Hotter Than July
by Stevie Wonder
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Stevie Wonder bestography
Hotter Than July is ranked 6th 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 67 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,751.
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Hotter Than July track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Hotter Than July rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1980 | 9/25 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 85 Music Albums of 1980 | 39/85 | 3 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 88 Music Albums of 1980 | 61/88 | 2 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Later Motown | 78/100 | - |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 13/100 | 18 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1101-1200* | 76/78 | - |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Stevie Wonder: So Far... | 7/21 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 41 Music Albums of 1980 | 22/41 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1980 | 19/100 | - |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 32 Music Albums of 1980 | 31/32 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 178 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 576 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | Siromynian | 1,708 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2026 06:58 | stangetzaway | 2,323 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2026 16:35 | Johnnyo | 9,840 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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Hotter Than July forum mentions
pedro1976 4 days ago in What album are you listening to? (cont.) neilgee 02/06/2023 11:14 in What album are you listening to right now?Hotter Than July comments
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Not quite up there with those five classic albums from 72-76, still it's decent, and probably Wonder's last quality record. Good LP.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/03/2012 15:43 | #39362 | TOP COMMENT
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This is the last solid Stevie Wonder album, with highlights "lately", "all i do" and "master blaster", before he and many other artists caved to the poppy, capitalistic 80s (like david bowie, genesis, jefferson airplane, elton john, lionel richie, and yes, to name a few). Funky and concise.
This is a very consistent album. Well-constructed, there is no big hit on the album, but it is consistently good (except for "Happy Birthday", this one's kind of bad). The rest is very solid, groovy and enjoyable, but it's beginning to sound like the 80's, so it's also a little corny at times.
timtooky 03/14/2014 21:17 | #106260 | TOP COMMENT
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imo steve wonder makes fantastic music for bars, discos and live events - i could never listen to it at home. it just doesn't fit to square rooms.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/25/2012 14:44 | #47224 | TOP COMMENT
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Stevie is still pumping out the r&b flavoured pop masterpieces, but he's starting to sound a little shallow. This is his last great album.
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