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When you're putting together a 21-song collection of a major artist who's had more than 40 Top 40 hits, inevitably there's going to be a lot of good stuff left out. Stevie Wonder's long and varied career (not over when this anthology appeared) really needs more than one disc to even adequately summarize the highlights. But this single-disc comp does squeeze in most of his best-known songs, from 1963's "Fingertips, Pt. 2" to the mid-'80s number one hits "Part-Time Lover" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You." Along the way there's "Uptight (Everything's Alright)," "I Was Made to Love Her," "For Once in My Life," "My Cherie Amour," "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," "Superstition," "Higher Ground," "Living for the City," "You Haven't Done Nothin'," "Boogie on Reggae Woman," "I Wish," "Sir Duke," and more. There is a sharp decline in quality following "Masterblaster (Jammin')," but at least that only lasts five songs. Of course, there's a lot missing too: "A Place in the Sun," "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day," "If You Really Love Me," and "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing," to pick only some obvious candidates. Why exactly the 1967 single "Hey Love" (a Top Ten R&B single that barely made the pop charts) is included is a mystery, though at least it breaks up the predictability. For casual fans it's a decent career-spanning overview, though, and even the most casual fan will sense the musical genius and enormous artistic growth that shines through most of the selections.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - Henry Cosby, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, MainArtist - Clarence Paul, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Moy, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - James Jamerson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Benjamin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Morris Broadnax, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, Harmonica, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stevland Morris, ComposerLyricist - The Originals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - James Jamerson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Benjamin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Moy, ComposerLyricist - Lula Mae Hardaway, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Orlando Murden, ComposerLyricist - Henry Cosby, Producer - Stevie Wonder, MainArtist - Ron Miller, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Rose Moy, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Garrett, ComposerLyricist - Lula Mae Hardaway, ComposerLyricist - Syreeta Wright, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Malcolm Cecil, Producer, Engineer, Associate Producer, StudioPersonnel - ROBERT MARGOULEFF, Producer, Engineer, Associate Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Gilstrap, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Stevie Wonder, Producer, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lani Groves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joan DeCola, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Austin Godsey, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gloria Barley, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Malcolm Cecil, Producer, Additional Producer - ROBERT MARGOULEFF, Producer, Additional Producer - Steve Madaio, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Stevie Wonder, Producer, Drums, Vocals, Clavichord, Moog Bass, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trevor Lawrence, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Malcolm Cecil, Producer, Associate Producer - ROBERT MARGOULEFF, Producer, Associate Producer - Stevie Wonder, Producer, Drums, Tambourine, Vocals, Clavichord, Moog Bass, Recording Arranger, Clapping, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Malcolm Cecil, Producer, Engineer, Associate Producer, StudioPersonnel - ROBERT MARGOULEFF, Producer, Engineer, Associate Producer, StudioPersonnel - Stevie Wonder, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Barbiero, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Austin Godsey, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Malcolm Cecil, Producer, Engineer, Associate Producer, StudioPersonnel - ROBERT MARGOULEFF, Producer, Engineer, Associate Producer, StudioPersonnel - Stevie Wonder, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joan DeCola, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Olazabal, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1974 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stevie Wonder, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stevie Wonder, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Fischbach, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Olazabal, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stevie Wonder, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Fischbach, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Olazabal, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dennis Davis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Stevie Wonder, Producer, Organ, Vocals, Clavichord, Rhodes , Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nathan Watts, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - ANGELA WINBUSH, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Shirley Brewer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Derouen, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Olazabal, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rick Zunigar, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Gittens, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Isaiah Sanders, Organ, Piano, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Redd, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Marva Holcolm, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Bridges, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexandra Brown Evans, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stevie Wonder, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gary Olazabal, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stevie Wonder, Producer, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Olazabal, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stevie Wonder, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1984 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stevie Wonder, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gary Olazabal, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1985 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Darryl Phinnessee, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Syreeta Wright, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Luther Vandross, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Stevie Wonder, Producer, Drums, Vocals, Synthesizer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Philip Bailey, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith John, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Byrne, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Olazabal, Producer, Associate Producer - Billy Durham, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Melody McCully, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Renee Hardaway, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1985 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
When you're putting together a 21-song collection of a major artist who's had more than 40 Top 40 hits, inevitably there's going to be a lot of good stuff left out. Stevie Wonder's long and varied career (not over when this anthology appeared) really needs more than one disc to even adequately summarize the highlights. But this single-disc comp does squeeze in most of his best-known songs, from 1963's "Fingertips, Pt. 2" to the mid-'80s number one hits "Part-Time Lover" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You." Along the way there's "Uptight (Everything's Alright)," "I Was Made to Love Her," "For Once in My Life," "My Cherie Amour," "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," "Superstition," "Higher Ground," "Living for the City," "You Haven't Done Nothin'," "Boogie on Reggae Woman," "I Wish," "Sir Duke," and more. There is a sharp decline in quality following "Masterblaster (Jammin')," but at least that only lasts five songs. Of course, there's a lot missing too: "A Place in the Sun," "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day," "If You Really Love Me," and "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing," to pick only some obvious candidates. Why exactly the 1967 single "Hey Love" (a Top Ten R&B single that barely made the pop charts) is included is a mystery, though at least it breaks up the predictability. For casual fans it's a decent career-spanning overview, though, and even the most casual fan will sense the musical genius and enormous artistic growth that shines through most of the selections.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:25
- Main artists: Stevie Wonder
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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