode|Let's Get It On (Friday Night Lights)}} {{good article}} {{Infobox album | name = Let's Get It On | type = studio | artist = [[Marvin Gaye]] | cover = Let's Get It On.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1973|08|28}} | recorded = *June 1, 1970{{snd}}April 11, 1972 *February 1{{snd}}July 26, 1973<ref name="gworld"/> | venue = | studio = *[[Hitsville U.S.A.]] and [[Golden World]], Detroit *[[Hitsville West]], Los Angeles | genre = {{hlist|[[Soul music|Soul]]|[[R&B]]}} | length = 31:36 | label = [[Motown|Tamla]] | producer = {{hlist|Marvin Gaye|[[Ed Townsend]]}} | prev_title = [[Trouble Man (album)|Trouble Man]] | prev_year = 1972 | next_title = [[Diana & Marvin]] | next_year = 1973 | misc = {{Singles | name = Let's Get It On | type = studio | single1 = [[Let's Get It On (song)|Let's Get It On]] | single1date = June 15, 1973 | single2 = [[Come Get to This]] | single2date = October 11, 1973 | single3 = [[You Sure Love to Ball]] | single3date = January 2, 1974 }} }} '''''Let's Get It On''''' is the twelfth studio album by the American [[soul music|soul]] singer and songwriter [[Marvin Gaye]]. It was released on August 28, 1973, by the [[Motown]] subsidiary label Tamla Records on [[LP record|LP]]. Recording sessions for the album took place during June 1970 to July 1973 at [[Hitsville U.S.A.]] and [[Golden World Studio]] in Detroit, and at [[Hitsville West]] in Los Angeles. Serving as Gaye's first venture into the [[funk]] genre, ''Let's Get It On'' also incorporates [[smooth soul]] and [[doo-wop]] styles alongside sexually suggestive lyrics, leading to one writer's description of it as "one of the most sexually charged albums ever recorded". Gaye infused ideas of spiritual healing in songs about sex and romance, in part as a way of coping with childhood abuses from his father [[Marvin Gay Sr.]], which had stunted his sexuality. Following the breakthrough success of his socially conscious album ''[[What's Going On (Marvin Gaye album)|What's Going On]]'' (1971), ''Let's Get It On'' helped establish Gaye as a sex icon and broadened his mainstream appeal. It produced three singles—[[Let's Get It On (song)|the title track]], "[[Come Get to This]]", and "[[You Sure Love to Ball]]"—that achieved ''[[Billboard charts|Billboard]]'' chart success. ''Let's Get It On'' became the most commercially successful album of Gaye's career at Motown, resulting in more creative control being given to him by the label. Its erotic balladry, [[Multitrack recording|multi-tracking]] of Gaye's vocals, and seductive funk sound also influenced later [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] recording artists and producers, with the title track specifically helping pioneer the [[slow jam]] and [[quiet storm]] formats.<ref>{{cite book|title=Listen to Soul! Exploring a Musical Genre|last=Perone|first=James|page=66|year=2021|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|isbn=9781440875267}}</ref> In retrospect, ''Let's Get It On'' has been regarded by writers and music critics as a landmark recording in soul. It increased the popularity of funk during the 1970s, while Gaye's smooth-soul sound marked a change from his record label's previous success with the "[[Motown Records#Motown sound|Motown Sound]]" formula. Among the most acclaimed LPs in history, it frequently appears on professional rankings of the greatest albums and has been inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] as a historically important recording. In 2001, it was reissued by Motown as a two-CD [[deluxe edition]] release. In 2023, the album was reissued with added material for its 50th anniversary.
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