The eighth studio album by Marvin Gaye, released in 1968. It was the first solo studio album Gaye released in two years, where the singer had emerged as a successful duet partner with female R&B singers such as Kim Weston and Tammi Terrell.
The album was his first recorded studio material released in three years and marked a change in direction for Gaye, leaving his trademark Motown soul for funky, light-disco soul.
Released under the alias Metal Fingers, Special Herbs succeeds at capturing DOOM's highly influential sound which continually breaks and reinterprets the rules of the game in favor of the super-villain.