M.P.G. es un álbum de Marvin Gaye, publicado en 1969 por Tamla. El disco incluye 12 canciones, entre ellas «Too Busy Thinking About My Baby», «This Magic Moment», «That's the Way Love Is» y «The End of Our Road».
Sobre el álbum
El álbum M.P.G., de 1969, es un perfecto ejemplo de Marvin Gaye en su faceta de infalible creador de éxitos para el sello Motown. Este disco, cuyo título son las iniciales del artista (Marvin Pentz Gay), es una colección de soul pulido y de altísima calidad, que lo consolidó como una de las mayores estrellas masculinas de la compañía justo antes de su revolucionaria transformación artística.
El trabajo contiene varios singles de éxito, entre los que destaca el irresistible "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby". Esta canción, con su ritmo contagioso y su alegre melodía, encapsula el sonido de Motown de finales de los 60. El álbum muestra la creciente madurez de Gaye como intérprete, capaz de inyectar una profunda emoción incluso en el material más comercial.
El disco presenta una producción impecable, característica de la factoría de éxitos de Berry Gordy. "M.P.G." es un excelente retrato del artista en su cúspide como estrella del pop-soul, un trabajo que, aunque no posee la carga conceptual de sus obras posteriores, es un deleite de principio a fin.
Listado de Canciones
- Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57
Letra
I ain't got time To think about money Or what it can buy And I ain't got time To sit down and wonder What makes the birdies fly And I don't have the tima To think about what makes the flowers grow And I never give it a second thought To where the rivers flow Too busy thinking about my baby And I ain't got time to nothing else Too busy thinking about my baby And I ain't got time to nothing else I ain't got time to discuss the weather Or how it's gonna last And I ain't got time to do no studying Once I get out of class And I'm just a fellow I got a one track mind And when it comes to Thinking about anything about my baby I just don't have the time Too busy thinking about my baby And I ain't got time to nothing else Too busy thinking about my baby And I ain't got time to nothing else All the diamonds and pearls in the world Could never match her worth She's some kind of wonderful People tell you I've got heaven right here on earth And I'm just a fellow With a one track mind And when it comes to thinking about Anything but my baby I just don't have the time Too busy thinking about my baby And I ain't got time to nothing else Too busy thinking about my baby And I ain't got time to nothing else -Chommar, Ipiet, Ira, Hani- - This Magic Moment2:39
- That's the Way Love Is3:40
- The End of Our Road2:49
Letra
(Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong/Roger Penzabene) Oh, it's over, it's all over Said it's over, it's all over, baby I gotta get away from you as fast as I can You're too much for me, woman More than my heart can stand Like a kid behind the wheel You've been reckless with my heart If I stayed around You'd surely tear it all apart The road has got to end somewhere Woman, woman, every road has got to end somewhere Now is the time for the showdown So let me give you the lowdown We've come to the end of our road Woman, I'm just thinkin' 'bout all the times you promised to call And I sat at home lonely You only did it 'cause you knew my love was only Runnin', runnin' around with every guy in town I'm tellin' you, woman, no longer will I be your clown The road has got to end somewhere Every road has got to end somewhere I'm tired of your stuff Say enough is enough We've come to the end of our road I can't take it no more Woman, there's no sense in you beggin' and pleadin' To hold on when I'm the one you're leavin' Say I've 'bout had my fill of you (had my fill of you) Flirtin's all through the years And I've almost run out of tears I'm tellin' you, I couldn't cry if I wanted to The road has got to end somewhere Every road has got to end somewhere Time and again I've begged you to slow down So I'm givin' you the lowdown We've come to the end of our road, road, road (repeat and fade): (Oh, this is the end, the end of our road) Sallysally@usa. Net - Seek and You Shall Find3:39
- Memories2:44
- Only a Lonely Man Would Know2:55
Letra
Ooh, once I thought that Love was a toy for girls and boys I never gave my heart I just played the part right from the start Then there was you, sweet you With a love that I knew, I knew was true But in my pride, I left you, baby Oh, just hangin' on, now love has gone Oh, only a lonely man would know The bitter tears I've cried since I lost you darlin' Since you said goodbye Only a lonely man would know The hurt inside of me, since I left my pride Make a fool of me Ask any lonely man, you see, darlin' Walk up and ask any lonely man like me, baby Ooh, foolishly girl, I broke your heart Now we're apart Now, in my lonely room, I Just reminisce, long for your kiss And through my lonely tears I can see ahead long lonely years Without your love My world, my world's at an end Blinds closin' in, now, I know Oh, what I was too slow in learnin' Oh, now I know No that I'm all alone, my heart is yearnin' Oh, only a lonely man would know The bitter tears I've cried since I lost you darlin' Since you said goodbye Ask any lonely man, you see, baby Go on and ask him, baby Only a lonely man would know The bitter tears I've cried since I lost you darlin' Since you said goodbye Ooh, only a lonely man would know The hurt inside - It's a Bitter Pill to Swallow3:11
- More Than a Heart Can Stand2:55
- Try My True Love2:56
- I Got to Get to California2:51
- It Don't Take Much to Keep Me2:39