Stevie Wonder

ClashWho · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:45 pm **Posts:** 20249

a_man_named_gray wrote:

I think it might be just that I'm not huge on synths. I much prefer the more natural sounding tracks on Innervisions. Ironic that Songs has been my favorite Wonder album and I say that. Not at all the reason for my lukewarm response, but that sound clip of the guy getting sent to jail is totally unnecessary and the worst part of the song.

I prefer the single version of "Living for the City". The album version is a mess.

George · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:43 am **Posts:** 4199

to me it's one of the two weakest tracks on the album (along with "He's Misstra Know It All)... but we're talking about the most consistent and song-for-song best pop album ever made (imo, of course), so it's still one of the better songs anybody's ever done... (-:

Yousha · **Posted:** Fri Nov 04, 2011 3:17 pm

except too high which id rate a 9/10 , id give every song a 10, probably more. its definitely my favorite album of all time

adam316 · **Joined:** Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:02 am **Posts:** 16

ClashWho wrote:

a_man_named_gray wrote:

I think it might be just that I'm not huge on synths. I much prefer the more natural sounding tracks on Innervisions. Ironic that Songs has been my favorite Wonder album and I say that. Not at all the reason for my lukewarm response, but that sound clip of the guy getting sent to jail is totally unnecessary and the worst part of the song.

I prefer the single version of "Living for the City". The album version is a mess.

How is the album version a mess? I don't know if I've ever heard the single version though....I happen to like that spoken part. :parrot:

Gray · **Joined:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:49 pm **Posts:** 3822

Yes, I've never heard the single either.

dmille · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:33 am

Stevie Wonder
The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie (1962)
Tribute to Uncle Ray (1962)
With a Song in My Heart (1963)
Stevie at the Beach (1964)
Up-Tight (1966)
Down to Earth (1966)
I Was Made to Love Her (1967)
Someday at Christmas (1967)
Eivets Rednow (1968)
For Once in My Life (1968)
My Cherie Amour (1969)
Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970)
Where I'm Coming From (1971)
Music of My Mind (1972)
Talking Book (1972)
Innervisions (1973)
Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)
Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Hotter than July (1980)
In Square Circle (1985)
Characters (1987)
Conversation Peace (1995)
A Time to Love (2005)

Other Albums
Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius (1963)
Greatest Hits (1968)
Stevie Wonder Live (1970)
Live At the Talk of the Town (1970)
Greatest Hits Vol 2 (1971)
Anthology/Looking Back (1977)
Journey through the Secret Life of Plants (1979)
Original Musiquarium I
The Woman in Red (1984)
Jungle Fever (1991)
Natural Wonder (1995)
At the Close of a Century (1999)
The Definitive Collection (2002)

Bruno · **Joined:** Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:00 am **Posts:** 1780

TOP 15 SONGS

1. Superstition
2. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
3. For Once In My Life
4. I Just Called To Say I Love You
5. Sir Duke
6. Part Time Lover
7. Isn't She Lovely
8. Ebony And Ivory (with. Paul McCartney)
9. Living For The City
10. OverJoyed
11. How Come, How Long (with. BabyFace)
12. My Cherie Amour
13. All I Do
14. Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
15. It's You (with. Dionne Warwick)

Gray · **Joined:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:49 pm **Posts:** 3822

Does anyone know of a good compilatation of Stevie's pre-classic period material?

Yousha · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:39 am

Have you heard all his classic albums Gray ?

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 12261

Honestly, Stevie is somewhat of an acquired taste. He has a REEEALLY unique voice that's all his own. But there's just nothing that really jumps at me as anything special. His runs are kind of polarizing too.

Just for the hell of it, here are some other soul vocalists I prefer over Stevie:
Wilson, Cooke, Charles, Brown, Gaye, Pickett, Mayfield, Williams, Stubbs, Ruffin....just to name a few.

I do love Stevie, but more for his music than his singing.

Gray · **Joined:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:49 pm **Posts:** 3822

Yousha wrote:

Have you heard all his classic albums Gray ?

Yes.

Yousha · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:04 pm

Fave ? I was wondering if you also didnt like Music of My Mind like a lot of other people....

Also, in case you havent listened to it, you should listen to Signed Sealed and delivered and Hotter than July, both very good albums in their own right

Gray · **Joined:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:49 pm **Posts:** 3822

Innervisions is definitely my fav. I like Music of my Mind but I see it as the weakest.

Brett Alan · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:17 pm **Posts:** 2914

Gray wrote:

Does anyone know of a good compilatation of Stevie's pre-classic period material?

The unfortunately titled Looking Back has almost everything you'd want. Including the wonderful previously unreleased original version of "Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)".

Gray · **Joined:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:49 pm **Posts:** 3822

Thanks, it looks excellent from the track listing.

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