Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976/2014) [Hi-Res]

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Title: Songs in the Key of Life
Year Of Release: 1976/2014
Label: Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Genre: Soul, Funk, Rhythm & Blues, Disco
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Total Time: 1:45:08
Total Size: 242 mb / 653 mb / 3.78 gb
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Songs in the Key of Life is the eighteenth album by American singer, songwriter and musician Stevie Wonder. It was released on September 28, 1976 by Tamla Records, a division of Motown. The double album has been regarded by music journalists as the culmination of Wonder's "classic period" of recording. The album was recorded primarily at Crystal Sound studio in Hollywood, with some sessions recorded at the Record Plant in Hollywood, the Record Plant in Sausalito, and The Hit Factory in New York City; final mixing was conducted at Crystal Sound.

By 1974, Wonder was one of the most successful figures in popular music; Wonder's previous albums Talking Book, Innervisions and Fulfillingness' First Finale were all back-to-back critical successes. However, by the end of 1975, Wonder seriously considered quitting the music industry and planned to emigrate to Ghana to work with handicapped children. Plans for a farewell concert were begun, but Wonder changed his mind and signed a new contract with Motown on August 5, 1975 which outlined a seven-year, seven-album, $37 million deal with full artistic control. At the time, it was the largest recording deal in history.

Songs in the Key of Life was released as a double LP with a four-song bonus EP. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart becoming only the third album to achieve that feat and the first by an American artist at the time. The lead single "I Wish" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100; the follow-up single "Sir Duke" also reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Songs in the Key of Life spent thirteen consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the album with the most weeks at number one during the year. It was the second best-selling album of 1977 in the US. In 2005, Songs in the Key of Life was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

:: TRACKLIST ::

CD 1
1. Love's in Need of Love Today (07:05)
2. Have a Talk With God (02:42)
3. Village Ghetto Land (03:25)
4. Contusion (feat. Wonderlove) (03:45)
5. Sir Duke (03:52)
6. I Wish (04:12)
7. Knocks Me Off My Feet (03:35)
8. Pastime Paradise (03:20)
9. Summer Soft (04:16)
10. Ordinary Pain (06:22)

CD 2
1. Isn't She Lovely (06:33)
2. Joy Inside My Tears (06:29)
3. Black Man (08:29)
4. Ngiculela - Es una historia - I Am Singing (03:48)
5. If It's Magic (03:11)
6. As (07:07)
7. Another Star (08:19)
8. Saturn (04:54)
9. Ebony Eyes (04:10)
10. All Day Sucker (05:06)
11. Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call) (03:58)

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Thank you for this.