Unfortunately the record is not the masterpiece one could have hoped. In fact, it sounds a bit thrown together, probably because it most likely was. This doesn't sound like an homogenous product but a series of tracks culled from various sessions, which of course is exactly what it is.
There are some killer numbers: Try it, You'll Like It and its funky horns and impassioned vocals. Piece of Clay, a piano-led soul ballad with a fantastic subliminal lead guitar and the funky opener You're The Man which would have fit perfectly on the Trouble Man soundtrack. And overall it's a very pleasant listen, because it's Marvin Gaye in the early seventies when he could do no wrong. It's just not the jaw-dropping artistic achievement one could have expected.