Reviews (page 13 of 13)
Wanted to like it, but didn't. Just not for me.
This was pretty bland but Boogie on Reggae Woman was the stand out.
The unmistakable sound of Stevie Wonder, a mix of songs (none of which I recognised) including some slow numbers and many uptempo with a funky bass.
kinda resident sleeper. I love songs in the key of life. but honestly all his songs are starting to sound the same to me.
Funky, 60s soul - love ballad heavy
only song in enjoyed was "you haven't done nothin' " but to be fair not really my taste when it comes to music 2/5
Was really looking forward to this but was a little disappointed. A couple of bright spots. You ain’t done nothin was a favourite for me.
The funky songs: yes, everything else: absolutely not
Eh
talented beyond equals, boring as hell.
It’s better when the funk hits
Supposedly one of the classic 4, but this album in nway is as good as "Talking Book" or "Innervisions".
ну прошлый альбик был пизже, но спасибо, что нет орущих детей 2+
Have some mercy, I've stopped hating soul not so long ago, Stevie is still to much for me.
Maybe it takes more life experience to really appreciate this. An old soul.
Not bad but not for me
I'm sorry Stevie, i just don't feel it, or his spirit
Tiene un par de temas que safan, pero en su generalidad es aburridisimo.
this just confirms to me that I don't like RnB. The runs ruin the music for me. Idk why but I deeply dislike this kind of singing.
I think I was too frustrated during listening to really appreciate, may have to give this another try?
2. Hate to say it but I didn't love the album.
Haven’t listened to Stevie wonder since his collab with 98 degrees for the Mulan soundtrack. Anyway some songs were cool but a lot were just very churchy or melodramatic and no thank yaaaa
It was fine 2.5/5
Too many religious overtones for me
Menudo rollazo.
I wanted more. Even the boogie tracks are too gentle.
Niet voor mij!
Kon hier niet echt mijn vinger op leggen
Tja, Stevie. Dan kun je zulke lekkere up-tempo funky nummers maken, en dan prop je er verder nog veel te veel zoetsappige prut bij. Jammer hoor.
1st listen: 1. Smile Please: has some interesting vocal arrangements, but that's about it. 2. Heaven Is 10 Zillion: starts out awesome, but the religious nonsense is really making me hate it. 3. Too Shy to Say: has some emotive vocals, but please don't make me listen again. 4. Boogie On Reggae Woman: thank you. This track is what I'm here for. Killer groove. 5. Creepin': good enough but forgettable. 6. You Haven't Done Nothin': definitely has some "Superstitious" vibes. Not sure which song came first, but this song is another welcome relief on this album. 7. It Ain't No Use: downgrade from the last track, but keeps the vibe going pretty well. 8. They Won't Go: more sappy bullshit. Stevie voice is great, but this is not what I want to hear. 9. Bird of Beauty: better than the last track but still boring and forgettable. 10. Please Don't Go: going out with a whimper. More crap. 2nd listen: 1. Smile Please: grew in me a bit. I could listen to this but won't be requesting it. 6/10 2. Heaven Is 10 Zillion: this would be an awesome song if the lyrics weren't a bunch of cliche spiritual crap. 5.5/10 3. Too Shy to Say: SKIP. 2/10 4. Boogie On Reggae Woman: Pure bliss after tracks 1-3. 8.5/10. 5. Creepin': skip after 1 minute. 4/10 6. You Haven't Done Nothin': refreshing to get the funk back. 7.5/10 7. It Ain't No Use: Grew on me. Likable but won't be making any of my playlists. 6.5/10 8. They Won't Go: SKIP. 2/10 9. Bird of Beauty: SKIP. 4/10 10. Please Don't Go: SKIP. 2/10 5/10
I’ll be honest, I just can’t get in to Stevie Wonder
First song good Creepin is interesting Bird of Beauty is fun (best song on album?) Everything else is sort of boring ballady
not my style. didn't finish
Nope, no thank you.
Finde ich unglaublich langweilig, enthält nichts, was nicht auf Talkin Book schon gesagt worden ist, nur schlechter.
Cheese
Doesn't do anything for me. Some of the songs are pretty nice i guess. Would dance to boogie on reggae woman. Didn't manage to listen properly. Will revisit.
Beautiful singing voice but the songs sound a little too identical for my taste.
Groovy funky not my fav from wonder but still good
meh
Too much god
Sounds similar to the one I just reviewed a few days ago. It's fine, he's an incredible talent, but like that other album and most of his catalog, just doesn't do that much for me.
Yet again basically the same as any other Stevie Wonder album we have listened to. Nothing spectacular. 2/5
It's cool.
There's a reason why you don't go to church on Sundays... Cause it's boring...
alrighttt
Not actually blind. I didn't really enjoy this at all. Does that make me a bad person? It was pretty shit.
It was okay.
Smooth and funky in parts, but I don't think it warrants a place in the 1001. He has better albums and they are in the list.
Not my favorite Stevie Wonder album, but still OK. A bit too slow, but it had it's moments.
Me aburrió, prefiero otros de Stevie
There are some decent songs on the album. No killers and not the strongest Stevie album I've listened to.
Pretty easy listening. Nothing too special
Boring and slow
Having taken one (1) astrophysics course in graduate school, I am completely qualified to make the following assessment: If we estimate a zillion as being equal to 10^33 and take our reference point to heaven as the center of the universe, it is located ~10^24 light years away from the edge of the known universe. Assuming the rate of cosmic expansion holds constant at 67.4 km/s/megaparsec and taking the edge as a static point (not an extended unit of length that will expand itself), this implies that it will make contact with heaven in (10^12 ly)*(9.46*10^12 km/ly)*(67.4 km/s)^(-1)= half a million billion years (4.45*10^14 centuries).
Has some great funky moments but for most of it is quite “meh”
Boogie On Regae & You Have…..were great hits the other songs were okay but Stevie has so many more amazing songs
Om nån tvivlade så visar Stevie vilken otrolig spännvidd han har här. Funk, pop, ballad, jazz, till och med barockmusikinslag - han behärskar konsten att göra tråkiga låtar i nästan alla genrer.
2/5 nothing much.
not for me
One track was stand out and although I like some Stevie Wonder this was underwhelming so sadly high 2*
it's fine
This is Stevie Wonder's seventeenth album of progressive soul music. The album won Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal, Best Male Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance (for "Boogie On Reggae Woman"), and Album of the Year in 1974. It was a beautiful, but short album. I enjoyed listening to it, but it's not my type of music.
I don’t mine Stevie Wonder at all, but this album is just boring from start to finish
Good album… remember the oldies
What a dreadful, dull, indulgent and self-involved album. I can only imagine it appealed to a post-lobotomy market of which I was previously unaware.
mhhh not for me
Jedinica iz principa. // Bila bi dvica i to tanja jer mi ovaj album nije samo dosadan nego me i aktivno iritirao.
Wonder Bread.
The album passed me by without me feeling the need to look down and think what’s this track- apart from ‘you haven’t done nothing’ which i checked the title out for the pure reason of thinking… is this not the same song different vocals as one of his other songs! Apart from that the best thing on the album was the saxophone coming in during the last track which already sounded ‘ok!’ Best track- ‘please don’t go’ Worst track- could have been a few but ‘heaven is 10 zillion light years away’ grated me near the start. Another disappointing listen on this 1001 journey. 1.5/10
Stevie Wonder Things I don't really need, or enjoy, in songs. Track 1 - Bom diddly bom Track 2 - Cookie Monster backing vocals Track 3 - Farty funk that is a pale imitation of the farty funk on the infinitely better previous album Track 4 - A song about dreams that sends me to sleep Track 5 - A song with The Jackson 5 that then barely features The Jackson 5 whilst also being another pale imitation of a better song from theast album Track 6 - Soporific rubbish with a chorus and coda that exists of the words "bye" and "oh" repeated ad nauseum. Track 7 - Bloody hell, a proper song I can't object to. I mean, it is a miserable one but, you know, it'll do. Track 8 - No one needs a talking drum or cuica or whatever is squeaking its way through a song. Normal drums are good though. Stevie always played drums with quite a swagger. Track 9 - No complaints. Best Track - last one Worst track - bye bye bye bye bye bye bye 1.5/10 Realise all my track numbers are out cos the real track 3 totally passed me by without me noticing which says it all. Shuffle the rest down one.
it made me anxious
I always thought I was a Stevie Wonder fan… but this album proves I am only a fan of maybe 4 Stevie wonder songs. This would not be an album I would pick again.
I was hoping to get something a bit more soulful and a bit less god-bothering. No problem if that's your bag but it detracts from it for me. Accomplished for sure but just a bit distracting and frankly a bit bland overall. No idea where this album sits in the Stevie Wonder catalogue but it's bargain bin from my perspective.
Not my favorite album, but I could listen to it if needed.
Not a fan of harpsichords and crooners.
I can't listen past Heaven is 10 Zillion Light Years Away because he's singing about God and saving our evil souls. Fuck off.
Nah, not for me. Bit simple/boring I think
This is a joke right? He sings like people who used to get made fun of on American Idol, he's got the unbearably sappy/dumb lyrics (please see Heaven is a Zillion Lightyears Away for a double whammy) and his only appeal is that he's blind. Somebody had to say it. If I used the fucking autotune iPod app from 2008 or whatever to stumble through horrible vocal runs and smiled behind dark sunglasses, would you let me on the list? Pretty please? A truly miserable experience and completely valueless as a record. Please repackage this with somebody else's face slapped on the front and say his name is Cobert "The Budgie" Trunkler. Something tells me it won't be as easy to wince through this warbling, sloppy, and cringe-inducing slab of pure high octane corn syrup. Emphasis on CORN(y). 0 HIGHLIGHTS: Cramped seats at a midseason Roller Hockey International game in 32 degree weather. Celsius in case any of "you" are in the room with us.
Love Stevie, but not this one
Do not enjoy
Easy listening music for old people
👎🏻
1/5
Never liked him.
15th album with group. I’m a proud Stevie Wonder hater. He wasn’t innovative or good, and he wouldn’t be remembered if he wasn’t blind. I think being blind makes him an interesting character which in turn made everyone think his music was good. Good Songs - Smile Please and Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away. Bad Songs - Too Shy to Say, Boogie on Reggae Women, Creepin’, You Haven’t Done Nothin’, It Ain’t No Use, They Won’t Go When I Go, Bird of Beauty, and Please Don’t Go.
this was honestly so boring
Not my style
Hab's nicht geschafft...
Didn't get much out of this Stevie entry. I can understand why he has a following and is a cultural icon but this album doesn't seem to belong on the list. I enjoyed Boogie On Reggae Woman but otherwise this album came up mostly empty. Nice to see a shout out to the Jackson 5 thrown in I guess. I'd relegate Fulfillingness off the list since we already have 3 other Stevie Wonder albums on here. 1.18 stars
Not my cup of team. Music and flow were not natural to me.
Too many ballads.
Not my taste
First song: boring Second song: fun Third song: boring Fourth song: fun Fifth: bad Sixth: ok. To summarize I didn't enjoy it too much 😔 I'm being somewhat harsh with my scores but since there's no .5 this is just wjat kinda happened
sorry i just dont like stevie wonder
meh
1. zmile - 1.5 2. heaven - 1 3. zhy - 2 4. boogin - 1 5. creeping - 1 6. nothing - 1.5 7. uze - 1 8. go - 2 9. bird - 1 10. pleaze - 1
Not listened
Stevie Wonder is definitely in the top 10 most overrated artists. Boring, dated sounding.
I like SW, but couldn't get into this.
Stevie wonder is too pop in the 60s- and just turns into total schlock in the 70s. His classic period is utterly repulsive to me. I’m sure this is a minority opinion, but the songwriting, the textures, the vocals- none of it does a thing for me. Compares well to modern pop music perhaps, but that’s not saying much.
NO ToT idk what it is but I've never grimaced at an album harder in my life
1 star
Surprisingly, it seems I just don't like Stevie Wonder...
Wow! I like Stevie Wonder...but that was awful!
Not my tast
No
Also Shite
I know it's good, but here's where I commit henceforth to rate things based on how much I enjoy them and not how good I think they are in any technical sense or by cultural importance. And this album had zero bangers. Boogie On just never let loose like I wanted it to, but I enjoyed the bass picking. You Haven't Done Nothin was still the far side of riled but on the scale we were working in the even muted feeling was nice. They won't go had like a great two minutes and then I was waiting for it to end. I'm not sure what the best circumstances are to listen to an entire album this down tempo and mild, but I never reached that state today.
He's talented but this album didnt do much for me
He's a good musician, song-writer. Only thing is, I'm just not into his music. Tried again with this album to no avail. 1/5
I did not like this. Stuff like this reminds me of when my mom would try to force me to listen to music like this. I don’t love this type of music, there are exceptions. But this is not one of them.
Well that settles it, I am not a Stevie Wonder fan. This is the second album I’ve had of his on this list and again it did nothing for me. Some of the more upbeat tunes are kind of fun, like Boogie On, but even that one I got bored of after 45 seconds. Most of his songs on this album are slow ballads and they are capital B BORING!
Irgendwie mag ich Stevies Musik nicht.
Wow I just really don’t like Stevie Wonder.
Dröger progressive Soul. Mitreißend sieht anders aus.
Couldn't do it....Kept wanting to skip.
Easy listening but not for me. 1/5
That shit was horrible.
not a fan
Didn’t care for this one
Only really liked one song - Boogie on a Reggae Woman Nothing else really took my interest.
Siis taitavaa lajissaan, mutta kammottavan siirappista ja tylsää. Ilahdutti vain: espanja.
Latteuksia. Myös karmeuksia: tikuttava funkbasso siellä, jazzahtavan höpsöttelevä sointuvaihdos täällä.
1,5 Warum ist das auf der Liste?Langweiliger Kuschelsoul. Total cheesy, too much. Verstehe nicht warum bei der total cleanen Produktion der Gesang oft vierteltönig zu tief ist, Postproduktion konnten sie doch?
I'm three tracks into this record, and surprised at how dull it is. Thank god for track 4 the more familiar and funky \"Boogie on Reggae Woman\", this has all of the traits I associate with SW. \"Creepin\", is a return of the dull MOR soul music I find to bland to connect with. \"You Haven't Done Nothin\" is a highlight, and \"They Won't Go When I Go\" is one of the best slow tracks on the record. CONTROVERSIAL - George Michael's version is better.....sorry I know there will be plenty who will be offended by this comment but it is. the last few tracks I skipped over, this really didn't work for me.
Not to my taste
stevie wonders whole back catalogue has about 5 good songs in it. some of those are so huge they are almost as large as SHACK, but the rest is so terrible they are best represented by a malnourished foetal painted swiss cretin.
Meh, not his best album by any stretch.