INNERVISIONS
| Stevie Wonder
INNERVISIONS
Innervisions is the 16th studio album by American musician Stevie Wonder, released August 3, 1973, on the Tamla label for Motown Records, a landmark recording of his "classic period". The nine tracks of Innervisions encompass a wide range of themes and issues: from drug abuse in "Too High", through inequality and systemic racism in "Living for the City", to love in the ballads "All in Love Is Fair" and "Golden Lady". The album's closer, "He's Misstra Know-It-All", is a scathing attack on then-US President Richard Nixon, similar to Wonder's song a year later, "You Haven't Done Nothin'". -Wikipedia
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Billboard
2013 - True fans marvel through listens as if it was created weeks ago. Its genius is palpable, especially considering that Wonder damn near made the thing by himself.
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BBC
2011 - A work of constant, evolving surprise.
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Slant Magazine
2003 - Innervisions remains Wonder’s most harrowing and tightly structured LP; one that manages to say as much about life in 45 minutes as Songs In The Key Of Life took an extra hour to convey
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All Music
one of his greatest, most important works, a rich panoply of songs addressing drugs, spirituality, political ethics, the unnecessary perils of urban life, and what looked to be the failure of the '60s dream -- all set within a collection of charts as funky and catchy as any he'd written before
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Rolling Stone
1974 - With his last three albums Stevie Wonder has replaced Sly Stone as the most significant individual black innovator in the twin fields of R&B and rock.
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American Song Writer
a modern album to be reckoned with
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Seattle PI
2011 - Songs of love, spirituality, and biting social commentary all join together to form one of the creative and defining albums in American music history.
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Alt Rock Chick
2013 - a vibrant musical experience with near-perfect arrangements and unexpected freshness
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Treblezine
tremendously powerful, sonically mesmerizing and altogether wonderful
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Something Else!
2015 - brilliantly mixed social realism, spiritual affirmation
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Medium
2017 - Innervisions opens up your heart and soul in ways that you may not have thought possible. Bathe yourself in its light.
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
Nothing I can say will do justice to this record. Just buy it. You won't be disappointed.
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
I'd rate it his best and also as the first Stevie Wonder album for a newbie to purchase
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Only Solitaire
This album is great, but it just about misses an important part of Stevie's essence
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Robert Christgau
This is music that makes you believe in faith, almost like Stevie, who only knows that leaves turn from green to brown because he's got no choice.
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OO Cities
Innervisions adds up to far more than the sum of its individual parts, and the album has several notable attributes
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Don Ignacio's Music Reviews
this is another rightful classic in the world of classic rock. Wonder delivers the goods here as well as he's ever done before!
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The Austin Chronicle
Wonder's sightless vision had created a truly beautiful world of golden ladies and deep faith with funky, jazzy songs that are unapologetically romantic and loving
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Starling
this album is essential to any collection
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Albumism
2018 - a reflection of life interpreted through the genius of Stevie Wonder, whose best work was yet to come
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Bad Paper Jam
What makes Innervisions stand out among Wonder’s extensive discography is the themes he tackles and how he makes a cohesive attempt at exploring them. Although the instrumentation lends the ear to two different moods, the album coalesces into an optimistic theme.
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Jazz Music Archives
2012 - A brilliant soul tour de force from Stevie Wonder ... it justifies its status as a Motown classic
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Audiophile Review
2013 - Innervisions is a landmark recording and it always sounded wonderful but this pressing sounds remarkable, particularly moments like the gorgeous round acoustic nylon string guitar on "Visions."
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Paste Magazine
2017 - it’s not just the sound that Wonder created alone in the studio but the lyrics that set this album apart. They combine social awareness, protest, hope and spirituality.
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Meetup
a high water mark at the time of exemplary artistry in recording studio craft, while remaining catchy, groovy, and timelessly giving of its sheer musicality
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Keno's Classic Rock n Roll Web Site
An album from Stevie Wonder with lots of political messages including anti drug and anti poverty.
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Aphoristic Album Reviews
Innervisions is a flat-out masterpiece without a single weak track, and astonishingly it’s not even my favourite Stevie Wonder album
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Daily Republic
If exposing the truth is one of the successes of great art, Wonder unearths a great deal of truth on “Innervisions,” making it an essential record.
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Daily Vault
2008 - It’s got more groove than a 78 RPM LP and more soul than a gospel choir, and it’s the single best album of Wonder’s storied career.
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Jive Time Records
2010 - There is absolutely nothing like it. I could spend the entire review spouting off fawning superlatives, but suffice to say this is my favorite album of the 70’s, and my favorite non-jazz album of all time.
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Daily Journal
2018 - If you’re looking for a Stevie Wonder who tackles not one important issue, but many that ring true in today’s society, look no further. “Innervisions,” Wonder’s 16th studio album, has exactly what you need.
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