Hotter Than July
by Stevie Wonder

Hotter Than July by Stevie Wonder
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 2,752nd   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 236 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (52nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (415th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,752nd)

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Stevie Wonder bestography

Hotter Than July is ranked 6th best out of 39 albums by Stevie Wonder on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Stevie Wonder is Songs In The Key Of Life which is ranked number 74 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,630.

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This album (2,752nd)
Hotter Than July
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Hotter Than July track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Hotter Than July rankings

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Overall rank: 2,752nd | 1980s rank: 415th | 1980 rank: 52nd

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74/100 (from 236 votes)
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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 14.7.

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80/100
From 02/06/2019 22:30 | #231460
Its a good album, but far from his best according to this web site. It is the only Stevie Wonder album that i have, and the reason why i bought the album was because i enjoyed the three singles from it.
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From 10/14/2018 22:41 | #222538
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.
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From 08/12/2016 20:59 | #172814
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.
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From 07/25/2012 14:44 | #47224
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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From 04/03/2012 15:43 | #39362
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.
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