Who wants to hear some stone cold jams about my painful divorce?
#456
Marvin Gaye, Here, My Dear
Release Date: 1978
Previously Owned: No
First Time Listen: Yes
Impressions: There's a unique backstory on this album. I know, most on this list have a story too, but this one is one of a kind. Marvin "gave" (half of the royalties) his ex-wife Anna Gordy in a weird divorce agreement. At first, Marvin tried to make a "lazy, bad" album for her, but then he got inspired by his conficting emotions from their distintegrated relationship … Continue Reading ››
The album cover is the least weird thing about this albumImpressions: Okay, I loved this album back when I stumbled upon it in college. I'm 100% sure I 'll still feel that way, but we'll listen to it anyway... Starts off with George Clinton's opening spoken word schpiel about Mother Earth tasting maggots in the brain of universe and maybe drowning in his own shit, is just bonkers bizarre, but at least it let's … Continue Reading ››
I guess it's hard to fit nine band members on the front of the LP cover. Sorry, guys to the left!Impressions: Not sure why, but I had a feeling this was gonna be a monster. But, I realized for the benefit of the blog, I must manage expectations and approach this album dispassionately. I was so dispassionate that I went on Spotify and listened to the wrong album. As it turned out, I listened to the … Continue Reading ››
A guy tries to listen to every album on the Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums of all time list, and some other stuff
