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Stevie Wonder Innervisions - 180 Gram - Sealed UK vinyl LP album (LP record)
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
When Stevie Wonder applied his tremendous songwriting talents to the unsettled social morass that was the early '70s, he produced one of his greatest, most important works, a rich panoply of songs addressing drugs, spirituality, political ethics, the unnecessary perils of urban life, and what looked to be the failure of the '60s dream -- all set within a collection of charts as funky and catchy as any he'd written before.
Two of the highlights, "Living for the City" and "Too High," make an especially deep impression thanks to Stevie's narrative talents; on the first, an eight-minute mini-epic, he brings a hard-scrabble Mississippi black youth to the city and illustrates, via a brilliant dramatic interlude, what lies in wait for innocents. (He also uses his variety of voice impersonations to stunning effect.) "Too High" is just as stunning, a cautionary tale about drugs driven by a dizzying chorus of scat vocals and a springing bassline. "Higher Ground," a funky follow-up to the previous album's big hit ("Superstition"), and "Jesus Children of America" both introduced Wonder's interest in Eastern religion. It's a tribute to his genius that he could broach topics like reincarnation and transcendental meditation in a pop context with minimal interference to the rest of the album.
Wonder also made no secret of the fact that "He's Misstra Know-It-All" was directed at Tricky Dick, aka Richard Milhouse Nixon, then making headlines (and destroying America's faith in the highest office) with the biggest political scandal of the century. Putting all these differing themes and topics into perspective was the front cover, a striking piece by Efram Wolff portraying Stevie Wonder as the blind visionary, an artist seeing far better than those around him what was going on in the early '70s, and using his astonishing musical gifts to make this commentary one of the most effective and entertaining ever heard.
Side One
1. Too High
2. Visions
3. Living For The City
4. Golden Lady
Side Two
5. Higher Ground
6. Jesus Children Of America
7. All In Love Is Fair
8. Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
9. He's Misstra Know It All
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
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| Year of Release: |
2015 |
| Artist: |
Stevie Wonder (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Innervisions (click here for more of the same title) |
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
Motown |
| Catalogue No: |
903261 |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
11 November 2015
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
STWLPIN451067 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
050109032617 |
| Genres: |
Motown, Male Solo, Soul and r&b
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| Related Artists: |
Eivets Rednow, Gary Byrd, Jim Gilstrap, Lee Garrett |
| Complete Stock List: |
Stevie Wonder |
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| Alternative Names: |
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LP pressed on audiophile quality 180-gram black vinyl, Stevie
Wonder's Grammy Award-winning 1973 Album of the Year
featuring the hit singles "Higher Ground," "Living for the
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