1971年の政治コンセプトアルバム『What『s Going On』で大成功を収めたにもかかわらず、Marvin Gayeは1973年の本作で社会問題を後にして、より親密なテーマへと向き直った。
『Let』s Get It On』は新たな境地を開拓し、史上最も官能的なアルバムの一つとして歴史に名を刻み、その後すべてのスロージャムの礎を築いた。
これによりMarvin Gayeは社会問題への関心を持ちつつもセクシーなイメージを獲得し、強力な商業的組み合わせを実現したのである。
発売・販売元 提供資料(2026/02/05)
After brilliantly surveying the social, political, and spiritual landscape with What's Going On, Marvin Gaye turned to more intimate matters with Let's Get It On, a record unparalleled in its sheer sensuality and carnal energy. Always a sexually charged performer, Gaye's passions reach their boiling point on tracks like the magnificent title hit (a number one smash) and "You Sure Love to Ball"; silky and shimmering, the music is seductive in the most literal sense, its fluid grooves so perfectly designed for romance as to border on parody. With each performance laced with innuendo, each lyric a come-on, and each rhythm throbbing with lust, perhaps no other record has ever achieved the kind of sheer erotic force of Let's Get It On, and it remains the blueprint for all of the slow jams to follow decades later -- much copied, but never imitated. ~ Jason Ankeny
Rovi