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Songs in the Key of
Stevie Wonder (1976) was the highest high point of Stevie Wonder's career. More
sprawling than Innervisions
and Talking
Book, this two-LP-plus-EP was also less of a consistent stunner
than either of those masterworks. That Songs retains an enormous
amount of visionary relevance, though, is demonstrated not only in Coolio's
borrowing of "Pastime Paradise" as a template for "Gangsta's Paradise,"
but in the cold-as-ice synthesized string quartet of "Village Ghetto
Land." This is Stevie, so naturally that cut's anger is balanced by the
ultra-buoyant "I Wish," "Sir Duke," and "Another Star." The 2000 reissue
boasts radically improved remastered sound. --Rickey Wright
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12 of 13 people found the
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.gif) Wonderful Album, July 26, 2000
 Reviewer: Thomas
Magnum (see more about me) from NJ, USA
Stevie Wonder
spent almost three years working on this album and the time was well
spent. The music is probably the most personal and outspoken of his
career. He sings about his childhood in songs like "I Wish" & "Easy
Goin' Evening", his heroes in "Sir Duke", the birth of his daughter in
"Isn't She Lovely" and while "Contusion" is an instrumental the title is a
reference to the life-threatening auto accident he was involved in. Mr.
Wonder has always been a strong voice for the civil rights movement and
the struggles for his race's equality and he expresses his feelings on
those matters in "Village Ghetto Land", "Pastime Paradise" & "Joy
Inside My Tears". He also gives us a history lesson in "Black Man".
"Love's In Need Of Love Today" and "Have A Talk With God" are pleas for
togetherness and understanding. Mr. Wonder could always write great love
songs and they are here as well in the forms of "Ebony Eyes", "As",
"Knocks Me Off My Feet" and others. As I've just mentioned, the album
broaches many diverse subjects, but it all comes together in the end.
Usually on double albums, there is filler, but not here. Every song serves
a purpose and help create a cohesive musical statement. Stevie Wonder has
been called a musical genius and this album is further proof that the
title is an appropriate one.
16 of 19 people found the
following review helpful:
 A huge, successful mix of
styles & sounds, December 10, 1999
Reviewer: milesandtrane
(see more about me) from Chicago, Il
The [then]
eargerly-awaited double-album opus "Songs In The Key of Stevie Wonder" - believe
this or not - is considered over-rated and over-produced to some of the
most hardcore Stevie fans today. In truth, it really is an impressive
statement, like earlier albums in the Wonder catalog, Stevie masters many
kinds of music without ever losing his own identity. "Songs In The Key..."
boasts many elements; most prominent are funk jams & delicate ballads,
but there's also acid-rock, swing, latin, gospel, even Hare Krishna
chants. As usual, Stevie has an exceptional gift for lyrics and this album
makes no exception. There's destitude horror in "Village Ghetto Land",
historical declarations in "Black Man", and biblical wailing in "As". "Joy
Inside My Tears" acheives in greater effect what Stevie's "Superwoman" did
4 years earlier, it combines happiness & sadness in the same space.
It's as if you can hear Stevie laughing & crying at once when this
track plays. The very-familiar "Isn't She Lovely" is a beautiful valentine
to his wife & daughter. "Another Star" is the epitome of 70's
jazz/soul/funk, it mixes lighting voices, wailing horns, rapid percussion
& Stevie's beating piano. The album is so varied that it may not have
an immediate, exciting appeal to the ears. Like other brilliant music,
sometimes it takes several listenings to decipher what it's all about.
Some of the tracks extend themselves to 7 or 8 minutes, but you don't
really notice, you could go on singing La-La-La forever. There really is a
lot to swallow at once. Once again he repeatedly seems to be reaching for
truth. It's as if he's always saying - of all things a blind person could
say - "With love, there is always light at the end of the tunnel". It is a
landmark album. --This text refers to the Audio
CD edition.
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MUSIC's in Need of ALBUMS LIKE THIS ONE Today, May 9,
2002
Reviewer: Matt
Toerper (see more about me)
With all the negative vibes
that are going on in the world of pop music today, it is refreshing to pop
this CD in and feel real love expressed in music again. Not hollow
infatuation, mind you, but true agape. My generation desperately needs a
CD like this with a positive message. Of course, most of my generation
thinks of Stevie Wonder as a joke, thanks to "Part Time Lover" and "I Just
Called To Say I Love You." How unfortunate that two songs could do so much
damage to a musical genius's image.
Best Stevie Wonder Album, April 20, 2002
Reviewer:
rodog63jr
(see more about me) from New York City
No other album
comes close to this. I wish, Sir Duke, As, Isn't she lovely, Joy inside my
tears, Pastime Paradise, and every other song on this album are slammin'.
This is a must buy item!
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