talking book
| Stevie Wonder
talking book
Talking Book is the fifteenth studio album by Stevie Wonder, released on October 28, 1972. A signal recording of his "classic period", in this one he "hit his stride." The album's first track, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", hit #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts, then earned Wonder his first Grammy Award, for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. The album's first single, "Superstition", also hit #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts. The album was certified Gold in Canada and the United States.-Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
relaxed, dreamy at times, the laid-back funk of the vocals resting on a deliciously liquid instrumental track like a body on a waterbed ... Wonder has produced another of the very best albums this year
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
A masterpiece. Amazingly, there isn't one weak track on the listing.
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
If you don't have Talking Book, you need to get Talking Book. If you don't like Talking Book, well, there's something wrong with your soul
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Only Solitaire
just a wee bit short of perfection; everything is top quality, apart from one or two slightly weaker numbers
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Robert Christgau
The artist breaks through and takes control, though not in that order. Suddenly he's writing better ballads than he used to choose, and not at any sacrifice of his endearing natural bathos
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OO Cities
This utterly brilliant, hugely successful album practically screams "creative growth,"
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Don Ignacio's Music Reviews
This album is almost too excellent for words!
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The Austin Chronicle
With signature harmonica squeals and whimsical clavinet underlying 10 gorgeously crafted songs, 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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All Music
Music of My Mind was here focused into a laser beam of tight songwriting, warm electronic arrangements, and ebullient performances -- altogether the most realistic vision of musical personality ever put to wax
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BBC
2008 - Combining tight song writing with warm electronic arrangements
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NPR
2000 - The album crystallized Wonder's talent as a singer, writer and producer. He proved he could write grooves to keep you on the dance floor and, at the same time, make you think about social problems. And on the other side, he could melt your heart.
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Pop'stache
2011 - Thanks to the wonder that came from Talking Book, we know we’re in good hands.
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The Goon Report
2018 - ‘Talking Book’ is Stevie at his trippiest, his bounciest, his most poetic, and this was a time when he was still sharpening up his songwriting scythe
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Blogs Critics
It remains a solid five star album and an essential release when exploring the mind and music of Stevie Wonder.
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Must Hear
2008 - if released today, would be hailed as revolutionary. Talking Book, I think, is the best of those five essential Stevie albums, and, without resorting to hyperbole, all of them are worth owning and listening to weekly, at least.
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Starling
While it doesn't flow together as well as Innervisions, the individual tracks are among Wonder's greatest work.
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Compulsive Reader
Talking Book is a work of consciousness and distinctive 2007 - musicality.
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