Music CD - Stevie Wonder: Innervisions

	Music CD: Innervisions Artist: Stevie Wonder List Price: $13.98 Our Price: $8.49 Your Save: $ 5.49 ( 39% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Motown
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Tracks: 1. Too High 2. Visions 3. Living for the City 4. Golden Lady 5. Higher Ground 6. Jesus Children of America 7. All in Love is Fair 8. Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing 9. He's Misstra Know It All
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0601215735529 Format: Original recording reissued Label: Motown Manufacturer: Motown Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Motown Release Date: 2000-03-21 Studio: Motown
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Innervisions Comment: Stevie Wonder-Innervisions ***** 1973 was one of the greatest years in music. Many of the worlds greatest albums were released that year and Innervisions is with out question one of those albums. Innervisions is on par with Talking Book, and Songs In The Key Of Life, both of which are concidered his two strongest albums with this as a close third. I Personally feel that this is stronger then Songs In The Key Of Life, far better in fact. The album seems to loosly follow a pattern of a funk driven grooved out song followed by a more mellow track, this is especially true on the first half of the album. I must say that I do not like the albums opener, 'Too High' the lyrics seem childish for someone of Wonders stature as a song writer. The music however is fantastic. 'Visions' has the albums best lyrics but lacks musicaly. The total packages on the album are 'Living For The City' which is easily his all time best, 'Higher Ground' is another classic though I prefer the Chili Pepper remake. 'Jesus Children' is a fantastic track vocaly, music wise, and lyricaly. 'Don't You Worry Bout A Thing' was another minor hit and while it can be self indulgent at times it's still pretty good. Innervisions may not be the best Stevie Wonder album but it is close. If your looking for something besides what you hear on the radio then this is a good place to start along side Talking Book, and Songs In The Key Of Life. Customer Rating: Summary: one for the time capsule! Comment: Absolutely one of the best albums ever!Stevie was at his creative best.from Too High to He's Misstra Know it All!Livin'For The City is a classic tale of what our people went through and Stevie tells that tale very well!This is one of my most played albums and will be played by me as long as I live. Customer Rating: Summary: True Classic Comment: Stevie is a true legend and "Innervisions" is further proof of that. No one did it like him, and no one ever will. Not much else to say that hasn't already been said, just a classic album. Customer Rating: Summary: Stevie Wonderful Comment: Stevie's at the top of his game on this album. One hit after another. If you only get his compilation you will some wonderful tracks. Customer Rating: Summary: Visions From Inside Comment: In only a few years, Stevie Wonder had emancipated himself from Motown's stronghold and released the personal album he always wanted to with Where I'm Coming From - MotownSelect.com he managed to get full control over the songrwriting and production and found his own unique sound with Music of My Mind and he successfully made a masterpiece breeding Soul with Rock with plenty of crossover success with Talking Book. But Stevie Wonder was far from satisfied, he wanted to progress further as a musician and as a human being. So, his next step was to use his now patented sound and record an album full of socio conscious anthems, kind of like what Marvin Gaye had done with What's Going on but in his own visionary way. On "Innervsions" we get inside of Stevie's head to find out what's on his mind and what he thinks of the early 70's society. Songs about drugs addiction, society ills and even an attack on Richard Nixon are some of the themes included here. As many of the songs that are conscious here there are also a few love songs to chill down the tempo a little, but as a whole there is no doubt that "Innervisions" is Wonder's most serious album. To take a look at the songs, we'll first find a narrated tale about the effects of drug use called "Too High" which is a jazzy midtempo which both utilizes Stevie's brilliant harmonica and synthesizer tecnique. On the mellow, some would say slighly dull "Visions" Stevie talks about the visionary society and ask the question, are we there or is it just a dream?. It may not be exactly exciting, but there was probably a reason for why the lyrics and not the sound was in focus here. "Living For The City" is a haunting tale of a black family that moves from the poverty in Mississippi to NY for a better life only to find out that life in the city is even tougher with racism, few job opportunities, poor education, poverty and sexism. But despise all those odds the family stay united and never lose their pride. Wonder proves once again he's a brilliant narrator and that his capability of portraying real life is poignant. After some rather rough songs, we find a great love ballad in "Golden Lady" that is simular to "Superwoman" and among his best love songs ever and just like the latter it features amazing production. "Higher Ground" takes up where "Superstition" left with dazzling bass and funky synthesizer sound. My impression is that is a song of self esteem, about being able to archive with everything you want in life. "Gonna keep on tryin/ Till I reach my highest ground" indicated that Stevie went from nothing to something and he advices others to try to archive the same. I think this is my alltime favorite Wonder song, it always gives you extra energy to try a little harder and it's said that Wonder who had been in coma after a car accident woke up after his friends sang the song for him on his hospital bed. On "Jesus Children OF America" he sing about finding piece of mind by meditation. Quite diffrent theme huh? but it works just fine. A second ballad in "All Love Is Fair". The song is a classic stevie ballad and is quite beautiful. "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" is a lesson in latin salsa with great arrangements that makes it stand out. Stevie delivers his best vocals here on the entire album making it very memorable. The closer here "He's Misstra Know It All" is an attack on Richard Nixon and his politics. With the Vietnam war still going on and the Watergate scandal being fresh he had enough reason to be mad. Despite the theme, the song is super catchy in a somewhat ironic mood. Overall, "Innervisions" is one of Stevie Wonder's masterpieces and one of the greatest albums of all time. We find him more serious and socio conscious here then ever and he deserves alot of credit for that but even if some of the songs have a serious context they are always very meliodic and accessable. Most of the songs are well known here and several of them also were big hits making it a remarkable listen. For the first time Wonder combines his craftmanship with his visions and even if he was blind he was able to see far better then most people. "Innervisions" is a crucial addition to any serious music lovers collection. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: One of Stevie Wonder's best albums, and the one where his more fanciful, free-form moments gel perfectly with his knack for irresistible pop singles, 1973's Innervisions swings between delicate and airy ballads, Latin-influenced rhythms (the hit "Don't Worry 'Bout a Thing"), and his own synth-heavy versions of gut-bucket soul (the determined spiritual questing of "Higher Ground"). The striking juxtaposition between "Vision," a barely breathed hope that a world of peace might be upon us, and the great "Living for the City," a funky, pulsing tale of racism, is powerful, haunting, and still all too relevant. --David Cantwell