- soul, funk, funk soul, pop
- 46 min
- 10 tracks
- Motown
Hotter than July is the nineteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and musician Stevie Wonder, released on September 29, 1980, by Tamla, a subsidiary of Motown Records.
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Character
Spare, character-led, classical in form and warm.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA−
- Pitchfork9.4/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- Sounds4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Did I Hear You Say You Love Me4:08
- 2All I Do5:07
- 3Rocket Love4:39
- 4I Ain’t Gonna Stand for It4:39
- 5As If You Read My Mind3:47
- 6Master Blaster (Jammin’)5:08
- 7Do Like You4:25
- 8Cash in Your Face3:59
- 9Lately4:05
- 10Happy Birthday5:57
10 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Stevie Wonder
- Label
- Motown
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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