Songs in the Key of Life [Original recording remastered]

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Love's in Need of Love Today
2. Have a Talk With God
3. Village Ghetto Land
4. Contusion
5. Sir Duke
6. I Wish
7. Knocks Me off My Feet
8. Pastime Paradise
9. Summer Soft
10. Ordinary Pain
Disc: 2
1. Isn't She Lovely
2. Joy Inside My Tears
3. Black Man
4. Ngiculela-Es Una Historia-I Am Singing
5. If It's Magic
6. As
7. Another Star
8. Saturn
9. Ebony Eyes
10. All Day Sucker
See all 11 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com essential recording
One of the first albums to debut at No. 1 in Billboard, Songs in the Key of Life was the highest high-point of Stevie Wonder's career. More sprawling than Innervisions and Talking Book, this 2 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." --Rickey Wright

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Songs in the Key of Life [Original recording remastered]

Songs in the Key of Life [Original recording remastered]
Songs in the Key of Life
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Stevie's Wonderous Opus
  • I Love Stevie
  • My first choice for a desert island
  • The definition of music at its best.
  • You Can't NOT Give This Album 5 Stars
 Songs in the Key of Life
Stevie Wonder
Manufacturer: Motown
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
Classic R&BClassic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | R&B | Styles | Music
MotownMotown | R&B | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music
Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
Similar Items:
  1. Innervisions
  2. Talking Book
  3. Fulfillingness' First Finale
  4. What's Going on
  5. Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collection

ASIN: B00004SZWD
Release Date: 2000-05-02

Tracks:

  1. Love's In Need Of Love Today
  2. Have A Talk With God
  3. Village Ghetto Land
  4. Contusion
  5. Sir Duke
  6. I Wish
  7. Knocks Me Off My Feet
  8. Pastime Paradise
  9. Summer Soft
  10. Ordinary Pain

Tracks:

  1. Isn't She Lovely
  2. Joy Inside My Tears
  3. Black Man
  4. Ngiculela/Es Una Historia/I Am Singing
  5. If It's Magic
  6. As
  7. Another Star
  8. Saturn
  9. Ebony Eyes
  10. All Day Sucker
  11. Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)

Amazon.com essential recording

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

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Stevie's Wonderous Opus.......2007-08-06

I'm not gonna bore you with another long review,but if I was stranded on a desert island and I had only a few discs with me,Stevie Wonder's "Songs In The Key In The Life" would my top choices.So many great songs(Sir Duke,I Wish,Knocks Me Off My Feet,Summer Soft,Isn't She Lovely,As,Another Star,Love's In Need Of Love Today,Ebony Eyes,If It's Magic etc.)with no filler whatsoever.Plus the updated version(supervised by Harry Weinger and remastered by Kevin Reeves at Universial Mastering East)is excellent,with punchy,spacious,vibrant sound and all the original artwork,liner notes and lyrics included.Truly a must-have in every sense of the word!

5 out of 5 stars I Love Stevie.......2007-07-27

I am loving rediscovering this beautiful work of love and art with my children. I LOVE STEVIE.

5 out of 5 stars My first choice for a desert island.......2007-07-08

Undeniably classic Stevie Wonder. If you're a fan you have to have this one; if you're new to Stevie this is the place to start. Unlike some of his sugar sweet music from the 1980s, Songs In The Key Of Life has some melodies that can only be described as "haunting" -- they stay with you a lifetime. Some believe that a great meal should be paired with a great wine. Here, each melody is paired with the right lyrics. It's perfect and it's also the one album I would take if I could take only one to a desert island banishment.

5 out of 5 stars The definition of music at its best........2007-06-17

If you check your local music store and looked through the Stevie Wonder CDs, you are likely to find this album more than the other albums (aside from "A Time To Love.") Though this album is over 30 years old, it's still in demand, and with a good reason: the 21 songs on this album are some of the greatest works to ever enter the music industry.

Most artists these days stick to one type of music, rarely trying something different. Wonder, on the other hand, has mastered not only his usual R&B and funk songs such as "I Wish," but on this album he also throws in some Latin, classical and funk/rock fusion twists, and he delivers them just as well as his usual genre.

Wonder without a doubt has talent in songwriting. He sings about almost everything that you can sing about, such as world peace ("Love's In Need Of Love Today"), love ("Knocks Me Off My Feet"), heartbreak ("Another Star"), world problems ("Village Ghetto Land") and equality ("Black Man") to name a few. No matter what he sings about he delivers some of the best vocals, lyrics and composing of all time. Most of his songs are upbeat and danceable, such as "Ngiculela" and "Sir Duke." "As" and "Summer Soft" are the most beautiful, poetic songs on the album and the music accompanying them are just as extraordinary. The funk songs Wonder is known for are also here. "I Wish" and "All Day Sucker" are funkier than "Superstition" from the album "Talking Book." "Ebony Eyes" is a very fun song that has a slight Beatles feel to it.

Wonder also includes two instrumentals: "Contusion" and "Easy Goin' Evening." Both of them show Wonder's skill with instruments, especially the harmonica (in "Easy Goin' Evening") which he is very well known for. "Contusion" is a great display of R&B/rock fusion and is very fun to dance to.

With twenty-one songs on this album, each of them some of the greatest songs ever, it's difficult to not like the album. This is music at its absolute best.

5 out of 5 stars You Can't NOT Give This Album 5 Stars.......2007-06-08

I never really considered myself a Stevie Wonder fan, but after listening to this album, I realize why people love him so much. The songs off this album have been sampled and re-recorded by so many other artists it's scary! His R&B songwriting was second to none during the mid 70s.
Songs in the Key of Life
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Stevie's Wonderous Opus
  • I Love Stevie
  • My first choice for a desert island
  • The definition of music at its best.
  • You Can't NOT Give This Album 5 Stars
 Songs in the Key of Life
Stevie Wonder
Manufacturer: Motown
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
Classic R&BClassic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | R&B | Styles | Music
MotownMotown | R&B | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
Similar Items:
  1. Innervisions
  2. Talking Book
  3. Fulfillingness' First Finale
  4. What's Going on
  5. Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collection

ASIN: B0000060NA
Release Date: 1992-04-13

Tracks:

  1. Love's In Need Of Love Today
  2. Have A Talk With God
  3. Village Ghetto land
  4. Contusion
  5. Sir Duke
  6. I Wish
  7. Knocks Me Off My Feet
  8. Pastime Paradise
  9. Summer Soft
  10. Ordinary Pain
  11. Saturn
  12. Ebony Eyes

Tracks:

  1. Isn't She Lovely
  2. Joy Inside My Tears
  3. Black Man
  4. Ngiculela - Es Una Historia/I Am Singing
  5. If It's Magic
  6. As
  7. Another Star
  8. All Day Sucker
  9. Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)

Amazon.com essential recording

One of the first albums to debut at No. 1 in Billboard, Songs in the Key of Life was the highest high-point of Stevie Wonder's career. More sprawling than Innervisions and Talking Book, this 2 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." --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Stevie's Wonderous Opus.......2007-08-06

I'm not gonna bore you with another long review,but if I was stranded on a desert island and I had only a few discs with me,Stevie Wonder's "Songs In The Key In The Life" would my top choices.So many great songs(Sir Duke,I Wish,Knocks Me Off My Feet,Summer Soft,Isn't She Lovely,As,Another Star,Love's In Need Of Love Today,Ebony Eyes,If It's Magic etc.)with no filler whatsoever.Plus the updated version(supervised by Harry Weinger and remastered by Kevin Reeves at Universial Mastering East)is excellent,with punchy,spacious,vibrant sound and all the original artwork,liner notes and lyrics included.Truly a must-have in every sense of the word!

5 out of 5 stars I Love Stevie.......2007-07-27

I am loving rediscovering this beautiful work of love and art with my children. I LOVE STEVIE.

5 out of 5 stars My first choice for a desert island.......2007-07-08

Undeniably classic Stevie Wonder. If you're a fan you have to have this one; if you're new to Stevie this is the place to start. Unlike some of his sugar sweet music from the 1980s, Songs In The Key Of Life has some melodies that can only be described as "haunting" -- they stay with you a lifetime. Some believe that a great meal should be paired with a great wine. Here, each melody is paired with the right lyrics. It's perfect and it's also the one album I would take if I could take only one to a desert island banishment.

5 out of 5 stars The definition of music at its best........2007-06-17

If you check your local music store and looked through the Stevie Wonder CDs, you are likely to find this album more than the other albums (aside from "A Time To Love.") Though this album is over 30 years old, it's still in demand, and with a good reason: the 21 songs on this album are some of the greatest works to ever enter the music industry.

Most artists these days stick to one type of music, rarely trying something different. Wonder, on the other hand, has mastered not only his usual R&B and funk songs such as "I Wish," but on this album he also throws in some Latin, classical and funk/rock fusion twists, and he delivers them just as well as his usual genre.

Wonder without a doubt has talent in songwriting. He sings about almost everything that you can sing about, such as world peace ("Love's In Need Of Love Today"), love ("Knocks Me Off My Feet"), heartbreak ("Another Star"), world problems ("Village Ghetto Land") and equality ("Black Man") to name a few. No matter what he sings about he delivers some of the best vocals, lyrics and composing of all time. Most of his songs are upbeat and danceable, such as "Ngiculela" and "Sir Duke." "As" and "Summer Soft" are the most beautiful, poetic songs on the album and the music accompanying them are just as extraordinary. The funk songs Wonder is known for are also here. "I Wish" and "All Day Sucker" are funkier than "Superstition" from the album "Talking Book." "Ebony Eyes" is a very fun song that has a slight Beatles feel to it.

Wonder also includes two instrumentals: "Contusion" and "Easy Goin' Evening." Both of them show Wonder's skill with instruments, especially the harmonica (in "Easy Goin' Evening") which he is very well known for. "Contusion" is a great display of R&B/rock fusion and is very fun to dance to.

With twenty-one songs on this album, each of them some of the greatest songs ever, it's difficult to not like the album. This is music at its absolute best.

5 out of 5 stars You Can't NOT Give This Album 5 Stars.......2007-06-08

I never really considered myself a Stevie Wonder fan, but after listening to this album, I realize why people love him so much. The songs off this album have been sampled and re-recorded by so many other artists it's scary! His R&B songwriting was second to none during the mid 70s.
Let in the Joy
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Let in the Joy

    Manufacturer: Jackie Tice
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000CAGBPQ
    Release Date: 2003-11-18
    Arvo the Magnificat
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Excellent CD
    • What is up with this title?
    		 Arvo the Magnificat
    Soli Deo Gloria Cantorum , Conductor Almeda Berkey , Jackson Berkey , Teresa Hernandez , Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina , Arvo Part , Imant Raminsh , August Soderman , Shaker Traditional , Daniel Schultz , Cat's Meow , Greg Clinton , Sharon Key , Robert [ , Judy Divis , Sarah Richardson , Chris Hake , Mary Amador , Ricardo Amador , Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Johan August Soderman, Arvo Part, Imant Raminsh Bob Chilcott Jackson Berkey , and Almeda Berkey
    Manufacturer: Soli Dei Gloria Rec.
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    All Works by PartAll Works by Part | Part, Arvo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000008O35
    Release Date: 1994-10-01

    Tracks:

    1. The Gift to Be Simple - arr. Bob Chilcott
    2. God Be In My Head - Jackson Berkey
    3. Tu es Petrus - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    4. Kyrie Eleison (Sacred Songs) - Johan August Soderman
    5. Agnus Dei (Sacred Songs) - Johan August Soderman
    6. Jesu Christe (Sacred Songs) - Johan August Soderman
    7. Domine (Sacred Songs) - Johan August Soderman
    8. Benedictus (Sacred Songs) - Johan August Soderman
    9. Virgo Gloriosa (Sharon Key-Soprano) (Sacred Songs) - Johan August Soderman
    10. Hosanna! (Sacred Songs) - Johan August Soderman
    11. Magnificat - Arvo Part
    12. Ave Verum Corpus - Imant Raminsh
    13. Loon Lake By Morning (Native American Ambiances) - Jackson Berkey
    14. The Sacred Earth (Native American Ambiances) - Jackson Berkey
    15. Prairie Fire (Native American Ambiances) - Jackson Berkey
    16. This We Know (Native American Ambiances) - Jackson Berkey
    17. The Web of Life (Native American Ambiances) - Jackson Berkey

    Album Description

    Synthesizing the "Scandinavian sound" of Eric Ericson's Swedish Radio Choir with the long-standing influence of Normal Luboff, this Cantorum collection offers premiere recordings of new works and choral master works.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Excellent CD.......2006-09-13

    I do agree that the name of the CD is really silly, and detracts from the overall quality of the work. The CD would better have been named for Jackson Berkey's composition, Native American Ambiances. It is a beautiful and usual work that is well worth hearing.

    4 out of 5 stars What is up with this title?.......2001-09-08

    It seems a shame to use such a stupid title for a CD of great music recorded by a great ensemble. 'Tis a pitty to be silly.
    Reverse the Curse
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Reverse the Curse

      Manufacturer: Johnny Most
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B000CAGOT4
      Release Date: 2004-05-11

      Tracks:

      1. An Eye Opener
      2. Baby, That's Fine
      3. Laboratory Baby
      4. Something
      5. R.A.Y.F. (Kind of Man)
      6. Back to the Top
      7. Climbing the Walls (Again)
      8. All People
      9. Shakin'
      10. Eveready
      11. Johnny's Bender Sing-Along
      12. Vendetta (Part 1)
      13. Vendetta (Part 2)
      14. Uncle
      15. All People (Reprise)
      The Way to Heaven: Choral Music by James Cook
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        		The Way to Heaven: Choral Music by James Cook

        Manufacturer: Divine Art
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B0002PZJ0Y
        Release Date: 2005-06-28
        Unleaded Blues
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          		Unleaded Blues
          Johnny Drummer
          Manufacturer: Earwig
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          Tracks:

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          2. Born in the Delta
          3. I'm Missing You
          4. Stop Cheating
          5. How Many Times
          6. Put Your Suitcase Down
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          Leaving the Lights on 2003
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            		Leaving the Lights on 2003

            Manufacturer: WingBone Records
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B000BUWCKK
            Release Date: 2003-06-10

            Product Description

            A 32 track double CD. His Asian American "Songs In The Key Of Life" - my "Kwan-drophenia." Influences: Stevie Wonder, Springsteen, Tupac, Michael Jackson, Tom Waits, Marvin Gaye - with a little bit of Richard Pryor thrown in. Confronting identity, sexuality, history, family, and racism. It took over 2 years to complete this. A day in the life of Victor Woo - his alter ego. A artistic response to his Dad's sudden passing in 2000.
            Songs in the Key of Life
            Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
            • Stevie's Wonderous Opus
            • I Love Stevie
            • My first choice for a desert island
            • The definition of music at its best.
            • You Can't NOT Give This Album 5 Stars
            		 Songs in the Key of Life
            Stevie Wonder
            Manufacturer: Umvd Labels
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
            Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
            Classic R&BClassic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | R&B | Styles | Music
            MotownMotown | R&B | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music
            Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
            Similar Items:
            1. Innervisions
            2. Talking Book
            3. Fulfillingness' First Finale
            4. What's Going on
            5. Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collection

            ASIN: B00004SZWE
            Release Date: 2000-05-02

            Tracks:

            1. Love's In Need Of Love Today
            2. Have A Talk With God
            3. Village Ghetto Land
            4. Contusion
            5. Sir Duke
            6. I Wish
            7. Knocks Me Off My Feet
            8. Pastime Paradise
            9. Summer Soft
            10. Ordinary Pain

            Tracks:

            1. Isn't She Lovely
            2. Joy Inside My Tears
            3. Black Man
            4. Ngiculela/Es Una Historia/I Am Singing
            5. If It's Magic
            6. As
            7. Another Star
            8. Saturn
            9. Ebony Eyes
            10. All Day Sucker
            11. Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)

            Amazon.com essential recording

            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

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars Stevie's Wonderous Opus.......2007-08-06

            I'm not gonna bore you with another long review,but if I was stranded on a desert island and I had only a few discs with me,Stevie Wonder's "Songs In The Key In The Life" would my top choices.So many great songs(Sir Duke,I Wish,Knocks Me Off My Feet,Summer Soft,Isn't She Lovely,As,Another Star,Love's In Need Of Love Today,Ebony Eyes,If It's Magic etc.)with no filler whatsoever.Plus the updated version(supervised by Harry Weinger and remastered by Kevin Reeves at Universial Mastering East)is excellent,with punchy,spacious,vibrant sound and all the original artwork,liner notes and lyrics included.Truly a must-have in every sense of the word!

            5 out of 5 stars I Love Stevie.......2007-07-27

            I am loving rediscovering this beautiful work of love and art with my children. I LOVE STEVIE.

            5 out of 5 stars My first choice for a desert island.......2007-07-08

            Undeniably classic Stevie Wonder. If you're a fan you have to have this one; if you're new to Stevie this is the place to start. Unlike some of his sugar sweet music from the 1980s, Songs In The Key Of Life has some melodies that can only be described as "haunting" -- they stay with you a lifetime. Some believe that a great meal should be paired with a great wine. Here, each melody is paired with the right lyrics. It's perfect and it's also the one album I would take if I could take only one to a desert island banishment.

            5 out of 5 stars The definition of music at its best........2007-06-17

            If you check your local music store and looked through the Stevie Wonder CDs, you are likely to find this album more than the other albums (aside from "A Time To Love.") Though this album is over 30 years old, it's still in demand, and with a good reason: the 21 songs on this album are some of the greatest works to ever enter the music industry.

            Most artists these days stick to one type of music, rarely trying something different. Wonder, on the other hand, has mastered not only his usual R&B and funk songs such as "I Wish," but on this album he also throws in some Latin, classical and funk/rock fusion twists, and he delivers them just as well as his usual genre.

            Wonder without a doubt has talent in songwriting. He sings about almost everything that you can sing about, such as world peace ("Love's In Need Of Love Today"), love ("Knocks Me Off My Feet"), heartbreak ("Another Star"), world problems ("Village Ghetto Land") and equality ("Black Man") to name a few. No matter what he sings about he delivers some of the best vocals, lyrics and composing of all time. Most of his songs are upbeat and danceable, such as "Ngiculela" and "Sir Duke." "As" and "Summer Soft" are the most beautiful, poetic songs on the album and the music accompanying them are just as extraordinary. The funk songs Wonder is known for are also here. "I Wish" and "All Day Sucker" are funkier than "Superstition" from the album "Talking Book." "Ebony Eyes" is a very fun song that has a slight Beatles feel to it.

            Wonder also includes two instrumentals: "Contusion" and "Easy Goin' Evening." Both of them show Wonder's skill with instruments, especially the harmonica (in "Easy Goin' Evening") which he is very well known for. "Contusion" is a great display of R&B/rock fusion and is very fun to dance to.

            With twenty-one songs on this album, each of them some of the greatest songs ever, it's difficult to not like the album. This is music at its absolute best.

            5 out of 5 stars You Can't NOT Give This Album 5 Stars.......2007-06-08

            I never really considered myself a Stevie Wonder fan, but after listening to this album, I realize why people love him so much. The songs off this album have been sampled and re-recorded by so many other artists it's scary! His R&B songwriting was second to none during the mid 70s.
            Songs in the Key of Life
            Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
            • Great Concept Album, One of the Best of All Time! Good Sound Quality!
            • Living Legend
            		 Songs in the Key of Life
            Stevie Wonder
            Manufacturer: Universal
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
            Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | R&B | Styles | Music
            MotownMotown | R&B | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music
            Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
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            ASIN: B00007KKXJ
            Release Date: 2006-10-03

            Tracks:

            1. Love's in Need of Love Today
            2. Have a Talk With God
            3. Village Ghetto Land
            4. Contusion
            5. Sir Duke
            6. I Wish
            7. Knocks Me off My Feet
            8. Pastime Paradise
            9. Summer Soft
            10. Ordinary Pain

            Tracks:

            1. Isn't She Lovely
            2. Joy Inside My Tears
            3. Black Man
            4. Ngiculela-Es Una Historia-I Am Singing
            5. If It's Magic
            6. As
            7. Another Star
            8. Saturn
            9. Ebony Eyes
            10. All Day Sucker
            11. Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)

            Album Description

            Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. Universal. 2006.

            Album Details

            Two Cds: Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

            Customer Reviews:

            4 out of 5 stars Great Concept Album, One of the Best of All Time! Good Sound Quality!.......2006-11-14

            Not only is this a great concept album by Stevie, it's also his best effort and it also stands the test of time to emerge as one of the best albums of all time. As they say, "the cream always rises to the top" and this is surely the case for this album. This gatefold mini-lp sleeve cardboard replica version is also the best version of the album that is out there at the moment. The sound quality is good due to the remastering job they did although not great which is understandable given the state of the 1976 original master and so some tracks have higher volume levels than others. However, the tracks are things of beauty and stand the test of time. Although there is "single" material in here, the only way to truly appreciate this work of art is to listen to the whole thing at one go. For the record, the "single" stuff that still sound good today are: "Sir Duke" and "Isn't She Lovely". The other standout tracks must be "Pastime Paradise" later ripped off to great effect for the "Dangerous Minds" soundtrack "Gangster's Paradise" and "Black Man" is a fantastic study in slap bass that would make Mark King of Level 42 proud. There is also a track on disc two that sounds a lot like Lionel Ritchie's "All Night Long." It's obvious that many, many artistes have been inspired over the years by this album and I sure many, many more will be over the decades to come. Very highly recommended.

            5 out of 5 stars Living Legend.......2003-12-14

            Often imitated but never truly duplicated. What can one say about Stevie that has not already been tatooed in our minds? Songs in the Key of Life is the benchmark of music genius. Spiritual, soulful, introspective only begin to exemplify what a treasure this CD has been to my collection-which includes 5,500 various artists. My travels started in Birmingham, England, with stops in Boston, New York and now Atlanta, Georgia, and there is not a place on my musical journey where Songs in the Key of Life was not warmly received.

            Artists like Omar, the late Bob Marley, Maxwell, Common,The Roots, and the late Tupac (just to name a few) owe their career sucess to Stevie Wonder, and this CD is the ultimate key to life.

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            1. Soul Hits of the 90's
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            6. Sweet Soul
            7. Temperature Rising [Import]
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            10. The Best of Louisiana Music

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