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Talking Book (Remaster) (CD)

By: Stevie Wonder (Artist)

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Stevie Wonder Artist Snapshot:

From 12-year-old multi-instrumentalist prodigy to groundbreaking adult songwriter and producer, Stevie Wonder is one of the handful of pop musicians who just about everybody agrees is possessed of genius. His 1960s recordings were great straight-up R&B, but his visionary '70s albums took pop and R&B where they'd never been before, incorporating electronics, reggae, and incredibly sophisticated melodic and harmonic development.

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DISC 1 for Talking Book (Remaster) (CD) Album By Stevie Wonder (Artist)
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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Review

Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.118) - Ranked #90 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...TALKING BOOK was full of introspection and social commentary..."
Rolling Stone (1/4/73, p.61) - "..Ambitious, richly-textured...Even at its dreamiest, the music has a glowing vibrancy...Altogether, an exceptional, exciting album, the work of a now quite matured genius..."
Q (8/00, p.123) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Represents an unparalleled hitching of man to machine....music of the highest standard: a burst of creativity few other '70s artists, save Bowie, could match."
Mojo (Publisher) (7/00, p.129) - "...With its groundbreaking Braille cover and smash hits 'You Are The Sunshine Of My Life' and 'Superstition'...[A] pretty essential acquisition."

Title Note

Personnel: Stevie Wonder (vocals, harmonica, keyboards); Jeff Beck, Ray Parker Jr., Buzzy Feiten (guitar); Trevor Laurence (saxophone); David Sanborn (alto saxophone); Steve Madalo (trumpet); Scott Edwards (bass instrument); Daniel Ben Zebulon (congas); Deniece Williams, Jim Gilstrap, Lani Groves, Gloria Barley, Shirley Brewer (background vocals).

Recording information: Air Studios, London, England; Electric Lady, New York, New York; Crystal Studios, Hollywood, California; The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California.

Following closely on the heels of MUSIC OF MY MIND (also released in 1972), TALKING BOOK was Stevie Wonder's most consistent, developed, and impressive album to date. Building on its predecessor, TALKING BOOK combined all aspects of Stevie's musical personality--superb compositions, innovative keyboard sounds, exuberant singing, and lush, complex sonic landscapes--into a perfectly focused, polished package. The album's two hit singles, the warm, swaying love song "You Are The Sunshine of My Life" and the clavinet-driven funk workout "Superstition," proved he was onto something, and are still all-time classics in the artist's catalogue.

The surging stomp of "Maybe Your Baby" is a satisfying slab of hard funk, while "Blame It On the Sun" and "Lookin' For Another Pure Love" are ballad-like meditations on love (the latter with an excellent guitar solo from Jeff Beck). "Big Brother" marks Stevie's foray into political commentary; the bitter indictment of the lyrics counterpoint the sunny, clavichord-and-harmonica-fueled melodies. As original, moving, and enjoyable today as it was on its release, TALKING BOOK is one of Stevie's finest moments, ranking just behind his masterpieces INNERVISIONS and SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE.

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