Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
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Artist: Stevie WonderEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-03-21
Music Label: Motown
Soundtracks:
- You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
- Maybe Your Baby
- You And I
- Tuesday Heartbreak
- You've Got It Bad Girl
- Superstition
- Big Brother
- Blame It On The Sun
- Lookin' For Another Pure Love
- I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
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Free Music Review: Pure magic
Hit: 5 Stars
Stevie Wonder's TalkingBook is quite frankly one of the greatest love album ever made. I say that because there is a sincerity and humanness that is through the album. There's the sweet and lightheartedness of "You are the Sunshine of my Life", followed by the almost anger of "Maybe you're baby". The production on the latter is splendid--which makes you question the originality of a certain Hip-hop producer.
Beyond the the funkyness of "Maybe your baby" is tn subtle but stinging and almost sarcastic socio-political commentary of "Big Brother". Stevie's harsh critique of the 1984-like system is only pacified by the country-feel of the production. However, Stevie is at his best when it comes to love. Only Stevie could make heartbreak and the triumph of love sound so unbelievable.
When Stevie sang "Blame it on the Sun" which was co-written by his late wife, Syreeta, it was as if Stevie reached inside the depth of his soul and put his heart in all of its complexities. THe pain is real and it was fresh too. Stevie had just divorced Syretta by the time this record was made and so when that bridge kicks in--it really kicks. The most memorable moment on the album is the last number, the majestic "I Believe when I fall in love."
"I Believe when I fall in love" is love in all its glory from the uncertainty and its potential to transcend time. "I believe" is Shakesphere's Sonnet 116 in real terms. The arrangement especially his soaring harmonies and the overall production is breathtaking and magical. Stevie isn't talking about idealized love as if love were some unattainable dream but but as if this song is a leaving breathing testimony of love and its power.
It's very simple. Buy Talking Book, it it was on of those albums that will inspire and nourish the soul.
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The two No. 1 hits from this 1972 album perfectly illustrate the contrasting sides of Wonder's complex personality. "Superstition" is a strong rocker, a paranoid bit of wah-wah guitar funk that's as persistent as the best punk music; the opening track, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," is a pure love song that would sound corny coming from any other voice. A hint of bitterness, perhaps owing to Wonder's then-dissolving marriage, gives Talking Book its edge. But overall it's obsessed with love, and while "Sunshine" is still one of the singer/keyboardist's most beloved songs, the closing "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" is much deeper and more rewarding. --Steve KnopperJapanese exclusive reissue of 1972 album. Packaged in a miniature gatefold LP sleeve. Limited to 5,000 pieces. Motown. 2003.
Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.
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