When I'm Alone I Cry

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When I'm Alone I Cry is a 1964 album by Marvin Gaye, one of several attempts of the singer to make a name for himself as a jazz vocalist. Motown chief Berry Gordy had never cared for Gaye's smooth jazz renditions, which also did not go over well in concert.

After When I'm Alone I Cry was unsuccessful upon its release, Gaye finally balked under pressure to record more R&B and soul material. By the end of the decade he had become one of the best-selling and most revered soul artists of his generation.

Track listing

Side one

1. "You've Changed" (Bill Carey, Carl Fischer)
2. "I Was Telling Her About You"
3. "I Wonder"
4. "I'll Be Around"
5. "Because of You"

Side two

1. "I Don't Know Why"
2. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe)
3. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan)
4. "When I'm Alone I Cry" (Avery Vandenberg, Morris Broadnax)
5. "If My Heart Could Sing"