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== Critical reception ==

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Critic [[Richie Unterberger]] describes the album as "competently done, but{{nbsp}}... supper-club fare, in which Gaye comes off as a sub-[[Nat King Cole]] rather than his own man."<ref>{{cite web |title=Review by Richie Unterberger |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/when-im-alone-i-cry-mw0000118514 |website=Allmusic.com |access-date=17 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Gaye's biographer [[David Ritz]] says: "His ballad style remained self-conscious and restrained... The results were flat, though on the up-tempo numbers he swung effortlessly, demonstrating his natural feel for jazz."<ref name=ritz /> After ''When I'm Alone I Cry'' was unsuccessful upon its release, Gaye finally gave way to pressure to record more [[rhythm and blues|R&B]] and [[soul music|soul]] material. By the end of the decade, he had become one of the best-selling and most revered soul artists of his generation.

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Critic [[Richie Unterberger]] describes the album as "competently done, but{{nbsp}}... supper-club fare, in which Gaye comes off as a sub-[[Nat King Cole]] rather than his own man."<ref name=AM>{{cite web |title=Review by Richie Unterberger |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/when-im-alone-i-cry-mw0000118514 |website=Allmusic.comAllMusic |access-date=17 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Gaye's biographer [[David Ritz]] says: "His ballad style remained self-conscious and restrained... The results were flat, though on the up-tempo numbers he swung effortlessly, demonstrating his natural feel for jazz."<ref name=ritz /> After ''When I'm Alone I Cry'' was unsuccessful upon its release, Gaye finally gave way to pressure to record more [[rhythm and blues|R&B]] and [[soul music|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 ==