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Marvin Gaye, Paul Winfield, Ralph Waite, William Smithers, Paula Kelly, Julius Harris, Bill Henderson, Wayne Storm, Akili Jones, Vince Howard - Trouble Man

Marvin Gaye, Paul Winfield, Ralph Waite, William Smithers, Paula Kelly, Julius Harris, Bill Henderson, Wayne Storm, Akili Jones, Vince Howard - Trouble Man

Band: Marvin Gaye, Paul Winfield, Ralph Waite, William Smithers, Paula Kelly, Julius Harris, Bill Henderson, Wayne Storm, Akili Jones, Vince Howard Title: Trouble Man Rating: Release Date: 07 April, 1998 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Main Theme Form Trouble Man 2: 'T' Plays It Cool 3: Poor Abbey Walsh 4: The Break In (Police Shoot Big) 5: Cleo's Apartment 6: Trouble Man 7: Theme From Trouble Man 8: 'T' Stands For Trouble 9: Main Theme From Trouble Man 10: Life Is A Gamble 11: Deep-In-It 12: Don't Mess With Mister 'T' 13: There Goes Mister 'T'

Editoral Review Unlike Curtis Mayfield's concurrent Superfly, however, Gaye's record mostly fails to rise above the clichés of film music. Two phenomenons of early-'70s soul--Marvin Gaye and the soundtracks of blaxploitation flicks--met on this 1972 souvenir of the violent Robert Hooks vehicle. Save for the pained, dramatic title single and a few moments of sax-and-wah-wah strutting, much of what's here fails to touch Mayfield's song suite. That's ironic, given that Gaye bookended Trouble Man with two conceptual triumphs, What's Going On and Let's Get It On. His fans, and students of the genre, won't find this a total disappointment, but with "Trouble Man" itself available on a number of best-of CDs, it's inessential. --Rickey Wright .. You can see a complete list of all Marvin Gaye, Paul Winfield, Ralph Waite, William Smithers, Paula Kelly, Julius Harris, Bill Henderson, Wayne Storm, Akili Jones, Vince Howard discography, or go back to the Marvin Gaye, Paul Winfield, Ralph Waite, William Smithers, Paula Kelly, Julius Harris, Bill Henderson, Wayne Storm, Akili Jones, Vince Howard tabs