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I found this to be a really interesting album. The first track had some cool jazzy chord changes. Then things perked up with Boogie Reggae Woman, went trippy (and a bit creepy) with Creepin'. Like all great artists, the more you get into Stevie Wonder's world, the more you start to enjoy his music. You have to let yourself in.
Stevie in the 70s was on fire and made some of the beat music of all time. Altough this doesn't reach the heights of music in the key or inner visions it's still a fantastic album. The mix of pathos, injustice and banging music makes it a must for me.
Disappointing, there's better SW albums
I've got this on vinyl and I listen to it whenever I want to feel thoroughly disappointed. It's OK, but pales in comparison to "The Best Of ... "
I've been digging the Stevie Wonder albums on the 1001. This one isn't my favourite, but still enjoyed it.
Really good. 3/5 Standouts: They Won't Go When I Go, Boogie On Ragaee Woman, You Haven't Done Nothin'. Others: Too Shy to Say, Creepin', It's No Use, Please Don't Go
Gladly surprised! I am still bouncing on my office chair in front of an excel spreadsheet…
thought I'd enjoy this more than I did, became pretty much background noise, was toying with 2 stars and then "They don't go when I go" came in and made this a firm 3
Boring and slow
Musicas para atender pacientes em processo psicoterapeutico. Som ambiente! Adorei
another great work!
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).
Je l'ai plus apprécié que Talking Book, mais dans les deux cas, il va falloir réécouter les albums, car bien que je trouve les albums bons, je ne vois pas pourquoi il sont tant adulés.
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
Stupendous. Should have nine of his albums on here instead of Dylan.
I like it, kanske lite underwhelming men jag gillar det ändå
Bland de svagare steviealbumet helt ärligt. Kvaliten är i vanlig ordning skyhög dock
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.
En given klassiker. Det är starkt det är coolt.
2/5 nothing much.
not for me
Must’ve been a stoned review to put this in rather than one of his more upbeat albums. Still enjoyable, but nothing incredible. His voice seems a lot different to later songs
Uživala san
Glas, atmosfera, emocije, instrumenti… jako mi se se svidjelo
One of his classics
Couple of absolutely brilliant songs on this and the rest are all very good.
Not bad but nothing special
I believe this is the only album in stevie’s classic period of albums that I haven’t heard! Glad to finally add it to the list of growing albums I’ve heard before I kick the bucket :)!
Some really good songs but quite a mix from track to track.
A mellower more boring SW
One track was stand out and although I like some Stevie Wonder this was underwhelming so sadly high 2*
Probably a little disappointing. But Heaven is 10 Zillion Years Away was great.
A pretty casual, easy listening album. 0RS
Some really good tunes on here
it's fine
Preferred Innervisions, had more standout tracks. Love Stevie Wonder but this is harder to get into and feels a little repetitive at times.
Stevie Wonder neophyte here, so my impressions are fleeting at best. "Ineffable" seems like the wrong word to describe these songs, but there's far too much going on to call it minimal. Subtle, perhaps: Many catchy tunes, none that I think could be covered or replicated well. I have at least two legible observations. The synths sound great, and the final three tracks are flawless.
First of (I assume) many Stevie Wonder albums on here. Opens nicely with the musical warm bath of Smile Please. Then the actually even sadder nearly 50 years on Heaven is 10 Zillion Miles Away, a gospel song about how hard it was to defeat hate. Too Shy To Say does less for me. Just a bit too slow and sad without a good reason. But Boogie on Reggae Woman is gorgeous fun with its squelchy, funky synth. Creepin is a bit dull, but then You Haven't Done Nothin is full on Superstition MK2, except it hasn't been ruined by a generation of terrible X Factor type covers. The shining diamond of this album. It does off a little towards the end - chilled piano balladry has a limit for me, but Bird of Beauty and Please Don't Go see to a strong finish. A lovely album, possibly one that struggles a little being sat between Innervisions and Songs in the Key.
Stevie Wonder fucking goes hard and this album is no exception, some absolute bangers on here
Very very good
this is pretty good overall.
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.
Meh, not his best album by any stretch.
Loved it, whilst it may not have any of Stevies greatest hits its a still a great album
Kind of chill, kind of vibey.
Schön funkig, macht Spaß.
Really great album. Not super familiar with Stevie.
Thought this was pretty good, liked it better than Talking Book.
Awesome
Chouette album, surtout la deuxième partie
Pas sourd, l'aveugle! Prefs: Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Creepin', You Haven't Done Nothing Moins pref: It Ain't No Use
good stuff this time
4/5. Nice and jazzy at some points, prob not gonna end up being my favorite SW, but still very good
So talented and soulful. There are so many weaker copies of SW out there, it's refreshing to hear the real thing.
I love Stevie Wonder and I feel this album is underrated in his catalog. Goes down easy all while making some genuinely heartfelt and poignant statements. No small feat. I used to put "They won't go when I go" on mixtapes and we'd get high and listen to it in silence and it would give us chills. Stevie is the real deal.
Listen, I know it's good and all but it doesn't do much for me. Only track I really liked personally was "You Haven't Done Nothing" due to the synth(?) sound and energy, if anything it sounds like Superstition to me which came out 2 years before this album. The rest is a bit too earnest in its moodiness.
Not his best but very solid
A lot more refined and mellowed out than I expected. I think I am more familiar with his upbeat radio hits. An unexpected treat. But there is one thing.... Wonder? Rings a bell for some reason... wonder.... Strange.
More stripped down and personal. No hits but it didn’t need any. Very good.
Can't believe I overlooked this album for so long. The guy who say to listen to Wonder's albums chronically are correct over the ones who just say to listen to Innervisions or Songs in the Key of Life. This album is fantastic. Doesn't have any hits, but these songs are pure genius. It just sounds incredible, with unconventional recording techniques that somehow manage to excel with the theme and Wonder's style. It's still distinctively soul, but it's really atmospheric, and you can hear the decades of influence these songs would have on neo-soul from the late 90s to modern age. Not to mention the diversity of these tracks. We go from the echoey emotional "Too Shy To Say" to the funky "Boogie on Reggae Woman", and neither sound like anything else from its time, yet both are fantastic, and that transition does not sound out-of-place. And who the hell plays the harmonica in a funk song? Who does that? Stevie Wonder, and he's been doing that since the 60s. It's so high-pitched but I'll be damned it works. And then what comes after that? I wish I knew music theory to talk about these songs. All I know is that it's weird and highly unconventional but still identifiable and sounds really good, like the Beatles. There's something that sticks out to me about every song, whether cool or unusual and yet it's aesthetically pleasing. It's odd how this is probably considered the weakest of his classic era, but I still consider this is a perfect entry. The only complaint is the lack of star tracks to tie it all together, but the two lead singles come close. Favorites: Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Creepin, They Won't Go When I Go, Bird of Beauty
So many of his songs held hope for a better humanity....
чет такое непонятно даже что это стиви
A pleasant listen.
solid, and a good WFH mood
I don’t mine Stevie Wonder at all, but this album is just boring from start to finish
Good album… remember the oldies
While this album did not reach the heights of songs in the key of life, it was still incredibly enjoyable. I loved the variety of songs and even could hear I think the same sample for Superstition in You Haven't Done Nothin. My favorite in the album was Boogie on Reggae Woman. Also killer album cover.
Our second album from Stevie, and it's another great one! So many funky instrumentals here, with unusual rhythms and instrumental runs. "Boogie On Reggae Woman" is just otherworldly. As an album, not as grandiose or monumental as Song in the Key of Life, but really great nonetheless. I'll be returning to quite a few on here, they sound unlike anything I've heard before. Favorite tracks: Boogie On Reggae Woman, Bird of Beauty, You Haven't Done Nothin', Too Shy to Say, Please Don't Go. Album art: Absolutely fantastic art, wow. The piano key staircase, all the shadows and colors, this is really awesome. And I love the nod to the Grammys right there on Stevie's cheek, don't forget that this guy won like 300 Grammys in a span of about 10 years. 4/5
“Largely a stripped down and more personal sounding record.”
Pretty good.
An album I was unfamiliar with before, but now realise is just as important as "Talking Book".
Heerlijk album en wat een stem, niet zn beste maar blijft goud