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Track Listings
| 1. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life |
| 2. Maybe Your Baby |
| 3. You And I |
| 4. Tuesday Heartbreak |
| 5. You've Got It Bad Girl |
| 6. Superstition |
| 7. Big Brother |
| 8. Blame It On The Sun |
| 9. Lookin' For Another Pure Love |
| 10. I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) |
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The two No. 1 hits from this 1972 album perfectly illustrate the contrasting sides of Wonder's complex personality. "Superstition" is a strong rocker, a paranoid bit of wah-wah guitar funk that's as persistent as the best punk music; the opening track, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," is a pure love song that would sound corny coming from any other voice. A hint of bitterness, perhaps owing to Wonder's then-dissolving marriage, gives Talking Book its edge. But overall it's obsessed with love, and while "Sunshine" is still one of the singer/keyboardist's most beloved songs, the closing "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" is much deeper and more rewarding. --Steve Knopper
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The breakthrough 1973 album that spawned the #1 hits Superstition and You Are the Sunshine of My Life !
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Format:Audio CD
These are two classic albums that everyone ought to have in their collection but this is not the best way to acquire them. I (wrongly) assumed that I was going to receive two jewel cases inside a cardboard sleeve similar to Sony/BMG's X2 series. Instead what you get is the two discs crammed into a cardboard sleeve with very minimal packaging. You get the names of the albums and songs and that's it. No writing credits, no musician credits and no original art (other than miniature cover reproductions). The cd's themselves are the remastered versions from the year 2000. The most disappointing thing is that this package goes for about the same price as the individual discs so you are not even saving much, if any, money. I highly recommend picking up the individual albums instead of this package, the only thing this package has in it's favour is how compact it is, it is roughly half as thick as a regular single jewel box.
Format:Audio CD
If you don't have this in your collection, BUY THIS ALBUM!!!
And then go straight to track 9 - Looking for another love.
If only I could write stuff like this. The structure and composition of this album is pure genius. Obviously Stevie was going through a tough time when he made this album, and every emotion comes through when he sings.
I love this album. It's one of those albums that you just never get tired of playing.
By "howlinw"
Format:Audio CD
I first became interested in this music upon hearing the closing track to the film "High Fidelity," which is "I believe (&c)," the last track on this disc as well. I had heard "Superstition" before on the radio, and I liked the sound of that track as well. So I sprung for it, and it has become one of my favorite records (I orginally got it on vinyl, then on CD) of all time. While people tell me that "Innervisions" is the one essential Stevie release, with "Songs in the Key of Life" in second place, I put this one above both. It sounds rawer than either, more unpredictable, yet with a nice studio polish that can be expected from Stevie's work. It's a rock album as much as it is a soul album, and it can also be deeply political ("Big Brother" has new relevancy in the age of the erosion of our civil rights). It's full of feeling, love and creativity. It's really too bad Stevie couldn't keep this quality up after "Key of Life," but the fact that anyone could produce an album this consistently good is amazing. It's in my top-ten list folks, and may be in yours if you give it a chance.
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Double Up !!! This Is A Classic
Released after the 1972 underrated album, Music Of My Mind, Talking Book was a new chapter in Stevie's career. Read more
Published on Jan 23 2004 by Brandon Ousley
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Stevie Wonder classic!!!
This album is a Stevie Wonder classic!!! Superstition and You Are The Sunshine Of My Life are worth the price of admission!!! But the other tracks are just as great!!! Read more
Published on Dec 31 2003 by Jason P. Pumphrey
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Soul Classic of The 1970's
I believe that with this album Stevie Wonder reached his creative zenith as a musician. Many fans say that his "Songs In The Key Of Life" album from 1976 is his true... Read more
Published on Oct 2 2003 by Carlos Rodriguez
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a Book That Needs To Be Heard
On Music of My Mind, Stevie spread his wings. On this album he stretches his genius. This is the first real masterpiece of the numerous Stevie has given us. Read more
Published on Sep 4 2003 by Ronald Washington
5.0 out of 5 stars
Prime Time Stevie
Stevie Wonder was sure climbing the charts with this smash hit. Funky, soft, and slipery smooth, Talking Book has it all. Read more
Published on July 8 2003 by G. J Wiener
4.0 out of 5 stars
Our last great popular songwriter?
I used to think of this one as the slightly weak link in Wonder's astonishing early 1970's run of genius, but the more I listen, the more I realize there were no weak links in that... Read more
Published on Jun 3 2003 by Ed Brickell
5.0 out of 5 stars
One-half of Stevie's best work!
While "Songs in the Key of Life" may have won more awards and is considered the apex of Wonder's career, I feel that his first two releases as his own... Read more
Published on April 3 2003 by Reginald D. Garrard
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely Amazing
Sometimes it seems like Stevie can just come up wiht this kind of stuff in his sleep. It would have been enough for him to follow his first real masterpiece, Music of My Mind,... Read more
Published on Feb 22 2003 by rockthebells
4.0 out of 5 stars
Emerging from Motown's past...
This album marks a transition from Wonder's poppy Motown origins into the broader mystical expanse of his transcendent later albums. Read more
Published on Nov 16 2002 by DJ Joe Sixpack
3.0 out of 5 stars
Some of the best, and some stuff I can't stand
Watching BET's Walk Of Fame tribute to Stevie the other day inspired me to write some reviews here. Personally, I like Stevie. He seems like a great person. Read more
Published on Oct 31 2002 by Pharoah S. Wail
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