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DTITLE=Stevie Wonder / Songs In The Key Of Life (1-2)
DYEAR=1976
DGENRE=Pop
TTITLE0=Love's In Need Of Love Today
TTITLE1=Have A Talk With God
TTITLE2=Village Ghetto Land
TTITLE3=Contusion
TTITLE4=Sir Duke
TTITLE5=I Wish
TTITLE6=Knocks Me Off My Feet
TTITLE7=Pastime Paradise
TTITLE8=Summer Soft
TTITLE9=Ordinary Pain
TTITLE10=Saturn
TTITLE11=Ebony Eyes
EXTD=Songs In The Key Of Life (Original) - Disc 1 of 2\n1992 Motown Record Corp
EXTD=oration\n\nReleased Se Wonder's longest, most ambitious collection of song
EXTD=s, a two-LP (plus accompanying EP) set thad some of the best performances 
EXTD=of Wonder's career. The opening "Love's in Need of Love Today" atirical ba
EXTD=roque synthesizer. Hot on its heels comes the torrid fusion jam "Contusion
EXTD=," a big, dhood, "I Wish." Though they didn't necessarily appear in order,
EXTD= Songs in the Key of Life contaarvel that he sets the bar even higher here
EXTD=, with brilliant material like the tenderly cathartic heartbreaker, "Summe
EXTD=r Soft." Those inclined toward Stevie Wonder the social-issues artist had"
EXTD=Pastime Paradise" examined the plight of those who live in the past and ha
EXTD=ve little hope for tumanity and amusingly imagining paradise as a residenc
EXTD=y on a distant planet. If all this sounds he let it all go with one massiv
EXTD=e burst. (His only subsequent record of the '70s was the simile making, So
EXTD=ngs in the Key of Life is a work of monumental brilliance, two LPs and a b
EXTD=onus EP wet it's also a deeply personal and humane work which in many rega
EXTD=rds marks the culmination of Win the Key of Life also resonates with a ren
EXTD=ewed spiritual dimension which lends the music even) and taking time out t
EXTD=o pay respects to the masters of jazz ("Sir Duke"), illuminate the strugdi
EXTD=se"). At times it's self-indulgent, to be sure, but even at nearly two hou
EXTD=rs in length, Songso revisit its glorious peaks in the years since. -- Jas
EXTD=on Ankeny\n\nHalf.com Details \nProducerel Sembello (guitar); Peter Kleino
EXTD=w (steel guitar); Dorothy Ashby (harp); Bobbi Humphrey (flutembone); Ronni
EXTD=e Foster (organ); Herbie Hancock, Gregory Phillinganes (keyboards); Eddie 
EXTD=Brown (cemble, Minnie Riperton, Deniece Williams, Syreeta Wright, West Ang
EXTD=eles Church Of God Choir, Harusalito, California. \n\nIncludes liner notes
EXTD= by Stevie Wonder\nAll tracks have been digitally e LP spent 14 of its 80 
EXTD=charting weeks at number one. From his sharp commentaries on American sng 
EXTD=his music further beyond R&B, funk, and disco than ever before.\n\nPresent
EXTD= here are some of  fiercely poetic declaration of "As" still shine as brig
EXTD=htly as ever. Perhaps less well-known asalute to America's pioneers of col
EXTD=or. The keyboard sounds are as\n\nIndustry Reviews\nIncludedeflects [Stevi
EXTD=e's] global influence on contemporary soul, jazz, funk, rap and pop....[it
EXTD=] speakrding\nOne of the first albums to debut at No. 1 in Billboard, Song
EXTD=s in the Key of Life was thethan either of those masterworks. That Songs r
EXTD=etains an enormous amount of visionary relevance,tring quartet of "Village
EXTD= Ghetto Land." This is Stevie, so naturally that cut's anger is balancs, D
EXTD=ecember 10, 1999\nReviewer: MilesAndTrane (Chicago, Il USA)\nThe [then] ea
EXTD=rgerly-awaited doay. In truth, it really is an impressive statement, like 
EXTD=earlier albums in the Wonder catalog, te ballads, but there's also acid-ro
EXTD=ck, swing, latin, gospel, even Hare Krishna chants. As usua in "Black Man"
EXTD=, and biblical wailing in "As". "Joy Inside My Tears" acheives in greater 
EXTD=effectce when this track plays. The very-familiar "Isn't She Lovely" is a 
EXTD=beautiful valentine to his  The album is so varied that it may not have an
EXTD= immediate, exciting appeal to the ears. Like otou don't really notice, yo
EXTD=u could go on singing La-La-La forever. There really is a lot to swal ther
EXTD=e is always light at the end of the tunnel". It is a landmark album.\n\nAM
EXTD=AZON.COM CUSTOME well spent. The music is probably the most personal and o
EXTD=utspoken of his career. He sings abouion" is an instrumental the title is 
EXTD=a reference to the life-threatening auto accident he was is on those matte
EXTD=rs in "Village Ghetto Land", "Pastime Paradise" & "Joy Inside My Tears". H
EXTD=e alsnder could always write great love songs and they are here as well in
EXTD= the forms of "Ebony Eyes"y on double albums, there is filler, but not her
EXTD=e. Every song serves a purpose and help create ON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nSec
EXTD=ond best, but still an all-time classic, August 31, 2003\nReviewer: inking
EXTD= about it for nearly 18 years, and I now believe "Innervisions" holds that
EXTD= distinction. " continue to go back and forth on the issue, in my mind. Ul
EXTD=timately though, it's irrelevant to  genre of music. But it has it's share
EXTD= of annoyances, too.\nOne problem I have with it is Stevias been told, wit
EXTD=hout much progress, even getting tedious toward the end. Also, the tired "
EXTD=blacrrogant, and devoting too many songs on an album to it is detrimental 
EXTD=to the album as a whole. er. The line about children eating dog food is pa
EXTD=thetic and poorly written. VGL is the worst so to avoid stuff like that, a
EXTD=nd he didn't. He wanted to make his point, and he let the album's qeople. 
EXTD=You shouldn't have to be the same religion as him, or religious at all, to
EXTD= appreciate hieligious & racial issues that concern him, and his music suf
EXTD=fered because of it. Those songs teting a lot of these songs, he was think
EXTD=ing that only black christians would be listening to theto be a great song
EXTD=writer who makes good albums, not great, because on every one he can't sto
EXTD=p hvie: if you want to make a gospel album, just DO it, stop trying to mak
EXTD=e your albums part gospeonder if your strong personal & spiritual views ha
EXTD=ve been holding you back from making great alture, & love. Those songs are
EXTD= the true heart of SITKOL. What was originally Side 4 of the albumto date 
EXTD=(including Stevie), as far as I'm concerned. If you're a songwriter/musici
EXTD=an and you waven't mentioned yet are all very good as well, with the excep
EXTD=tion of Contusion, which is way tosiderable flaws. The great is so amazing
EXTD=ly strong that it overpowers the mediocre. But I still  went along with it
EXTD=, and therefore was able to focus and edit himself down to one album and m
EXTD=ak together and have it all be great & fit together. He needed a producer 
EXTD=with a stronger will thess noodlings of Contusion, the failed electronic g
EXTD=immickry of Village Ghetto Land and HATWG, ahave been better if Stevie wou
EXTD=ld ever let anyone use his demos and alternate takes for these re songs in
EXTD=cluded on reissues, as in Marvin Gaye's case. Let's hope he changes his mi
EXTD=nd. Not like (Los Angeles, CA United States)\n"Songs in the Key of Life" i
EXTD=s truly Stevie Wonder's opus. It album ever recorded. It is just about the
EXTD= most magnificent, wide-ranging and deeply moving recoice of musicians on 
EXTD=this record (including Herbie Hancock, George Benson, and Greg Phillangain
EXTD=eording, not the one you see here.\nI have been trying for some time now t
EXTD=o dispell the notion t0's and 60's vintage they can improve the overall fi
EXTD=delity of early stereo. However, Stevie's aced by the warmth and intimacy 
EXTD=of the sound. Analog masters sound as though the musicians are wwell as al
EXTD=l of the Stevie Wonder remasters that were recently released by Motown. It
EXTD= sounds to  my ears ringing, I can't understand why so many people prefer 
EXTD=to listen to this. \n\nHaving co I think this about preserving and respect
EXTD=ing the original 'voice' of the record. Stevie Wonderm so stimulated by th
EXTD=e entire sonic experience. There are textures and nuances in many of the l
EXTD=ecome the standard. I am afraid that the fascination with technological ad
EXTD=vancement has supercethe album how it was intended to be heard in 1976 buy
EXTD= the original.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIf the greatest pieces of music e
EXTD=ver created (in my humble opinion...) Just wanna' say however tng loss, be
EXTD=cause he tweaked the highs way too much, perhaps trying to go for a contem
EXTD=porary R&Bort of squishing the life out of the tunes. I'm just thankful I 
EXTD=bought a copy of Mobile Fidelitppily keep listening to the original versio
EXTD=ns of all these classic albums.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOM tour-de-force of musi
EXTD=cal styles from one of popular music's greatest geniuses. Stuff like Inne-
EXTD=CD case: for some inexplicable reason, Motown chose not to include the sec
EXTD=ond booklet of liner
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