Songs In The Key Of Life [VINYL]

Product Information

Years Later, Stevie Wonder's 'Songs in the Key of Life' Is More Influential Than Ever". Mic. May 13, 2015 . Retrieved March 30, 2022. McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" . Retrieved May 28, 2023.

Mitchell, Gail (October 29, 2013). "Stevie Wonder to Perform Entire 'Songs In The Key Of Life' at Holiday Benefit". Billboard.com. British album certifications – Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life". British Phonographic Industry. Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched Variant 9 ("12" in circle)): T13340 C2 26465 EBF 12 C6K #13 XTAL AB Δ 21344-X P HK SE AAB

Credits

American album certifications – Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life". Recording Industry Association of America. Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1976". Dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014 . Retrieved April 29, 2014. Matrix / Runout ((7") Side A Runout Etched Variant 5): T-340-EP-A up T13340 EP 2649 06 -A Δ 100679 #08 (2) JS-7-XTAL Over time, Songs in the Key of Life became a standard, and it is considered Wonder's signature album, even by Wonder himself: "Of all the albums," he told Q magazine for their April 1995 issue, " Songs in the Key of Life I'm most happy about. Just the time, being alive then. To be a father and then… letting go and letting God give me the energy and strength I needed." It is also often cited as one of the greatest albums in popular music history. [35] For example, in 2001, the TV network VH1 named it the seventh greatest album of all time; in 2003, it was ranked number 56 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (it was number 57 on the 2012 version of the list, [36] and number 4 on the 2020 edition); [11] it was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die; [37] and in April 2008, it was voted the "Top Album of All Time" by the Yahoo! Music Playlist Blog, using a formula that combined four parameters – "Album Staying Power Value + Sales Value + Critical Rating Value + Grammy Award Value". [38] I swear "Stevie" is the only one who can get away with starting albums slow, because he did it again with "Love's In Need Of Love Today"...Even though it wasn't a Hit, it one of many "Stevie Wonder Favorites", and it was CONSTANLY on the Radio....The title makes it VERY self explanatory, and after almost 50 years later, it is still very relevant!!!!

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. Light, Alan (August 21, 2016). "Review: 'Songs in the Key of Life' ". Pitchfork . Retrieved August 21, 2016. Matrix / Runout (Side C Runout Etched Variant 4 ("11" in circle)): T13340 C2 26475 EBF #13 06K 11XTAL AB Δ 21345 HK SE In February 1977, Wonder was nominated for seven Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, an award that he had already won twice, in 1974 and 1975, for Innervisions and Fulfillingness’ First Finale. In the event, he won four Grammys: Album of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Producer of the Year.Stevie Wonder – lead vocals, keyboards, harmonica, drums, percussion, synth bass, arrangement, composer, producer

Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched Variant 8): T-13340 C2 2645S EBF 06G FB MR (circled - stamped) Δ 21344 (7) Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.Grow, Kory (September 10, 2014). "Stevie Wonder to Take 'Songs in the Key of Life' on the Road". Rolling Stone. RPM Top 100 Albums of '77". RPM. Vol.28, no.14. December 31, 1977. Archived from the original on April 5, 2014 . Retrieved April 29, 2014. Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2001). All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music (4ed.). Hal Leonard Corporation. pp.447–448. ISBN 0-87930-627-0. Matrix / Runout ((7") Side B Runout Etched Variant 4): T13340 EP 2650S 06-ΔC Δ 100106-X JS,1-XTAL PE Fred Pessaro (2016). Phil Anselmo on Superjoint, Trump and Making Things Right, CLRVYNT.com, accessed 21 December 2017

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 May 24, 2022 . Retrieved June 21, 2016. This album basically sealed it for "Stevie Wonder" in being one of the most OUTSTANDING artist of our time...You knew that he continued on, but after this MONSTER of an album, you would not blamed him if he said "Enough"!!!!!! But all this did was solidify his status in the Music World... norwegiancharts.com Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life" (ASP). Hung Medien. VG-lista . Retrieved April 27, 2014.Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1977. Archived from the original on October 24, 2021 . Retrieved April 2, 2022. The album won Album of the Year at the 19th Grammy Awards and is the best-selling and most critically acclaimed album of Wonder's career. Widely regarded as his magnum opus and one of the greatest albums in the history of recorded music, many musicians have remarked on the quality of the album and its influence on their own work; indeed, some notable musicians have named it as the greatest album of all time. It was voted number 89 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums [10] and ranked number 4 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. [11] In 2002, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, [12] and in 2005 it was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, which deemed it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".