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Innervisions is the sixteenth studio album by American musician Stevie Wonder, released August 3, 1973 on Motown Records; a landmark recording. The nine tracks of Innervisions encompass a wide range of themes and issues: from drug abuse in "Too High," through social anger in "Living for the City," to love in the ballads "All in Love is Fair" and "Golden Lady."
As with many of Stevie Wonder's albums the lyrics, composition and production are almost entirely his own work, with the ARP synthesizer used prominently throughout the album. This instrument was a common motif among musicians of the time because of its ability to construct a complete sound environment. Wonder was the first black artist to experiment with this technology on a mass scale, and Innervisions was hugely influential on the subsequent future of commercial black music. He also played all or virtually all instruments on six of the album's nine tracks, making most of Innervisions a representative one-man band.
Innervisions has been considered by many fans, critics, and colleagues to be among Stevie Wonder's finest work and one of the great albums in popular music history.The album was revisited countless times in different lists of the greatest albums of all time. In 2001, VH1 named it the 31st greatest album of all time with the following statement: "The whole message of this album seems to be caution – Wonder seems to be warning the black community to be aware of their own plight, strive for improvement, and take matters into their own hands. But this is all against the backdrop of the harsh social realities of America circa 1973, and nowhere does this conflict hit home more than in Wonder's magnum opus, "Living for the City," a raw piece of modern blues on which Wonder played every instrument.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 23 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
Tracklist:
All songs written, produced and arranged by Stevie Wonder.
01. Too High - 4:36
02. Visions - 5:23
03. Living For The City - 7:22
04. Golden Lady - 4:56
05. Higher Ground - 3:42
06. Jesus Children Of America - 4:10
07. All In Love Is Fair - 3:42
08. Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - 4:45
09. He's Misstra Know-It-All - 5:33
Personnel:
- Stevie Wonder - lead vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes, harmonica, drums, Moog bass, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer, Hohner clavinet, handclaps, congas, producer
- Lani Groves, Tasha Thomas, Jim Gilstrap - backing vocals (01)
- Malcolm Cecil - upright bass (02)
- Dean Parks - acoustic guitar (02)
- David "T" Walker - electric guitar (02)
- Clarence Bell - Hammond organ (04)
- Ralph Hammer - acoustic guitar (04)
- Larry "Nastyee" Latimer - congas (04)
- Scott Edwards - electric bass (07)
- Yusuf Roahman - shaker (08)
- Sheila Wilkerson - bongos (08), Latin gourd (08)
- Willie Weeks - electric bass (09)
Media Info:
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Channels: stereo
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