Talking Book

over produced to the nuts

I enjoyed listening to this album there were many songs I had not heard from Stevie wonder. Of course, You are My Sunshine and superstition are classics. And took me on a trip down memory lane. It's been a while since I've heard them. Overall to me it's an okay album I like three out of the 10 songs so about 30%. Not enough to make me purchase the album although I would have purchased singles. I found that sometimes it was hard to know if you had started a new song because so many of them sound alike. I will say that I was delighted to find the song You and I because it's a lovely song and I was not familiar with it.

i will never causally listen to this

aight

It’s okay, but not really what I’m looking for

Amongst the sound of the rare jazz flute and a thoroughly disappointing album a wild superstition appears to mildly save the day. Boring as fool this album, except for superstition which is an all time monster.

Klassikko. Tylsähkö tosin

Superstition one of the best songs ever. You are the sunshine of my life, pretty good. The rest of the album is dross

Not the best Stevie wonder album. Overall mostly forgettable....thought I would like it more. 2/5

not great.

not for me

Meh meh meh meh. Highs are great, rest is watevs

meinlaus, ekki alveg ég

This was a real step down from the last Stevie Wonder album about a week ago. Too much really soft wishy washy stuff. A couple of barely ok songs, but I'll never listen to it again. 2/5.

I didn’t like it too much honestly. Probably 4/10 maybe?

This one was a major disappointment. Almost all of the songs are really sappy and boring. The album feels completely uninspired and pretty much devoid of personality. The only standout is Superstition which is a good track, even though it feels really dated by now. I Believe also had at least a little personality with its funky guitar tracks. But definitely not enough to lift this album out of tedious mediocrity. Sorry Stevie, I like your voice, but that's not enough when your songs are this boring.

the album felt like the same song played 10 times, but it was a decent song so 2.5/5

Superstition obviously brilliant, but the rest aren’t really my scene.

Didn't like it as much as expected

OK

Other than Superstition, I didn't connect with any of these songs. Definitely classic but not my speed.

Love superstition, wish there was more of that funk groove on this album.

Really disappointing. The singles were the only good tracks

Не особо люблю такое

Substition great tho

Very superstitious

Good album but not my taste

Ok

"This sounds like when you just sing to yourself trying to get something annoying done 'I'm trying to make a sandwich and I don't have any clean knives'"

idk maybe your baby DID MAKE OTHER PLANS, STEVIE.

Objectively good music, but not my cup of tea. "Blame it on the sun" was probably my favorite.

altough superstition will forever be a hit, i find the album as a whole kind of boring

En bra låt

1. life - 2 2. baby - 1 3. you - 1 4. tuezday - 1 5. bad - 1 6. zuperztition - 2 7. big - 0 8. zun - 1 9. pure - 2 10. believe - 1

Holy mind-numbing repetition, Batman! That second track nearly broke me. I'm surprised how much I didn't enjoy this album given Stevie's legendary reputation. If I'm being honest with myself, when I wasn't feeling bored with this, I was actively annoyed by it. Which has me thinking... Maybe people really do like this. Or maybe the reputation of the artist's name makes them think they do. It certainly made me expect something better than what I got. Question: If the name on the cover was "Joe Smith", would you still like it as much?

I don’t really want to negate the two hits on this but the rest was utterly unenjoyable. those hits weren’t enough to anchor this album though. So i guess im going to do just that.

I did not enjoy this whatsoever

Quite slow and boring. Superstition is the only track I enjoyed, obviously quite a famous track already..

Jedinica iz principa. // Bila bi dvica jer nemam ništa dobro reći o ovom albumu ali nije ni najgora stvar ikad.

bored out of my mind with this one

funk romantico raro, muy lento, meh

Soul and funk does very little for me.

nah

Pass.

I keep trying to like Stevie, but apart from sir Duke and Superstitious I just can't seem to care.

Superstition is the only good track.

Pew La Ma

i wet my pants

I tried, but this is far from music I like.

Stevie? War immer da, aber nie relevant für mich, kann ihn gar nicht fassen einordnen auch jetzt nicht beim anhören, tolles Cover. Ok "Superstition" c

Innervisions is good, this sounds like Muzak

I feel like I must be missing something super obvious because everyone except for me thinks this is the bee's knees. For me, the album was simply awful.

I think I get the appeal but it didn't keep my attention

Not for me at all, none of the tracks hooked me.

Nein, Stevie Wonder mochte ich noch nie.

Nope

who cares

I've got the same issue with Talking Book as I do with most of this kind of music: it pretty much only has one gear, which is 'sugary crooning'. In fact you can scan down the tracklist and get a nearly complete idea of where the album is going to go - you could probably even guess at a couple of the verses on each track and only end up being off by one or two words. That's whatever: it's a Stevie Wonder album after all, noone is looking for Keats. But it leaves me with a feeling that a lot of the smiling romance of this album and others like it is insincere and commercial & I resent having to spend any energy digesting it. Superstition rocks, though.

El disco más aburrido que e escuchado me dio mucho sueño y me dormí

It sounds like the house band on a 90s talk show got stuck in a loop with the cheesiest bits of soul and funk. Slick, lifeless, and smug. If we’re talking early 70’s soul I’d rather listen to Lee Moses or Alice Clark.

My high hopes were dashed by this….

So bad

non sento niente

Apart from Superstition, I found these songs intolerable, the honky-tonk synths grating unbelievably badly, and on top of this, all the songs were much too long. Hated this.

I skipped around and didn’t listen to all of it but ofc superstitious is a classic

Except for Superstition, this album is forgettable.

This is the ninth album I’m rating. I don’t think I’ve listened to a Stevie Wonder song before and I’ve never heard of this album. However, I have heard great things about him and I am excited to listen to it. You Are the Sunshine of my Life - Not Adding to my Playlist. I’ve heard a Stevie Wonder song before. Maybe Your Baby - Not Adding to my Playlist. Not a fan of those vocals. You and I (We Can Conquer the World) - Not Adding to my Playlist. This is pretty boring. Not bad, just boring. Tuesday Heartbreak - Adding to my Playlist. It sound nice and funky. You’ve Got It Bad Girl - Not Adding to my Playlist. Kinda long and kinda annoying. Way too repetitive. This could be cut like 3 minutes shorter. Superstition - Adding to my Playlist. How did I forget I listened to this? A classic. Big Brother - Adding to my Playlist. Cool harmonica. Vocals are cool. Blame it on the Sun - Not Adding to my Playlist. No harmonica. Lookin’ for Another Pure Love - Adding to my Playlist. A bit boring but that’s fine. However, this could be cut a couple minutes shorter it is a bit too repetitive. I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever) - Adding to my Playlist. This song is the same as Lookin’ for Another Pure Love in my mind. All in all I liked 5/10 songs. This was pretty boring and disappointing but not bad. I think this was a decent album.

sucked.

Not for me. 1/5

I tried and I can't. Maybe because it's a slow week at work and I need something more upbeat to listen to without repetitive lyrics.

Honestly, I absolutely hate it. This os hell for me

Not his best

No

Never was a big fan. Not sure it has aged all that well. Two decent song not much else.

Unexpectably bad. Only knew superstition which is a classic but the rest felt messy and boring...Quite boring, except for superstition.

Meh, one great song

Holy fuck the whiplash I got from track one to track two. Idk… I liked big brother for the message, but the rest of the album was alright (aside from the first song, that one was probably my favorite off of this album, but also real talk? I’ve heard better versions, but I couldn’t have heard those without him? (Thanks Stevie) The weird flip from track one to two really threw off the vibe though, and the rest of the album just kinda dug it in (Tuesday heartbreak was kinda ick for me, and then it felt like “you got it bad girl” just had unfaithful undertones with the rest of the songs? Like that’s what some orbit boi would try to pull on someone or something Idk, I don’t think I was in a good head space for this one today, I know he’s got better songs from other albums though, “I just called to say I loved you” is a childhood favorite of mine …yeah

Starting to see that I'm really not a Wonder fan. One song gets this on the list? Am I missing something profound about this album? Glad it was shorter than Key of life...

Surprisingly terrible. I thought I loved Stevie Wonder. I do not. The first album I couldn’t make all the way through.

This was pretty shit. Some songs are far too long - Maybe Your Baby drags on. Not even 'Superstition' or 'You Are The Sunshine Of My Life' can save it from 1 star. I'm not actually sure whether I even like these songs. Raquel was not happy with me playing this in the morning. She preferred the noise of the neighbours building their new bathroom. "So much peace now" - Raquel, after the album finished.

Crap

ehhhh not my style

Seichter Soul

no my vibe to much pop vocals for me

Not for me

I tried, but I've never found Stevie Wonder's music interesting. This is seen as a classic by many, I struggled to stay awake, not even exaggerating. Won't be listening to it again, I'm afraid.

Funky Superstition and the 9 boring ballads

Ehhhh

You and I

30/100 look.... im sorry, but i fucking hated this hahahaha superstition is great song NO ONE IS DENYING THAT. but bc that song is so good it just made the other songs that much worse. like literally hard for me to listen to, like theres nothing that is enjoyable to me about them. some have good elements but its so bad in coordination with the other elements of the song. its like church music and not in a good way. u know the feeling when u been at a concert u dont rly like that much and ur tired standing there and u feel like ur gonna pass out but u cant leave cus u wanna hear that one song, thats how this album feels to me. ok mort buzz burke has begged me to relisten to the last track and enlightened me that he played every instrument and u know what this song actually aint bad either. you are the sunshine is a bad song maybe your baby is groovy hate you and i tuesday heartbreak bad i like 3 songs so 3/10

Didn't like it.

The guys talented but his music aint for me

Alltså. Vi behöver prata om det här. Det här var NYHETER för mig. Eller åtminstone helt nya frågor. 
Som: Är Stevie Wonder, i själva fallet, Eilert Pilarm? Med det menar jag en artist som världen liksom kollektivt gått ihop för att hylla, trots att man egentligen tycker lite synd om honom, för att han (i Eilerts fall) är lite efterbliven, eller för att han (i Stevies fall) är lite blind och lite efterbliven. Jag hade ingen aning om att det förhöll sig så, faktiskt, men så måste det vara? Det finns ingen publik i VÄRLDEN som kan gå på en Stevie Wonder-konsert och göra annat än att klappa halventusiastiskt och le medlidande och tänka att jaja, det är ju synd om honom så vi får stå ut. För den här skivan var i själva verket FULLSTÄNDIGT obegriplig och fullständigt olyssningsbar. Öronhatande skräp. Men jaja, han ser ju inte vilka tangenter han trycker på och tror säkert att det låter bra. Så vi får stå ut.

ну я конечно понимаю да, что чел заслуженный певец, музыкант, с кол-вом гремми как у дурака фантиков, общественный деятель ещё и слепой до кучи, да чел он классный, но если конкретно альбом оценивать, то это не моё ниразу - скучно, уныло

couldn't finish it....not my thing

really, really not my thing.

Stevie Wonder may be iconic and classic but it is 100% not my jam.

Not for me. Skipped most song.

This album allows us to listen to a well-crafted pop, has a 70's taste to it, adds spices like sounds from Hohner clavinet, and other embelishments Stevie Wonder uses to build his garden of sounds. This album has him finally free from Motown's reigns, and his keyboard commands the music from a vantage point.

OK