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 | Title : Songs in the Key of Life
Author : Wonder, Stevie
Release Date : 20000502
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $29.98
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Editorial Reviews :
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
Buyer Reviews :
For those who care to know, this is my 1,000th review (ladies and gentlemen, please hold your applause!), and I thought it'd be a good idea to revisit Stevie Wonder's still-influential masterpiece 'Songs in the Key of Life.' Yeah, he's turned in other classics, and I'm also fond of 'Music of My Mind' and 'Hotter Than July,' but 'Songs...' ranks up there with 'The Beatles' and Prince's 'Sign o the Times' as one of the greatest double albums ever released. I still have the original vinyl edition (left to me by my late father), and very little of the material sounds dated, but all of it ranges from 'excellent' to 'even better.' Wonder is most effective when he sings about love, as evidenced on the still-groovy 'As' (which George Michael and Mary J. Blige would later cover), the brilliant 'Knocks Me off My Feet' (which Tevin Campbell would later cover), and the ever-memorable 'Isn't She Lovely.' Other songs that hold a place close to my heart are 'Another Star,' 'Sir Duke,' and the soaring 'If it's Magic.' More than a quarter century since its release, this album has lost none of its luster. A classic album as towering as 'Songs in the Key of Life' isn't simply music. It's also history.
(by Richard)
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