Here, My Dear (studio album) by Marvin Gaye

this funky, bluesy soulful genius melts into your heart and mind

From teague 09/07/2021 17:01

Personally think this is Marvin Gaye's best.

From planetneutral 03/06/2021 12:34

You could decry it as bloated and self-indulgent, lacking in the obvious keeper tracks of his more popular albums, but this drug-fueled personal odyssey is raw and groovy as hell.

A very underrated concept album that shows Gaye struggling through heartbreak and divorce.

From poppmusic 08/28/2017 00:25

One of the most underrated albums of all time, this is Marvin's artistic and emotional masterpiece. If you've never been too into "What's Going On" but can't get enough of "Heard It Through the Grapevine", you're gonna love this one. The music fluctuates from the most tender and sweet doo-wop to deep and delivious funk grooves to melancholy and wistful jazz. For all the strains of divorce and bitter accusations, at the end of the day this is one of the best albums about love ever made, one where it's perhaps even more of a curse than a joy, one where you can hear it's every moment nagging on his soul. Brilliant in every way.

From HoldenM 06/06/2017 14:40

Lacking pretty significantly in songwriting and perspective, this is still a moving, grooving, well-produced set of songs. A little too long, but gorgeous sounding.

From corenfro 04/22/2017 18:23

I forgot how good this thing was. So much is going right here, bass lines, guitars, funk, vocals, lyrics, melodies, organs, beats, pure soul! Marvin is one of the greats! Some filler towards the end could have been cut. I never knew a bitter divorce album could be so blissful to listen to.

Love this album - even given the circumstances surrounding the making of the album, I find this album perhaps Marvin's most accessible and peaceful album. I don't find it depressing at all / it grabs your soul. Have been listening to this album a lot of late at the same time as Frank Ocean's Channel Orange / deliberately.

If you've never heard this album before, please have a listen in its entirety a number of times.

Can't formally vote yet unfortunately - warning, this album talks directly to the soul - 90/100.

A kind of soul, blood on the tracks. Here, my dear, is a stunningly ambitious album dealing with Marvin Gaye's relationship, break up and divorce to his wife Anna Gordy. Apparently, Gaye even used the advance payment for the record to pay for the divorce. The music is equally incredible. Shifting from one mood to another, both musically and lyrically, it is impossible not to get drawn into the emotion, it is simply heartbreaking. It is an incredible song cycle, each track playing it's part, and it is every bit as beautiful and brilliant as his classic album, what's going on. Simply jaw dropping.

From Kingturtle 05/25/2016 18:36

Best soul LP of 1978.