Father and Son Reaction to Stevie Wonder! Innervisions Full Album Review!
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Stevie Wonder's "Innervisions" is up for review today, and we give our reactions to Stevie Wonder's classic in a track by track format! This is the first time we have listened to Innervisions, and are looking forward to hearing more of his 70's output!
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Quick Facts:
• 16th Studio Album released on August 3, 1973 on Tamla for Motown and won Grammy for Album of the Year.
• Peak position #4 US, #8 in UK. His 1st album to reach top 10 in UK.
• #24 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
1. Too High – Funk and synth-based keyboards, a cautionary anti-drug song.
2. Visions – Talks about an ideal society where we are not only at peace with others but also with ourselves.
3. Living For The City – Stevie plays all instruments, single reached #8. Rolling Stone ranked it #105 on their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". One of 1st soul music songs to deal explicitly with systemic racism and to use everyday sounds of the street like traffic, voices and sirens which were combined with the music recorded in the studio.
4. Golden Lady – Love song contrasts with the other songs on the record.
5. Higher Ground – Starts B Side, funk song, reached #4 in US, #29 in UK, Rolling Stone #265 on 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
6. Jesus Children of America – Stevie offers both praise and criticism for organized religion.
7. All in Love is Fair – {op ballad with lyrics that describe end of a relationship through the use of clichés.
8. Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing – Stevie takes the role of someone offering to protect a woman from all of the world’s harsh realities.
9. He's Misstra Know-It-All – Is essentially a long description of a know-it-all confidence trickster character who is a "man with a plan", who has a slick answer to all his critics and who has "a counterfeit dollar in his hand." It has been alleged that this is a reference to Richard Nixon.
Favorite Tracks: Higher Ground, He’s Misstra Know-It-All, Living for the City
Overall Score: 8.75/10 (Trey and Shawn)
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