Here, My Dear | ||||
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Released | December 15, 1978 | |||
Recorded | March 24, 1977 – July 9, 1978 | |||
Studio | Marvin's Room, Los Angeles, California[1] | |||
Genre | Soul, funk | |||
Length | 71:51 | |||
Label | Tamla | |||
Producer | Marvin Gaye | |||
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Singles from Here, My Dear | ||||
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Here, My Dear is the fifteenth studio album by music artist Marvin Gaye, released as a double album on December 15, 1978, on Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records.[2] Recording sessions for the album took place between 1977 and 1978 at Gaye's personal studios, Marvin Gaye Studios, in Los Angeles, California. The album was notable for its subject matter focusing largely on Gaye's acrimonious divorce from his first wife, Anna Gordy Gaye.
A commercial and critical failure upon its release, it was later hailed by music critics, in the years following Gaye's death, as one of Gaye's best albums. "It's taken me a while," Anna admitted in later years, "but I've come to appreciate every form of Marvin's music."[3]