Name: Here My Dear par Marvin Gaye
Brand: Marvin Gaye
SKU: 731453025325
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4.5 (98 reviews)

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Pre-dating the voyeuristic tendencies of reality television by 20 years, Here, My Dear is the sound of divorce on record -- exposed in all of its tender-nerve glory for the world to consume. During the amazing success of I Want You and his stellar Live at the London Palladium album, Marvin Gaye was served with divorce papers from his then-wife Anna Gordy Gaye (sister of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy). One of the conditions of the settlement was that Gordy Gaye would receive an extensive percentage of royalties as well as a portion of the advance for his next album. Initially, Gaye was contemplating giving less than his best effort, as he wouldn't stand to receive any money, but then reconsidered at the last moment. The result is a two-disc-long confessional on the deterioration of their marriage; starting from the opening notes of the title track, Gaye viciously cuts with every lyric deeper into an explanation of why the relationship died the way it did. Gaye uses the album, right down to its packaging, to exorcise his personal demons with subtle visual digs and less-than-subtle lyrical attacks. The inner sleeve had a pseudo-board-game-like illustration entitled "Judgment," in which a man's hand passes a record to a woman's. One side of the sleeve has Gaye's music and recording equipment, while the other side of the board included jewelry and other luxurious amenities. Musically the album retains the high standards Gaye set in the early '70s, but you can hear the agonizing strain of recent events in his voice, to the point where even several vocal overdubs can't save his delivery. Stripped to its bare essence, Here, My Dear is no less than brilliantly unsettling and a perfect cauterization to a decade filled with personal turmoil.
© Rob Theakston /TiVo

1. Here, My Dear

par Marvin Gaye

Artiste Principal: Marvin Gaye; Interprète principal
Interprète: Marvin Gaye; Interprète
Compositeur: Marvin Gaye; Compositeur
Parolier: Marvin Gaye; Compositeur
Mixage: Art Stewart; Production
Producteur: Marvin Gaye; Production
Recording Arrangement: Marvin Gaye; Production
Personnel De Studio: Art Stewart; Production
Composer Lyricist: Marvin Gaye; Autre

2. I Met A Little Girl

par Marvin Gaye

Artiste Principal: Marvin Gaye; Interprète principal
Interprète: Marvin Gaye; Interprète
Compositeur: Marvin Gaye; Compositeur
Parolier: Marvin Gaye; Compositeur
Mixage: Art Stewart; Production
Producteur: Marvin Gaye; Production
Recording Arrangement: Marvin Gaye; Production
Personnel De Studio: Art Stewart; Production
Composer Lyricist: Marvin Gaye; Autre

3. When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You

par Marvin Gaye

Compositeur: Marvin Gaye; Compositeur
Parolier: Marvin Gaye; Compositeur
Guitare Basse: Frank Blair; Interprète
Guitare Basse: Frank Blair; Interprète
Batterie: Bugsy Wilcox; Interprète
Guitare: Wali Ali
Gordon Banks; Interprète
Clavier: Marvin Gaye; Interprète
Interprète: Frank Blair
Bugsy Wilcox
Nolan Smith
Wali Ali
Marvin Gaye
Gordon Banks
Charles Owens; Interprète
Mixage: Art Stewart; Production
Producteur: Marvin Gaye; Production
Artiste Principal: Marvin Gaye; Interprète principal
Recording Arrangement: Marvin Gaye; Production
Synthétiseur: Marvin Gaye; Interprète
Saxophone Ténor: Charles Owens; Interprète
Trompette: Nolan Smith; Interprète
Voix: Marvin Gaye; Interprète
Personnel De Studio: Art Stewart; Production
Composer Lyricist: Marvin Gaye; Autre