Stevie Wonder Talking Book

Stevie Wonder Talking BookFollowing closely on the heels of MUSIC OF MY MIND (also released in 1972), TALKING BOOK was Stevie Wonder's most consistent, developed, and impressive album to date. Building on its predecessor, TALKING BOOK combined all aspects of Stevie's musical personality superb compositions, innovative keyboard sounds, exuberant singing, and lush, complex sonic landscapes into a perfectly focused, polished package. The album's two hit singles, the warm, swaying

slo-mo melodies

and emotional intelligence that Bradley brought to his music

a transcendent

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Nine dynamic songs on eight sides of wax - five songs weigh in around the 15-minute mark

But this isn't simply a bruk record

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Such sequencing suggests that Miller is more concerned with telling a narrative than presenting the nonstop party that the title Ultimate Hits suggests

While the group's early material was slightly too heavy for Top 40 airplay

Simon House (mandolin

and Brown returns the favor here