Marvin Gaye's Here, My Dear: Deal Me Out
Nick Coleman, Independent on Sunday, 17 February 2008
At the age of 39, Marvin Gaye's marriage hit the rocks, and he was forced into the studio to pay the divorce fees. Reissued 30 years after its first release, Here, My Dear remains the most bitter break-up record of all time
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