Here My Dear - Marvin Gaye
Ordered by a judge to turn over the profits from two albums to the first wife he'd left, ... more
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 ...
Here My Dear - Marvin Gaye
Ordered by a judge to turn over the profits from two albums to the first wife he'd left, ... more
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 ...
Here My Dear - CD
Here My Little Dear I Met a Little Girl When Did You Stop Loving Me When Did I Stop ... more
Loving You Anger Is That Enough Everybody Needs Love Time to Get It Together Sparrow Anna's Song When Did You Stop Loving Me When Did I Stop Loving You [Instrumental...
Here, My Dear - Gaye Marvin
Orderedby a judge to turn over the profits from two albums to the first wife he'd left, ... more
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 Dearis Gaye with the mask off: even the multiple vocal overdubs can't hide his pain and his weariness.--Rickey Wright
Label / Distributor: Universal IMS / Universal Music
Engineer: Art Stewart
Producer: Marvin Gaye
Pieces in Set: 1
Studio / Live: Studio
Stereo: Stereo
Format: Performer
EAN: 737463631020
Additional notes
Album Notes: Personnel: Marvin Gaye (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Gordon Banks, Wali Ali (guitar); Ernie Fields (alto saxophone); Charles Owens, Fernando Harkness (tenor saxophone); Nolan Smith (trumpet); Frank Blair (bass); Bugsy Wilcox (drums); Gary Jones, Elmira Colins (percussion). Reissue producer: Cary E. Mansfield. Recorded at Marvin Gaye Studio, Hollywood, California. HERE MY DEAR was originally released on Tamla (364) as a 2 LP set. Includes liner notes by David Ritz and Curtis M. Shaw. Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot & Dan Hersch (DigiPrep Studios). A concept album of some magnitude, although the subject matter could hardly have been comfortable listening for Anna, Marvin Gaye's ex-wife. She was the subject of Gaye's public 'divorce album', a clever idea if there were no real people involved. The illustration on the sleeve depicts love, marriage, pain and divorce, in addition to the scales of justice (equal). This lengthy album (originally a double vinyl) was poorly received by the critics, although now it has grown in stature, and it really does have considerable depth and melody. Let's face it, if Gaye sang a gardening seed catalogue from cover to cover it would be brilliant.
Album Reviews: Rolling Stone (1/25/95, p.53) - Voted Best Reissue Album in the 1995 Critic's Poll. Q (3/00, p.126) - Included in Q Magazine's "Best Relationship Albums Of All Time" - "...due to the chaotic state of his finances Gaye was ordered to give the profits of his next album to his ex-wife [Anna Gordy]. Result: this bizarre but gripping double, a bitterness concept album designed to make as little money as possible..." Alternative Press (5/01, p.104) - Included in AP's "10 Essential Breakup Albums" - "...Some of the most personal material he ever recorded..." Vibe (5/94, p.105) - "...incorporates all of his techniques: sweet doo-wop romanticism...pop-gospel yearnings...and soul abandon...amid what could be called his most personal of records...Gaye may have been at his most lucid: vocally inventive, musically experimental, and finally, emotionally unrestrained...."
Titles on disc 1
1.: Here My Dear
2.: I Met A Little Girl
3.: When Did You Stop Loving Me When Did I Stop Loving You
4.: Anger
5.: Is That Enough
6.: Everybody Needs Love
7.: Time To Get It Together
8.: Sparrow
9.: Anna's Song
10.: When Did You Stop Loving Me When Did I Stop Loving You (instrumental)
11.: Funky Space Reincarnation
12.: You Can Leave But It's Gonna Cost You
13.: Falling In Love Again
14.: When Did You Stop Loving Me When Did I Stop Loving You (reprise)
Advantages: The timeless Sexual Healing Disadvantages: None!
...delivery. He changes his pitch remarkably well through various parts of the track which merley displayed his wide range of impressive and impeccable vocal abilities.
More laid back and sultry was Turn On Some Music where Marvin puts in an exuberant, crystal-clear vocal performance that gels neatly into the overly, well-crafted production. Marvin is in full romantic mood here and his delivery is touchingly genuine and sincere which always was the genius of MarvinGaye with his straight-from-the-heart approach to his music which is probably why his work remains timeless.
The infectious, Third World Girl opens with bizarre, echoey vocal noises and leads to a flood of musical arrangements that cunningly encapsulates an exotic, Jamaican vibe. Marvins voice is once again enhanced by the customary synthsised effect.
Joy, is something...
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Advantages: One of the greatest posthmous releases of all time Disadvantages: a little too stringy
...does, as beneath his sorrowful, monotone croon lies a crumbling spirit?a soul leaving the rigors of reality, a body wanting nothing but mortal closure. His nothingness takes a overwhelming form as he slowly shuts down, clamming up as he becomes a prisoner in his own lack of feeling. A fitting but frightfully tortured ending to an epic of an album which, despite its miniscule duration, contains an ocean of emotional depth and power.
So why did this lost masterwork never get released during his lifetime? The same answer to all of his problems during that time and for the final years of his life: dope and money. By late 1978, Marvin wasn't selling any records whatsoever. HereMyDear, his bitter, coarse, insane, erratic and brilliant paean to his ex-wife sold poorly and evoked a bitter reaction from critics and fans. Wanting to make money...
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Advantages: Everything is perfect Disadvantages: None
...In 1997, Motown Records released the posthumous MarvinGaye album, "Vulnerable". The album, which was to be released sometime in 1979 as "Ballads", was shelved for years due to possible commercial reasons.
Finally released, the album brings way to one of the singer's most poignant concept projects he ever put out. Reviving some 1960s recording sessions, Marvin put all of his emotions from his tumultuous personal life and bared his heart in the way that was more cathartic than what created "Here, MyDear", recorded around the same time frame as this one was. All the tracks are exquisite and this album produces some of Marvin's greatest vocals yet. A tragic masterpiece in more ways than one indeed.
Among the best is "Why Did I Choose You" both in the final cut and the alternate version, "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" - which included...
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somewhat helpful 01.02.2009
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