- soul, pop soul, contemporary r&b, classic soul r b
- 105 min
- 21 tracks
- Motown
Songs in the Key of Life is the eighteenth studio album by the American singer, songwriter and musician Stevie Wonder. A triple album, it was released on September 28, 1976, by Tamla Records, a division of Motown. The album is regarded as the culmination of Wonder's "classic period" of recording, which began in 1972 with Music of My Mind.
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Character-led, spare, earnest and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography8/10
- MusicHound R&B5/5 ★
- Pitchfork10/10
- Rolling Stone5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Love’s in Need of Love Today7:05
- A2Have a Talk With God2:42
- A3Village Ghetto Land3:25
- A4Contusion3:46
- A5Sir Duke3:54
- B1I Wish4:12
- B2Knocks Me Off My Feet3:35
- B3Pastime Paradise3:20
- B4Summer Soft4:15
- B5Ordinary Pain6:22
- C1Isn’t She Lovely6:33
- C2Joy Inside My Tears6:29
- C3Black Man8:29
- D1Ngiculela - Es Una Historia / I Am Singing3:48
- D2If It’s Magic3:11
- D3As7:07
- D4Another Star8:19
- E1Saturn4:54
- E2Ebony Eyes4:10
- F1All Day Sucker5:06
- F2Easy Goin’ Evening (My Mama’s Call)3:58
21 tracks, 105 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Stevie Wonder
- Label
- Motown
- Released
- 1976
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl, 7" Vinyl
- Country
- IT
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