"I Want You" was recorded during a period of significant personal and professional change for Marvin Gaye. Having achieved considerable success as a member of The Temptations and as a solo artist, Gaye sought to explore deeper and more mature themes in his music. The album was inspired by his relationship with his second wife, Janis Hunter, and it reflects a more sensual and introspective approach to songwriting.

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"Leon," Marvin’s voice crackled, clear as if he were sitting in the swivel chair next to Elias. "The rhythm is too fast. It needs to feel like... like the way shadows move."

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In the pantheon of Marvin Gaye’s Motown catalog, What’s Going On (1971) stands as the solemn prophet, Let’s Get It On (1973) as the sensual liberator, and I Want You (1976) — often overlooked — as the quiet hedonist lost in a trance. The deluxe edition of I Want You , typically packaged as a two-disc set (remastered original album plus a second disc of singles, B-sides, and alternate mixes), restores this album to its rightful place: not as a mere follow-up to Let’s Get It On , but as a radical, minimalist, and hypnotic masterpiece of groove-as-philosophy. Where other soul albums tell stories, I Want You inhabits a single, shimmering state of longing.

: The original remastered album, featuring hits like "I Want You" and "After The Dance."