Let's Get It On [RCA]

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: January 13, 2004
• Type: Collection (various artists)
• Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

Hip-O's Let's Get It On is an 18-track collection of smooth soul ballads from the '70s to the early 2000s. The collection takes its title from the earliest song here, Marvin Gaye's seminal "Let's Get It On" from 1973. It goes from there to Avant's "Makin' Good Love" from 2002, stopping in between to collect Smokey Robinson's wonderful "Quiet Storm," Luther Vandross's slick cover of Stevie Wonder's "Creepin'," the Isley Brothers' "Between the Sheets," and Eugene Wilde's bouncy "Gotta Get You Home Tonight." The disc flows well enough and the mood is never anything less than seductive, though the songs from the '90s sound too mechanical and greater focus on the '70s and '80s would have improved Let's Get It On. As it is, you may want to program out tracks like Barry White's "Come On" (from 1994) and Dru Hill's "In My Bed" in order to keep the mood right. ~ Tim Sendra, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Quiet Storm (Lyrics)	Smokey Robinson, Rose Etta Jones	Smokey Robinson	(3:37)
Let's Get It On (Lyrics)	Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend, Edward Townsend	Marvin Gaye	(3:58)
Come On (Lyrics)	Barry White, Terry Lewis, James Harris	Barry White	(3:44)
Creepin'	Stevie Wonder	Luther Vandross	(4:00)
Between the Sheets (Lyrics)	Ernie Isley, Chris Jasper, Marvin Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley	The Isley Brothers	(5:36)
Stay With Me	Bunny DeBarge, Mark DeBarge	Mark DeBarge	(3:45)
Gotta Get You Home Tonight	Ronald Broomfield, McKinley Horton	Eugene Wilde	(4:54)
Anniversary	Carl Wheeler, Raphael Saadiq	Tony! Toni! Toné!	(4:30)
Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)	Barbara Lewis, Ricky Kinchen, Lawrence Waddell, Jeff Allen	Mint Condition	(4:32)
Crazy Love (Lyrics)	Van Morrison	Brian McKnight	(4:02)
In My Bed (Lyrics)	R. Brown, Ralph Stacy, D. Simmons	Dru Hill	(4:43)
Do It to Me	Lionel Richie	Lionel Richie	(4:29)
Makin' Good Love (Lyrics)	Steve Huff, Avant	Avant	(4:31)
You [Darkchild Remix]	Jesse Powell, Carl Roland	Jesse Powell	(4:44)
Love's Holiday (Lyrics)	Maurice White, Skip Scarborough	Earth, Wind & Fire	(4:22)
My, My, My (Lyrics)	Babyface, Daryl Simmons	Johnny Gill	(4:06)
I'll Make Love to You (Lyrics)	Babyface	Boyz II Men	(3:56)
Fire & Desire (Lyrics)	Rick James	Rick James, Teena Marie	(5:46)

Credits

Adam Abrams (Production Coordination), Mathieu Bitton (Art Direction), Doug Schwartz (Digital Mastering), Jeff Moskow (Compilation Producer), Adam Starr (Production Manager), Kelly Martinez (Legal Counsel), Mathieu Bitton (Design)