Songs In The Key Of Life [VINYL]

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a b c Runtagh, Jordan (September 2016). "Inside Stevie Wonder's Epic Magnum Opus 'Songs in the Key of Life' ". Rolling Stone.

RPM Top 100 Albums of 1976". RPM. Archived from the original on February 24, 2014 . Retrieved April 29, 2014. a b "Songs In The Key Of Life ranked 4th greatest album by Rolling Stone magazine". Rolling Stone. 22 September 2020 . Retrieved 10 October 2020. Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched Variant 6 ("10" in circle)): T-13340 C2 2646S EBF 06K XTAL 10 AB #13 Δ 21344-X HK SE Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched Variant 8): T-13340 C2 2645S EBF 06G FB MR (circled - stamped) Δ 21344 (7) Released during the second half of 1977, as sales for the album began to decline, the last two singles from Songs in the Key of Life failed to match the success of "I Wish" and "Sir Duke". " Another Star" was released in August and reached number 32 on the Hot 100 (number 18 on the R&B chart, and number 29 in the UK), and " As" came out two months later, peaking at number 36 on both the Pop and R&B charts. Though not released as a single, " Isn't She Lovely" received wide radio airplay and became one of Wonder's most popular songs. David Parton's cover of the song, recorded and released soon after Wonder's album, gave him a top 10 hit in the UK in early 1977.Grow, Kory (September 10, 2014). "Stevie Wonder to Take 'Songs in the Key of Life' on the Road". Rolling Stone. It went on for two years almost every day, many hours and huge amounts of material. I guess it was really his most prolific time — he did more songs in those two years I think than he had done before. Something like 200 songs. […] Some would be sketched out, some were more finished than others and we just kept working until he had what he wanted. The last song we cut was ‘I Wish’ and that’s what he was waiting for. When that was done we knew that was at least the end of recording. Then began the very long and intricate mixing process. Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life: Ranking the songs". Entertainment Weekly. 28 September 2016. Les Albums (CD) de 1976 par InfoDisc" (in French). infodisc.fr. Archived from the original (PHP) on May 21, 2012 . Retrieved April 23, 2014.

From 1973, Wonder's presence at the Grammy Awards ceremonies was consistent – he attended most of the ceremonies and also often performed on stage – but in 1976 he did not attend and was not nominated for any awards, as he had not released any new material during the previous year. When Paul Simon accepted the award for Album of the Year at the 18th Grammy Awards (for Still Crazy After All These Years), he jokingly thanked Stevie for not releasing an album that year, [29] as Wonder had won the award at the two preceding ceremonies (for Innervisions and Fulfillingness’ First Finale). [19] When, a year later, Wonder was again nominated in the category for Songs in the Key of Life (which also received six other nominations), the album was seen as the favorite by many critics to take the award. The other nominees were Breezin’ by George Benson, Chicago X by Chicago, Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs, and the other favorite, Peter Frampton’s Frampton Comes Alive!, which was also a huge critical and commercial success. American album certifications – Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life". Recording Industry Association of America.So despite a shaky middle, yet another Stevie classic and owing to the greatness of so much of its music over its 85 minutes, only Innervisions can top this. Could Stevie continue this amazing and unbeatable streak? Lewis, John (2006). "Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Universe Publishing. p. 372. ISBN 978-0-7893-1371-3. Matrix / Runout (Side C Runout Etched Variant 8): T13340 C2 26475 SEBF 06-BE XTAL A3 MR (circled - stamped) Δ 21345 (1)

Matrix / Runout ((7") Side B Runout Etched Variant 2): #14 T13340 EP 26505 06-D Δ 100706-X JS•2•XTAL PE norwegiancharts.com Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life" (ASP). Hung Medien. VG-lista . Retrieved April 27, 2014. In a 2001 interview with TapeOp, engineer John Fischbach provided some details about the album’s recording sessions: I'll never forget the day I bought this album. It was (one of) the first album(s) which had an international release date; that is, the day it was released in the States, it was also released in Germany. The release had been announced and postponed several times since '74. As a result, Stevie Wonder emerged as a mega-star, not only on the merits of the album's content but also by the media fuss created around it. On that day, I ditched school and hitchhiked to Cologne. The last driver dropped me on the highway on the city's outskirts and suddenly the police stopped. Some subterfuge saved me and somehow the whole adventure ended with the cops driving me to the record shop. Known as his “magnum opus” and one of the greatest albums of all time, 26-year-old Stevie Wonder released his eighteenth album, the classic double LP Songs in the Key of Life in the fall of 1976 through Motown’s subsidiary label Tamla Records. This album is considered the peak of Wonder’s run in the 1970s labeled as his “classic period” which resulted in three straight Album of the Year Grammy Awards for Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale and Songs in the Key of Life.

Kirby, Terry (February 7, 2005). "Manhattan's Hit Factory ends production after three decades of legendary music making". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24 . Retrieved June 21, 2016.

Years Later, Stevie Wonder's 'Songs in the Key of Life' Is More Influential Than Ever". Mic. 13 May 2015 . Retrieved March 30, 2022. Fred Pessaro (2016). Phil Anselmo on Superjoint, Trump and Making Things Right, CLRVYNT.com, accessed 21 December 2017 Matrix / Runout (Side C Runout Etched Variant 9 ("12" in circle)): T13340 C2 26475 EBF #13 06K 12 X-AL A3 P HK SE Δ 21345 AAB

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RPM Top 100 Albums of 1977". RPM. 1977-12-31. Archived from the original on April 5, 2014 . Retrieved April 29, 2014. Matrix / Runout ((7") Side A Runout Etched Variant 4): #14 T13340 EP 2649S 06-BD Δ100706 JS-7-XTAL PE Matrix / Runout (Side C Runout Etched Variant 4 ("11" in circle)): T13340 C2 26475 EBF #13 06K 11XTAL AB Δ 21345 HK SE