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Songs In The Key Of Divorce

Posted by Amanda Lockhart on Sat, 12/15/2007 - 12:00pm

There are divorce books, divorce movies, divorce TV shows — and in case you didn't realize it, there's also a divorce album. With its 30th anniversary coming up next year, Marvin Gaye's "Here, My Dear" is being remastered and reissued next month.

The 1978 record chronicled Gaye's divorce from Anna Gordy. It was slammed by critics and got a cool reception from fans because it was too personal and didn't hold much promise of becoming a commercial success. Too personal? Whatever would give you that idea? Song titles like "You Can Leave, But It's Gonna Cost You" wouldn't have anything to do with it, right?

Years later, Rolling Stone ranked it No. 462 among its 500 greatest albums. Just because it's not a book written by some pseudo-intellectual doesn't mean it's not a valuable document on divorce.

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