Dream of a Lifetime

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Dream of a Lifetime
Studio album by Marvin Gaye
Publication ; (s)	May 1985
Label (s)	CBS
Format (s)	LP, MC
Title (number)	8th
running time	36 min 07 s
occupation	Marvin Gaye ( vocals , synthesizer ); Gordon Banks ( synthesizer , bass , percussion , drums , background vocals ); Harvey Fuqua ( synthesizer , bass , percussion , background vocals ); William Bryant II ( percussion ); Preston Wilcox ( drums ); Connie Howard ( background vocals ); The Waters ( Background Vocals );

Dream of a Lifetime is an album of songs by Marvin Gaye .

Dream of a Lifetime wasn't released until after Marvin Gaye's death and includes both pieces he worked on shortly before his death and songs he recorded but not released over the years.

The difference between the newer and the older songs can hardly be ignored. The newer songs are very synthesizer- heavy and lyrically located below the belt ( Savage in the Sack or Masochistic Beauty ). The older titles, however, are strongly reminiscent of Gaye's most successful times and his releases in the early 1970s (e.g. Symphony or It's Madness ).

All in all, Dream of a Lifetime is not a homogeneous album in itself, but rather a Marvin Gaye compilation and the record company's attempt to earn money with the death of the artist.

Track list

Sanctified Lady (5:26)
(Marvin Gaye / Gordon Banks )
Savage in the Sack (3:21)
(Marvin Gaye)
Masochistic Beauty (4:41)
(Marvin Gaye / Gordon Banks)
It's Madness (3:22)
(Marvin Gaye)
Ain't It Funny (How Things Turn Around) (4:54)
(Marvin Gaye)
Symphony (2:52)
(Marvin Gaye / William Robinson )
Life's Opera (7:42)
(Marvin Gaye / Ivy Jo Hunter )
Dream of a Lifetime (3:49)
(Marvin Gaye)

Charts

The album reached number 41 in the US pop album charts and number 8 in the R&B charts.

Published singles

Sanctified Lady

published 1985; # 2 R&B - # 101 Pop

It's madness

published 1985; # 55 R&B