Music Of My Mind
by Stevie Wonder

Music Of My Mind by Stevie Wonder
Year: 1972
Release date: 1972-03-03
Overall rank: 2,639th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 248 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (45th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (477th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,639th)

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Stevie Wonder bestography

Music Of My Mind is ranked 5th 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 73 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,635.

Stevie Wonder album bestography « Higher ranked (2,639th)
Music Of My Mind
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Music Of My Mind
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Overall rank: 2,639th | 1970s rank: 477th | 1972 rank: 45th

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 248 votes)
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03/22/2026 14:22 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,96370/100
 
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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 77.8/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.

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90/100
From 08/29/2024 19:13 | #305025
Sprawling and groovy. Love it.
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80/100
From 06/01/2022 12:34 | #285900
A rather modest album in Stevies incredible discography, but for many this could be their very best stuff
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65/100
From 01/10/2021 04:01 | #264126
Glimpses of what was about to happen over the next few albums, but in surprisingly short supply.
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70/100
From 08/16/2018 20:18 | #219759
I must agree with the last comment, the best songs are the first 2 and the last 2. Those 4 songs are really great.

The highlight of the album would be "Keep On Running". This song is as groovy as it gets, and it's even more impressive when you realize Stevie is playing all the instruments himself. You could swear it's a whole band jammin, but no, it's just Stevie playing everything track-by-track.

All in all, an good album by a genius, with great highs, but a few low points too.
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65/100
From 06/06/2017 16:18 | #192145
Not a bad album the start of his best work in my opinion best tracks the 1st 2 and last 2.
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From 06/14/2016 10:48 | #168662
The first in a run of five albums that testify to Stevie Wonder's genius. Obviously influenced by Sly and the family Stone, music of my mind, has a psychedelic rock sound to it, and though it probably doesn't feature any individual classic songs, there are still some fantastic tracks here. Superman, is amazing, it completely changes song half way through. Other highlights include, love having you around, I love every little thing about you, and, happier than the morning sun. Music of my mind, is obviously not a debut album as such, but it certainly feels like one, it's definitely the debut of Stevie Wonder's true artistic birth. Not the best of the five great albums, but Still excellent.
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65/100
From 05/25/2015 17:26 | #142394
Keep On Running is awesome ! Thw whole is not as good as the next one, but still it's quite dynamic, and even the ballads are not so boring.
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80/100
From 12/22/2014 16:44 | #129892
Most of the songs on this album are absolutely brilliant and offer a clear glimpse into the genius of the then young and newly "freed" Stevie Wonder.
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From 12/18/2014 16:20 | #129609
The first of Stevie's albums under his 2nd Motown contract. His previous album Where I'm Coming From was the first time he had delivered an album to Motown already finished. This was the follow up. This album is much under rated and deserves to be up there with Innervisions and Songs In The Key.... better than Talking Book and Fullfillingness... its tracks are diverse and more experimental than anything before. The stand out tracks being the first 3 tracks, and Girl Blue, Keep On Running and Seems So Long.
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75/100
From 07/25/2012 14:45 | #47225
Lacks the blockbusters of later work, but Stevie Wonder's genius is starting to shine through. Solid and consistent from start to finish.
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