Marvin Gaye: Here, My Dear

The Greatest Non Hits

At the height of Disco's popularity in 1978, Marvin writes this album about his divorce to Anna Gaye, who is also Barry Gordy's oldest sister. It's a commercial failure and it's criticized for its "embryonic melodies", which we think is a nice way of saying the writing is lazy, too literal, unoriginal or unpoetic. However, there are tons of great non hits on this album. We personally feel the album is fantastic. The harmonies, the horns, synthesizers are used very creatively. We tip our hat to Eugene Brown, owner of Eugeradio, for making this request. We hope to have him as a guest on our show soon for a Stevie Wonder episode planned in the near future. In the meantime, happy listening!!

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