When I'm Alone I Cry

by Marvin Gaye

When I'm Alone I Cry cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1964
  • Label: Tamla
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:55
  • Community rating: 2.75/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Stepping away from the upbeat Motown sound, Marvin Gaye delivers a collection of lush, string-laden jazz standards and traditional pop ballads. The nocturnal, deeply romantic orchestrations highlight his smooth, intensely emotive tenor phrasing.

Genres

Descriptors: Ballad, melodic

Tracklist

  1. You've Changed (3:33)
  2. I Was Telling Her About You (4:48)
  3. I Wonder (3:45)
  4. I'll Be Around (4:09)
  5. Because Of You (3:34)
  6. I Don't Know Why (2:45)
  7. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face (3:31)
  8. When Your Lover Has Gone (4:40)
  9. When I'm Alone I Cry (2:46)
  10. If My Heart Could Sing (3:20)

Credits

  • Marvin Gaye - primary artist
  • 惟 - lacquer cut by
  • Bill Carey - written-by
  • Carl Fischer - written-by
  • Don George - written-by
  • Morris Charlap - written-by
  • Cecil Gant - written-by
  • Raymond Leveen - written-by

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