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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Love's in need of love today | |||
| 2. Have a talk with God | |||
| 3. Village ghetto land | |||
| 4. Confusion | |||
| 5. Sir Duke | |||
| 6. I wish | |||
| 7. Knocks me off my feet | |||
| 8. Pastime paradise | |||
| 9. Summer soft | |||
| 10. Ordinary pain | |||
| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Isn't she lovely | |||
| 2. Joy inside my tears | |||
| 3. Black man | |||
| 4. Ngiculela - Es una historia -I am singing | |||
| 5. If it's magic | |||
| 6. As | |||
| 7. Another star | |||
| 8. Saturn | |||
| 9. Ebony eyes | |||
| 10. All day sucker | |||
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Amazon.com essential recording
Songs in the Key of Life (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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Sorti en 1976, Songs In The Key Of Life est pour certains le dernier grand disque de Stevie Wonder. Les années 70 lui sont jusqu'ici tout acquises et il règne alors en maître incontesté de la fusion entre pop et soul, savant fou des nouvelles technologies de son temps. Après des chefs-d'oeuvre comme Innervisions et Talking Book, il n'a plus rien à prouver. Et comme dans un conte de fées, critique et public sont pour une fois unanimes. Double album agrémenté d'un EP (A Something's), Songs In The Key Of Life se façonné (piano électrique, guitare wah wah, grosse ligne de basse, cuivres chauds) pour s'aventurer vers le jazz rock (l'instrumental "Contusion"). Mais Little Stevie est toujours une impressionnante usine à tubes : "Sir Duke" en hommage à Ellington, "I Wish", "Pastime Paradise" (transformé vingt ans plus tard par Coolio en "Gangsta's Paradise") ou bien encore "Another Star" ont pris d'assaut les charts de l'époque. Peut-être moins concis et direct que Talking Book ou Innervisions, cet album renferme tout de même les multiples facettes de l'art de Stevie Wonder. Art majeur toujours autant pillé plusieurs décennies après sa création. --Marc Zisman
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Another Star....,
By Breadmanwalking "GCB" (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs In The Key Of Life (Audio CD)
Got this recently and I have to say that it was very enjoyablehearing some of these tracks for the first time in a decade.... "Another Star" is a great disco cut, if you ever need one for a party. It still amazes me to this day all of the parts Stevie plays in this production. He certainly didn't get hung up on his lack of sight. The guy is an inspiration to us all....
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding,
By Patrik Lemberg (Tammisaari Finland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Songs In The Key Of Life (Audio CD)
I've given this recording five stars for what the music is; I am comparing the album to other Stevie Wonder albums. This is the best I've heard.A lot of Wonder's hit material come from this double-set, like "Sir Duke", "I Wish" & "Isn't She Lovely" ("Superstition" is not included here, though). Everybody on our planet (including YOU) have heard "Isn't She Lovely" by now. It has probably been played every day on different radio stations since its release. The only difference from the radio versions is that on this album you get the additional three minutes that often are left out. A huge amount of time is spent on the sounds and the perfection in performance; it's certainly not made in a rush. Extraordinary things have been done in the recording-studio to accomplish certain sounds - a lot of choirs are used, a lot of ultra-funky synthesizers are being used, a lot of different percussion are used throughout and on "Black Man" 15 teachers can be heard teaching history to 30 children. Hundreds of people participated in the musical performance on this recording - including Herbie Hancock on "As" and George Benson on "Another Star". "Joy inside my tears" is a highlight. Its refrain goes on and on for about four minutes at the end, and once the song stops, it feels like it didn't repeat enough; The song is VERY entertaining despite its composional simplicity, which is the case with most of the songs. The bonus track "All Day Sucker" is about as funky as anything will ever be - very original considering it's 1976. Stevie Wonder should have been given, and should be given a Grammy every year for this album. ...and last, for those who have the nerve to ask... No, "Pastime Paradise" was not written by either Coolio or Ray Barretto - it's written by, and orinally performed by Stevie Wonder, and it can be heard at its best on "Songs In The Key of Life".
5.0 out of 5 stars
Songs in the Key of Life,
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This review is from: Songs In The Key Of Life (Audio CD)
It was just as I remembered it from when I was in my teens when the record album came out. Yes, I memorized almost all the words to all the songs, now, my 15year old son loves it...Thanks for making "once lost" music albums available again in great quality CD format.
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