Talking Book
by Stevie Wonder
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Stevie Wonder bestography
Talking Book is ranked 3rd best out of 40 albums by Stevie Wonder on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Stevie Wonder is Songs In The Key Of Life which is ranked number 66 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,871.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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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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Talking Book rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 70/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1970s Pt 2 | 52/100 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 40 Music Albums of 1972 | 4/40 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Stevie Wonder: So Far... | 3/21 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 63 Music Albums of 1972 | 45/63 | 2 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 94 Music Albums of 1972 | 29/94 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Best of The 70s Pt.2 (101-200) | 38/100 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 5/100 | 19 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 546 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,738 | |||
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Talking Book ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2026 06:56 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2026 07:48 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2026 15:01 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.5/100, a mean average of 79.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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Talking Book forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/15/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5405): By AAL2014
pedro1976 08/10/2026 14:39 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
dihansse 08/06/2026 19:27 in My discoveries per yearTalking Book comments
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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.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/25/2012 14:42 | #47222 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
Great album. I think I may actually prefer this to SITKOL. Lovin those early seventies keyboard sounds, particularly on Superstition.
This is a phenomenal album - so many great tracks culminating in Superstition. What a funk.
Great album. It begins the trilogy of Stevie's finest albums. Delights me every time
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