Talking Book (studio album) by Stevie Wonder
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Stevie Wonder bestography
Talking Book is ranked 3rd best out of 35 albums by Stevie Wonder on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Stevie Wonder is Songs In The Key Of Life which is ranked number 108 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 14,966.
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Talking Book track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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50/100  | 8 hours ago | Vsaville | | 57/100 |
80/100 | 06/13/2021 00:36 | buntonc | | 78/100 |
80/100 | 06/09/2021 03:27 |  Arthurknight | | 78/100 |
60/100 | 06/07/2021 16:54 | fabm0 | | 66/100 |
80/100 | 06/06/2021 19:45 | dougcummings | | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.8/100, a mean average of 80.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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planetneutral 11/07/2020 03:25
Not on the level of Innervisions, but still important.
llibnanoon 09/02/2020 17:34
Another classic from the Musical Genius! Rating (84.00)
Great album. I think I may actually prefer this to SITKOL. Lovin those early seventies keyboard sounds, particularly on Superstition.
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ExTeaSea 04/21/2019 03:28
Wonderful album! My favorite Stevie Wonder recording.
Another great Stevie Wonder album. Talking book, is the second in that run of five, maybe six, glorious albums, and is another special record. Some great funky tracks in, superstition, maybe your baby, and, Tuesday heartbreak, as well as beautiful songs in, blame it on the sun, and, I believe. My only complaint though is the lightweight opening track, you are the sunshine of my life. It's extremely slight and has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the album as far as i'm concerned. Apart from that, it's brilliant.
AAL2014 07/22/2015 17:15
A tiny bit underrated here. One of my favorite Stevie albums, and it shows him, in vivid detail, taking control of his music and persona. This is certainly a big breakthrough for Stevie although he had been a star for nearly a decade.
Song-wise, does it stand up to Innervisions or SITKOL? Not exactly, still it is a fine soul album with a lot of feeling and great instrumentation. The first great Stevie Wonder album.
swhaze 05/11/2014 17:37
Good album. Stevie isn't my favorite, but there is no denying the fact that he can bring it.
Not as strong as the other ones in his golden era, but I love "You and I" and "I Believe" to name a couple awesome tracks here.
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