I Want You is the fourteenth
studio album by American
soul musician
Marvin Gaye, released March 16, 1976, on Motown-subsidiary label
Tamla Records. Recording sessions for the album took place throughout 1975 and 1976 at Motown Recording Studios, also known as
Hitsville West, and Gaye's personal studio
Marvin's Room in
Los Angeles, California. The album has often been noted by critics for producer
Leon Ware's exotic, low-key production and the erotic, sexual themes in his and Gaye's songwriting. The album's cover artwork adapts neo-mannerist artist
Ernie Barnes's famous painting
The Sugar Shack (1971).