The first Marvin Gaye album credited as produced solely by the artist himself, "What's Going On" is a unified concept album consisting of nine songs, most of which lead into the next. It has also been categorized as a song cycle; the album ends on a reprise of the album's opening theme. The album is told from the point of view of a Vietnam War veteran returning to the country he had been fighting for, and seeing nothing but injustice, suffering and hatred. "What's Going On" was the first album on which Motown Records' main studio band, the group of Read more on Last.fm.
