Songs In The Key Of Life [VINYL]

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Matrix / Runout (Side D stamped / etched): 97900-B-0 W. Germany T·13340 C2 2648S · 06 XTAL AB [MR] △ 21331-X (1)Matrix / Runout (Side E stamped / etched): EP-7F 665778-A-0 W. Germany T13340 EP 2649 06 △ 100679 (5) JS · 4 · XTAL Allmusic: Songs in the Key of Life: Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". AllMusic . Retrieved April 27, 2014. Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched Variant 9 ("11" in circle)): T13340 C2-#1-2645S EBF 06K 11 XTAL #13 AB △21344 · P HK SE AAB 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 Songs In The Key Of Life(2×LP, Terre Haute Pressing, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, All Media, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)

Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched Variant 8): T-13340 C2 2645S EBF 06G FB MR (circled - stamped) Δ 21344 (7) Matrix / Runout ((7") Side A Runout Etched Variant 4): #14 T13340 EP 2649S 06-BD Δ100706 JS-7-XTAL PE At the time of the album's release, reporters and music critics, and everyone who had worked on it, traveled to Long View Farm, a recording studio in Massachusetts, for a press preview. Everybody received autographed copies of the album and Wonder gave interviews. Critical reception was immediately positive. The album was viewed as a guided tour through a wide range of musical styles and the life and feelings of the artist. It included recollections of childhood, of first love and lost love. It contained songs about faith and love among all peoples and songs about social justice for the poor and downtrodden. [28] The Village Voice 's annual Pazz & Jop critics poll, it was voted as the best album of the year. 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.a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Matrix / Runout ((7") Side B Runout Etched): T-340-EP-B up T13340 EP2650S 06-D #14 Δ100706-X JS-4-XTAL

Colin Larkin (2002). Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4thed.). Virgin Books. ISBN 1-85227-923-0. Many R&B singers have praised the album: Mariah Carey generally names it as one of her favorites, and Whitney Houston remarked on its influence on her singing (at Houston's request, the album was played throughout the photo sessions for her compilation album Whitney: The Greatest Hits, as can be seen on the home video release that accompanied that album). Its importance has also been recognized by heavy metal musicians, with singer Phil Anselmo describing a live performance of Songs in the Key of Life as "a living, breathing miracle". [42] 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 A Runout Etched Variant 6 ("10" in circle)): T-13340 C2 2645S EBF C6J 10 XTAL #13 AB Δ 21344 HK Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1977". Dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014 . Retrieved April 29, 2014.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. Matrix / Runout ((7") Side B Runout Etched Variant 4): T13340 EP 2650S 06-ΔC Δ 100106-X JS,1-XTAL PE