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Innervisions by Stevie Wonder (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1973.
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Overall rank: 96
Average rating: 85/100 (from 1323 votes).



Tracks:
1. Too High
2. Visions
3. Living For The City
4. Golden Lady
5. Higher Ground
6. Jesus Children Of America
7. All In Love Is Fair
8. Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
9. He's Misstra Know-It-All

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[DommeDamian]

Do you know who has the best fanbases? Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder! I’m serious, all the most heartful, humble, lively, and sensitive people I’ve met in my world have been fans of either artist and vice versa. I even consider Wonder as a pre-Michael Jackson, and this is his magnum opus. Exactly like how MJ made 40-minute albums in the beginning and 80-minute masterpieces later, Stevie had already done that—a 45-minute classic with Innervisions, and a 90-minute explosion with Songs In The Key of Life. The latter was my previously favorite Wonder album, however, Innervisions grew stronger these pretty quickly (some of the songs on SITKoL go on for too long, but it's not that big an issue - simultaneously Innervisions is a tighter album with more songs that matches SITKoL's highs). I cannot help but really adore the intentional and sonic landscape of both classics and at the same time, his name is Stevie Wonder - he c[/sh]ould call 'em “Wonderland”, get it?

Anyways, this thing kicks off with a gorgeous little doo-wop banger, turning more progressive. The experimental bass is at least as amusing, and Stevie's vocals take it to a higher level, maybe Too High. Also gotta love the quirky yet stunning melody in Higher Ground. The 3rd track, Living For The City, looking away from the controversial song topic (that still is great), has a smashingly miraculous rhythm, and unlike some songs on SITKoL, this song deserves its running time (and the smooth keyboard - especially in the chorus - is as free sounding as jumping in the river the first summerday). Golden Lady is astonishing, Stevie Wonder is sequencing higher at every chorus and it never gets old. The ballads are also (in a universe where doubt doesn't exist) some of the best in R&B and soul. All In Love Is Fair has a breath-taking melody performance by the piano, the whole song starts subtly but gets more powerful and intense at the end. You also really gotta love how ambiguous yet kind of satirically optimistic the album ends with the nice He's Misstra Know-It-All. Plus the subject matter on Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (mostly the whole Innervisions album) inspires me when I'm in fear. The most innovative song would be Jesus Children of America: listen to it, then compare it to the 1980's disco, the 1990s/2000's R&B, and see its influence. As I am mentioning that, Innervisions would be considered a clever nostalgia-trip, if it was released in this era.....

But lastly, I wanna praise the song Visions; an undeniably superb, all-time metaphysical, acoustically masterful R&B composition. Stevie's subtly singing about the worlds within ourselves are more satisfyingly colorful than the world we 'live in'. Maybe that's why he's like...the most positive person on planet Earth as he's blind to the outer world. The track itself is also a top-tier meditation song. And the layers of fluttering instrumentation and musicality that create a beautiful bond on their partners is STUNNING. (It might be a stretch but this song could be about dreaming). There ain't a single boring or even slightly tiresome moment within this nicely packed 45-minute-long album, on the contrary. I still have yet to explore all the profound musicality on this thing and look how high this stellar album already deservedly is. Both Songs In The Key of Life and Innervisions are cleanly two ultimately flamboyant celebrations of the bright side of life, what little brightness there is but bright nonetheless.
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[HoldenM]

Just a bulletproof R&B classic.

Track picks
3. Living For The City
4. Golden Lady
5. Higher Ground
6. Jesus Children Of America
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[albummaster]

Timeless album that doesn't tire on repeated listens. Amazing from end to end and fits most moods. His discography would definitely make an interesting re-listening exercise, but this is the album I most turn to.

[Johnnyo]

Great album. I flip between this & Songs In The Key Of Life as my favourite Stevie Wonder albums.

Both are classic albums which should be in everyone's record collection