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DISCID=b90e100d
DTITLE=Stevie Wonder / Natural Wonder - Disc 1 of 2
DYEAR=1996
DGENRE=70's Disco
TTITLE0=Dancing To The Rhythm
TTITLE1=Love's In Need Of Love Today
TTITLE2=Master Blaster (Jammin')
TTITLE3=Stevie Ray Blues
TTITLE4=Higher Ground
TTITLE5=Rocket Love
TTITLE6=Stay Gold
TTITLE7=Ribbon In The Sky
TTITLE8=Pastime Paradise
TTITLE9=If It's Magic
TTITLE10=Ms. & Mr. Little Ones
TTITLE11=Village Ghetto Land
TTITLE12=Tomorrow Robins Will Sing
EXTD=Natural Wonder - Disc 1 of 2\n1995 Motown Record Company, L.P.\n\n
EXTD=Originally Released November 21, 1995\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Follo
EXTD=wing the relative commercial failure of Conversation Peace, Stevi
EXTD=e Wonder rushed out this double-disc live album drawn from an int
EXTD=ernational tour during which he was backed by different symphony 
EXTD=orchestras, his older songs featuring string parts in place of th
EXTD=e synthesizer lines. He introduced several new songs -- "Dancing 
EXTD=to the Rhythm," the instrumental "Stevie Ray Blues," "Stay Gold,"
EXTD= and "Ms. & Mr. Little Ones" -- which demonstrated that his melod
EXTD=ic muse was still with him and that he remained an awkward lyrici
EXTD=st when he was more interested in the political stance than the p
EXTD=oetical scansion. But for most of the running time, he acted as a
EXTD= human jukebox, pumping out his bits with enthusiasm and humor be
EXTD=fore an audibly enthralled audience. That made Natural Wonder ent
EXTD=ertaining, but inessential.  -- William Ruhlmann\n\n\nAMAZON.COM 
EXTD=CUSTOMER REVIEW\nWow! Great Dolby Surround!, July 16, 2000 \nBy  
EXTD=E. Fishbein "SpaceDude" (Saturn) - See all my reviews\nThis is a 
EXTD=great CD. Hard to add much more to what other folks have said abo
EXTD=ut the content but I just wanted to mention that this CD has the 
EXTD=best use I've ever heard of Dolby Pro-Logic Surround in a live se
EXTD=tting.\nThe odd thing is that nowhere on the CD or liner notes do
EXTD=es it state the CD is mixed in surround sound, but it clearly is.
EXTD= \n\n\nHalf.com Details \nContributing artists: Tokyo Philharmoni
EXTD=c Orchestra \nProducer: Stevie Wonder \n\nAlbum Notes\nPersonnel:
EXTD= Stevie Wonder (vocals, harmonica, piano); Tokyo Philharmonic Orc
EXTD=hestra (various instruments); Rick Zunigar (guitar); Isaiah Sande
EXTD=rs, Herman Jackson (keyboards); Nathan Watts (bass); Gerry Brown 
EXTD=(drums); Darryl Jackson (percussion); Keith John, Panzie Johnson,
EXTD= Marva King (background vocals).\n\nRecorded live in Osaka, Japan
EXTD= and Tel Aviv, Israel. \nIncludes liner notes by Ruth Adkins Robi
EXTD=nson and Brian O'Neal.\n\nThere are certain things in this world 
EXTD=that have no downside. Aside from being handed a large sum of mon
EXTD=ey for no particular reason, one of the first that comes to mind 
EXTD=is a two-disc live set from Stevie Wonder, the Poet Laureate of R
EXTD=&B. After you get through puzzling over the Yanni-penned liner no
EXTD=tes and unnecessarily elaborate packaging, you'll be duly bowled 
EXTD=over by the soulfulness, melodicism and pure musical invention co
EXTD=ntained in the two discs that make up NATURAL WONDER.\nEven in th
EXTD=e '90s, decades after he'd first recorded many of the tunes perfo
EXTD=rmed here, Stevie proved to be more than capable of gnerating the
EXTD= kind of excitement you first felt when hearing those songs. From
EXTD= the funky, reality-tempered optimism of "Higher Ground" to the g
EXTD=ritty urban portrait "Living for the City" and the sunny, heart-s
EXTD=topping ballad "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Stevie delivers 
EXTD=the good with precision, emotion and plain old soul. Backed by a 
EXTD=funky band (and occasionally the Tokyo Philharmonic) Stevie makes
EXTD= it plain why he's one of the most respected singer-songwriters o
EXTD=f the 20th century.\n\nIndustry Reviews\n4 Stars - Excellent - ..
EXTD=.throughout the course of this 25-year retrospective, Wonder repe
EXTD=atedly demonstrates the remarkable extent to which his distinctiv
EXTD=e inner visions have been ahead of the musical curve...\nRolling 
EXTD=Stone Magazine (01/25/1996)\n\n...Songs that seemed contrived or 
EXTD=inconsequential in the studio are here revealed as rich and reson
EXTD=antly complex...\nMusician (03/01/1996)\n\n4 Stars - Excellent - 
EXTD=...a triumph, an intriguing showcase of Wonder's natural brillian
EXTD=ce as singer and songwriter...\nQ Magazine (02/01/1996)\n\n...pre
EXTD=sents Wonder's music the way it was meant to be heard--with strin
EXTD=gs, horns, and a full R&B rhythm section...\nEntertainment Weekly
EXTD= (12/01/1995)\n\n\nROLLING STONE REVIEW\nIt's a measure of Stevie
EXTD= Wonder's place in our collective unconscious that merely saying 
EXTD=his name immediately conjures up images of Eddie Murphy's Saturda
EXTD=y Night Live impression -- the neck arched upward, the body swayi
EXTD=ng, the braids flying. To many listeners, especially during the p
EXTD=ast decade, when hip-hop so dominated the black-music scene, Wond
EXTD=er has been increasingly perceived as more of a soul-music icon t
EXTD=han an authentic presence. Which is precisely what makes Natural 
EXTD=Wonder -- a double CD recorded live with a 30-piece symphony orch
EXTD=estra at concerts in Osaka, Japan, and Tel Aviv, Israel, earlier 
EXTD=this year -- such an important and revelatory statement. Because 
EXTD=throughout the course of this 25-year retrospective, Wonder repea
EXTD=tedly demonstrates the remarkable extent to which his distinctive
EXTD= inner visions have been ahead of the musical curve.\n\nGiven Won
EXTD=der's exhaustive body of work, one is prone to take for granted s
EXTD=uch breakthrough recordings as the funk 'n' rolling "Superstition
EXTD=" ('72), the R&Bjiving "I Wish" ('76) and the reggae-bopping "Mas
EXTD=ter Blaster (Jammin')," from 1980. In retrospect it's clear that 
EXTD=when Wonder sang, "Music is a world within itself with a language
EXTD= that we all understand" on "Sir Duke," his '76 tribute to Duke E
EXTD=llington, his kaleidoscopic, pancultural musical philosophy was a
EXTD=lready firmly in place. Listening to his wordless, soaring East-m
EXTD=eets-West vocal gymnastics on "Love's in Need of Love Today," the
EXTD= circular gospel blues of "Higher Ground" or the nightmarish urba
EXTD=n landscape depicted in "Village Ghetto Land," one hears an artis
EXTD=tic wellspring from which such artists as Michael Jackson, Boyz I
EXTD=I Men, Arrested Development and Coolio have all drawn sustenance 
EXTD=and inspiration.\n\nIf one were forced to pick a solitary track h
EXTD=ere to represent what Wonder is all about, it would be "Ribbon in
EXTD= the Sky," originally recorded in 1982. The song begins as a stra
EXTD=ightforward pop ballad with just voice and piano, glides smoothly
EXTD= into a jazz-tinged instrumental break in which Wonder trades har
EXTD=monica riffs with his sax player and ends up swinging over a chur
EXTD=ning Latin beat. Such is the seamless, eclectic genius of Stevie 
EXTD=Wonder. (RS 726 -- Jan 25, 1996)  -- BILLY ALTMAN
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