493. Marvin Gaye, “Here, My Dear”

 


As you will learn from this fantastic and exhaustive article about this album from, of all places, Pitchfork, this is a divorce album Marvin Gaye made to satisfy a judgment owed to his ex-wife.  It’s pretty amazing that what is essentially a fuck you record is still better than most records that people will try to do a really good job on.  Marvin Gaye was a magician.  (Obviously, we're going to see Marvin Gaye again and again.)

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