{"product_id":"marvin-gayes-i-want-you","title":"Marvin Gaye's I Want You","description":"Marvin Gaye sang like he lived in bed. He could croon, deliver a political commentary, and sing to you like you were the only other soul on this earth. And in 1976 he gave us a taste of his erotic imagination with \u003ci\u003eI Want You\u003c\/i\u003e. An album made in honor of his ongoing love affair with Janis (Jan) Hunter, Gaye delivered excess and restraint to sound his desire. \u003ci\u003eI Want You\u003c\/i\u003e is an album that stands apart from Gaye’s earlier collaborations with Diana Ross, Tammi Terrell, Mary Wells, and Kim Weston. Though not technically a duet, Gaye forges another kind of collaboration with Jan, the result of which is an album that provides an intimate portrait of an artist in love and lust.\n\nUsing interviews, visual art, poetry, criticism, and gossip, this book explores ecstasy, funk, sensation, and a host of other delicious and fleshy concerns that animate \u003ci\u003eI Want You\u003c\/i\u003e. It does not attempt a strict historicization of the album as that would do it a disservice. Instead, this book seeks fidelity to the album by centering Gaye’s fantasies, his engagement with Ernie Barnes’ painting Sugar Shack, and sonic expression of desire for Jan.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56191603671384,"sku":"9781501379062","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781501379062_48d91a25-ac4d-4375-80e6-332e55caefcb.jpg?v=1765852239","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/marvin-gayes-i-want-you","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}