When I'm Alone I Cry is the third studio album by Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye

Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....

, released in 1964. It was one of several attempts of the singer to make a name for himself as a jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 vocalist.

After When I'm Alone I Cry was unsuccessful upon its release, Gaye finally balked under pressure to record more R&B

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

 and soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 material. By the end of the decade he had become one of the best-selling and most revered soul artists of his generation.

Side one

1. "You've Changed
   You've Changed
   "You've Changed" is a popular song originally written by Bill Carey and Carl Fischer in 1941. It has been covered by many singers, including:*Harry James's band with vocals by Dick Haymes *Nat King Cole *Connie Russell...
   
   " (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
   I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
   "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" is a song from the 1956 musical My Fair Lady, with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. It was originally performed by Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins...
   
   " (Alan Jay Lerner
   Alan Jay Lerner
   Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre for both the stage and on film...
   
   , Frederick Loewe)
3. "When Your Lover Has Gone
   When Your Lover Has Gone
   "When Your Lover Has Gone" is a 1931 composition by Einar Aaron Swan which, after being featured in the James Cagney film Blonde Crazy that same year, has become a jazz standard. The song was used in the 1991 film, The Rocketeer during the part where Neville Sinclair takes Jenny to The South Seas...
   
   " (Einar Aaron Swan
   Einar Aaron Swan
   Einar Aaron Swan was an American musician, arranger and composer. Born of Finnish parents who had emigrated to the United States at the turn of the century, he was the second of nine children....
   
   )
4. "When I'm Alone I Cry" (Avery Vandenberg, Morris Broadnax)
5. "If My Heart Could Sing" (Vandenberg, Broadnax)