Wonder, Stevie - Talking Book

RARE/2HAND VINYL LP ON MOTOWN 1972

Motown 062-93 880 made in Germany in gatefoldcover

Vinyl EX. Cover VG+.

After releasing two "head" records during 1970-71, Stevie Wonder expanded his compositional palate with 1972's Talking Book to include societal ills as well as tender love songs, and so recorded the first smash album of his career. What had been hinted at on the intriguing project Music of My Mind was here focused into a laser beam of tight songwriting, warm electronic arrangements, and ebullient performances -- altogether the most realistic vision of musical personality ever put to wax, beginning with a disarmingly simple love song, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (but of course, it's only the composition that's simple). Stevie's not always singing a tender ballad here -- in fact, he flits from contentment to mistrust to promise to heartbreak within the course of the first four songs -- but he never fails to render each song in the most vivid colors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder

Tracklist

1. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
2. Maybe Your Baby
3. You And I
4. Tuesday Heartbreak
5. Youve Got It Bad Girl
6. Superstition
7. Big Brother
8. Blame It On The Sun
9. Lookin For Another Pure Love
10. I Believe In Tehosekoitin