Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder

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Contusion" (instrumental)

This is a great jazz / funk instrumental track and one of my favourites of the genre. Very different to most, if not all, of the other tracks on the album I really love this track.


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Sir Duke

Now this is a classic. From the infectious trumpet / sax intro all the way through the song, it’s got quality written all over it

It’s funky, it’s jazzy, it’s great


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I Wish

I hadn’t appreciated this, but I Wish was the first single from the album and I completely get that. What a great advert for the album and of course it was a huge hit. It’s also one of my favourite tracks on the album.

One of the funkiest, most upbeat tracks on the album with a fantastic baseline.


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Just had to include this as well


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Knocks Me Off My Feet

Nice piano intro but after that I find the track a little flat. I’ve never been a fan of Stevie’s ballads and I’m afraid that this is no exception.

It’s OK


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Pastime Paradise

Very atmospheric track. Great string section opening (but played on a Yamaha!).

A favourite track of mine from the album it’s got such a great vibe.

Covered and sampled a lot over the years


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Love this


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And this is a pretty obvious one to include


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Summer Soft

One of Stevie’s better “slower songs” / ballads but still not a great song TBH.

Picks up a bit later in the middle section but pretty average.


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Ordinary Pain

On first hearing the start of this track I thought, ah, another slow ballady track from Stevie. Not going to like this that much but, although it is a bit of a ballad (at the start), it’s got a nice groove to it.

Not great but very decent until you get halfway through the track then it does a complete change of pace and goes funky dunky. Love the second half to bits. I think that the dual structure works really well here and Shirley Brewers vocals are spot on.

A very well constructed song with a great narrative.


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Isn't She Lovely

A lot like the later “I Just Called to Say I Love You” this is so cheesy that it should come with a health warning.

I’m not a fan of Stevie’s slower track per se but this is top of my list of such songs. Not for me at all

Weirdly, and maybe it's karma, I couldn't find a youtube that worked so.......
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"Isn't She Lovely" is amazing.
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Johnnyo wrote:
Isn't She Lovely
this is so cheesy that it should come with a health warning.


I'm with Mickilennial on this one Johnny—
Great track—
With the right context/environment/moment, it can really smack you in the face—


Hope everyone gives the four new tracks a spin— I Can See the Sun in Late December should've landed the cut, without question— not sure how it wound up with Roberta Flack, but Stevie's cut is ace—
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