Innervisions (Remastered) Stevie Wonder

• 1 Too High 04:36
• 2 Visions 05:23
• 3 Living For The City 07:22
• 4 Golden Lady 05:01
• 5 Higher Ground 03:42
• 6 Jesus Children Of America 04:10
• 7 All In Love Is Fair 03:42
• 8 Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing 04:45
• 9 He's Misstra Know-It-All 05:35
• Total Runtime 44:16

Info zu Innervisions (Remastered)

After breaking away from the Motown singles mode, Wonder began creating albums that were visionary in concept, sound, and construction. The greatest of these is 1973's „Innervisions“ (1976's „Song In The Key Of Live“ was also an indisputable masterpiece, yet it lacks the economy and focus of Innervisions).

Moving largely away from romantic themes (the beautiful 'Golden Lady' is the exception), Wonder tackles the socio-cultural landscape of 1970s America, including drugs, urban life, and crooked politicians, in addition to questions of identity, faith, and idealism. The album is also more musically ambitious than anything Wonder had attempted before. 'Too High,' the album's opener, has a buoyant, jazzy feel with a subtly complex interaction between instruments and vocals.

'Livin' for the City' is a story-song with a stomping beat, gospel flavor, and a dramatic interlude and outro. The churning 'Higher Ground' segues into the fierce, slinky groove of 'Jesus Children of America' (complete with burbling Arp and Moog synthesizers). The intensity of these songs is not mitigated by the slower songs, which are equally stirring, but by the exuberant, Latin-esque 'Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing,' one of the album's highlights. From beginning to end, „Innervisions“ is a work of genius--a powerful, complex, yet accessible pop masterpiece.

„Innervisions' continues in kind, thanks to songs as accessible and inspired as the jazzy 'Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing' or the deliciously melancholy 'All in Love Is Fair'. 'Innervisions' also finds Wonder addressing deeper issues, as 'Living for the City' dramatizes the in-justice of black urban life while 'Higher Ground' and 'Jesus Children of America' evoke a sense of spiritual struggle.' (Rolling Stone)

Stevie Wonder, vocals, harmonica, piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, synthesizer, drums
Dean Parks, guitar, acoustic guitar
David T. Walker, guitar, electric guitar
Ralph Hammer, guitar, acoustic guitar
Clarence Bell, organ
Robert Margouleff, ARP synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, programming
Malcolm Cecil, bass
Willie Weeks, bass
Scott Edwards, bass
Dan Barbiero, recorder
Austin Godsey, recorder
Sheila Wilkerson, bongos, percussion
Yusuf Roahman, shaker, percussion
Larry Latimer, vocals, congas, percussion
Jim Gilstrap, vocals, background vocals
Lani Groves, vocals, background vocals
Tasha Thomas, vocals, background vocals

Recorded at Media Sound Studios, New York, NY, Media Sound, Inc, NY, Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Engineered by Malcolm Cecil, Robert Margouleff, Dan Barbiero, Austin Godsey
Produced by Stevie Wonder, Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff

Digitally remastered

Ranked #23 in Rolling Stone's '500 Greatest Albums Of All Time'

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