Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life (Disc 1) CD Track Listing

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Stevie Wonder Songs In The Key Of Life (Disc 1) (1976)
Songs In The Key Of Life (Original) - Disc 1 of 2\n1992 Motown Record Corporation\n\nReleased Se Wonder's longest, most ambitious collection of songs, a two-LP (plus accompanying EP) set thad some of the best performances of Wonder's career. The opening "Love's in Need of Love Today" atirical baroque synthesizer. Hot on its heels comes the torrid fusion jam "Contusion," a big, dhood, "I Wish." Though they didn't necessarily appear in order, Songs in the Key of Life contaarvel that he sets the bar even higher here, with brilliant material like the tenderly cathartic heartbreaker, "Summer Soft." Those inclined toward Stevie Wonder the social-issues artist had"Pastime Paradise" examined the plight of those who live in the past and have little hope for tumanity and amusingly imagining paradise as a residency on a distant planet. If all this sounds he let it all go with one massive burst. (His only subsequent record of the '70s was the simile making, Songs in the Key of Life is a work of monumental brilliance, two LPs and a bonus EP wet it's also a deeply personal and humane work which in many regards marks the culmination of Win the Key of Life also resonates with a renewed spiritual dimension which lends the music even) and taking time out to pay respects to the masters of jazz ("Sir Duke"), illuminate the strugdise"). At times it's self-indulgent, to be sure, but even at nearly two hours in length, Songso revisit its glorious peaks in the years since. -- Jason Ankeny\n\nHalf.com Details \nProducerel Sembello (guitar); Peter Kleinow (steel guitar); Dorothy Ashby (harp); Bobbi Humphrey (flutembone); Ronnie Foster (organ); Herbie Hancock, Gregory Phillinganes (keyboards); Eddie Brown (cemble, Minnie Riperton, Deniece Williams, Syreeta Wright, West Angeles Church Of God Choir, Harusalito, California. \n\nIncludes liner notes by Stevie Wonder\nAll tracks have been digitally e LP spent 14 of its 80 charting weeks at number one. From his sharp commentaries on American sng his music further beyond R&B, funk, and disco than ever before.\n\nPresent here are some of fiercely poetic declaration of "As" still shine as brightly as ever. Perhaps less well-known asalute to America's pioneers of color. The keyboard sounds are as\n\nIndustry Reviews\nIncludedeflects [Stevie's] global influence on contemporary soul, jazz, funk, rap and pop....[it] speakrding\nOne of the first albums to debut at No. 1 in Billboard, Songs in the Key of Life was thethan either of those masterworks. That Songs retains an enormous amount of visionary relevance,tring quartet of "Village Ghetto Land." This is Stevie, so naturally that cut's anger is balancs, December 10, 1999\nReviewer: MilesAndTrane (Chicago, Il USA)\nThe [then] eargerly-awaited doay. In truth, it really is an impressive statement, like earlier albums in the Wonder catalog, te ballads, but there's also acid-rock, swing, latin, gospel, even Hare Krishna chants. As usua in "Black Man", and biblical wailing in "As". "Joy Inside My Tears" acheives in greater effectce when this track plays. The very-familiar "Isn't She Lovely" is a beautiful valentine to his The album is so varied that it may not have an immediate, exciting appeal to the ears. Like otou don't really notice, you could go on singing La-La-La forever. There really is a lot to swal there is always light at the end of the tunnel". It is a landmark album.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOME well spent. The music is probably the most personal and outspoken of his career. He sings abouion" is an instrumental the title is a reference to the life-threatening auto accident he was is on those matters in "Village Ghetto Land", "Pastime Paradise" & "Joy Inside My Tears". He alsnder could always write great love songs and they are here as well in the forms of "Ebony Eyes"y on double albums, there is filler, but not here. Every song serves a purpose and help create ON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nSecond best, but still an all-time classic, August 31, 2003\nReviewer: inking about it for nearly 18 years, and I now believe "Innervisions" holds that distinction. " continue to go back and forth on the issue, in my mind. Ultimately though, it's irrelevant to genre of music. But it has it's share of annoyances, too.\nOne problem I have with it is Stevias been told, without much progress, even getting tedious toward the end. Also, the tired "blacrrogant, and devoting too many songs on an album to it is detrimental to the album as a whole. er. The line about children eating dog food is pathetic and poorly written. VGL is the worst so to avoid stuff like that, and he didn't. He wanted to make his point, and he let the album's qeople. You shouldn't have to be the same religion as him, or religious at all, to appreciate hieligious & racial issues that concern him, and his music suffered because of it. Those songs teting a lot of these songs, he was thinking that only black christians would be listening to theto be a great songwriter who makes good albums, not great, because on every one he can't stop hvie: if you want to make a gospel album, just DO it, stop trying to make your albums part gospeonder if your strong personal & spiritual views have been holding you back from making great alture, & love. Those songs are the true heart of SITKOL. What was originally Side 4 of the albumto date (including Stevie), as far as I'm concerned. If you're a songwriter/musician and you waven't mentioned yet are all very good as well, with the exception of Contusion, which is way tosiderable flaws. The great is so amazingly strong that it overpowers the mediocre. But I still went along with it, and therefore was able to focus and edit himself down to one album and mak together and have it all be great & fit together. He needed a producer with a stronger will thess noodlings of Contusion, the failed electronic gimmickry of Village Ghetto Land and HATWG, ahave been better if Stevie would ever let anyone use his demos and alternate takes for these re songs included on reissues, as in Marvin Gaye's case. Let's hope he changes his mind. Not like (Los Angeles, CA United States)\n"Songs in the Key of Life" is truly Stevie Wonder's opus. It album ever recorded. It is just about the most magnificent, wide-ranging and deeply moving recoice of musicians on this record (including Herbie Hancock, George Benson, and Greg Phillangaineording, not the one you see here.\nI have been trying for some time now to dispell the notion t0's and 60's vintage they can improve the overall fidelity of early stereo. However, Stevie's aced by the warmth and intimacy of the sound. Analog masters sound as though the musicians are wwell as all of the Stevie Wonder remasters that were recently released by Motown. It sounds to my ears ringing, I can't understand why so many people prefer to listen to this. \n\nHaving co I think this about preserving and respecting the original 'voice' of the record. Stevie Wonderm so stimulated by the entire sonic experience. There are textures and nuances in many of the lecome the standard. I am afraid that the fascination with technological advancement has supercethe album how it was intended to be heard in 1976 buy the original.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIf the greatest pieces of music ever created (in my humble opinion...) Just wanna' say however tng loss, because he tweaked the highs way too much, perhaps trying to go for a contemporary R&Bort of squishing the life out of the tunes. I'm just thankful I bought a copy of Mobile Fidelitppily keep listening to the original versions of all these classic albums.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOM tour-de-force of musical styles from one of popular music's greatest geniuses. Stuff like Inne-CD case: for some inexplicable reason, Motown chose not to include the second booklet of liner
This misc cd contains 12 tracks and runs 51min 47sec.
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