Talking Book (album) by Stevie Wonder
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Talking Book is an album by Stevie Wonder. It is ranked number 495 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 2,326 from 95 greatest album charts.
Talking Book is ranked number 11 in the best albums of 1972 and number 125 in the best albums of the 1970s.
In total, there are 21 music albums by Stevie Wonder which appear in the greatest album charts and Talking Book is NOT ranked as the best. The best album by Stevie Wonder is Songs in the Key of Life which is ranked number 132 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,903.
There are 8 comments for this album from BestEverAlbums.com members and Talking Book has an average rating of 79 out of 100 (from 178 votes). Please log in or register to leave a comment or assign a rating.
Members who like this album also like: Innervisions by Stevie Wonder, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles and The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie.
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STEVIE WONDER Talking Book AUDIO FIDELITY cd SEALED AFZ 076 GOLD HDCD Condition: Brand New |
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STEVIE WONDER - INNERVISIONS - TALKING BOOK - IN SQUARE CIRCLE Condition: Used |
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CD Stevie Wonder: Talking Book (CD c1972 Motown Records) Condition: Acceptable |
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Talking Book track list
| # | Track | Rating | ||
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| 1. | You Are The Sunshine Of My Life | 80/100 (20 votes) | ||
| 2. | Maybe Your Baby | 79/100 (15 votes) | ||
| 3. | You And I | 79/100 (13 votes) | ||
| 4. | Tuesday Heartbreak | 79/100 (15 votes) | ||
| 5. | You've Got It Bad Girl | 79/100 (16 votes) | ||
| 6. | Superstition | 87/100 (59 votes) | ||
| 7. | Big Brother | 78/100 (16 votes) | ||
| 8. | Blame It On The Sun | 79/100 (20 votes) | ||
| 9. | Lookin' For Another Pure Love | 78/100 (15 votes) | ||
| 10. | I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) | 82/100 (28 votes) |
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Great album. It begins the trilogy of Stevie's finest albums. Delights me every time
I really prefer Innervisions, but this is pretty good too.
This is an album that predates me, with hits so overexposed as to seem ordinary but I know that I would have loved this in the right context. He is definitely a Wonder.
A landmark album, one of the many iconic art pieces that Stevie Wonder created in the 70s. Superstition is an all-time wonder that belongs in a canon of the ages. However, this more than any other Stevie Wonder album seems overplayed. Superstition, Sunshine, and I Believe have been piped over store speakers, elevators, waiting rooms, etc... Kind of ruins it... This would sound better if it was lost for a few years and rediscovered.
Stevie's R&B ballads are a smooth and soothing as the keyboards backing opening track "you are the sunshine of my life", as funky as the wavering bass of "maybe your baby" (although the song goes on a bit long). And how about those funky horns of "superstition" and how stevie lets loose? i like the laid-back, soulful sweetness of "lookin' for another pure love". My first memory of "i believe (when i fall in love)", the third hit off this album, is george michael's cover, but Stevie's version is more organic and doesn't overdramaticize at the end.
Some of Stevie's songs I think we know too well, through over play, and so it's hard to see the originality, and excellence that they had at the time... perhaps you'd call them Mona Lisa tracks. You Are the Sunshine of my life being one of those, which would have scored higher for me on merit, but I've just heard it so many times over the years it's almost painful to hear again.
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