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Drums, bass, guitar, piano, vocals. And he wrote all the songs, including three hit singles ("Higher Ground," "Living For The City," "He's Misstra Know-It-All"). The next time you want to feel completely, pathetically inadequate about your own half-baked attempts to write and perform music, remind yourself that Stevie Wonder put out Innervisions, one of a handful of truly perfect rock/pop/soul albums in history, when he was 23. AND HE DID ALL OF THIS DESPITE BEING BLIND SINCE BIRTH. And he produced it. And he played every single instrument himself, barring a guest musician on a couple songs. Yeah, you might as well give up now. Or just buy this album and appreciate it for the heaven-sent gift it is.
The entire album is an absolute delight for vocal melody lovers, and it's easy to see the appeal of Stevie Wonder and his great songwriting abilities when you listen to Innervisions. Truly a fantastic talent.Of course most of us already know and love "Higher Ground" and "Living in the City" because those songs receive a lot of radio play, even to this very day, and for good reason- they are highly memorable songs.Other highlights include the dreamy and adventurous "Visions", the poppy and catchy "Too High" and "Golden Lady", and the upbeat and pleasing "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing".
Turns out all the extremely positive reviews claiming this to be Stevie Wonder's best, or second best album, are completely true. I don't know why I waited so long to give Innervisions a chance, seeing as how I pretty much cleaned out many other classic albums from the 70's years ago, but for some reason, I kept forgetting about this one.Anyway, albums don't get any better than this.
To top it all off, Stevie Wonder has an incredible talent and gift for vocal melodies and instrumental playing that just makes you feel comfortable immediately. I love every song.
You have positive vibes, meaningful lyrics in every song that common people can relate to (even in todays world) and you have a lead singer with one of the most beautiful and sincere styles I've ever listened to. Also, you will probably be singing along to the closing track called "He's Misstra Know-It-All" because the vocal melody is REALLY catchy.
An album I highly recommend.
Wonders finest creative spands. From the first cut to the last.pure essence. Reflects one of Mr. Soul filled, emotinal, at times painting a saddened and gritty mural of the times. The music sifts an exalted glow of beauty & innovation that will leave you in a state of awe.
Even more than Songs In The Key Of Life. From start to finish the album stands tall, it doesn't slip even the slightest. I found myself listening to this more and more. Better late than never. After purchasing Songs In The Key Of Life, and falling deeply in love with it, I decided to get Innervisions. I personally like the fact that he provides different tempo'd songs. His eyesight is impaired, and yet he can craft music as brilliant as this. What amazes me about this album is that Stevie wrote and sang the lyrics, orchastrated, and arranged all the music, and played drumms and keyes on every track.
My response to that is; pay attention to the lyrics. If you have a good sound system, a clean phonograph player, and this album in good condition, you can't go wrong. I was shocked by how many songs I've heard off this before, and shocked at the fact that I didn't own this sooner. There's people that'll complain that some of his songs can be too mellow. I later decided to get this on vinyl, and once I did, I found myself listening to it on a daily basis. It sounds alot warmer, smoother, and intimate on vinyl. If there's romantic lyrics he wrote for his wife; it's only right to have mellow, soothing music to go with them. There's a wider range of music, instead of the same song over and over.
Aquello que aún no sepais quien es este señor, que sólo pensais que ha cantado "I just called you to say I love you", y que paseaba en un coche para decirnos "Si bebes no conduzcas". POR FAVOR. ESCUCHAD ESTE ALBUM, ESTA AUTÉNTICA MARAVILLA, ESTA OBRA MAESTRA, SUBLIME. y entonces sabreis de verdad quien es este señor STEVIE WONDER.
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