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Here My Dear

Marvin GayeAudio CD
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (98 customer reviews)

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (April 5, 1994)
  • Original Release Date: 1978
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Motown
  • ASIN: B000001AKC
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (98 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,167 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Ordered by a judge to turn over the profits from two albums to the first wife he'd left, Marvin Gaye produced this bitter, sad, bewildered masterwork. Over sprawling funk tracks, he questions her, himself, love, family, and, of course, asks, "Why do I have to pay attorney fees?" Both incomparably smooth and incontrovertibly twisted, Here, My Dear is Gaye with the mask off: even the multiple vocal overdubs can't hide his pain and his weariness. --Rickey Wright

Product Description

14 tracks. STILL SEALED but small drill hole into barcode does not appear to touch art. Stickered: Marvin Gaye Tribute Series.

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars
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4.9 out of 5 stars
Musically, this is a fantastic album, and Marvin continues to impress me as a composer. Lucas W. Reynolds  |  23 reviewers made a similar statement
I have to confess, I listened to this album for the first time ever this week. Nse Ette  |  20 reviewers made a similar statement
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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Painfully brilliant. August 2, 2004
Format:Audio CD
Marvin Gaye completely lets his guard down and stands naked on HERE, MY DEAR, the record on which he speaks directly from his wounded heart. Much more than just the chronicle of his divorce from Anna Gordy Gaye, the album is also the portrait of a conflicted soul at the height of his torment and a heartbreaking metaphor for the healing power of music.

All of the songs are terrific and they are immaculately woven together. The doo-wop of the title track sits perfectly among the intense "Anger" and the lovely, lifting "Sparrow." The transitional songs "I Met A Girl" and "Everybody Needs Love" are gorgeous and pained, while "A Funky Space Reincarnation" brings in some sly humor at just the right moment.

Though every track is individually terrific (including "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You," the probing centerpiece to the set), the entire album should be thought of and listened to as a collective work. The compositions are loose and extremely complex, which is exactly why it went misunderstood by critics and audiences at the time of it's release. Possibly the most harrowing, emotional, and brutally honest releases to ever come from a mainstream artist.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Marvin Gaye's Breakup Album October 5, 2005
Format:Audio CD
If you own a copy of "Let's Get It On" for when the relationship is going smooth, this is the album to get for when things fall apart. I've had this CD for ten years and it only gets better with time. Marvin Gaye captures all the emotions of a breakup and sings with so much emotion about his broken marriage that you can feel it yourself. He expresses the love he still has for his ex-wife, the anger about the court proceedings and attorney fees, and even takes a jab at her in the opening song for using their son to keep him in line. I think the vocal arrangements and harmonies on this album are incredible, and you get some insight into how Marvin worked in the studio from the liner notes, which also detail how the album came about. The liner notes also state how the album bombed when it came out due to the disco boom that was occurring at the time of its release. This album definitely falls under the category of overlooked gem. If you are a Marvin Gaye fan or just had a relationship hit the skids, buy this disc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Soothing for the bewildered & broken-hearted June 8, 2006
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I came across this excellent gem last summer, during the final court proceedings etc. of the ugly break-up of a relationship. My ex kept suing and suing relentlessly, until she had exhausted all possibilities. She had been the greatest love of my life and... Well, don't wanna bore you with all the details.

During my trials & tribulations (literally), I was on an emotional rollercoaster of anger, self-doubt, the pangs of disprized love and what not, and absolutely nothing seemed to help. I was devastated and exhausted.

I picked up Gaye's masterpiece by coincidence, as I had seen it featured in the presentation of the all time top 100 hundred rock and pop albums, by one of the UK's largest music magazines. (Possibly Q or Mojo).

I was immediately attracted to it upon happening incidentally upon it in the shelfs of a music store, and started listening.

For all of last summer, I never *stopped* listening to it. I took it with me everywhere. Whenever pains and self-doubts and remnants of profound loving emotions for my ex came along, I put in my discman and was immediately balanced and brought into a pleasing, if somewhat bittersweet, equilibrium.

As noted by some, track no. 11, the 8 m and 12 sec puffed-up sci-fi opus of "A Funky Space Reincarnation" doesn't really belong on this album, and upsets the flow of it. But in the age of CD-players, Ipods etc., one can easily skip it, and I frequently did.

I agree completely that this is one of the top 100 albums of all time, and must definitely be one of the top 10 soul albums of the world history, at any rate.

I recommend it as the perfect antidote to an ugly and/or painful relationship break-up - as have many other reviewers on this product page - and especially in those cases involving court trials and/or lawyers.

This record will save you innumerable hours of pain and anguish, and possibly even drug store tabs.

I do not know how it will come across to someone who as of yet have been spared of harrowing relationship break-ups, and speculate that it might not resonnate fully to such fortunate, youthful people. Hopeless romantics should stay clear of it, and leave it to be cherished by those of us whose doctors would have easily prescribed it had they known it's healing capacities.

For the baggage-laden adults who have been in places where Gaye painfully wails and laments from in this everlasting, allways fresh and soulsoothing opus, I truly recommend this painstaking effort by the late soul-crooner, as his most elaborate, resonnating and to-the-core delivery effort, and as part of an anti-blues ("blue funk") regimen along with DVD's such as Atom Egoyans "Exotica", and the idiosyncratic Jim Carrey-effort of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind".

Feel better!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
If you haven't heard this CD before..now is a good chance to check it out. CLASSIC music made by the legendary Mr. Marvin Gaye.
Published 1 month ago by Kamela Settles
5.0 out of 5 stars Marvin Gaye at his absolute best!
Pure genius. The ability to put the circumstances of his life to music is phenomenal; and not to just any music, but well conceived and funky, soulful music as only Marvin can. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Harold Hightower
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
It'll take a while before this one gets old. The singing is fantastic, the arrangements are great, and the subject matter is really interesting. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Baby Powder
5.0 out of 5 stars Marvin Gaye
There isn't anything by Marvin that I don't like, just some more than others and "Here My Dear" is my all time fav.
Published 4 months ago by marie
5.0 out of 5 stars product review
I love Marvin and this is a great CD and I love and am glad that I bought it. It is really amazing.
Published 5 months ago by 2012
5.0 out of 5 stars Unadulterated Masterpiece
When I hear, as I have since this album's initial release back in 1978, people say that they don't get this album or they don't understand where Marvin was coming from, I am... Read more
Published 9 months ago by M. Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars A gorgeous musical tribute to divorce and heartache....
Perhaps no one could write the songs that depicted true life like Marvin Gaye. This entire album is dedicated to his ex-wife and their painful divorce. Read more
Published 12 months ago by D. Pawl
5.0 out of 5 stars marvin gaye
Bought it for my husband he doesn't listen to anything else now. He says its one if his greatest works and if u wanna understand a woman ,get it.
Published 13 months ago by lovemenot66
5.0 out of 5 stars Deep Marvin
This is a solid CD for real fans of Marvin. The entire album is themed around the rocky relationship with his wife Anna. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mphs1976
5.0 out of 5 stars It's weird. Its spacey. Its sad. Its a work of genius by Marvin...
I love this album. It really grows on you and it takes you on a journey far from Earth. It is reminiscent of Frank Sinatra's 'Trilogy' album.
Published 19 months ago by Pete
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