Music, Lyrics & Art have always been a great way to express your feelings and the personal situation you are in. Marvin Gaye combined all three on his album ‘Here, my Dear’. On this album it became reality after he was confronted with the divorce papers from his then-wife Anna Gordy Gaye (sister of Motown Recouds founder Berry Gordon). One of the conditions of the settlement was that Anna would receive an extensive percentage of royalties in general as well as a portion of the advance of his next album.

Here, My Dear is Marvin’s result in an attempt to exorcise his personal demon’s about his broken marriage. Album art, title and lyrics are fully dedicated to this theme with subtle visual digs and sometimes less-than-subtle lyrical attacks.

Front- and back cover have a lot of visual digs. Marvin stands on the forefront of a Roman Forum. In Roman times it was the place where authority and justice were housed. Marvin's pose and clothes look suspiciously like Lady Justice However without blindfold, sword and scales ....

In the background there is two times that famous sculpture by Rodin, called 'The Kiss'. Further interpretation is up to you.

The inner sleeve has a pseudo-board-game-like illustration entitled 'Judgment'. It depicts a man's hand that passes a record to a woman's. The left side of the sleeve has Gaye's music and recording equipment, while the other side of the board included jewelry and other luxurious amenities. Detail: the scales In the back

Further interpretation is up to you.

Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. - April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Gaye helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of hits.

During the 1970s, he recorded the concept albums and became one of the first artists in Motown to break away from the reins of their production company. Gaye's later recordings influenced several contemporary R&B subgenres, such as quiet storm and neo soul

Gaye released the 1982 Grammy Award-winning hit Sexual Healing and its parent album Midnight Love. On April 1, 1984, Gaye's father, Marvin Gay Sr., fatally shot him at their house in the West Adams district of Los Angeles

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